JSA Civil Environmental Engineers
JSA Civil Environmental Engineers provide management and engineering services in the areas of Solid and Hazardous Wastes Management and Water Resources Management. Our experience encompasses the three basic media; land, water, and air. We believe that environmental compliance, waste minimization, reuse and recycling are core elements in the competitive structure of a company. We assist our clients in incorporating environmental elements into their strategic planning to strengthen their competitive edge. Visit our Web Page http://www.jspear.com and review our experience.
Employees
JW Spear Sr.
Mr. Spear, JSA's Founder, is a Solid Waste Professional in private practice with over 35 years experience with diverse waste management projects. He began his career as a regulator of waste management facilities and moved to facility operations and then to consulting.
His experience encompasses the design, construction, regulation, and operation of solid waste management facilities. He has designed numerous waste disposal and treatment facilities, incorporating synthetic liners, leachate collection, leachate recirculation, gas recovery, ground¬water monitoring, contamination remediation, and surface water management. His experience with landfill facilities includes Closure Design, Post Closure Operations Consulting, and Remedial and Corrective Measure planning and design.
His work in landfill design led to landfill gas to energy design, biogas facility design, and experience with carbon credit development and trading. JW has developed several transfer facilities for both hazardous and municipal wastes. Many of these designs incorporate intermodal technology. His experience in the recycling arena includes compost system, HHW Facility and MRF design. Having managed a solid waste collection company, he is familiar with routing and collection equipment requirements. Concerned about reducing the cost of facility siting while increasing siting successes, JW designed an approach to siting that uses community values to develop locational criteria.
JW has developed several transfer facilities for both hazardous and municipal wastes. Many of these designs incorporate intermodal technology. Most recently, JW has been involved in responses problems that arise in older closed sites and in the development of Waste Conversion Technologies for the production of energy, fuels, pharmaceuticals, and fertilizers, using Municipal Solid Waste as a feed stock.
EDUCATION
JW holds an MSc from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelors from Rutgers-the-State University of New Jersey. He has taken advanced training in sanitary engineering and Biochemistry. A Registered Civil Engineer in Wisconsin, JW is a Certified Landfill Manager and a MOLO instructor with the National Solid Waste Management Association.
Jo Spear Jr.
Jo-Walter Spear, Jr., P.E. (Jo) began his engineering experience in the very late 80's designing and constructing retaining walls, swales, fountains, and other surface water controls to pay for his education. In 1991 he received his BSCE from Widener University and subsequently began working in the environmental field in Sarasota Florida as a surface water engineer. In Florida Jo had the opportunity to do both field and table top design with the support of his modeling efforts and site civil activities. Managing the construction crews gave him the unique experience of completing design build projects from inception, through permitting and approvals, to construction and record drawings. n 1999 Jo moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and had a short stint supporting transportation engineers with his environmental background, performing corridor studies, redesigning passive systems for contaminated soils, and construction inspection. Mr. Spear has been with JSA Civil Environmental for nine years and a principal for the last eight. He is the primary project manager regarding landfill compliance, environmental assessment, plan review, and all surface water projects. In addition to his career work with JSA, Jo maintains a membership with the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) and is an instructor for the association. Locally Jo works with the SWANA Badger Chapter and Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin (AROW).
Faith Spear
Bookkeeper and Business Manager.
Faith is also a primary stockholder, making JSA a WEB.
She is also the glue that holds the company together.
Anna Krajcik
Anna serves as an engineering technician and draftsman for JSA. She has an Associates in Interior Design from MATC, and is midway though a BFA in graphic design from UWM. She is also trained in Emergency Management by the US Air Force National Guard with 6 years experience in this area.