We are looking forward to the fall of the year with new projects beginning in Hendersonville, NC and with the possibilities of working with stream restoration folks in Western NC.

We have also launched our Face Book site.  This year New River Engineering sponsored a Marine Corp Mud Run team for the race held at Belmont Abbey College in Gaston County, NC.  Proceeds from this event go towards helping Marine Corps families in need.  Pictures from the event have been posted on our Face Book site.

May 2011 - Robert Billings is honored to represent the North Carolina Association of Floodplain Managers (NCAFPM) at the national Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) in Louisville, Kentucky.

February 2011 - New River Engineering has been asked to prepare a flood study in Gastonia, NC.  This will be a larger project involving greenways and new pedestrian crossings along two FEMA detail studied streams.

January 2011 - Robert Billings has been selected as a panelist for the Scientific Resolution Panel.  This panel was initiated by FEMA and will be managed by the National Institute of Building Sciences and will serve as an independent review board to hear and make recommendations concerning flood elevation data to the FEMA Administrator.  More information concerning this panel may be viewed at:
Scientific Resolution Panel. 

November 2010 - Last March, NRE was retained to complete a Shallow Flow LOMR for a small town in North Carolina.  On November 3, 2010, NRE became the second firm in NC to successfully complete a Shallow Flow LOMR (case number 10-04-6190P).  Essentially, a FEMA floodzone AE with floodways was redefined as a shaded zone X.  

September 2010 - NRE is now a member of the Montcross Area Chamber of Commerce!  We are very excited with this opportunity to network with other businesses in the Belmont, Mount Holly, and Stanley areas of Gaston County.

August 2010 - The Fall 2010 edition of the Flash Flood News has been completed. 

June 2010 - Robert Billings is honored to represent the North Carolina Association of Floodplain Managers (NCAFPM) at the national Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

April 2010- New River Engineering, PLLC is very pleased to be working with T.E. Allen Engineering P.C. again on a new municiple park project in Transylvania County, N.C.  T.E. Allen Engineering (prime) will be developing construction documents and NRE will be developing a floodstudy for the proposed park in Rosman, NC.
 
April 2010 - Robert Billings is elected Chair of the North Carolina Association of Floodplain Managers.

March 2010 - NRE has been asked to complete a shallow flow Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) in Western North Carolina. A LOMR is FEMA's defined method to make changes in official floodplain maps.

January 2010 - NRE is looking into a new year with optimism.  We are in negotiations with new clients!

November 2009 - The economic downturn has impacted almost all construction related industries including civil engineering in North Carolina.  Development and new construction has almost completed stopped in some North Carolina mountain communities.  With the slow down in development and permitting, New River Engineering, PLLC is reaching out to new clients by offering a wider array of services including grant writing and management.

June 2009 - Robert Billings is honored to represent the North Carolina Association of Floodplain Managers (NCAFPM) at the national Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) in Orlando, Florida.

May 2009 - Robert Billings is elected to a third term as Vice Chair for the North Carolina Association of Floodplain Managers.

April 2009 -  New River Engineering, PLLC and Rowboat Dock & Dredge has submitted and been approved for a flood plain development permit for the Tailrace Marina Project in Mount Holly, North Carolina.  This permit involved a complicated “No-Rise” flood study on the Catawba River.

March 2009 -  New River continues to work in the mountains of North Carolina with additional projects in Hendersonville. 

January 2009 -  New River continues to work in the mountains of North Carolina with multiple projects in Hendersonville.  With the new year, we are also seeing new doors being opened.  New River is now working on a large flood study in Mount Holly, North Carolina.

December 2008 - New River Engineer has completed one full year of business and looks forward to a new and exciting new year.  New projects include additional flood studies for Hendersonville and a hydrology study in Jackson County, NC.

October 2008 - New River has been very fortunate and is extremely grateful for the projects we have worked on in this year of economic uncertainty.  We are continuing to work in the mountains of North Carolina with new opportunities in Henderson County.

September 2008 - New River Engineering, PLLC is working with the development community in Hendersonville, NC.

July 2008 - New River Engineering, PLLC works with T.E. Allen Engineering P.C. on a dam retrofit project in Transylvania County, N.C.  New River provides Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP)calculations and hydrologic modeling for the project.

May 2008 - New River Engineer, PLLC is working with property owners and developers in Watauga County, NC.

April 2008 - Robert Billings is elected to a second term as Vice Chair for the North Carolina Association of Floodplain Managers.

March 2008 - New River Engineering, PLLC works on the Town of Indian Trail's Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance.

February 2008 - New River Engineering, PLLC is working with the City of Concord!!

January 2008 - New River Engineering, PLLC welcomes the New Year with projects in Union and Cabarrus Counties, North Carolina.