Firm Profile
Established in 2008, Robinson Design Engineers is an award-winning team of hydrologists and engineers engaged in thoughtful and creative problem solving and design for a variety of project types. From our offices in Charleston, SC and Hendersonville, NC, we work with institutions, municipalities, design professionals, and non profits across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.
We have reclaimed the service oriented, professional practice model of engineering consulting, and we follow an intentional, responsive, rigorous consulting process.
We believe in the intrinsic value of natural resources and the fundamental importance of built infrastructure, and we work to promote the harmony and sustainability of ecological and human communities.
People
Philip Ellis, MS, PE
Principal Engineer
Amy Nguyen, CNU-A
Designer
Holly Yaryan Hall, PhD, PE
Senior Engineer
Chris Grose, MS, PE
Associate Engineer
Joshua Robinson, MS, PE
Principal Engineer
Allie Mason, MS
Designer D
Nolan Williams, PE
Associate Engineer
Expertise
We provide planning, consulting, design, and construction administration, or integrated full-service from concept to completion. We are experienced with permitting and regulatory coordination ranging from local approvals to federal environmental compliance.
We offer specialized engineering design expertise for projects such as urban creek restoration, living shorelines, stream bank stabilization, green roof hydrology, salt marsh restoration, low-tech stream & wetland restoration, mitigation banking, and dam removal.
As experts in the field of Environmental Hydrology, we also conduct field-based studies and numerical analyses for challenging problems associated with compound flooding, sediment management, hydraulic structures, watershed planning, and hydrodynamics of natural systems.
We specialize in nature-based engineering to water management issues, including:
Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration
Stormwater Management
Erosion and Sedimentation
Flooding and Resilience