Key Personnel
Robert B. McKee, Principal, PE, LA - Civil Engineer, Landscape Architect
Mr. McKee received his B.S. in Civil Engineering and Master of Landscape Architecture degrees from the University of Virginia. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and Certified Landscape Architect. Mr. McKee has over thirty years of experience in land planning and design, and civil and environmental engineering associated with both public and private sector projects. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Landscape Architects and the Urban Land Institute. He has served on the Governor's Commission on Environmental Stewardship and has been a Lecturer at the University of Virginia, School of Architecture; teaching graduate coursework in land development.
» Email: rmckee@mckeecarson.com
Brajesh Tiwari, PE, LEED AP - Civil Engineer
Mr. Tiwari is a licensed professional engineer and a certified erosion and sediment control plan reviewer. He received his M.S. degree from Virginia Tech and B.S. degree from IIT Roorkee, India. Brajesh has seven years of experience in civil engineering involving land planning, site design, detail specifications, construction and management in diverse land development (residential, commercial and mixed-use) and traffic/transportation projects. These projects involved extensive use of several aspects of subdivision and site plans including grading, road design, storm water management (LID and LEED practices), bridge, storm drain system, utilities (water and sanitary) and erosion & sediment control, traffic operations, signing and pavement marking, development of maintenance of traffic, roadway infrastructure plans and other design related activities. Brajesh also designed one of the Commonwealth's first 100% LID projects - The Charlottesville Waldorf School. As a result of his design, all of the stormwater that falls on the property is treated on-site, reducing stress on downstream systems. He was a distinguished Teaching Assistant at Virginia Tech for Water Resources Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, and Ground Water Resources.
» Email: btiwari@mckeecarson.com
William Abrahamson, LEED AP - Associate Designer, Project Manager
Mr. Abrahamson received his Masters of Architecture degree from MIT and B.A. degree from St. Olaf College. His work has focused on adaptive reuse and sustainable technologies as well as enhancing community access and investment in redevelopments of public space. He has worked on planning projects in the US, Mexico, and Norway. In addition to earning a Fellowship Award at MIT, he led the design effort by the school's 2007 Solar Decathlon team sponsored by the US Department of Energy. As time progresses at McKee Carson, his project portfolio continues to expand and includes everything from institutional projects to rural estate planning and design.
» Email: wabrahamson@mckeecarson.com
Christopher Mantle - Landscape Designer, Project Manager
Mr. Mantle joined McKee Carson after graduating from the University of Massachusetts with a Masters of Landscape Architecture degree. He also holds a B.S. in Landscape Architecture from the University of Kentucky. While at the University of Massachusetts Chris won a MA-ASLA Student Merit Award and after graduation presented his master's thesis on the use of green infrastructure for species-specific biodiversity improvement in highly developed urban areas at the 2010 Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning in Budapest, Hungary. Before joining McKee Carson his work primarily focused on the use of green infrastructure for habitat creation and improvement and since has seen this expand to include other ecosystem services, such as stormwater reduction.
» Email: cmantle@mckeecarson.com
Michael Downey - Associate, Rain Garden Specialist
Mr. Downey worked at McKee Carson as an intern during his fourth year as an undergraduate at the University of Virginia and upon completion joined the staff full-time. He received a dual Bachelor's degree in Environmental Thought and Practice (policy and planning) and Cultural Anthropology. His work has focused on investigating the performance of stormwater management systems around the University's campus and the larger Charlottesville community. His distinguished majors thesis, "Edible Rain Gardens: An Innovative Approach to Stormwater Management," evaluated and assessed the potential for using stormwater management systems as sources of fresh produce in urban environments.
» Email: mdowney@mckeecarson.com
