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Sustainable Design Solutions welcomes student intern Gabriel Lipe to the Shreveport, Louisiana office to support the Clean Water Shreveport Program for the summer of 2022. Gabriel is an undergraduate in Construction Engineering Technology at Louisiana Tech University, where he is also a communications intern, helping to run the College of Engineering’s website. Since joining Sustainable,… Read More

The Louisiana State University (LSU) Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering bestowed the 2021 Rising Star Award to Kodi Guillory, P.E., founder and president of Sustainable Design Solutions, on Thursday, April 21, 2022. This annual award recognizes successful alumni under 40 who have impacted the engineering industry. The department postponed the 2021 ceremony until April… Read More

Shreveport, Louisiana – March 2022 – Nirmal Bhusal, E.I., a recent graduate of Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana Tech University, launches his career at Sustainable Design Solutions as a Project Engineer Intern working out of the Shreveport, LA office. Nirmal will support the Clean Water Shreveport Program and the City of Shreveport with their ongoing water… Read More

A Louisiana native and undergraduate in Construction Engineering and Technology at Louisiana Tech University, Emily Nolasco joins Sustainable Design Solutions as an intern for the summer of 2021. Nolasco began working out of the Shreveport office to support the Clean Water Shreveport Program in June. Her experiences have already reaffirmed this is the right career… Read More

Sustainable Design Solutions continues to grow at a rapid pace! In just two years, the company has grown from one employee to a firm with 10 employees and three offices, including Shreveport and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Atlanta, Georgia. Dinkissa Kereyu is Sustainable’s newest hire working out of the company’s Shreveport office. He is a… Read More

Sustainable Design Solutions is proud to be a part of the Stantec team that will evaluate water quality, hydrology, dredging, and dredge fill placement to revitalize the Louisiana State University (LSU) Lakes System. Six lakes around LSU’s campus have suffered from vegetation overgrowth and sedimentation build-up over the years. Stantec was selected to deliver flood… Read More

Perfection is not a critical component of success. Mistakes I have made in life and the moments of imperfection have molded me into a person who understands the value of learning from these experiences, making you stronger and wiser. Kodi Guillory – Advise to 18-Year-old self Congratulations to our President, Kodi Guillory, for being honored… Read More

On Thursday, September 24th and Friday, September 25th, Burns & McDonnell held a training class to educate and certify Sustainable Design Solutions (SDS) employees on one of NASSCO’s premier training programs – the Pipeline Assessment Certification Program (PACP™). The education also includes the Manhole Assessment Certification Program (MACP™) and the Lateral Assessment Certification Program (LACP™).… Read More