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December 20, 2017, the board of directors of Landmark Science & Engineering, a

leading regional consulting firm specializing in site/civil engineering, environmental sciences and land

surveying is pleased to make two important staff announcements: Dakota Laidman-Murray, P.E., a

registered professional engineer in Delaware, has been promoted to the position of Associate. Martha W.

Durand, R.L.A, a registered landscape architect in Maryland and Delaware has recently joined the firm,

expanding the firm’s in-house services.

Dakota Laidman-Murray, P.E. is a registered professional engineer in Delaware who has worked for

Landmark since graduating Cum Laude from the University of Delaware in 2012. As an Associate, Dakota

will become more active in operational aspects of the company, including scheduling and resource

allocation, mentoring, and training. She earned a Bachelor of Environmental Engineering, with a

concentration in Water Resources and Water Quality and a minor in Civil Engineering from the University

of Delaware, and was awarded the Hagerty Environmental Undergraduate Award for demonstrating

outstanding professional and research potential in Environmental Engineering. Mrs. Laidman-Murray

serves as chairperson for the ACEC Delaware Education/Public Relations committee, which awards

engineering scholarships and helps promote engineering as a career choice.

Landmark Executive Vice President of Operations Keith A. Rudy, P.E. says he is “pleased that such a

hardworking and deserving individual will play a key role in the future of the company.”

Martha W. Durand, R.L.A. is a registered landscape architect in Maryland and Delaware, with over 10

years of landscape design, site planning and design experience with residential, commercial, and

industrial projects. She earned a Bachelor’s of Landscape Architecture at New York State College of

Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse. In addition to landscape architecture and planting

design, Mrs. Durand’s skills will be utilized in developing conceptual plans, site design, road layout, site

grading, stormwater management design and earthwork analysis, review and interpretation of local

zoning codes, review of projects for compliance with handicapped access codes, and inspection of

projects during construction for compliance with plans and specification. She has experience in

streetscape design and coordination, pavement rehabilitation and sidewalk improvements.

Maryland Office Branch Manager John B. Gonzalez, P.E., CPSWQ, expressed what a pleasure it is having

Martha on board, and that “her design and landscape architecture abilities will add extreme value to the

services we strive to provide our clients.” Mrs. Durand works mainly from the Havre de Grace, Maryland

office, but also has a desk in the Newark, Delaware headquarters office.

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