Robison Engineering Company, Inc.

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

REMOTE WORK NOTICE

During the last year, we all got used to our home offices and may not be available in-person if you drop in: please arrange a meeting in advance, or meet us online and save the tire wear!

You can reach us for any of your needs using one of the below options:

  • Contact the project manager (PM) listed on your proposal or invoice directly.
  • Call the office number and it will be picked up remotely. If not, please leave a voicemail so your call may be returned as soon as possible. (775) 852-2251 x 0
  • Email any one of the departments listed on our website on the Our Services page: www.robisoneng.com
  • Use the Contact Us form on our website: www.robisoneng.com or email info@robisoneng.com

Best Regards,
Robison Engineering Company

REMOTE WORK NOTICE

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

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

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 modeling, reserve and resource evaluation

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

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

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

Contact: environmental@robisoneng.com
  • Certified Environmental Manager services
  • Phase I ESA (environmental site assessment)
  • Phase II investigation/sampling
  • Phase III corrective action
  • Groundwater monitoring
  • Stormwater pollution prevention, including SWPP and California QSP and QSD certification and compliance
  • CAPP audits and compliance
  • Geological assessments
  • Mine permitting and compliance
  • Public water system management
  • 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
  • Mineral Potential Assessment reports
Go to our Environmental Services page for more information!

Armed with the 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

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
  • SWPP Plans and QSP / QSD services
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Carmen Larson

Office Administrator
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Carmen has been an office manager for surveying and engineering professionals since 1975; she is also fluent in Spanish. The rest of us are grateful for her steady hand at the files and the books, and her friendly presence at the front desk.

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Victoria Jackson

Project Professional
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Originally from the California Bay area, Victoria earned a bachelor’s degree in geological engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno, and ended up liking Nevada so much she decided to stay! Most of her time is spent devoted to her work and progressing in her career as an engineer. When she’s not busy with work, she enjoys traveling, spending time with friends and family, and hiking.

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Tara McManus

Staff Professional
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A lifelong Nevadan, Tara earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno. She enjoys spending time with her family, working on paintings, and traveling, but nothing thrills her like well-designed infrastructure.

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Wally Robison

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Principal Engineer

Wally Robison is the founder and now retired President of Robison Engineering Company. Wally started in the mining business in 1969, working for Gulf Resources in Montana. Going on to obtain a BS in Geological Engineering from University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1972. Wally is a PE of Mining and a Certified Environmental Manager. He takes pride in careful, reliable work and brings unique common sense to the environmental consulting practice. A fifth-generation Nevadan, Wally is proud to contribute to the health and prosperity of the western US.

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Rebecca Bernier

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Senior Engineer

Rebecca is a registered professional civil engineer in Nevada with over 18 years of experience in commercial, residential and public infrastructure projects.  Rebecca enjoys watching her kids' sporting events and doing various outdoor activities.

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Giselle Ochoa

Staff Professional
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Giselle is a UNR graduate with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. When she’s not cranking out projects for the structural department, you can find her taking a spontaneous road trip or on a random flight somewhere..

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Chris Ross

Ph.D.
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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Cassidy Reese

E.I.
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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Luke Doyle

Staff Professional
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Luke is a recent UNR graduate with a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering. He is enthusiastic to start dedicating his time and energy towards the infrastructure of Nevada and surrounding states. When he’s not drafting with CAD, thinking about CAD, or dreaming about CAD, he can be found on the tennis court or in some garage making music.

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Andrea Roegiers

Project Professional
Secretary

Andrea anticipates applying the mapping and GPS surveying skills she learned while obtaining a degree in GIS from CSU Monterey Bay in 2012. When she’s not working you can try to catch her racing down on a mountain on skis or tromping around the woods playing disc golf.

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Ryan Switzer

P.E. -25707
Senior Engineer, Vice President

Ryan is a registered professional engineer in the states of California, Colorado, and Nevada with seven years of diverse civil engineering experience. When not putting together plan sets he enjoys spending as much time as possible riding his bicycle up and down mountains.

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Ryan Sigler

UAS Professional,
Survey Crew Chief

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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Tony Kelsoe

Survey Crew Chief
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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.

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Kristian Maldonado

Staff Professional
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Kristian is currently studying at UNR, and plans on graduating by May 2021 with a B.A. in Geography. Outside of class, he enjoys socializing, traveling, and hiking. 

