Unparalleled Solutions.
Why J.R. Evans?
J.R. Evans Engineering offers unparalleled solutions to multifaceted, complex projects. We assess our team members’ previous experience, personality, and more before finding you the perfect match. The best people provide the best results. This mindset allows us to cultivate and maintain relationships with our clients for many years to come.
FEMA-certified and licensed in Florida, South Carolina, and Texas, J.R. Evans has executed some of the most renowned stormwater design, floodplain management, and land development projects in the U.S. For more information, please refer to the comprehensive map below.
Joshua Evans
President
With 23 years of civil engineering consulting experience, Mr. Evans specializes in land development consulting, including project due diligence, strategic entitlement planning, infrastructure design, and value engineering. He also provides a high level of technical expertise in stormwater design and floodplain management to include FEMA coastal map revisions.
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Elizabeth Fountain
Vice President – Floodplain Management
and Stormwater Design
With 21 years of civil engineering consulting and floodplain management experience, Ms. Fountain specializes in the design, permitting and overall management of projects involving utility distribution systems, surface water management systems, hydrologic restoration, coastal hazard studies and floodway/floodplain-management-systems. Ms. Fountain manages a team of skilled Engineers and Certified Floodplain Managers focused on water resources-related projects, from coastal environments to riverine floodplains.
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Chris Mitchell
Vice President of Operations
With nearly 25 years of engineering design and permitting experience, Mr. Mitchell has a proven ability to efficiently and effectively execute complicated projects, while building quality relationships with key project contributors. His responsibilities include firm growth, client development and management, contract procurement, staff management, and daily business operations.
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Brandon Frey
Director of Land Development Engineering
With nine years of industry experience, Mr. Frey specializes in development master planning, permitting, utility design, and surface water management systems. Mr. Frey has completed the design and permitting for over 5,000 residential units, and multiple associated amenity centers.
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John Vanni
Market Manager Florida Suncoast Region
Mr. Vanni is responsible for leading the Sarasota team of professionals in providing quality design deliverables in a timely and cost-effective manner. He has over 20 years of civil engineering consulting and project management experience in the areas of land development, surface water management, and municipal water collection/distribution systems design. His experience includes due diligence and planning assistance, detailed design, permitting, and services during construction. He has successfully managed numerous complex projects that included multi-disciplinary and specialized teams across large geographic areas.
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James VonRinteln
CRS/NFIP Consultant
With nearly 40 years of management, emergency management and floodplain experience, Mr. VonRinteln has led response to and recovery from 17 tropical storms and hurricanes as well as continues to coordinate NFIP and emergency related services.
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Zach Taylor
Sr. Project Manager
Mr. Taylor has 7 years of experience designing and permitting land development projects in Southwest Florida. He applies his expertise in hydrologic and hydraulic modeling by focusing on the stormwater management aspects of land development projects.
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Alvaro Yusty
Project Manager
Mr. Yusty has been involved in the design, permitting, and construction of a variety of land development projects which include commercial, industrial, and residential developments since graduating from the University of Florida in 2017.
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Faleesha Fernandez
Project Manager
Having 4 years of engineering design and floodplain management experience, Ms. Fernandez conducts watershed analyses, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, floodplain and floodway analysis, surface water management system and coastal hazard analysis and modeling.
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Austin Wise
Project Engineer I
Mr. Wise conducts watershed analyses, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, floodplain and floodway analyses and coastal wave hazard analysis and modeling. He also conducts hydraulic assessments of surface water management systems and works on drainage improvement projects.
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Thomas ‘Justin’ Ebrite
Project Manager
Mr. Ebrite served our Country for 7 years in the U.S. Army including combat missions in Afghanistan. After being honorably discharged Mr. Ebrite moved back home to Naples Florida to pursue a career in Civil Engineering. He has 6 years of engineering experience including the design, permitting, and construction of Land Development in Southwest Florida. His background includes design-build projects, quality control, and cost efficiency analysis. Mr. Ebrite’s primary focus has been as a project manager on commercial and industrial projects with a transition into residential development.
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