Chris Philips, PE, CFM - Owner and Senior Scientist
Chris has been studying and modeling fluvial behavior since 1987. An accomplished hydrologist, Chris was the principal author for a complete re-write of the New Mexico State Highway Department’s Drainage Manual in 1995. He has won two awards for innovative solutions in urban drainage channel design, and has developed regional curves for arroyos in the NW region of the Albuquerque Metro area. Since launching his own business in 1999, Chris has designed more than 40 river projects, representing a range of public and private sector clients. His knowledge of fluvial geomorphology and traditional and non-traditional river engineering methods provides a distinctly different approach to restoration and flood control projects than is customary for the engineering profession. See Chris’s complete resume for more details.

Chris Pitcher, EIT, CFM – Staff Engineer
Chris is responsible for CAD design and production work in the office. He is proficient in all of our river design and analysis software. Chris performs field surveys, river condition assessments, construction oversight, layout staking and whatever else the boss can dream up. He is registered as a Certified Floodplan Manager and expects to soon sit for the Professional Engineer's exam.

Brad Meyer, Engineering Technician
Brad provides CAD drafting support in the office and construction oversight services in the field. He is a key member of our survey steam. Brad does a lot of the project monitoring work including before and after photographs, visual assessments of vegetation types and densities, macro invertebrate surveys and fish population surveys. A lifelong avid fly fisherman, Brad brings a certain aesthetic wisdom to our in-house discussions on project designs.

Staff Resources

Riverbend Engineering works with a small network of experienced professionals to accomplish tasks on a project-by-project basis. Our professional resources include:

Hydrologist – BS & MS (Civil Engineering), 16 years of experience in drainage studies, drainage master planning, FEMA flood studies and map revisions, 1D hydraulic modeling, sediment transport modeling, and watershed condition assessments.

Hydrologic Field Technician – BS in Environmental Education, 5 years experience in river fieldwork, cross section and longitudinal profile surveys, bankfull identification, pebble counts, bed load and suspended sediment sampling, Pfankuch channel stability evaluations, Rosgen level III stream variable assessments.




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