Timmons Group provided civil engineering and site selection services for the development of the City of Raleigh’s new Law Enforcement Training Center near Battle Bridge Road. The 60,000 SF training facility’s design encompasses the amenities required to meet current police training needs and allows for cadets entering the academy to complete their training on-site within the same facility. The training facility houses multiple classrooms and computer labs for officer training courses. Both this facility and Wake County’s law enforcement training center are connected through a courtyard that wi ..read more

Raleigh, NC – November 8, 2021 – Timmons Group is proud to welcome Nate Groover to serve the firm’s economic development pursuits in North Carolina and adjacent regions in the role of Economic Development Manager. Nate’s expertise is in recruiting new companies to consider expanding their business pursuits to a region, which he’ll apply in his new role at Timmons Group for North Carolina. He joined the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) in April 2016 as a business recruitment manager and has helped 60 companies successfully locate business efforts in North Carolina resu ..read more

Tony Kakoullis joined Timmons Group in fall 2021 as a senior project manager in the firm's stormwater services group. He has almost three decades of experience in hydrologic & hydraulic modeling, BMP design, green infrastructure design, hydraulic analysis of bridge crossings, bridge scour, storm drain design, erosion & sediment control design, floodplain analysis, regulatory permitting, and MS4 Permit compliance. Tony has led design teams on multiple infrastructure projects in the Virginia, DC, and Maryland regions. Learn more about Timmons Group's stormwater management services here ..read more

As Cityworks has grown to be a true platform solution capable of integrating with other enterprise systems, experienced Cityworks users and business partners have identified best practices for ensuring the long-term success of a system integration. Tyler Munis is a financial software solution used by many local government agencies to manage financials, procurement, human resources, payroll, and revenue. Integrations with Munis allow Cityworks to access data such as employee labor rates and equipment and material costs, as well as send back to Munis the costs incurred on work orders or the perm ..read more

  At one point, everyone has wondered how a green, yellow, and red-colored box controls the flow of traffic. At one point, I even thought someone was always watching each traffic light with a camera! However, this is where traffic engineers become involved in designing and planning the traffic flow. A traffic engineer conducts capacity analyses to help ensure that traffic flows on a roadway in an efficient and safe pathway. Speaking of traffic engineers... Haven’t you heard? Yep, you heard right! With the City of Raleigh being ranked as the No. 2 best place to live by US News & World ..read more

Consistently and reliably achieving our clients’ vision requires a concert of talents throughout the company. Walking the hallways of Timmons Group, I’m constantly reminded how thunderous that concert truly is among our outstandingly talented teams. From the quintessential watercooler conversations to the melodic sounds of Zoom and Microsoft Teams echoing abound, visit one of our offices and you’ll undoubtedly hear a concert of awesomeness. This summer, perhaps the most thunderous of those concerts was something we call Summer of Training. What is Summer of Training?     Summer of Tr ..read more

I remember my first conversation with Robert well. In November 2020, news broke that he would become a Principal at the firm, and I called to congratulate him and learn more about his expertise for a writeup regarding his new role. We spoke for ten minutes and he told me about his experience in his (at the time) three years at Timmons Group. While I’m never shocked that each of our employees has a particularly interesting background, Robert’s story came full circle for me when we sat down in September for a much longer discussion that was sparked by my reaching out to him for a Hispanic Herita ..read more

The Timmons Group Hampton Roads Stormwater group, led by Liz Scheessele, will be assisting the Cities of Chesapeake and Suffolk with developing their Resilience Plans. Both localities were awarded grant funding through the Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund (CFPF) during its inaugural round. In addition, our team led the grant application effort for the City of Chesapeake.     Governor Ralph Northam announced “$7.8 million in grants to support 19 local projects that address impacts of flooding, sea-level rise, and extreme weather statewide. The grants are the first to be awar ..read more

Have you ever wondered just how the Earth supports the things we build on it? You know, like how certain kinds of soil can (or can’t) support a bridge, high rise, or civic center? Before a build can actually take place, engineers have to ensure that the ground below a project is prepared to take on the task of supporting it. Enter: Our geotechnical and construction materials testing (CMT) teams. To learn more about our geotechnical and CMT offerings, I caught up with Matt Thornton, a laboratory manager in our Richmond Southlake office. He is passionate about his career, and it’s pretty obvious ..read more

This inaugural design-build project for the North Carolina Community College system was completed by Daniels and Daniels Construction Company, Moseley Architects, and Timmons Group. Timmons Group provided civil engineering, landscape architecture, survey, geotechnical investigation, and subsurface utility engineering for  the building.     The automotive building is approximately 34,000 SF and houses all of the College’s automotive and collision repair facilities like classrooms, bays, work rooms, and offices that were originally located throughout four separate buildings on cam ..read more