Our Team

The personnel experience covers several decades creating a vast knowledge from being there and doing, but we also search for innovative solutions for the project. Since we strive to excel to service, we are here to serve you.

Experience, Expertise, and Excellence Since 2002.

RLM Engineering, Inc. is a consulting engineering firm incorporated in the State of Indiana in 2002. We have been “excelling in service” for over 12 years. However, the years of experience that our project team possesses exceeds our competitors. The personnel have an extensive history in consulting engineering services. With long term consulting service to clients and experience with many projects, we have the expertise for cost effective solutions. As a part of our mission to excel in service, we’ve solved problems and leveraged best practices to deliver exceptional work on time and on budget. We help companies achieve their goals in the most effective and timely manner, to reduce costs and improve the quality of the product.

Prior Staff Experiences

City of Columbus Utilities 

The staff has a long history of working with the City of Columbus Utilities. The time span is significant for the City of Columbus Utilities. For instance, it pre-dates the previous 3rd Street Lift Station Improvements in the late 1970’s thru the recently constructed Wastewater Treatment Facility. Projects are not only are related to wastewater, but are also water related.

RLM Engineering, Inc. personnel’s long term history with the City of Columbus provides a wealth of knowledge unsurpassed by other consulting firms. For instance, Richard Morin has worked on aquifer studies, pumping tests, well studies, and 1990’s Wastewater Master Planning. James M West has worked on various wastewater collection and water distribution design, and construction projects since the early 1960’s. Ken DeLap II has provided various water distribution and wastewater collection design, SCADA and control design, construction services including representative project representation for the recently constructed wastewater treatment facility. As well, Ron Ratcliff has provided survey information, project design, including electrical, HVAC, and civil design and construction services. 

Del-Co Water Company

RLM Engineering, Inc. provided design services for the preparation of detail plans for supplemental wells for the upland storage reservoirs for the Olentangy Treatment Facility. We provided construction services (contract administration and construction monitoring for a $3,000,000 (Hilliar Township) water transmission main project as well as a groundwater well field investigation project.

Richard Morin provided project engineering for the Del-Co Water Company in Delaware, Ohio since the mid 1990’s for numerous projects. Ron Ratcliff provided engineering services for several projects and Jim Massey provided construction services for the construction projects. A list of these follows:

Northeast Transmission (16”) Main Hydraulic Study and Design

Water Supply Master Plan

Water Demand Study

Concord Township Hydraulic Study

Northeast Delaware County Master Plan

System Mapping

Alum Creek Raw Water Pump Station Design, Bidding, Contract Administration, Inspection

Alum Creek Raw Water (24” and 30”) Transmission Main Design

Ralph E. Scott Plant Waste Sludge Transmission Main

Manley Road (400,000 gallon) Fluted Column Storage Tank Design, Bidding, Contract Administration, Inspection

SR37/I-71 (750,000 gallon) Fluted Column Storage Tank Design, Bidding, Contract Administration, Inspection

CR 19 (1,000,000 gallon) Fluted Column Storage Tank with (2400 gpm) Internal Booster Station Design, Bidding, Contract Administration, Inspection

Golf Village (1,500,000 gallon) Fluted Column Storage Tank Design, Bidding, Contract Administration, Inspection

Walnut Road (2,000 gpm) Booster Station Design

Kokosing River Aquifer Analysis

Thomas E. Steward (4.3 MGD) Groundwater Lime/Sodium Hydroxide Softening Treatment Facility Design, Bidding, Contract Administration, Inspection

East Plant (20”) Transmission Main Design

Tim McNamara (4.0 MGD)(South Old State Road) Surface Water Sodium Hydroxide Softening Treatment Facility Design, Bidding, Contract Administration, Inspection

MCO Water Company

The MCO Water Company was a “new” water company in Morrow and Marion Counties, Ohio that was developed from locally interested people with diligence and persistence. Organizing in 1997 and completed in November 2002, the MCO Water Company was financed by USDA Rural Development and tap fees. The project included the planning and design requirements for USDA Rural Development approvals. Other requirements included the environmental report preparation, archaeological study, wetland study, agency coordination, public notices, permit applications, etc. as necessary to achieve funding approval from USDA Rural Development. Richard Morin was the Project Engineer and provided the leadership at public and board meetings to assure that the proper project tasks were completed. Jim Massey provided construction administration to the completion of the project. The MCO project was an extremely successful $8,000,000 dollar project from start to finish.

City of Princeton, Indiana

Faced with the shortage of raw water supply to meet the capacity of the water treatment facility, Richard Morin was the Project Engineer for the installation of two Production Wells and 5 miles of 20-inch diameter Raw Water Main for a year 2001 project. A two-mile section of an 8 inch and 12 inch diameter water main and 1,000,000 gallon fluted column water storage tank was included as distribution system improvements in the base project. Due to good bids and minimum use of contingency funds, excess funds were available for additional projects, including a 3500sq. ft. Maintenance Building, Radio Telemetry Replacement, and Storage Tank Repainting, Design, Bidding, Contract Administration, and Inspection were provided for the project financed with revenue bonds.

Planning Experience

RLM Engineering, Inc. personnel possess experiences as employees of RLM Engineering, Inc. as well as prior experiences with another consulting firm. All of these experiences are beneficial for the project. A list of planning studies conducted as RLM Engineering includes:

Olentangy Treatment Facility Improvements Environmental Report for the Del-Co Water Company, year 2002

Morrow County Well Field Investigation for the Del-Co Water Company, 2006

Well Field Investigation of the Ebersole Site for the Del-Co Water Company, 2009

Water Supply Study for the City of North Vernon, Indiana, year 2004

Water Treatment Study for the City of North Vernon, Indiana, year 2004

Preliminary Engineering Reports for Phases VI, VII, and VIII for the Ross County Water Company, Inc., years 2004, 2007, and 2010

Environmental Reports for Phases VI, VII, VIII for the Ross County Water Company, Inc. years 2004, 2007, and 2010

Hocking County Hydraulic Study for the Hocking County Planning Dept., year 2004

Guidance Information for Storm Water Requirements of Construction Projects for the Southwest Regional Water District, year 2009

Environmental Report for the Rinehart Water Storage Tank for the Ross County Water Company, Inc., year 2009

Preliminary Engineering Report for the Water Treatment Facility Improvements for the City of North Vernon, Indiana, year 2009

Preliminary Engineering Report for Phase V Improvements for Scioto Water, year 2011

Preliminary Engineering Report for Phase IX for the Ross County Water Company, Inc., in progress

Stone Quarry Reservoir Study for the City of North Vernon, Indiana, 2013

 

Our personnel have also worked on wastewater planning studies which include:

· City of Columbus, IN Wastewater Master Planning
· City of Columbus, IN Wastewater Treatment Planning
· Eastern Bartholomew Regional Sewer District Facility Plan
· Palmyra, IN Facility Plan

Related to planning for utilities, Richard Morin was a member of the Annexation Committee for the City of North Vernon, IN.