He is proficient in all facets of residential, commercial and
industrial
land development design including:
Most recently in the past three years, Mr. Kessler has combined
his passion for plants and landscaping to a specialization in water
quality
management under the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Ordinance and the
associated
Best Management Practices as an expert in water quality design.
With
the majority of the infill residential projects requiring some type of
mitigation to address water quality, his combined knowledge and
expertise
allows him to create aesthetically pleasing and cost-effective custom
approaches
on each residential subdivision, grading plan or commercial site plan
project
he manages.
With a prior real estate development and construction experience in the commercial, industrial and single family home building industry, combined with his engineering background, Patrick brings a unique blend of thought, practical application and value engineering to projects. He has an understanding of the surveying aspect of project design and layout from early years spent on a survey crew at the beginning of his career. Mr. Kessler is also a licensed real estate agent n the Commonwealth of Virginia, which lends him perspective not usually available to the average engineer or project manager on a land development engineering team.
Some of the projects which Mr. Kessler has been involved in the
design
of, with prior firms (such as Rinker–Detwiler & Associates,
christopher
consultants and Dewberry and Davis) include: Countryside, Brambleton
and
Cascades in Loudoun County and Virginia Run and Sully Station II in
Fairfax,
which account for over 15,000 homes and many miles of public and
private
roadway. With GJB Engineering Inc., Patrick has managed the
engineering
of a diverse list of local infill projects such fast-food restaurants,
school additions, marina renovations, custom/high-end small residential
subdivisions, adaptive use projects such as the design of a driving
range
on an former land fill site, and a parkland sea wall.