Robison Engineering Company, Inc.

A diverse, adventurous group of hard-working engineers, surveyors, scientists, trucks, and electronic things.

Civil Engineering

Respondent to the dynamic requirements of civil engineering for residential, commercial or industrial applications.

Contact: civil@robisoneng.com
  • Site layout, utility and grading plans
  • Storm drainage design
  • Sewer conveyance and septic systems design
  • Water piping and treatment system design
  • SWPPPs
  • Custom residential, commercial, industrial site plans
  • Vehicle maneuver analysis
  • Hydrologic and hydraulic studies
  • Permitting and project administration
  • Special inspections and testing

Structural Engineering

From residential to industrial or mining projects, our structural team can provide final products and solutions to meet your needs.

Contact: structural@robisoneng.com
  • Foundations
  • Large steel mining structures
  • Industrial steel structures and platforms
  • Residential steel, wood & specialized materials design
  • Additions/remodels/additions
  • Masonry buildings and structures
  • Renovation and historic preservation
  • Contractor/consultant support services
  • Structural evaluation
  • Structural safety rating for OSHA/MSHA compliance
  • Seismic retrofit

Mining

The mining industry is at the core of Robison Engineering.  Our professional staff shares a dedication to the extractive industries and the ability to mine sustainability.

Contact: mining@robisoneng.com
  • Reclamation plans, modification, bond estimation and reduction
  • Claim staking, filing, maintaining and amending
  • Photogrammetric, private and public lands mapping
  • Mine development planning and feasibility studies
  • Mine infrastructure component design
  • Hydrologic evaluation
  • Water Rights applications, maps and management
  • Exploration program, block modelling, reserve and resource evaluation

Land Surveying

Our PLS and Crew Chiefs provide the legal and physical definition of Nevada and California lands.

Contact: field@robisoneng.com  
  • Maps: parcel, record of survey, boundary line adjustment, tract and subdivision
  • ALTA survey
  • Recorder and title support and research
  • Legal descriptions
  • Boundaries, easements and rights-of-way
  • Plot plans, staking and grading plans for construction
  • GIS mapping
  • FEMA elevation certificates, LOMR (Letter of Map Revision) and LOMC (Letter of Map Correction)
  • Topography, volumetric calculations, as-built mapping, cross-sections
  • Cartography and Geodesy
  • Seamless integration with UAS and Engineering departments

Aerial Photogrammetry / UAS

As Nevada’s first UAS (Unmanned Aerial Survey) professionals (since 2013), we focus on responsible, reliable quality without any hassle.

Contact: uas@robisoneng.com
  • Fixed-wing and quadcopter aerial surveying
  • Topographic mapping
  • As-built documentation
  • Volumetric analysis
  • Post-disaster or accident
  • Construction progress
  • Abandoned mine lands
  • Natural resources exploration and support
  • Rapid mobilization and data delivery

Environmental

Robison’s environmental staff strives to balance rigorous science with the practical needs of industry and regulators.

Contact: environmental@robisoneng.com
  • CEM services
  • Phase I ESA (environmental site assessment)
  • Phase II investigation / sampling
  • Phase III corrective action
  • Groundwater monitoring
  • Air Quality permitting and compliance
  • Geological assessments
  • Mine permitting and compliance
  • NEPA/CEQA Compliance, from Categorical Exclusions to Environmental Impact Statements/Reports
  • Re-vegetation design, implementation and evaluation for bond release
  • Weed inventory, planning and management

Air Quality

Our professional staff is dedicated to keeping industry producing while following all applicable regulations.

Contact: aaron@robisoneng.com
  • Operating permits
  • Emissions inventory
  • Air dispersion modeling
  • Compliance audits
  • NEPA compliance
  • TRI (Toxic Release Inventory) reporting
  • BACT (Best Available Control Technology)
  • EPA Method 9 opacity observations

Water Rights

Armed with knowledge of the statutes and case law in Nevada, and GIS/Survey methods, our WRS (Water Rights Surveyors) can assist both clients and the Division of Water Resources with accurate maps, applications, and adjudication support.

Contact: nathan@robisoneng.com
  • Water Rights Maps
  • Permit Research
  • Applications: new Water Rights, changes to Point of Diversion, Places of Use or Manner of Use
  • Well driller support
  • Spring box and well: design and permitting
  • Water Rights management and compliance support
  • Water Rights transfer of ownership support
  • Waiver Applications
  • Dam design, safety inspections and as-built surveying
  • Well production and environmental monitoring

Construction Support

Our concept-to-finish understanding of building in a variety of materials encourages feasibility while saving our clients money and time.

Contact: structural@robisoneng.com
  • Inspection
  • Special inspection
  • Structural observation
  • As-built documentation
  • Construction staking
  • Permits
  • Foundation certificates
  • Set-back certificates
  • Grading and drainage certificates
  • 3rd party plan review
  • Conflict resolution support

Meet Our Team

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Aaron Hoberg

Air Quality
Professional

Aaron is our Air Quality and water and wastewater treatment specialist and a regional leader in environmental compliance support to his clients.

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Brittany Dougherty

EI
Senior Professional

Brittany leads the Civil design side of our practice, enjoying commercial, residential, and the beautiful landscape of Northern Nevada. She's also in charge of trying to get her 20 or so co-workers to use similar drafting styles. Good luck, Brittany!

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Cassidy Reese

EI
Project Professional

Cassidy is an experienced Structural designer who has worked on everything from dog houses to Tahoe mansions. He also rocks Dungeons and Dragons as company Dungeonmaster.

