Jennifer Taylor has been promoted to Project Director at SCS Engineers. Her exceptional leadership skills have been instrumental in managing a multidisciplinary team and exceeding client expectations. In her new role, she will also oversee the liquids management team in KC, further expanding her leadership responsibilities.
Jenny’s passion for mentoring staff and building client relationships makes her a valuable asset to our team.
Outside work, she enjoys camping in southern Missouri and exploring the Ozark trails on ATVs with her family.
Congratulations, Jenny!
SCS is thrilled to announce the promotion of Morgan Sykes to the esteemed position of Senior Project Manager. Known for his exceptional engineering prowess and dedication to finding innovative solutions for complex projects, Morgan has been a valuable asset to our team since joining SCS in October 2021. His leadership on various engineering-heavy design projects, including transfer stations, has been instrumental in our continued success.
Not only is Morgan a skilled project manager, but he also excels as a mentor, guiding young engineers in the principles of civil engineering design. His diverse talents have made a significant impact on SCS, particularly in the Energy and Construction sectors.
Originally from a ranch in southern Colorado, Morgan’s journey led him to the Colorado School of Mines and eventually to his role as a City Engineer, where he met his wife Tess, a journalist covering City activities. Together, they are proud parents to three children and are currently immersed in planning their eldest’s wedding, attending swim meets, and cheering loudly at soccer games.
Please join us in congratulating Morgan on this well-deserved promotion. We look forward to witnessing his continued success and contributions to our organization.
Please contact SCS Engineers if you are interested in working with our clients to make the world safer and cleaner!
Since joining SCS in February 2023, Tim Buelow has quickly established himself as a highly respected and trusted advisor within the industry. Known for his thorough evaluation of complex scenarios and ability to consider multiple perspectives, Tim has successfully led unique projects for clients in Iowa. Clients value Tim’s technical expertise and rely on him to provide innovative solutions to their most pressing issues.
Internally, Tim is known for his humility and collaborative nature, always willing to share his knowledge and mentor colleagues with his client-first approach. In recognition of his outstanding contributions, Tim has been promoted to Project Advisor, where he will continue to deliver exceptional service to clients at a high technical level.
Outside of work, Tim celebrates important milestones in his personal life, including 20 years of marriage to his wife Heidi and raising two sons. In his free time, Tim enjoys quality time with his family and sharing his passion for music by playing trumpet and euphonium alongside his sons at local churches.
We are thrilled to announce Bret Clements’s promotion to Project Director at SCS! Since 2008, Bret has showcased exceptional leadership, driving the success of key client projects and fostering growth within our engineering team. His dedication and hard work have been pivotal in completing numerous Renewable Natural Gas projects.
Bret is passionate about developing our staff in Overland Park and ensuring their professional growth. His business acumen and analytical skills are vital in addressing business challenges and driving continued success.
Congratulations, Bret, on your well-deserved promotion!
Kevin Jensen has been promoted to the role of Project Manager at SCS. Since joining our team in February 2023, Kevin has consistently demonstrated exceptional dedication to our Iowa industrial clients. His commitment to delivering projects on time and within budget has earned him a reputation as a trusted advisor in compliance and engineering services. Kevin’s proactive approach to client advocacy and his ability to keep our internal team aligned with project goals have been instrumental in our continued success.
A native of north-central Iowa and a graduate of Iowa State University, Kevin brings a wealth of experience from his time at John Deere and ADM before transitioning to consulting in 2016. Outside of work, Kevin enjoys relaxing on his deck, listening to music with his fiancée, and tending to their lively menagerie of two dogs, ducks, and chickens.
Please join us in congratulating Kevin on his well-deserved promotion. We are excited to see where his leadership takes us in the future!
Please contact SCS Engineers if you are interested in working with our clients to make the world safer and cleaner!
The composting industry is experiencing significant growth and evolution to help reduce the amount of organic waste placed in landfills. Solid waste departments across North America feel the strain of reducing and controlling methane emissions, saving valuable landfill space, and creating sustainable solutions.
Municipalities, regions, and private companies are turning to organic composting to divert organic wastes from landfills and reuse them as feedstock for a high-quality compost by-product. While theoretically simple, there is a logical series of processes and parameters, some specific to each site, to reach the goals communities and solid waste management organizations hope to achieve.
Whether your community or region already has composting and is scaling to include food waste, or you want to establish a new composting facility or regional composting site, a free educational session entitled Design, Siting, & Permitting of a Municipal Compost Facility can help.