Terry Munson

Project Professional
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Over 30 years of varied heavy industrial/mining experience in all facets of the business including operations, finance, maintenance, budgeting, resource estimation, planning, scheduling, and personnel. Registered Member – Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101.

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Julianne Zotter

P.E. -25822 | C.E.M. -2459
Professional Engineer, President

Julianne is a Professional Environmental Engineer and Certified Environmental Manager. She loves getting into the field to solve our most interesting environmental problems. When she isn’t in the desert chasing down noxious weeds or water quality issues, she’s in the desert racing her motorcycle…when her bones heal back up from the last race.

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Rich Phelps

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Survey Crew Chief/Safety Officer

Rich has been in the profession of land surveying for 11 years. He enjoys the interaction between people and plans. The world isn’t 24”x36” and flat. That’s why we’re here. If he isn’t working or spending time with the kids, you’ll see him on the disc golf course.

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Chris Baxter

Survey Crew Chief
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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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Alyvia Briscoe

Intern
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Alyvia is currently a student at UNR, planning on graduating with a B.S. in Civil Engineering in May 2022. Outside of work and school, she also enjoys playing ultimate frisbee and building concrete canoes.
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Cody Ernst-Brock

Scientist
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Cody fell in love with the Great Basin fifteen years ago when she moved from Fairbanks, Alaska to Reno for college, where she completed both her undergraduate and graduate degrees. She has a decade of experience in sensitive species habitat monitoring, with an emphasis in vegetation management. You may also find Cody kayaking or mountain biking in the eastern Sierras, playing cribbage at a local watering hole, or getting dusty in the Black Rock Desert.

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Mikela Vincent

Staff Professional
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Mikela Vincent is currently a senior at UNR studying Geological Engineering.  She is set to graduate in May of 2021 and is excited to start working as an engineer.  In her free time, she enjoys hiking, traveling and spending time with her family.

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Marcie Wood

C.E.M. -1512
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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Makenzie Jones

Staff Professional
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Makenzie is a Geological Engineering graduate from UNR. She specializes in BMP retrofit design, mapping, and drafting for the Civil department. Outside of work, she spends time traveling, backpacking, and playing music.

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Nathan Earl Robison

P.E. -16055 | W.R.S. -1213
Principal Engineer, Treasurer

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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Sagen Johnson

Staff Professional
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Sagen is a Geological Engineering graduate from UNR. So far he is experienced in materials testing, preventive maintenance plans, and civil design. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his family and playing music with friends.

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Alison Agneray

Ph.D. student
Professional Botanist & Ecologist

Alison is a Professional Botanist and Ecologist working on completing her PhD at UNR. She is a verifiable desert rat who works hard and loves long days outside. When she isn't conducting a veg survey or plugging away at the computer, she is exploring new corners of the region with her dog or experimenting in the kitchen.

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Kandy Havens

PWS Operator Level II
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Kandy has been involved with mining environmental work for over 8 years primarily focusing on the compliance aspect. She spent 4 years as an Environmental Technician collecting water pollution control samples, sampling the public water systems, completing site inspections, hazardous waste inspection, and compiling all site monitoring reports. She is a certified public water system operator (D1 & T1) and has been managing public water systems for over 4 years.

Careers & Job Opportunities!

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Civil Engineering Dept.

Primary Contact: Ryan Switzer, PE
Email: rswitzer@robisoneng.com
P (775) 852-2251 Ext. 725

Environmental Dept.

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

Survey Dept.

Primary Contact: Chris Baxter
Email: chris@robisoneng.com
P (775) 852-2251 Ext. 707

Structural Dept.

Primary Contact: Cassidy Reese, EI
Email: cassidy@robisoneng.com
P (775) 852-2251 Ext. 720

Mining Dept.

Primary Contact: Terry Munson
Email: terry@robisoneng.com
P (775) 852-2251 Ext. 708

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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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We are located directly above the Great Basin Brewery in Sparks. You may park in the Great Basin parking lot located on 9th and C streets. Then you can either go...

  1. Through the restaurant: Go into the restaurant and head to the back by the bathrooms. Go all the way up the stairs and you will see the Main office on your left.
    OR

  2. You can enter the building through the northern-most west facing door and head up the stairs. You will first see the Field/Survey offices. If you continue all the way down the hall, you will find the main office.

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