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< Back Brian A. Sears, P.E. Principal Brian has over 32 years of Land development experience in Northern Virginia. He manages a team that provides land development services for residential, commercial and institutional projects. His expertise is in all aspects of land development and team management. His resume includes extensive experience in preliminary engineering, final engineering of large scale planned unit residential projects, road and highway design and commercial developments. He began his career with Urban, working summers and vacations during college, and started full time with the firm in 1992. As a Principal with Urban, Brian is dedicated to strong client relations and providing a high-quality work product. Registrations: Registered Professional Engineer in Virginia and North Carolina Education: BS, Civil Engineering – University of Pittsburgh Memberships: American Society of Civil Engineers

4aa6599f-e6fc-4aa9-b723-97b18689d961 Back The Saudi Academy Project: The Saudi Academy Client(s): Trammell Crow Company Description: Private School K-12 Location: Fairfax, VA, USA Size: Project Elements: Working for Trammell Crow, Urban provided civil engineering services for the design of all site-related improvements for the new Saudi Academy a 325,ooo square foot, K-12 private school currently under construction in Herndon, Virginia. Urban's land planners worked with the client, the end-user and their architect to prepare a layout for the site that met the needs of all involved while honoring all applicable state and local regulations. Urban was then responsible for preparing full civil engineering documents for the site, to include grading plans, the layout and design of all wet utilities, design and analysis of all stormwater management facilities including above ground ponds and below ground vaults calculations of adequate storm drainage outfall erosion and sediment control plans, and landscape plans. The site included a synthetic turf athletic field, a running track, and several athletic fields that are also typically found on public high schools. Urban was able to successfully prepare designs and specifications without the use of an athletic subconsultant for the synthetic turf field and running track. Our success in this effort was based on our experiences in other public school jurisdictions and by working closely with synthetic turf manufacturers and the end-user during the design process to understand their specific capabilities and requirements. Although the site is still under construction and the athletic facilities have not yet been completed, Urban will also be providing Construction Services related to this specialty work. The site was located adjacent to existing floodplain and Resource Protection Areas (RPA) in Fairfax County. Urban prepared the necessary floodplain encroachment requests and RPA Exceptions to allow for minor disturbances to these environmental resources associated with trails and utility outfalls. Although RPA is not explicitly codified in Loudoun County, Urban applied the same level of care for the Saudi Academy that we do for LCPS in honoring site constraints to develop a project that balances the fine line between maximizing developable area,minimizing costs, and respecting environmental features. Engineering Tasks: Site Layout Site Plan for School Site Plan for Office Roadway Design Athletic Consulting Stormwater Management Private Utility Coordination Erosion and Sediment Control 1/1

< Back David T. McElhaney, P.E. Principal Mr. McElhaney has over 29 years of design, planning and management experience in all facets of residential, commercial, institutional, and capital facilities land development projects. He is proficient in all aspects of the development process including feasibility studies, planning, preliminary engineering, hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, public meetings, regulatory review coordination, legislative applications, final design and construction documents, departmental management, permitting, construction administration and bond release. Mr. McElhaney has designed and managed a multitude of capital improvement, large and small residential, commercial, and institutional Mr. McElhaney has extensive experience in the legislative process including preparation, processing and approvals of Comprehensive Plan Amendments, Special Exceptions, Special Use Permits, Commission Permits, and Rezonings. He has worked closely with county engineering and planning staff, members of the Board of Supervisors, Planning Commissioners, citizen groups, state and other local agencies in numerous area jurisdictions. Mr. McElhaney’s vast experience has led him to be hired as an expert witness to provide analysis, studies, land planning exhibits, deposition and testimony to assist in the resolution of land value disputes. His personal involvement in the multitude of land use cases enables him to provide meaningful assessment of land development issues. Mr. McElhaney has been recognized by the Engineers Surveyors Institute (ESI) as a Quality Designated Plans Examiner. Additionally, he has been the recipient of multiple land conservation design awards. Registrations: Registered Professional Engineer: Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Washington DC Education: BS, Civil Engineering – University of Maryland Memberships: Northern Virginia Builders Industry Association Engineers & Surveyors Institute (ESI)

