Engineering • Architecture
Triad Associates, Inc. is a civil engineering and architecture firm founded in 1975 and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Serving cities and towns in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan, it specializes in water supply, wastewater, stormwater, and transportation engineering for municipal clients. Triad Associates expanded over the decades to include architectural design for public facilities and historic building renovation. It is now operating as VS Engineering.
Certified Grant Administrator (Indiana Office of Community & Rural Affairs) · Certified to Provide Professional Design Services (State of Indiana Public Works)
Lou SavkaPresident
Jonathan MoenVice President
Comprehensive civil engineering services to municipal clients, providing integrated solutions across water, wastewater, stormwater, transportation, and structural disciplines from a single team.
Municipal water supply design.
Wastewater treatment facility design and related infrastructure for cities and towns throughout Indiana and surrounding states.
Stormwater management systems to protect properties from flooding and drainage issues, including large-scale storm sewer networks and outfall structures.
Transportation planning and design for municipal clients.
Full-service architectural design for municipal facilities and historic building renovation, delivered in-house alongside civil engineering to provide coordinated project delivery.
Design of public facilities.
Design of multi-family housing projects, including conversion of historic buildings to affordable housing.
Adaptive reuse and renovation of historic structures for new uses such as affordable housing.
Government · Water Supply · Wastewater · Stormwater & Flood Control · Transportation · Public Safety · Parks & Open Space · Historic Preservation · Multifamily Residential
Galveston, IN · Water Supply · Client: Town of Galveston
New water treatment plant for the town of Galveston, Indiana, featuring iron removal, water softening, and disinfection. Project also included replacement of water lines throughout the town, new valves and hydrants, and cleaning, repair, and repainting of the existing water tower.
Ligonier, IN · Public Safety · 2022 · Client: City of Ligonier
Design of a 23,969-square-foot fire station for the City of Ligonier, constructed on a former industrial property with 234 rammed aggregate Geopiers supporting the foundations and slabs. The station was nominated for the 2022 Firehouse Station Design Awards.
Fountain City, IN · Stormwater & Flood Control · Client: Town of Fountain City
Stormwater infrastructure design for the town of Fountain City funded through the Indiana Finance Authority Transportation and Stormwater Grant program. Project includes over 80 storm structures, 8,600 feet of new storm sewer, and a 60-inch outfall to alleviate flooding on SR 27.