Engineer-Owner

Kristin L. Savard, PE

President

Kristin is a native Western New Yorker who returned home after 12 years away.  Utilizing the site work experience obtained while working in the New England area, Kristin advanced her professional career to become co-founder of ADG in 2005 and President in 2008.

After graduating from Clarkson University and SUNY Potsdam in 1995 with Bachelors Degrees in Civil Engineering and Physics, Kristin began her career as a Project Engineer for J. R. Russo & Associates in East Windsor, CT. After 5 years she joined Martinez Couch & Associates in New Haven, CT as a Project Engineer. In 2002, she returned to Western New York where she worked as Project Engineer for Wendel Duchscherer in Amherst, NY before co-founding ADG as a NYS Certified WBE business.

Kristin has over 18 years of engineering and project management experience.  She has been directly responsible for the planning, design, and construction of projects ranging from residential and commercial subdivisions to an 18-acre solid waste recycling facility.  She has extensive experience in all aspects of obtaining the local, state and federal approvals for the development of sites across the state and nationwide.

Kristin specializes in government regulations, zoning, grading, drainage and utility designs, SEQR and in SPDES compliance.

Licenses:

Professional Engineer, State of Connecticut

Professional Engineer, State of New York

Education:

BS Civil Engineering, Clarkson University

BS Physics, SUNY Potsdam

Employment:

Advanced Design Group Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, President

Wendel Duchscherer, Project Engineer

Martinez Couch & Assoc., Project Engineer

J.R. Russo & Assoc., Project Engineer

Positions Held:

Village of Lewiston Planning Board (Board Member)

Niagara County Builders Association (President)

New York State Builders Association  (President)

Engineer-Owner

Richard J. Haight, PE

Vice-President of Engineering

Rick has over 27 years of engineering experience.  After graduating in 1984 with an Associates Degree in Engineering Science from SUNY Delhi, Rick went on to Union College where he graduated cum laude in 1986 with a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering.  He began his career as an Engineer Intern for the Connecticut Department of Transportation in 1986. Within 3 years, he was promoted to a Senior Engineer position as the District One Traffic Engineer, a position that he held for 14 years.  After moving to Western New York, Rick co-founded ADG in 2005 and became Vice-President of the company after incorporation in 2008.

Recent projects have included the design of residential and commercial subdivisions, including project management, design, drafting, and construction inspection.  He specializes in stormwater design, NYSDEC SPDES compliance, utility design, traffic, and transportation engineering. He has extensive experience in complex drainage designs, traffic studies, including traffic signal and signal system analysis, review and implementation of detour routing and Maintenance and Protection of Traffic Plans.

Licenses:

Professional Engineer, State of Connecticut

Professional Engineer, State of New York

Education:

AS Engineering Science, SUNY Delhi

BS Civil Engineering, Union College

Employment:

Advanced Design Group Professional Engineering and Surveying, Vice-President of Engineering

State of Conn. DOT, Senior Engineer

Positions Held:

Lower Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce (Chairman)

Lewiston Advisory Committee (Chairman)

Lewiston Niagara Local Development Corporation (Treasurer)

NYS Society of Professional Engineers (Member)