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Curriculum Vitae

James D. Wamble P.E., R.L.S

216 Centerview Drive, Suite 180

Brentwood, TN  37027

Phone:  615.251.9555

Email: jdwamble@wambleassociates.com

Education:

Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering

University of Memphis                                                                                                                   1972 - 1976

 

Licenses:

Registered Land Surveyor – Tennessee, No. 1136                                                                     1979

Professional Engineer – Tennessee, No. 14236                                                                          1980

Employment:

Wamble & Associates, PLLC, Brentwood, TN                                                                               1984 – Present

Owner, Civil Engineer, Land Surveyor                                                                                        

 

Thomas & Miller, Nashville, TN                                                                                                      1983 – 1984

Project Engineer, Land Surveyor

 

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC)                                            1981 – 1983

Division of Construction Grants & Loan, Nashville, TN

Engineer IV, Management of $400 million in Title II construction grants and loans

 

Alley, Young & Baumgartner, Inc., Nashville, TN                                                                            1979 – 1981

Project Engineer, Land Surveyor, and Director of Planning & Development

 

Tennessee Department of Transportation                                                                                     1976 – 1979

Region IV Bureau of Highways, Jackson, TN

Staff Engineer

 

Continental Engineering, Memphis, TN                                                                                           1975 – 1976          

Part-time Engineer

 

Project Experience:

In the more than four decades that I have been a licensed engineer and land surveyor, I have worked on land planning, land surveying, or civil engineering projects in all counties of the middle and west Tennessee regions, and several counties in east Tennessee.  My largest ten projects in the last four years include:

 

  1. Lake Forest Estates – Approximately 5000 residential units and numerous commercial parcels.  This residential development, located in La Vergne, Rutherford County, Tennessee, is the largest subdivision in the state.  My company provided land planning, land surveying, and civil engineering services.

  2. Nashboro Village – A mixed-use development on 393 acres consisting of a golf course, commercial development, and 2507 residential units (single-family, townhomes, and apartments) on 28 sites in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.  My company provided land surveying, land planning, and civil engineering services on approximately half of these sites in this Master Plan.

  3. Morrison Estates – 1,352 mixed-use residential development and six commercial lots on 155 acres in Morrison, Warren County, Tennessee.  My company provided land planning, land surveying, and civil engineering services.

  4. Provincetown - 470 residential townhome units in a Traditional Neighborhood Planned Unit Development in Antioch, Davidson County, Tennessee.  My company provided land planning, land surveying, and civil engineering services. 

  5. Altitude at 41 – 280-unit apartment development with six commercial lots on 45 acres in Davidson County, Tennessee.  My company provided land planning, land surveying, and civil engineering services.

  6. Monterra – 260-unit luxury apartment development in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.  My company provided land survey and civil engineering services.

  7. 611 E. Jefferson Pike – Self storage facility consisting of 184 units located on 7.91 acres in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee.  My company provided land surveying and civil engineering services.

  8. Del Lago – A specific plan development with 14 single-family lots and 115 attached townhomes with rear surface parking located in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. My company provided land surveying and civil engineering services.

  9. Minerva Village – A two-phase subdivision located on 13.65 acres in La Vergne, Rutherford County, Tennessee.  Phase 1 consists of 17 single-family lots; Phase 2 consists of 92 attached townhome units.  My company provided land surveying, land planning, and civil engineering services.

  10. The Ridge – 73-lot single-family subdivision with conventional 10,000 sq. ft. lots in La Vergne, Rutherford County, Tennessee.  My company provided land planning, land surveying, and civil engineering services.

 

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, industrial parks, mobile home parks, mini warehouses, hotels, office building site plans, and site plan based zoning applications; 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, investigations, site inspections, engineering analysis, boundary dispute/survey analysis, land use studies, expert witness reports, preparing exhibits, and testifying at depositions, trials, hearings, and arbitrations.

 

Professional Organization 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)

 

 

 
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