Principal Engineer

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Matt Weld is a Registered Professional Engineer in California, Oregon, Washington, and Nevada, with over twenty years of experience in a broad range of civil engineering, water resources and land surveying applications. Mr. Weld has contributed to the planning, design, permitting, construction, and post-construction monitoring of hundreds of private, commercial and public projects, with an emphasis on working with multi-disciplinary teams to plan, permit, and implement detailed ecological restoration and enhancement plans. Prior to focusing in the field of restoration, Matt spent five years as a land surveyor, and three years as a project manager for land development projects.

Mr. Weld is the Principal Engineer of Waterways Consulting, Inc., and manager of the Santa Cruz office.

His experience includes:

• • Ecological restoration analysis, design, and construction management
  • Stream stabilization and enhancement projects, using both traditional and bioengineering methods
  • Flood control and river training designs
  • Fish passage and habitat improvement
  • Hydraulic and hydrologic modeling
  • Feasibility studies, conceptual plan development and alternatives analysis
  • Erosion and sediment control plans and SWPPP’s
  • Site grading, storm drainage and civil improvement plans, including LID
  • Land surveying

Education

B.S. California Polytechnic State University; San Luis Obispo, CA June 1996 Civil Engineering, Cum Laude. Study emphasis on Water Resources Engineering.