| christopher consultants' staff is comprised of individuals with years of public and private sector experience and professional credentials in civil engineering, surveying, land planning and landscape architecture. christopher consultants keeps pace with the dynamic nature of land development through its commitment to regular attendance at meetings of Planning Commissions, County or City Boards and various professional and industry associations, and to the continuing education of its employees by way of in-house training programs and outside seminars and courses.
The four principals of christopher consultants are Christopher W. Brown, William R. Goldsmith, Jr., Louis Canonico and William R. Zink.
Christopher W. Brown, P.E. These projects include large planned communities, mixed-use projects, office parks and subdivisions such as CountrySide, Potomac Lakes, Stafford Lakes, South Riding, Dulles Business Park, Cameron Run Office Park, Loudoun Tech Center, Lansdowne, and numerous smaller projects. Chris has developed christopher consultants, ltd. into an interdisciplinary engineering, planning and surveying firm with an ever-expanding client base. He currently serves as a Life Director of the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association, a full member of ULI-the Urban Land Institute, and
Vice Chairman and a member of the Economic Development Authority for the City of Fairfax. Chris was previously a director and vice chairman of the Engineer and Surveyors Institute,
a director of Greater Atlantic Savings Bank, and
President of NVBIA, Loudoun.
William R. Goldsmith, Jr.
His projects include several large planned communities such as Heritage Hunt, as well as road and utility system improvements, parking lots and storm drainage systems for public sector clients. Bill has worked for George Mason University on design, contract administration and construction coordination since 1976. Bill has been involved with municipal projects in Northern Virginia for over 30 years and understands design criteria and processing techniques required by all jurisdictions. As company Executive Vice President, Bill maintains daily responsibility for work scheduling and deadline accomplishment. Bill has served on the Board of Directors of the Engineers and Surveyors Institutes
and the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association and the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks
(NAIOP).
Louis
Canonico, P.E.
Lou has provided start to finish services on some of the largest and most prestigious projects in Loudoun County. Through the management of the full service office in Loudoun County, necessary planning, engineering and survey services have been provided on such projects as Xerox Realty Corporation’s Lansdowne, KSI’s/Chevy Chase Bank’s Cascades and Lerner Corporation’s Villages at Roundhill. While the office is especially adept at providing services to large, mixed-use developments, the same attention to detail and high level of service is provided to all clients and projects, regardless of size. Lou has been appointed to a number of commissions and committees over the years by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. He is a past Chairman of the County’s prestigious Economic Development Commission. He is past president and life member of the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association’s Loudoun Chapter.
William R. Zink, P.E.
Bill has also been active in project/site feasibility, cost pro-forma analysis and concept development plans for site access and infrastructure for projects including Potomac Yard Alexandria and Arlington, Harbor Station, Stafford Lakes, Widewater, Dominion Golf and Country Club, Heritage Hunt and several of the Jack Kent Cooke Stadium sites. Bill is currently on the Board of Directors for the NVBIA, is a past President of the Fairfax chapter of the NVBIA, and was the Associate of the Year in 2005. He is also Past President of the ESI and is an active mentor for civil engineering students at Virginia Tech and George Mason University.
Ruth R. Fields, CPA
Michael S. Kitchen, P.E.
Mike has been responsible for the design of storm drainage, sanitary
sewer and water supply facilities for various commercial and residential
projects in Northern Virginia.
He has expanded engineering tasks to all phases
of land development, including grading, erosion
and sediment control plans and SWM/BMP
facilities.
He has provided project management
services between client and review agencies. Mike has performed all phases of project management from conceptual planning and feasibility study through rezoning and design to final construction. Mike is a member of the Prince William Chapter Council of the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association as well as a member of the Prince William County Zoning Ordinance Review Committee.
Jeffrey S. Smith, L.S.
Professional Affiliations
American Congress of Surveying and Mapping
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Chris Brown has been active in civil engineering, land planning and construction activities in Northern Virginia since 1969. As President and founder of christopher consultants and as a principal with his former firm,Chris has managed the planning, design and execution of a wide range of projects in both the public and private sectors.
Bill Goldsmith has over 30 years of experience which includes field operations, land planning and engineering management of residential, commercial, office, industrial, government and institutional projects during site design and construction.
Louis Canonico has managed the operation of the firm’s Loudoun office, one of the fastest growing counties in the nation, for over 16 years. He has over 20 years of involvement with land development projects and issues in the Washington metropolitan area.
As
a CPA, Ruth Fields has worked in public
accounting and also brings her prior experience
in real estate development to ccl. Ruth
maintains responsibility for all Corporate
services, which include all fiscal, payroll and
personnel functions. During her tenure
with ccl, she has converted the company’s
accounting and management information systems
twice, most recently in January 2002 to the
Deltek Advantage system. This latest
conversion has launched the company into the use
of web based applications and is bringing real
time reporting capabilities to the project
managers to enable them to more efficiently
manage the financial aspects of their projects.
Ruth has also authored an Operations Manual to
assist new and experienced managers alike with
administrative and operational procedures of the
company, conducts training sessions with
production staff, and facilitates collaboration
between the Corporate and Production staff. In 2010 Ruth will serve as the Community Service Philanthropic Chairperson for CREW-Northern Virginia.
While
practicing civil engineering, Mike Kitchen has
been responsible for processing of rezonings,
special exceptions, special use permits,
construction plans, and for design of
foundations and structural systems for
residential and low-rise commercial
construction. He has also performed inspections
on same.
Jeff Smith is an integral part of christopher consultants survey operations with over 13 years of service. His experience as a Land Surveyor includes various survey projects throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and in the state of West Virginia. Jeff has been involved in land development projects including Potomac Yard, Stafford Lakes, The George Washington Middle School and The Langley School. He is currently invloved in prestigious projects in Prince William County including Prince William Town Center, Dominion Valley Country Club, Piedmont, Westmarket, and Independence.Mr. Smith has over sixteen years of experience in the land surveying field. His experience includes boundary surveys, topographic surveys, construction stakeout surveys, geometric computations and plat preparation. He is a Licensed Land Surveyor in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of West Virginia and is the Past President of the Mount Vernon Chapter of the Virginia Association of Surveyors and a member of the West Virginia Association of Land Surveyors.
