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SCI Team Member
James S. Stewart, P.E.
Vice President & Chief Engineer
General Background:
Mr. Stewart is Vice President and Chief Engineer of Southern
Consultants, Inc. and is a principal in the firm. Since joining
the firm in 1978, he has worked on projects involving a wide
range of water resource systems; environmental assessment
and permitting; mathematical computer modeling; streets and
drainage design; water/sewer design and construction inspection;
stormwater sampling and permitting; and program management.
Professional Registration:
- Professional Engineer
Mississippi No. 8143
- Professional Engineer
Alabama No. 22880
Professional Affiliations:
- National Society of Professional Engineers
- Mississippi Engineering Society
- American Water Works Association
Experience:
- Facilities Plan, design, construction
phase services for the rehabilitation of 3,000 LF of 66"
interceptor sewer utilizing cured in place pipe. Project
was brought to construction stage, including Facilities
Plan within 100 days.
- Design of a five-lane arterial street
in northeast Jackson. Involved with preliminary layout,
horizontal and vertical alignment, design and layout of
storm drainage system, gathering information for easement
requirements, writing specifications, and supervising final
design.
- Design of a five-lane arterial street
in southeast Jackson. Involved with preliminary layout,
storm drainage design, property easements, final design
and Project Engineer for the entire project. This project
included 131 foot prestressed voided slab bridge over Caney
Creek.
- Design of a five-lane arterial street
in northeast Jackson. Responsibilities consisted of overall
management and coordination of the various design phases
of the project.
- Design of a wastewater sewer interceptor
system serving parts of the Jackson - Metropolitan area.
Duties included supervision of survey crews, layout of proposed
system, and review of plans and specifications and resident
engineer during construction.
- Design of channel improvements for Caney
creek in southwest Jackson. Responsibilities included supervising
survey crew, layout of alignment, hydrologic computations
and general supervision of construction.
- Involved directly with Michael Baker,
Jr., Inc. in Program Management for the City of Jackson,
Mississippi, Water System Master Plan. Duties included hydraulic
computer modeling of the existing system along with projection
of water demands; cost estimates of recommended improvements;
final report writing; and assisting in the preparation of
required water rate studies.
- Resident Engineer for a 3.0 MG Water
Storage Reservoir serving Jackson, Ms. This facility was
a prestressed composite concrete tank unique to this area.
Responsibilities included direct supervision of construction,
coordination between prime Contractor and sub-contractors,
taking concrete samples for analysis, and overseeing prestressing
operation.
- Report for the Southwest Jackson Water
System. Duties included field reconnaissance of existing
facilities in the study area, analyzing results from computer
modeling of the system, projecting future water demands,
cost estimating, and report writing.
- Editing and Rewriting 201 Facilities
Plans for various communities in Mississippi.
- Writing Operation and Maintenance Manual
for contact stabilization wastewater treatment plant.
- Design of various rural water systems
throughout Mississippi, including water distribution systems,
wells and storage reservoirs.
Upon graduation from the University of Missouri
- Rolla, Mr. Stewart joined the staff of Michael Baker, Jr.,
Inc., Consulting Engineers in Jackson, Mississippi. As an
Assistant Engineer I during 1976 and 1977 he completed the
following:
- Flood Insurance Studies for the Department
of Housing and Urban Development, Flood Insurance Administration.
Duties included field reconnaissance of streams involved,
computer modeling of stream profiles, plotting results on
flood hazard maps and meeting with officials to discuss
problems relating to results contained in published reports.
- Design of a railroad spur serving major
warehouse facilities. Responsibilities included working
directly with survey crews, reducing survey notes, setting
horizontal and vertical alignment for final grades and earthwork
computations.
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James S. Stewart
jstewart@mscivilengineers.com
Education
 Bachelor
of Science Civil Engineering
Municipal and Transportation Engineering
University
of Missouri
Rolla, Missouri
Continuing Education
in Storm Water Management, Construction Site Drainage
University
of Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
Read Jim's Article:
"Tanking
Outside the Box"
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