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Chris Baxter

Crew Chief
 

Chris "Baxter" has been surveying for most of his working life; a hard-working and honest man who believes "Rome wasn't built in a day, but the control points won't set themselves"

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Chris Ross

PHD
Senior Scientist

Chris Ross continues his elegant and wide-arching career, now headquartering our branch "office" on the Gulf side of Baja in Mexico; he still mentors our Environmental staff and performs weed surveys and veg surveys for bond release.

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Dan Kelsoe

PLS & WRS
Master Surveyor

Dan has been specializing in construction staking and solving the hard field and boundary problems for his entire career. Licensed in Nevada and California, Dan keeps our UAS department legal and makes no damn excuses.

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Elizabeth Heiles

PE (#024919)
Professional Engineer

Elizabeth is a PE hailing from Alabama and Montana State and, with her team on the Civil side, runs a professional and responsive ship at high speed. She enjoys travelling and all manner of new adventures.

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Eric Joslin

EI
Senior Professional, Secretary

Eric has been with Robison since 2014 and loves solving the steel, concrete, and wood problems as a Structural designer. Eric can beat TJ at golf* (*disc, that is)

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Julianne Zotter

CEM
Senior Professional

Julianne passed the CEM test in March 2018 and is growing the Mining and Environmental departments with her team-mates; she loves chasing down noxious weeds in the desert, and racing dirt bikes every few months when her bones heal from the last race.

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Justin Haghighi

IT Specialist
 

Justin is a tech support and IT specialist, pursuing his B.S. in Computer Science while keeping the viruses at bay and building our sister company, Sierra Nevada Systems. He is always looking for better technologies and solutions.

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Nathan Earl Robison

PE (#016055)
Principal Engineer, President

Nathan (NV PE-16055 and licensed all over the place, including Alberta, Canada) is also our Water Rights leader (WRS 1213). His motto is "never complain and never explain" and his ethic of fairness is draconian. He would prefer to be climbing a mountain alone right now.

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Makenzie Jones

Technician
 

Makenzie is DAYS from finishing her BS in Civil Engineering at UNR, and is proud of both her home states of Nevada and Oregon. Makenzie specializes in mapping and drafting for the Civil department, and can't wait to have more time for work, trail running, rock climbing, and knitting once the classes are done!

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Marcie Wood

CEM
Senior Professional

Marcie (CEM-1512) began her career as a miner with geology degrees from U. of Iowa and Texas-El Paso. Her understanding of the perspectives of both the extractive and environmental protection allows her to balance and respect their common goals.

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Nich R. Maus

Master Inspector
 

Nich has been a Certified Welding Inspector since 2004, teaches classes in business and welding, and his professional background includes solar thermal and hydronic heating, manufacturing automation, mechanical design, smart materials, and custom fabrication.

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Ralston Pedersen

Staff Professional
 

Ralston is a Mining and Metallurgial engineering graduate of UNR. He is wildly passionate about the mining industry and endeavors to ensure its sustainability and success through his work at Robison. Outside of the office, Ralston loves the outdoors and wandering the wilds.

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Ryan Sigler

UAS Professional,
Inspector

Ryan Sigler has been at Robison since 2011, and leads our UAS / Drone program, so he is on the front lines of the coming robot revolution. When not in the field, he's processing data, worrying about data, and daydreaming about creating even better data.

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Steve Porter

Systems Integrator,
IT Professional

Steve Porter is our IT administrator and founder of Sierra Nevada Systems, our sister company. He keeps us safe from the terrifying world of spam-bots and keeps the data secure and sequestered.

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Tawni DePaoli

EI
Project Professional, Treasurer

Tawni, also our Treasurer, is experienced in construction management and is growing her Structural career in order to keep the community safe in a carefuly and measured way, compared to her last "grab the defibrillator" stint as a paramedic. She is a violinist, fisherman, mom, and loves Disneyland to no end.

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TJ Prendergast

PE (#024731)
Professional Engineer 

TJ leads our Structural department and is Vice President of the company, hailing from Washington State U, when he's not deeply concerned with weld thickness and deadlines, he's snowboarding or golfing.

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Tony Kelsoe

Crew Chief
 

Tony Kelsoe sets construction points like a machine, and is growing his art as a 3rd generation surveyor, while running heavy equipment, playing with his kids, and underground utility installations round out his hobbies.

Careers!

Career Opportunities.

Robison Engineering is always accepting applications, though we almost never have a "position opening" in the traditional sense. Drop us a line and we can talk about it: careers@robisoneng.com

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Civil Engineering Dept.

Primary Contact: Nathan Robison, PE
Email: nathan@robisoneng.com
P (775) 852-2251 Ext. 700

Environmental Dept.

Primary Contact: Julianne Zotter, CEM
Email: julianne@robisoneng.com
P (775) 852-2251 Ext. 710

Survey Dept.

Primary Contact: Dan Kelsoe, PLS, WRS
Email: dan@robisoneng.com
P (775) 852-2251 Ext. 703

Structural Dept.

Primary Contact: TJ Prendergast, PE
Email: tj@robisoneng.com
P (775) 852-2251 Ext. 716

Mining Dept.

Primary Contact: Ralston Pedersen
Email: ralston@robisoneng.com
P (775) 852-2251 Ext. 717

Air Quality Dept.

Primary Contact: Aaron Hoberg
Email: aaron@robisoneng.com
P (775) 852-2251 Ext. 713

Let's work together

If you have a creative project in mind, problem to solve, or just need your fence line staked; we can't wait to work with you.

Robison Engineering Co, Inc.
846 Victorian Ave., Suite 20
Sparks, Nevada 89431
Phone: (775) 852-2251

Mailing Address:
PO Box 1505, Sparks NV 89432

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