Land use consultancy Dresdner Robin is headquartered in Jersey City.
By Joshua Burd
Dresdner Robin has promoted a veteran engineer and key member of the team behind some of its most high-profile projects, the Jersey City-based land use consultancy announced Monday.
The firm said that Matthew Neuls, now an associate director of engineering, has spent decades working on site, civil and public works engineering projects including multi-block urban-redevelopments in the company’s home city. He has led residential, commercial and institutional development projects since joining Dresdner Robin in 2014, bringing a background in regulatory compliance for coastal resources, flood hazard and water-quality permitting for both state and federal agencies.
Neuls will continue to manage all aspects of site design and construction.
“We are thrilled to name Matthew as our new associate director of engineering,” said Tony Ianuale, Dresdner’s chief financial officer and chief operating officer. “He has outstanding skill and has worked on some of our largest projects to date. His many years of experience in the field have honed his ability to bring our clients’ visions to life.”
Neuls, who has a specialty in storm water management and grading design, as well as wastewater-utility design, has managed several projects for Dresdner Robin clients. They include Hudson Exchange West in Jersey City, a mixed-use complex consisting of two 36-story towers with a street-level retail component and open space amenities, along with the 376-unit residential building in the city known as Ellipse. The latter required him to navigate the site plan preparation for the 41-story building, which called for unique considerations for utility and drainage systems due to inadequate support from waterfront fill material, as well as federal and state regulations.
Additionally, Neuls has served as the municipal engineer of record to three communities and as engineering consultant to several land use boards throughout New Jersey, according to a news release. He has been recognized as an expert witness in the field of civil engineering by the New Jersey Superior Court and has presented testimony on compensatory mitigation for coastal resource impacts to the New Jersey state Senate Environment and Energy Committee.
“I say with confidence that every project to which I’ve had the pleasure of contributing has consistently aligned with the firm’s mission — to create transformative results,” Neuls said. “It’s very gratifying to grow with a company that is passionate about its work and the impact it makes on our clients and the communities in which we work.”
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