Mark Zessin, P.E.
Mark Zessin is the president, a principal
owner and one of the founders of Anchor Engineering. Mark has spent his
life in Connecticut, growing up in Windsor, graduating from the University
of Connecticut's School of Engineering in 1984, and earning his Master's
Degree in Public Policy from Hartford's Trinity College in 1992. Prior to
founding Anchor Engineering, Mark was an employee of the State's
Transportation Department (1984-88), the State's Solid Waste Authority
(1991-93) and was also employed at a private consulting firm (1988-91).
While a student at UConn, Mark worked for the Windham Regional Planning
Agency, participating in Federal Highway Administration sponsored studies.
Mark also has had worthwhile experience as a member of the Glastonbury
Water Pollution Control Authority, the Connecticut Transportation
Institute and as a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers since
1982. In 2008, Governor Jodi Rell appointed Mark to the New England
Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission. Mark is licensed as a
professional engineer in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Ohio.
Mark's professional work has focused on development of controversial
projects and the development and operation of materials handling
facilities. His experience includes several landfills, numerous waste
handling facilities, quarries, gravel pits and recycling plants.
Mark worked on an expressway project for 2 years and has state and
municipal roadway design experience.
D. Scott Atkin, L.E.P.
D. Scott Atkin is the treasurer &
vice president of environmental services, principal owner and one of the
founders of Anchor Engineering. Scott manages Anchor Engineering's
environmental permitting, compliance, Phase III site assessment, and
remediation projects, including water quality monitoring projects. He
holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the
University of Massachusetts, and is a DEP-certified Solid Waste Facility
Operator. Scott is a Connecticut Licensed Environmental Professional
experienced in the area of site assessments, investigations, and
remediation. He has worked for municipalities, lending institutions,
private developers, attorneys, homeowners, and adjacent property owners.
His experience ranges from environmental file reviews, to Phase I - III
site assessments, to design and oversight of clean-up projects. His
experience also includes a variety of solid waste facilities,
power-generating facilities, municipalities, and other industries.
William E. Wertz, L.S.
Bill Wertz is the vice president, a
principal owner and chief of surveys at Anchor Engineering. Bill is a
licensed land surveyor in Connecticut and has more than twenty years of
experience in land surveying. His work experience has included rural and
urban property surveys, land development, railroad and highway bridge
surveys, roadway surveys, Alta / Acsm land title surveys and as-built
surveys. He is 40 hour HAZWOPER trained and has worked on many landfills
and transfer stations as well as landfill gas recovery system stake-out
and as-builts. He is a member of the Connecticut Association of Land
Surveyors and has served on the Conservation Commission in Bozrah, CT.
Bill is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.
Matthew Brown, P.E.
Matt Brown is an associate and senior
project engineer with Anchor Engineering. Matt graduated from the
University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science
with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree in 1996. Matt began his
professional career as a summer intern with Anchor Engineering in 1994.
Matt is a licensed professional engineer in Connecticut and Massachusetts
and has both 40 hour HAZWOPER site worker and 8 hour HAZWOPER site
supervisor training. Matt has over ten years of consulting engineering
experience for both public and private clients, including numerous complex
and controversial projects. His experience is diverse and includes site
design, drainage design, hydraulic analysis, solid waste facility design
and permitting, federal state and local permitting, environmental
investigation and remediation design.
Brandon Handfield, P.E.
Brandon Handfield is an associate and
senior civil engineer with Anchor Engineering. Brandon has spent his life
in Connecticut, growing up in Lebanon, graduating from the University of
Hartford's School of Engineering in 2000, and joining the firm as a
full-time engineer following graduation. While a student at the University
of Hartford, Brandon worked as an intern with the firm and also pitched
for the Hawks baseball team. Brandon is a licensed professional engineer
in Connecticut. Brandon's professional work has focused on residential and
commercial site development projects and hydrologic and hydraulic analysis
and design for developed sites, bridges and culvert throughout. His
experience includes numerous land development sites and dozens of bridges
and culverts.
Timothy Young, P.E.
Tim Young is an associate and
the chief structural engineer with Anchor Engineering. Tim has over
15 years of design experience in structural engineering with a
concentration in bridges. During his career, he worked on several
high profile Connecticut Department of Transportation highway bridge
projects as well as bridges for numerous local municipalities. He
has provided engineering design, analysis, inspection, and project
management for highway and railroad bridge projects. Tim earned a
Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree in 1991 and a Master of Science
in Engineering degree in 1993 from the University of
Connecticut. Tim is a licensed Professional Engineer in
Connecticut and was a co-author of "The Big Pick - Construction of Church Street South Extension
Over the New Haven Interlocking & Rail Yard," which he presented
at the 21st Annual International Bridge Conference in
2004.
Mark Zessin, P.E.
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