About Civil Site Engineering LLC - Land Survey and Site Development

About Us

Civil Site Engineering LLC (formerly Yerka Engineering LLC) is a multifaceted civil engineering firm located in Douglas, MA. Civil Site Engineering has gained an outstanding reputation doing business with municipalities and private developers in the South Central Worcester County area for over 30 years. The firm is distinguished for its “common sense solutions” to engineering problems brought about by the ever-increasing demands put on projects, due to more stringent regulations. Our team of engineers, wetland scientists, surveyors, and GIS specialists have the expertise to meet your project requirements. For over 30 years, we have designed and permitted many roadways and subdivisions. We are familiar with projects governed by changing local and state requirements, like the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act and NHESP Endangered Species.

Key Staff

Margaret Bacon

P.E., P.W.S., Principal

Ms. Bacon is a Licensed Professional Engineer and a Professional Wetland Scientist with over 20 years experience planning, permitting, design and construction oversight for private and public projects.

Experience
- Experience working on Chapter 149 Projects. Ms. Bacon was a Project Manager for the MA Dept. of Corrections (DOC) and managed several large facility and utility projects funded under MA Chapter 149
- Transportation Planning, Environmental Permitting and Roadway Design; over five years experience working for MassHighway
- Traffic Studies for private development
- Design and construction oversight of wetland restoration and replication projects
- Design of stormwater management systems for roadway and private development projects
- Familiar with State and Federal wetland permitting requirements and regulations
- Project Manager and/or designer for subsurface utilities, including sewers, wastewater lift stations, waterlines and subsurface sewage disposal systems
Recent Projects
Ms. Bacon was the DOC Project Manager for several large infrastructure projects, and worked closely with the Division of Capital Asset Management (DCAM). Having worked formally for two state agencies, Ms. Bacon has extensive experience in working on large roadway and facility related construction projects. Responsibilities include, for both agencies, planning, permitting, design, preparation of bid documents and construction oversight.
Education
- BS Civil Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- MBA from the University of Massachusetts
- Associates Degree in Environmental Technology
Affiliations
- Association of Massachusetts Wetland Scientists
- Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- Boston Society of Civil Engineers
- Past Member of the Dalton Conservation Commission

Bill Morris

Project Manager

Bill Morris is a professional and dedicated leader with years of comprehensive and logistics
experience in the corporate industry. His ability to manage and coordinate numerous projects to
achieve and exceed organizational and personal objectives is an asset to Civil Site Engineering.

Bill has over 25 years experience working with North American Logistics and EMC, as Operations Manager/Logistics Associate. Bill is familiar with OSHA’s construction standards, due to his past experience as a Safety Administrator Officer. His experience which also includes overseeing and maintaining accurate inventory and records, reducing cost and eliminating waste is a good fit in the private consulting industry.

Bill’s duties as a Project Manager with Civil Site Engineering include customer relations, project coordination, wetland delineations, topographic surveying and As Built Septic Plans. Bill also assists with septic Deep Hole Soil Evaluations and Perc tests.

Bill is an Active Member of the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions (MACC) and is currently participating in their Certificate Training Program.

He is also an Active Member in Association of Massachusetts Wetland Scientists (AMWS).

Oswaldo Palencia

CAD Support Staff

Oswaldo has a wide breadth of experience in the Military and Private Industry from survey crew to master CAD Designer. He is able to produce a wide variety of specialized plans utilizing CAD, GIS and other software. He has a Bachelors degree from UMASS in Environmental Design and additional course work in Civil Engineering.

Oswaldo’s experience includes:

Mapping small, medium and large scale projects for fiber optic cable installation utilizing MAP 3D.
Implement MASS DOT, municipalities and other jurisdictional construction and CAD standards to meet project approval requirements.
Assistant civil engineers/land surveyors, providing support in both the field and office
Responsible for producing concepts, schematic design, design development, bidding, permitting, construction documents and a wide range of specialized drawings
Managed CADD aspects of projects (urban, public, institutional & private/commercial)
Responsible for maintaining, updating & creating CADD standards/ CAD library
Responsible for cross referencing of plans, details, sections & elevations
Perform research at registries of deeds, departments of public works, city halls & city engineer’s offices
Produced other specialized plans such as lighting and photometric plans

About Us

Key Staff

Margaret Bacon

Bill Morris

Oswaldo Palencia