The Southeastern Connecticut Regional Resources Recovery Authority’s proposed compost facility reflects a well-thought-out strategy that leverages circularity, advanced composting technologies, and engineering best practices to create a sustainable and economically viable operation.
SCRRRA’s Executive Director, David Aldridge, walks us through his proposed regional compost facility, which reflects a well-thought-out strategy that leverages advanced composting technologies and engineering practices to create a sustainable and economically viable operation.
Dave with Greg McCarron, Professional Engineer, and Certified Compost Professional, discuss hybrid systems and incorporating rigorous process controls, resulting in a forward-thinking approach to composting at scale.
Participants and viewers will appreciate and understand applying the science and practice of composting and what is critical to successful site, design, permit, and manage composting programs that support circularity and operational efficiencies – creating value for all stakeholders.
Our experts will field your questions during the live session, and we offer the ability to ask questions anonymously if you prefer. We ask that you register, but SCS never shares or sells any contact information.
Learn More About Design, Siting, & Permitting of a Municipal Compost Facility
Join SCS at the 24th Annual Joint Fall Conference, September 4th – 5th, hosted by the Pennsylvania Waste Industries Association (PWIA) and the SWANA Keystone Chapter at the Hilton Harrisburg in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Billed as Pennsylvania’s premier solid waste management event, this year’s conference features a welcome reception, program, and trade show. The technical program includes live learning and networking opportunities for industry professionals, and engaging topics on emerging technologies, PFAS, and financial considerations for energy projects.
SCS Experts are excited to present on the following topics this year.
LFG Recovery Forecasting Uncertainty on the Effects of Organics Diversion Presenter: Christopher Woloszyn, Senior Project Professional.
Drones, Lasers and Satellites, Oh My! Remote Methane Monitoring Techniques and Landfill Air Regulatory Update Presented by: Josh Roth and David Hostetter.
SCS is proud to be a sponsor and exhibitor for this exciting event, bringing together leaders and organizations across the solid waste industry.
Join SCS Engineers at the 2024 PWS Permian Basin Summit. The Produced Water Society brings together industry-leading speakers such as Neil Nowak to address the produced water issues faced by operators, water midstream companies, and water service providers.
Neil will present “Produced Water Recycling and Evaporation Facilities” as a Roundtable Presentation at the event.
August 13, 2024
2:00 – 3:15 PM
Produced water experts with Permian Basin experience will discuss the existing solutions, technological innovations, and produced water management best practices needed to keep the most productive unconventional shale play in the world pumping hydrocarbons while ensuring sustainable business operations and safeguarding the local environment and freshwater resources.
Join SCS Engineers to solve environmental challenges.
• Carbon Sequestration & Deep Well Injection
• Greenhouse Gas Services
• Oil and Gas Services
Meet with SCS Engineers at the 2024 Railroad Commission (RRC) of Texas Regulatory Conference July 30-31 at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center to inform the oil and gas sector on the applicable laws, rules, and procedures for hydrocarbon production in Texas.
Join SCS Engineers to solve future energy challenges like:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy announced on June 21st that applications are open for $850 million in federal funding for projects that will help monitor, measure, quantify, and reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sectors. The funding aims to specifically help small oil and natural gas operators reduce methane emissions and transition to available methane emissions reduction technologies, while also supporting partnerships that improve emissions measurement and provide accurate, transparent data to impacted communities.
A competitive solicitation for this funding will enable a broad range of eligible U.S. entities to apply, including industry, academia, non-governmental organizations, Tribes, and state and local governments. This funding opportunity is expected to achieve measurable outcomes for skilled workforce training, community involvement, and environmental justice. Funding applicants are required to submit Community Benefits Plans to demonstrate meaningful engagement with and tangible benefits to the communities in which the proposed projects will be located. These plans must provide details on the applicant’s commitments to community and labor engagement, quality job creation, diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility, and benefits to disadvantaged communities.
The primary objectives of this funding opportunity announcement are to:
1. Help small operators significantly reduce methane emissions from oil and natural gas operations, using commercially available technology solutions for methane emissions monitoring, measurement, quantification, and mitigation.
2. Accelerate the repair of methane leaks from low-producing wells and the deployment of early-commercial technology solutions to reduce methane emissions from new and existing equipment such as natural gas compressors, gas-fueled engines, associated gas flares, liquids unloading operations, handling of produced water and other equipment leakage.
