Meet the D.L. Howell & Associates Team
Great people, Great Engineering!
Denny L. Howell, II P.E.
President / Owner

Andrew M. DeFonzo, P.E.
Director of Engineering

David W. Gibbons, P.E.
Senior Engineer

Joseph S. Russella, Jr.
Director of Operations

Richard Vishneski
Project Manager

Justin Brewer P.E.
Project Engineer

Christopher Daily, P.E.
Project Engineer

David W. DiCecco
Environmental Scientist

Jared Esbenshade
AutoCAD Designer

Lindsey L. Stauffer
Finance Manager

John Hubickey
System Administrator

Alexander Mundy
AutoCAD Designer
Recent Blog Posts
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Understanding Stream Designations
If you look at a Post-Construction Stormwater Management Plan or Erosion Control Plan prepared by our office, you will notice a “Receiving Surface Waters” note on the plan. This note may say “Unnamed Tributary (UNT) to East Branch Big Elk Creek in the Big Elk Creek...
Rain, Rain, Go Away
2018 was a very wet and rainy year for Chester County. In fact, the county received 69.1 inches of rain in total. This is 22 inches above the average for the county and 30 inches above the national average. Chester County is not the only area though that had a record...
PA DEP RELEASES GUIDANCE FOR MANAGED RELEASE CONCEPT
When designing stormwater for a project, we must consider stormwater runoff for both rate and volume. Peak rate is the easier of the two to control as we can manage the rate in a stormwater basin, berm, rain garden, bed, etc. The peak rate management does...