OCE Celebrates Another Successful Year with a Year-End Holiday Party
On December 14th, OCE held its annual staff holiday party at the Waybury Inn, just down the street from its headquarters and East Middlebury office. The Inn staff prepared a succulent meal, and everyone had a great time after a particularly busy year. Principal Engineer Robert M. Clark, P.E. always [...]
OCE Takes Part in Green Mountain Water Environment Association Fall Tradeshow
Otter Creek Engineering took part in the annual GMWEA Fall Trade Show, held at the South Burlington Doubletree. Principal Engineer Robert M. Clark, P.E., Communication Coordinator Ben Pease, and Vice President Brent F. Rakwoski, P.E. attended the trade show and took the opportunity to mingle with Vermont's water operators, regional [...]
OCE Thanks its 2024 Interns for Helping to Complete Lead Service Line Inventories Statewide!
Every summer, OCE seeks interns to support future generations of engineers and environmental scientists. In 2024, we brought on five interns, primarily to go door-to-door across Vermont and collect data for the Lead Service Line Inventory, a federally mandated program by the Environmental Protection Agency. OCE inventoried over 10,000 properties [...]
OCE Competes in Vermont City Marathon and Relay
In what has become an annual tradition, OCE rallied a five-person relay team to run the Vermont City Relay in Burlington. This year's team was comprised of Vice President Brent F. Rakowski, P.E., Senior Resident Project Representative Jeff Mangini, Staff Engineer Nathan Claessens, E.I., GIS Specialist Matthew Durst, and Principal [...]
OCE Welcomes Staff Engineer Drew Kiernan
Otter Creek Engineering is pleased to welcome Drew Kiernan as a staff engineer to the OCE team. Drew grew up in Shoreham and recently graduated from Norwich University with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. Having experience with a local heavy contractor, Drew was a natural fit for our [...]
OCE’s Andrew Sample Earns Professional Wetland Scientist Certification
OCE is pleased to announce that Andrew Sample has earned his Professional Wetland Scientist Certification and will hereby be referred to as Andrew Sample, PWS! Wetland Delineation is an important process that helps identify the boundaries of wetlands and protect a vital environmental resource by reducing potential on- and off-site [...]
OCE’s Matthew Durst Earns Remote Pilot Certificate!
We are happy to announce that OCE's GIS Specialist Matthew Durst has earned his Remote Pilot Certificate. The Remote Pilote Certificate is granted by the Federal Aviation Administration as part of their Small Unmanned Aircraft System Rule (Part 107) and allows Matthew to utilize aerial drones for commercial purposes. Matt [...]
OCE Named Addison County Chamber of Commerce’s Business of the Year!
At the Addison County Chamber of Commerce's Annual Meeting, held at the historic Vergennes Opera House on October 26, 2023, Otter Creek Engineering was proud to accept the Business of the Year Award. Chamber Board Member Marty Kulczyk (and owner of the Robert Frost Cabins in Ripton) presented OCE with [...]
OCE Begins Work on Lead Service Line Inventories
One consequence of the crisis in Flint, Michigan is that it elevated public awareness that a substantial number of service lines connecting individual homes and businesses to public water systems may contain lead components. This means that even if the water source and transmission lines do not contain lead, the [...]
OCE Helps Judge LEGO Contest and Exhibit at the Bixby Memorial Free Library
Otter Creek Engineering was proud to support this year's LEGO Contest and Exhibit at the Bixby Memorial Free Library. This is the fifth year the Bixby Library and Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes held the event, and OCE's own Robert M. Clark, P.E. presided as one of three [...]