Consulting Engineers and Designers
Pivotal Engineering, LLC is a New Orleans-based multi-disciplined engineering practice offering electrical, mechanical, plumbing, civil, and environmental engineering alongside construction inspection services. Its principals and staff bring more than 200 years of combined design experience across Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and New York, serving industrial, commercial, and public-sector clients. Founded by design professionals committed to customized solutions, Pivotal delivers in-house, hands-on expertise that minimizes overhead and reduces contractor change orders. Post-Hurricane Katrina, it completed more than 50 FEMA-funded projects, conducted 7,000 structural inspections, and performed 4,500 asbestos evaluations supporting the City of New Orleans recovery.
Avinash MehtaPresident
Terry ElnaggarPrincipal
Bassam MekariPrincipal
Yoseph ShifarePrincipal
Irish JonesElectrical Design Specialist
James AmodeoSenior Mechanical Engineer
Power distribution design and analysis, load calculations, emergency and backup power systems, and lighting design for streets, highways, and commercial and industrial facilities. Controls capabilities include PLC and DCS selection, design, and implementation, plus special systems such as fire alarm, intercom, and IT.
Mechanical systems support for commercial and industrial facilities.
Analysis of building mechanical systems.
Design support for building mechanical systems.
Construction management for mechanical-system delivery.
Code compliance review for mechanical systems.
Design recommendations for commercial and industrial facilities.
Plumbing system design and code compliance for commercial and industrial buildings.
Street improvements, drainage design, utility infrastructure replacement, and streetscape design for public and private clients. Post-Katrina recovery work included structural inspections of more than 2,500 structures across New Orleans.
Multimedia environmental consulting covering asbestos inspection and sampling, air permitting and compliance, soil and hazardous waste permitting and compliance, and remedial design. Site closure services include on-site treatment, risk assessments, groundwater modeling, and mitigation.
Engineers, inspectors, and technicians verify contractor compliance with plans, specifications, and industry standards. Monitoring services include vibration monitoring, pile logging, landfill construction certification, and stormwater testing.
Industrial · Commercial · Government · Environmental & Remediation · Education · Healthcare · Infrastructure
Louisiana · Environmental & Remediation
Pivotal performed an environmental and geological assessment of soil and groundwater and characterized sludge in a large oily waste impoundment. Data supported a toxicological assessment under the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality RECAP program, establishing remediation standards that eliminated the need for full site remediation and saved the client more than $1.5 million.
New Orleans, LA · Government
Engineering services for a multi-function gymnasium and recreation center on a compressed design and construction schedule with FEMA funding constraints post-Hurricane Katrina. Three complete sets of construction documents were produced in response to scope changes while the final bid document deadline was still met.
Infrastructure
Pivotal provided drainage analysis, design, and lighting services for an urban greenway development project. Work included topographic survey review, grading plans, lighting plans, and signage plans coordinated with local, city, federal, and state agencies, incorporating architectural, civil, and electrical design components.