Curriculum Vitae
Continuing Education
Twenty-four (24) hours are completed every two years for Professional Engineering license renewal; fifteen (15) hours are completed per year for Registered Land Surveyor’s license renewal. Courses in the last four years include:
Auburn University:
2014: Conference Innovative Erosion & Sediment Control
2016: Annual Transportation Conference
2016: Erosion & Sediment Control Updates
2016: ADA Overview of Elements of Public Right-of-Way Accessibility
Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors (TAPS):
2015: Water Boundaries
2015: Easements
2015: Three Worlds of Surveying
2016: Using RTK GNSS Wisely
2016: Standards of Practice & Ethics
2016: 2016 ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys
2016: The Surveyors Judicial Role
2017: Effective Time, Project and People Management
2017: The Pincushion Effect: Multiple Monument Dilemma in American Land Surveying
2017: A New Practice Model: How to Affect a Paradigm Shift in the Practice of Land Surveying
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE):
2014: Transportation and Development Institute Congress – Roundabout Design
2014: Transportation and Development Institute Congress – Urban Redevelopment
2014: Transportation and Development Institute Congress – Roadway Safety
2014: Transportation and Development Institute Congress – Pedestrian Safety
The Lucas Letter:
2014: Evidence & Procedures VI
2014: Easements I, II, III, IV, V
2014: Rights-of-Way III
2014: Ethics – I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII
2015: Negligence – III, IV
2015: Doctrine of Monuments – I, II, III, IV
2015: Rights-of-Way – IV
2015: Ethics - XII
2015: Parole Evidence – III
Half Moon Education:
2016: Boundaries and Easements
Education
Graduated in 1976 with a Bachelor's of Science
University of Memphis
Herff College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Degree
Memberships
National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors (TAPS)
National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS)
Experience
1984 – Present: Wamble & Associates, PLLC (formerly Bledsoe & Wamble Engineers)
40 Middleton Street, Nashville, TN 37210 615.251.9555
Principle Engineer, Land Surveyor, and Owner
1983 – 1984: Thomas & Miller, Nashville, TN Project Engineer, Land Surveyor, and Jr. Partner
1981 – 1983: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) (formerly Tennessee Department of Health & Environment),
Division of Construction Grants & Loan, Nashville, TN Engineer IV, Management of $400 million in Title II construction grants and loans
1979 – 1981: Alley, Young & Baumgartner, Inc. (formerly E. Roberts Alley & Associates), Nashville, TN Project Engineer, Land Surveyor, and Director of Planning & Development
1976 – 1979: Tennessee Department of Transportation Region IV Bureau of Highways, Jackson, TN Staff Engineer
1975 – 1976: Continental Engineering, Memphis, TN Part-time Engineer
Expertise
Civil Engineering: Design of Grading, Drainage, Erosion Control, Sediment Control, Utilities, Roads, Lakes, Dams, Water Quality, Retention Ponds, Water Detention Basins, Parking Lots, Shopping Centers, Subdivisions, Apartments, Condominiums, Planned Unit Developments, Specific Plans, Industrial Parks, Mobile Home Parks, Mini Warehouses, Hotels and Office Building Site Plans; Flood, Drainage, and Utility Studies; Low Impact Design; Financial Developability and Constructability Analysis of Proposed Developments; Preparation of Cost Estimates; Assisting Clients in Setting Project Budgets; Designing Projects to Contain Cost within Determined Project Budget; Construction Project Management, Inspection, Administration, and Processing of Contractors' Pay Requests
Land Surveying: Topographic, Route, Land Title, Boundary, Utilities, Aerial Ground Control, Engineering Design, Construction Surveys, GPS, Easements, and Dedicated Right-of-Way
Land Planning: Land Use/Development Feasibility Analysis, Planning and Concept Design of Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Mixed-Use and Municipal Projects; Zone Change Applications; Planned Unit Development and Specific Plan Applications; Site Selection Consultation; Graphic Presentations
Expert Witness: Research, Site Inspections, Engineering Analysis, Performing Land Surveys, Preparing Survey and Civil Engineering Drawings, Investigation, Land Use Studies, Report Writing, Preparing Exhibits, and Testifying at Depositions, Trials, Hearings, and Arbitrations.
James D. Wamble P.E., R.L.S
40 Middleton Street
Nashville, TN 37210
Phone: 615.251.9555