86841498-05c8-4016-bd2b-0a2781d23827 Back Brambleton Project: Brambleton Client(s): Brambleton Group Description: A large mixed-use development Location: Loudoun County, VA, USA Size: 2,000+ acres Project Elements: The mixed-use development consists of residential, commercial, industrial and recreational areas. The community will consist of over 6,000 units, with estate lots, single-family lots, townhouses and multifamily units. The development includes a high school, elementary schools, churches, daycare facilities, parks, community centers, a golf course, fire and rescue site, over 330,000 square feet of town center and 1.7 million square feet of industrial. Engineering Tasks: Preliminary plans; site studies; site layouts, field surveys, roadway designs, commercial site and parking design, utility studies, public water and sewer layout and design, hydrology layout and design, SWM, wetlands exhibits, boundary surveys, Alta-surveys, utility plats and subdivision plats. 1/4

< Back Eric S. Siegel, P.E. Principal Mr. Siegel has extensive experience overseeing the consulting and design of land development projects as a licensed professional civil engineer in Virginia, Maryland, The District of Columbia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Delaware, and Alabama. Proficient in all aspects of types of land development projects, Mr. Siegel’s main focus has been complex data center developments for both data center developers and end user/tenants in the US, high-density mixed-use projects like Reston Town Center, large retail developments such as Dulles Town Center, large, planned communities such as Broadlands and Reston, and secure corporate office campus projects such as Oracle, GSA at Dulles Discovery, and Accenture. Mr . Siegel manages teams in all 3 offices. As a graduate of civil engineering from the University of Maryland in 1987, Mr. Siegel started as a field Engineer for Great Lake Dredge and Dock before joining Urban Ltd. as an entry level design engineer in December of 1987. He is the past president of Engineering and Surveyors Institute and an active member of NAIOP and NVBIA. Registrations: Registered Professional Engineer: Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., North Carolina, West Virginia. Education: BS, Civil Engineering, University of Maryland 1987 Memberships: ASCE, ESI, NAIOP, NVBIA

6c25c409-ea6d-4d57-aa77-b947b06ced19 Back Stone Springs Hospital Center Project: Stone Springs Hospital Center Client(s): HCA Virginia Health System Description: Hospital Location: Dulles, VA, USA Size: Project Elements: Urban, LTD was entrusted with the responsibility to work closely with HCA and their sub-consultants to provide civil, land planning, landscape architecture and surveying services to of HCA latest ventures in the state of Virginia. The project encompasses a 51- acre campus which will house a 124-Beds Hospital Care Facility in approximately 243,000 square feet of gross floor area. This site had to go through an intricate process of approvals to allow a hospital facility to installed at this location. Urban Ltd, in conjunction with a developmental team assembled by HCA, assisted bringing this project to life. The Special Exception Process brought many challenges but by working closely and diligently with Loudoun County, Urban LTD gained approval to move forward with final site plan design and subsequent construction plans. Alongside the site plan preparation for the hospital site, Urban, Ltd prepared roadway plans for the three major roadways which access the subject site. All three roadways plans gained approval in a timely manner; and two of them, Stone Springs Boulevard and Gums Springs Road (Formerly Medical Drive) have already been open to the public for traffic. This project saw many challenges that Urban Ltd had to overcome from the preliminary stage to its construction phase. Particularly, from land planning perspective, but the quick responsiveness from our team to risen the challenges has made this project move without any major setback and the hospital center is set to open its doors by early 2016. Engineering Tasks: Preliminary Land Planning Final Site Plan and Subsequent Site Plan Amendment Submission to increase Building GFA Hydraulic Water Modeling SWM/BMP & Adequate Outfall Analysis Landscape Architecture Construction Administration Private Utility Coordination Permitting and Supporting Document for Construction (Maintenance of Traffic Plan, Pavement Design, Special Studies etc.) 1/3