3. Improve communities’ access to empirical data and participation in monitoring through multiple installations of monitoring and measurement technologies while establishing collaborative relationships between equipment providers and communities.
4. Enhance the detection and measurement of methane emissions from oil and gas operations at regional scale, while ensuring nationwide data consistency through the creation of collaborative partnerships. These partnerships will span the country’s oil and gas-producing regions and draw in oil and natural gas owners and operators, universities, environmental justice organizations, community leaders, unions, technology developers, Tribes, state regulatory agencies, non-governmental research organizations, federally funded research and development centers, and DOE’s National Laboratories.
Additional Resources:
1. Read more details of this funding opportunity.
3.GHG Monitoring, Control, Verification, Reporting
Ms. Victoria Evans brings decades of professional expertise in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) tracking and verification, energy management, air quality, and the environment to SCS Engineers as the National Practice Leader for Climate Change. Her experience derives from her successful work in consulting, R&D, academia, and the federal government for hundreds of projects at global facilities.
“Moving business and municipal operations to integrate a circular economy and practices helps our clients meet their climate change goals. Hiring a consultant firm only, no matter how prestigious, can result in efficiency gaps between the plan and outcomes. Adding Evans to our deep bench of environmental scientists, GHG experts, and waste management engineers enhances our client value with proven results,” states Patrick Sullivan, senior vice president.
Evans has directed or performed hundreds of GHG studies for a diverse set of US and global corporations and governmental organizations, including Vantage, 3M, Comcast, Dow, National Grid, the U.S. Postal Service, Chevron, Tucson Water, and Edwards Air Force Base. Her work involves developing voluntary and mandatory GHG inventories, reporting, California Cap-and-Trade compliance strategies, carbon reduction roadmaps, and life cycle analyses as well.
Her substantial career experience includes environmental impact analysis and air permit support for over 50 facilities, including coal, natural gas, biogas, and biomass-fueled electricity generation and coal syngas facilities. In R&D, Evans developed successful environmental, air quality, and climate research projects with electric utilities on three continents and collaborated with utilities in Finland, Sweden, the Philippines, Italy, Scotland, and France.
Evans led regulatory and legislative analyses involving carbon and energy for landmark initiatives and advised on developing GHG reporting rules and protocols for carbon offset projects.
Educated at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Evans holds a Master of Science in Natural Resource Policy and Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Management. She holds multiple registrations as an Envision Sustainability Professional, a CARB Verifier for Carbon Offset Projects, Climate Action Reserve Certified as Lead for GHG Inventory Reporting, and a State of California Mediator certification.
Evans is a former Air & Waste Management Association Board Member, among other association involvement, and continues to share her knowledge and expertise publicly and for the benefit of many industries and municipalities.
SCS President Curtis Jang says, “We’re excited to have Victoria join SCS. She is uniquely qualified and perfect for leading our specialist climate change practice. We look forward to combining and sharing our expertise for our clients’ continued success.
Resources for Industries Reducing Carbon Dioxide, Methane, and Hazardous Waste:
Join SCS Engineers at the 2024 Connecticut DEEP State Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC) Meeting on June 25th from 9:30 to 11:30 am at DEEP Headquarters. For those who cannot attend in person, you can join via Zoom by registering
SCS Engineer Greg McCarron will be presenting at this event. The SWAC plays a vital role in the successful implementation of Connecticut’s solid waste management plan. The committee’s responsibilities include assisting the Department in executing the plan, identifying emerging issues and proposing solutions, and participating in necessary revisions to the plan. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with industry leaders and contribute to the future of waste management in Connecticut!
Join SCS Engineers at the 2024 SWANA FL Summer Conference, the premier solid waste conference and tradeshow in the Southeast, from July 14-16 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando, FL. This event offers a unique opportunity to network with top professionals in the solid waste industry, earn continuing education hours, and experience the vibrancy of International Drive.
The conference agenda will feature engaging sessions and speakers who will discuss the latest advancements in solid waste management. Industry suppliers and service providers will have the chance to showcase their products and services. Don’t miss out on this chance to connect, learn, and grow in your profession. Mark your calendars and register today to join us at Synergy 2024: Uniting to Advance Florida Resource Management!
Several of our professionals are presenting, including:
Laila Al-Khalaf & Stephen Townsend
Surface and Subsurface Landfills Fires
Tuesday, July 16, 1:00 -3:00 pm, Location: Ballroom B
Kayla Ouellette
GIS Technology for Landfills
Tuesday, July 16, 3:30-5:00 pm, Location: Ballroom B
