Our Company

• New Orleans Office

• Iam C. Tucker

  

  Iam C. Tucker

  President and Chief Executive Officer is responsible for the overall management of the firm.

• Leslie Tabony

  

  Leslie C. Tabony

  Senior Vice President of Operation/Chief Administrative Officer has 25 years experience and is responsible for day-to-day Operations Management.

• Ronald L. Schumann

  

  Ronald L. Schumann

  Vice President of Engineering and Technical Services, Ronald L. Schumann, PE.

Civil Engineering Firms in New Orleans

Civil engineering is a crucial field in the south, especially in coastal cities like New Orleans. The south is subjected to many large storms including hurricanes and strong winds. Many cities are located on beaches at sea level. All of these factors mean buildings must withstand high velocity winds, flooding, and lightning events. Streets and sewers must be designed to drain adequately and rapidly, but also safely. Civil engineering in the south therefore takes a specialized knowledge of building codes, design, and storm water management. For these reasons, civil engineering firms are crucial for the safety of southern citizens.

Civil Engineering Design in New Orleans
Storm water management is important in a number of ways. Hurricane Katrina demonstrated the importance of keeping water out of a city, but preventative planning is only part of the design. There is also drainage design and water quality issues. Not all engineering design in New Orleans is focused around keeping water out of the city; sometimes, it is about protecting waterways from the water that leaves the city. When considerable amounts of runoff leave the streets of New Orleans, the water has a potential to flush contaminants into major waterways. These contaminants might be as simple as sediments or manmade, like car fluids and chemicals. However, any kind of concentrated contaminant entering the delta is a threat to the environment. All along the Mississippi River, storm water brings threats of fertilizers and pesticide runoff as well as sediments through a loss of farming topsoil.

How ILSI Engineering Thrives in New Orleans
With so many needs in storm water and runoff management, as well as design to protect the city from flooding and poor water quality, New Orleans is a logical home for a firm like ILSI Engineering. ILSI specializes in a plethora of civil engineering services and project management capacities. Its experience is in both commercial and residential developments in Louisiana. Years of experience have provided ILSI with the kind of judgment and creativity needed to solve unique drainage problems in NOLA. Permeable pavements are an example of how ILSI thrives in its industry. This kind of storm water management design allows areas like residential parking lots, driveways, fire lanes, patios, and overflow parking areas to drain quickly while filtering storm water. Similarly, by implementing green roofing, ILSI can design buildings that manage runoff, evaporation rates, and urban temperatures.

The south – and especially New Orleans – has a huge need for expert storm water managers. ILSI Engineering has stepped up to take that challenge.