059455b7-0737-46a5-9c7d-87e95285a197 Back St. George's Reach Project: St. George's Reach Client(s): Country Club Road Assemblage, LLC Description: A large mixed-use development Location: Pender County, NC, USA Size: 413 acre Project Elements: The mixed-use development consists of residential, commercial, recreational area, and a potential Yacht Club. The community will consist of approximately 1,150 units, with estate lots, single-family lots, townhouses and multifamily units. The development includes a marina, churches, parks, community centers, and over 280,000 square feet of commercial/office and retail space. Engineering Tasks: Preliminary plans; site studies; site layouts, field surveys, roadway designs, commercial site and parking design, utility studies, public water and sewer layout and design, hydrology layout and design, stormwater management design, stormwater permitting, wetlands exhibits, boundary surveys, utility plats and subdivision plats. 1/1

ace577a2-3caa-4a66-8879-24bfda4fe1a6 Back Brambleton School Sites Project: Brambleton School Sites Client(s): Loudoun County Public Schools and Brambleton Group Description: Public Elementary and Middle School Location: Loudoun County, VA, USA Size: Project Elements: Most recently Urban has been instrumental in facilitating the delivery of two new proffered school sites to LCPS in Brambleton. Urban carefully served the interests of LCPS and the developer to ensure that the sites were capable of fully supporting LCPS Educational Specification requirements without excessive costs. While preparing and processing rezoning applications for the developer, Urban prepared multiple layouts and preliminary engineering studies to satisfy LCPS staff and School Board members that the sites met LCPS's needs. As a result of our innovative planning efforts1 Urban developed a new layout concept for separating bus, parent and staff traffic for elementary and middle schools, which we understand wiII be provided to LCPS's other consultants as a template for new projects. In addition to assisting with the delivery of the school sites, Urban is also providing Final Design Services directly to LCPS for ES-27 and MS-g. Simultaneously/ a separate Urban design team has provided civil engineering services to Brambleton for the design of the necessary roads and utility infrastructure to serve the school sites. Urban has processed and continues to process over 25 separate land development applications through Loudoun County since July 2014, just related to ES-27 and MS-9. Applications have ranged from survey plats to create the LCPS parcels, to construction drawings for the roads and utilities/ to site plans for the school sites to an analysis for enhanced crosswalks along Creighton Road. All of the 25-plus applications have intertwined prerequisites and are tied to additional proffer conditions.Urban has been able to successfully keep these applications from becoming tangled in the process by providing regular tracking updates to LCPS and Brambleton. Urban's depth of staff resources, our ability to negotiate an extremely complex entitlement and plan approval process, our ability to avoid conflicts of interest in working for LCPS and Brambleton, and our knowledge of Loudoun County and LCPS policies and procedures have been key in keeping these projects on schedule and on budget.To date, an under-budget and on-schedule construction contract has been awarded for ES-27. MS-9 is on schedule to go to bid in June. Engineering Tasks: Site Feasibility Land Planning & Site Layout Preliminary Engineering Surveying Legislative Applications Proffer Consultation Boundary Line Adjustment Site Plan for Schools Roadway & Roundabout Design Sanitary Sewer Outfalls Pedestrian Studies Striping and Signage Plans State Stormwater Permitting Private Utility Coordination & Design Erosion and Sediment Control Dedication and Easement Plats 1/1

< Back Brian D. Martin, P.E. Senior Associate Brian's area of expertise consists of the design and management of development plans for residential and commercial projects including many large planned developments in Loudoun County. He began his engineering career in land development and joined Urban with the opening of their Chantilly office in 1999. His experience includes all aspects of land development engineering such as feasibility studies, site layout, grading, storm drainage, utility design, roadway design, erosion and sediment control, storm water management and floodplain studies. Brian is dedicated to helping Urban's clients develop successful projects by providing both high quality plans and service. Registrations: Registered Professional Engineer: Virginia ESI Designated Plan Examiner Education: BS, Civil Engineering – Virginia Tech MS, Civil Engineering – Virginia Tech Memberships: American Society of Civil Engineers

5b80a348-903b-4981-9854-18de0ba4e3c7 Back Dunn-Loring Metro Redevelopment Project: Dunn-Loring Metro Redevelopment Client(s): Trammell Crow Residential Description: A mixed-use development. Location: Fairfax County, VA, USA Size: 15 acres Project Elements: The Dunn Loring Metro project redevelops the existing WMATA surface parking lot into a structured parking facility that increases the WMATA capacity by over 500 vehicles. In addition, 770 high-density multi-family residential units in two buildings and 73,500 SF of retail and restaurant space are provided. All of the uses will be served primarily by structured parking. Engineering Tasks: Site and feasibility studies, zoning plans, public and private road design, SWM and BMP design, site plans and major utility plans. 1/5