East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR)
Lower Manhattan, NY · Stormwater & Flood Control · 2026 · Client: NYC Department of Design and Construction
Engineers, Surveyors, Construction Managers
KS Engineers, P.C. (KSE) is a multidisciplinary engineering, surveying, and construction management practice founded in 1991 and headquartered in Newark, New Jersey, with offices in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. It serves public and private clients with civil, structural, geotechnical, traffic, and transportation engineering, plus surveying, right-of-way mapping, construction inspection, resident engineering, special inspection, and construction management. Its work includes the Goethals Bridge Replacement, the East Side Coastal Resiliency program in Manhattan, and design-build projects for MTA, NJ Transit, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and CTDOT.
MBE: New York City Department of Small Business Services · MBE: New York State Empire State Development · MBE: New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council · MBE: New York City School Construction Authority · MBE: Dormitory Authority of the State of New York · MBE: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey · MBE: New Jersey Department of Commerce · MBE: City of Philadelphia Office of Economic Opportunity · MBE: County of Nassau, NY · MBE: County of Hudson, NJ · NYC Department of Buildings accredited Special Inspection Agency
Kamal ShahidFounder and President/CEO
Elliot "Lee" SanderVice Chairman
Tom TehraniSenior Vice President and NY City Office Branch Manager
Syed AliSenior Vice President, PM/CM and Building Commissioning
Joseph BrownSenior Vice President and Director of Engineering
David RupnarainSenior Vice President & Director, Survey and Geospatial Services
George AssisSenior Vice President & Chief Structural Engineer
Richard (Ricky) BurrellVice President and Philadelphia Branch Manager
Anindya (Andy) ChakrabortyVice President and Manager of Connecticut Operations
Ronald DeNadaiVice President, Pennsylvania Operations
Structural design and analysis for bridges, buildings, and infrastructure, covering rehabilitation of existing structures and new steel, reinforced and prestressed concrete, and timber designs.
Planning, design, permitting, and construction support for infrastructure and site development, including grading, hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, utilities, pavement, and lighting.
Traffic analysis, signal and intersection design, and maintenance and protection of traffic plans, with certified Professional Traffic Operations Engineers on staff.
Subsurface investigation and geotechnical design for bridge, building, and pavement projects, with shallow and deep foundation analysis.
Resident engineering and construction-phase oversight for transportation and building projects, with inspectors certified by NICET, ACI, AMPP/NACE, and NJSAT.
Program governance, cost estimating, Primavera P6 scheduling, and construction management from planning through closeout.
NBIS and biennial bridge inspections, load ratings, scour and fatigue analysis, and inspection of sign structures, high-mast towers, and building facades under NYC Local Law 11.
Boundary, topographic, and right-of-way surveying with GIS and terrestrial laser scanning, from licensed surveyors in New York and New Jersey.
NYC Department of Buildings accredited Special Inspection Agency with an in-house materials testing laboratory in Mount Arlington, New Jersey.
Commissioning of building systems from design review through functional testing, turnover, and retro-commissioning.
Climate risk assessment, resilient infrastructure design, and green infrastructure for flooding, storm surge, and sea level rise.
Design and construction-phase support for design-build, CMAR, progressive design-build, and public-private partnership projects.
Highways & Roads · Bridges · Rail · Transit · Airports · Ports & Harbors · Water Supply · Wastewater · Stormwater & Flood Control · Government · Education · Sports & Recreation · Parks & Open Space · Parking · Tunnels
Lower Manhattan, NY · Stormwater & Flood Control · 2026 · Client: NYC Department of Design and Construction
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