SCS professionals are active in, and leaders of industry and professional associations. We organize and participate in workshops and conferences, author and present technical papers, conduct research, and participate in national and state-level legislative and rule-making processes and regulatory policy. Our engineers, environmental consultants, and scientists work in close coordination on environmental solutions.
Daniel Dietch is a Vice President, Project Director, and one of our National Experts on Solid Waste Planning and Recycling. He is responsible for developing the Sustainable Materials Management Practice for SCS’s Southeast region and works closely with SCS’s national experts to support all clients. He has conducted a wide range of solid waste and environmental projects for municipal and private clients. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Geology (with an Archaeology minor), an MPS in Environmental Management, and an MBA in Management.
Daniel Dietch is a Vice President, Project Director, and one of our National Experts on Solid Waste Planning and Recycling. He is responsible for developing the Sustainable Materials Management Practice for SCS’s Southeast region and works closely with SCS’s national experts to support all clients. He has conducted a wide range of solid waste and environmental projects for municipal and private clients. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Geology (with an Archaeology minor), an MPS in Environmental Management, and an MBA in Management.
Mr. Dietch has more than 2 decades of academic and professional experience in solid waste management. He uses this experience to provide clients with strategic solid waste consulting, including solid waste and recycling planning, landfill gas project development, operations monitoring, procurements, litigation support, rate structure/alternative financing analyses, ordinance development, and contract negotiations. His responsibilities include program coordination, planning, execution, and client liaison. Work products include master/strategic plans, landfill closure plans, operations reports, technology reports, rate models and reports, contracts, ordinances, benefit/cost analyses, customized data management systems, and procurement documents.
In addition, Mr. Dietch specializes in developing and managing composting projects. His experience includes on-farm composting, where he has assisted with developing and operating a turned windrow system, and institutional and municipal composting projects, where he has managed the development and operations of a proprietary in-vessel compost system. For composting projects, he has successfully processed a variety of waste streams, including municipal solid waste, sewage sludge, agricultural, paper, and yard wastes, and pre- and post-plate food scraps. To provide full services, Mr. Dietch provides equipment assessment, prototype construction, permitting, and onsite operations.
Jose de la Lama, PE, is a Vice President and Regional Construction Manager for SCS Field Services. He has over three decades of construction management and leadership experience. He has extensive qualifications in estimating, planning, and delivering civil projects, including landfill gas and landfill gas to energy projects. His work includes projects in the North, Central, and South America. Projects include LFGE, land development for industrial, commercial, and residential projects; office buildings; hotels, hospitals, and residential projects, as well as infrastructure projects such as roadways, irrigation canals, pipeline systems for municipal water use, storm and sanitation sewers, pump stations, underground and elevated storage facilities, water tanks, and water and sewer treatment plants.
Jose de la Lama, PE, is a Vice President and Regional Construction Manager for SCS Field Services. He has over three decades of construction management and leadership experience. He has extensive qualifications in estimating, planning, and delivering civil projects, including landfill gas and landfill gas to energy projects. His work includes projects in the North, Central, and South America. Projects include LFGE, land development for industrial, commercial, and residential projects; office buildings; hotels, hospitals, and residential projects, as well as infrastructure projects such as roadways, irrigation canals, pipeline systems for municipal water use, storm and sanitation sewers, pump stations, underground and elevated storage facilities, water tanks, and water and sewer treatment plants.
Bob Dick, PE, is a Senior Vice President and the Business Unit Director of SCS Engineer’s Mid-Atlantic operations, stretching from Maine to South Carolina. He is also one of our National Experts on Elevated Temperature Landfills. He has over three decades of experience on civil and environmental engineering projects related to solid waste management, and has performed landfill and landfill gas engineering projects (design, permitting, construction, and operations) in more than 15 states and several foreign countries. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Virginia and North Carolina, a Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE), and a member of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists.
Bob is a Senior Vice President and the Business Unit Director of SCS Engineer’s Mid-Atlantic operations, stretching from Maine to South Carolina. He is also one of our National Experts on Elevated Temperature Landfills. He has over three decades of experience on civil and environmental engineering projects related to solid waste management, and has performed landfill and landfill gas engineering projects (design, permitting, construction, and operations) in more than 15 states and several foreign countries. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Virginia and North Carolina, a Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE), and a member of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists.
Bob has also directed and completed numerous project assignments related to solid waste planning and facility projects which have involved residential and commercial collection and recycling programs, as well as convenience centers, composting facilities, and material recovery facility design, permitting, construction, and operations consulting.
Authored several publications and made numerous presentations on air quality, solid waste management, landfill engineering and LFG management/control, design/operations, GHG emissions, composting, and regulatory compliance.
Stacey Demers is a Vice President of SCS Engineers, a LEED® Accredited Professional, and our National Expert on Solid Waste Composition Studies. She has over three decades experience in the environmental field, specializing in solid waste and energy. Ms. Demers provides strong technical and analytical skills in planning, statistics, sample design for environmental programs, and modeling. Projects include program assessments, data analyses, database management, sampling protocols and associated field sampling specific to sustainability metrics. She is also the director of the Sustainable Materials Management Technical Division of the Solid Waste Association of North America.
Stacey Demers is a Vice President of SCS Engineers, a LEED® Accredited Professional, and our National Expert on Solid Waste Composition Studies. She has over three decades of experience in the environmental field, specializing in solid waste and energy.
Ms. Demers provides strong technical and analytical skills in planning, statistics, sample design for environmental programs, and modeling. Projects include program assessments, data analyses, database management, sampling protocols and associated field sampling specific to sustainability metrics. She is also the director of the Sustainable Materials Management Technical Division of the Solid Waste Association of North America.
