Quality People Providing Quality Solutions
B. Luke Jolley P.E.
President
Chief Engineer
Luke, President of HLE, Inc. and a registered Professional Civil Engineer in the States of Idaho, Wyoming, and Virginia. He oversees all Civil engineering projects in both HLE offices Blackfoot and Idaho Falls, and has worked in the Engineering and Land Surveying industry for well over 2 decades.
Luke’s project experience includes, transportation, geotechnical, public wells, public water systems, sanitary sewer systems, storm systems, land development, site design and roadway design, and working with the client for public bidding, awarding a contract, and construction oversight while coordinating with the client and contractor.
Luke believes the foundation for successful projects is a detailed set of drawings and specifications at the beginning of the project. Luke’s reputation for quality workmanship and detail is evident by the contractor’s response during construction. He knows what items need to be completed for projects to be within budget and on time, and always takes full responsibility for the quality and timeliness of the consultant’s work, and for ensuring that adequate personnel and other resources are available for his projects.
Luke has earned the respect of clients by knowing that he works for them and is there to protect them and ensure that they get the very best project that they can get and that will continue to serve them as desired for many years.
Clint Jolley P.L.S.
Vice President
Survey Manager
Clint Jolley, PLS Idaho #15571, is a registered Professional Land Surveyor with over 2 decades of surveying and staking experience, Clint manages the construction survey operations, as well as overall day to day office management within HLE’s Idaho Falls office.
Clint holds a Bachelor of Science in Geomatics Technology from Idaho State University. His expertise includes, highway construction, boundary surveys, GPS surveys, route survey, land and construction surveys, subdivision staking, topographic and ALTA surveys. He has experience using the latest Trimble GPS equipment, is always learning more and strives to stay current with the many growing industry technologies and trainings.
Clint has skillfully planned and managed many projects, within the State of Idaho, for private, State, and Government entities alike. With his education and determination to give only the best experience and serve those around him, his clients and associates feel confident knowing that he has the skills to manage projects through all processes of Land Development and Surveying seamlessly. Clint’s reputation for quality workmanship and detail is evident by his commitment to our clients, and their response.
Chris Street P.L.S.
Treasurer
Survey Manager
Chris Street, PLS #12224, is the Survey Manager in HLE Inc.’s Blackfoot office. A graduate from Idaho State University, Chris has over twenty (20) years of survey experience in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. As the Surveying Manager for HLE, Chris helps run all the aspects of day to day operations of the Surveying Department. Over the past 20 years, Chris has skillfully planned and managed many large-scale survey projects in his capacity as Survey Manager. A sample of his broad range of skills includes the following:
- Project Management
- Topographic Surveying
- Boundary Resolution and Surveying
- Deed Research and Interpretation
- GNSS/GPS Control Networks
- Experience working with the State of Idaho
- Job Standardization
- Construction Staking
Kyle L. Jones, E.I.
Project Engineer
Kyle is currently a Project Engineer with a solid background in various areas of projects including site/civil, potable water supply, potable water distribution, wastewater collection, wastewater treatment, transportation planning/studies, roadway design, and master planning. Work experience in various trades including construction, engineering, electrical, quality control, and surveying enable him to work on a wide variety of projects knowledgeably and efficiently.
Kyle’s expertise ranges from information gathering, funding development, completion of facility/environmental studies, design engineering, and construction engineering.
He is very good at developing innovative and cost-effective solutions to complex problems and enjoys working closely with clients to produce quality projects in an efficient manner.
Gilmore Jenkins E.I.
Project Engineer
Gilmore is currently a Project Engineer with a background in various areas of projects including site/civil, potable water systems, storm and sanitary sewer systems and roadway networks. He has broad experience in site grading and excavation, infrastructure installation, concrete placement, and building erection that add a practical knowledge base when working on a variety of projects.
Gilmore’s expertise includes civil site design and Conceptual Layouts, storm water retention design, storm and sanitary sewer network design, Preliminary traffic analysis, municipal code interpretation, product information research and construction administration.
He is very good at developing innovative and cost-effective solutions to complex problems and enjoys working closely with clients to produce quality projects in an efficient manner.
Scott V. Dressen E.I.
Project Engineer
Scott graduated from Idaho State University in 2020 with a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering MCL with a specialization in geotechnical analysis.
Since starting with HLE, Inc. Scott has worked on projects including: geotechnical analysis, subdivision and site development design, traffic analysis, transportation and road network design, stormwater analysis and hydraulic system design, municipal underground utility design, and site landscape design.
Before becoming a Civil Engineer, Scott spent 16 years as an Idaho nurseryman working in residential landscape design with a focus in plant selection, production, and diagnosis, as well as waterfall and pond system design and installation.
Anthony Koon P.E.
Project Engineer
Anthony “Tony” Koon, P.E. Idaho #10386 serves as the lead Structural Engineer for Harper-Leavitt Engineering (HLE) where he was worked since March 2015. Before that, he worked for Butler Engineering and Land Surveying which was purchased by HLE. Tony has a combined 28 years of related experience. Having both the project management and structure design experience allows him to execute projects smoothly from conceptual design through construction.
Tony has gained valuable experience with project management and experience with client negotiations, site investigations, modeling, concept studies, sub-consultant coordination, preliminary engineering, structure design, specifications, and cost estimating. The foundation for successful projects is a detailed set of drawings and specifications at the beginning of the project. He is thorough in his designs and delivers a quality engineered product.
Spence Ward P.E.
Project Engineer
Spence is a Project Engineer with a background in various areas of projects including surface and ground water monitoring, water systems, wastewater systems and construction oversight. With work experience in several trades, including street improvements design, residential development design, water engineering, irrigation modernization studies, drought resiliency work and water quantity and quality protection, Spence understands the importance of accomplishing essential projects in an efficient manner.
Spence’s project experience includes gathering information and reviewing engineering and facilities plan reports, managing multiple grants from a variety of funding agencies and coordinating owners, consultants, and contractors.
He excels at collaborating with others to achieve mutually agreed upon goals of a project. Spence’s valuable interpersonal skills allow him to work well with the public, engineers, clients, contractors, consultants, and others to provide quality results.
Marissa Gerdes
Testing & Inspection Manager
Marissa is from Blackfoot, ID and is our lead Testing and Inspection Manager. She specializes in Density Testing, HUD Foundation inspections, pressure testing, roadways, concrete, moisture testing, and more.
She excels at collaborating and communicating with contractors and clients alike to achieve the goals of each project. She is very thorough and precise with every project she undertakes.
Art da Rosa PE, MPA, CFM
He excels at collaborating with others to achieve mutually agreed upon goals of a project. Art is
a Senior Engineer/Project Manager. He recently joined HLE, after retiring from the City of Pocatello. Before the City of Pocatello, Art served in California with remarkable achievements. With HLE, Art will be managing Federally funded projects and assisting in local government needs.
Some Achivements include:
KN 22597, Carson St Bridge Project – design and construction. The Carson Street Bridge Project calls for the removal and reconstruction of the
bridge over Portneuf River. Art wrote the Grant, and he was in the Design and CE&I team.
KN 22411, South Fifth and Jensen – design
The South Fifth and Jensen Project is a safety project. Design improvements included medians divider, intersection upgrade, RRFB, and community outreach.
Art wrote the Grant and did the engineering design.
KN 11657, Alameda Jefferson – CE&I
The Alameda Jefferson Project was a safety project that included roadway reconstruction, traffic signal upgrade, and medians divider while maintaining access to an adjacent elementary school. Art did the CE&I phase of the project. There were numerous change orders to the project. Through effective communication, Art was able to keep the total change order cost to 2% of the
project cost.
