Development of East Baton Rouge Parish Stormwater Master Plan

Working for one of the largest national engineering firms, Atri served as the Project Manager (PM) and the foundation for this three-phased City/Parish stormwater master plan. It was designed to develop a comprehensive, data-driven plan that would form the basis for the 20-year CIP. The entire planning effort was diligently designed to be eligible for FEMA reimbursements through their HMGP grant program. The scope of work included collection and digitization (GIS) of all open and close-drainage infrastructure in the Parish. His team helped conceptualize flood protection and mitigation strategies, incorporate client feedback, and develop implementation strategies. The strategy included developing a funnel of capital projects, conduct FEMA BCA analysis, and develop list of recommended projects eligible for FEMA funding sources. The process involved heavy coordinate with USACE, City /Parish Council, and local stakeholders to develop optimal implementation strategies to best available USACE appropriated funds ($150M+) on local flood protection projects.

Regional Wastewater Acquisition (P3) Project, Louisiana

While working for one of the largest national engineering firms, Atri served as the Project Manager/Technical Lead supporting legal and commercial partners on a $325M utility acquisition using P3 model. He represented the owner during the negotiation of construction & operations agreement through financial model reviews, technical reviews, risk-management, and executive/elected official briefings and presentations. Specifically, he reviewed the slimmed version of the model provided and provide feedback on the reasonableness or not of its customer growth assumptions, and projected capex and O&M costs (including any capital works, equipment or other technical assumptions underpinning these). He also shared his expertise in review of the draft agreement and provide comments on any noted issues or deficiencies pertinent to the technical and engineering components of the project and associated contract provisions, providing suggested improvements based on market precedent and own experience of similar projects.

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Response and Recovery Support, FEMA, Nationwide

While working for one of the largest national engineering firms, Atri served as the Technical Lead mentoring over 100 staff to support the Federal government’s response and recovery to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita between 2005 and 2007. He was responsible for deploying planners, operators, emergency management personnel, technical editors, GIS technicians, and public outreach professionals to 10 different FEMA locations, including Baton Rouge Joint Field Office (JFO), New Orleans Area Field Office (AFO), Biloxi AFO, FEMA HQ, as well as GOHSEP. His GIS staff helped set-up the first GIS cell in the Baton Rouge JFO to initiate the urban search & rescue efforts in New Orleans. He worked with multiple Federal Coordinating officers (FCOs) and the state coordinating officers (SCOs), as well as FEMA’s Regional administrators to ensure prompt fulfilment of FEMA’s resource requirements at various FEMA locations. Between 2006 & 2007, he worked with FEMA Region VI and Baton Rouge JFO authorities to transition FEMA’s response phase into recovery, and then to long-term recovery to get the state of Louisiana in the path of recovery.

Program Management - HCED Recovery & Resiliency Division

While working for a global engineering firm, Atri served as the Principal In-Charge (PIC), overseeing all 2018 bond projects within Precinct 2 (PCT 2). In his role, he was overseeing the design manager, H&H modelers, public outreach specialists, and construction managers & inspectors who were responsible for delivering the portfolio of neighborhood drainage improvements projects to enhance the overall resiliency of PCT 2 communities against flood risk. The scope of work included overseeing the projects engineer of records conducting design reviews, constructability reviews, and leading bid-phase services, and had multiple construction managers and inspectors overseeing projects in construction.

Engineering & Consulting Services for Replacement and Rehabilitation SWBNO Facilities, Louisiana

While working for a global engineering firm, Atri served as the Principal In-Charge (PIC), overseeing all 2018 bond projects within Precinct 2 (PCT 2). In his role, he was overseeing the design manager, H&H modelers, public outreach specialists, and construction managers & inspectors who were responsible for delivering the portfolio of neighborhood drainage improvements projects to enhance the overall resiliency of PCT 2 communities against flood risk. The scope of work included overseeing the projects engineer of records conducting design reviews, constructability reviews, and leading bid-phase services, and had multiple construction managers and inspectors overseeing projects in construction.

Transportation Master Plan - Ascension Parish, Louisiana

While working for one of the largest national engineering firms, Atri served as the Project Manager responsible for leading a multidisciplinary team for development of this plan. The plan encompassed the numerous facets of transportation planning, development and implementation including but not limited to land use planning, corridor preservation, land use planning, traffic demand modeling, feasibility evaluation, environmental permitting, and design & construction. The early planning effort conceptualized the concept of “Quick Start” projects to get shovel ready projects to construction early, and then work on projects in planning, design and permitting phases.

Professional Engineering Services for Levee Certification, Ascension Parish, Louisiana

While working for one of the largest national engineering firms, Atri served as the Project Manager for the development of a feasible implementation plan for Parish capital expenditure to support future certification and accreditation of three levee systems in the Parish. He led extensive outreach and coordination with FEMA regions VI and FEMA LOMR personnel to gain consensus on the path forward that included leveraging FEMA’s Levee Assessment and Mapping Procedure (LAMP) approach. The implementation plan outlined a detailed capital projects lists over next 5 years that would be undertaken by the Parish for this certification effort. His team performed specific H&H modeling and mapping support in compliance with FEMA LAMP requirements including gathering and assessment of existing data for H&H evaluation and model use, digital elevation information assessment, and H&H Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis. Detailed interior and exterior modeling updates/development to current conditions were undertaken to evaluate