Steve has been involved in the planning, design, permitting, and construction of buildings, infrastructure, residential communities, and coastal recreational facilities throughout the Southeast. He is a licensed General Contractor and Construction Manager in South Carolina and has extensive knowledge with the design and construction of building structures. He is a native of the South Carolina coast, and has traveled extensively throughout the Southeast states exploring recreational opportunities (fishing, hunting, boating, hiking, diving, and surfing).

Mr. Strickland has specific environmental expertise with coastal nonpoint pollution, NPDES programs, wetlands and hazardous waste management and has been admitted as an expert witness by SC and Federal courts in the field of environmental engineering for cases involving riverine flooding, wetland impacts, stormwater permitting, septic tank design, and drainage system design. He has also worked with sustainable design projects, including green building, low impact design (LID) stormwater systems, and created wetland systems for stormwater management.

Mark was the first employee to join The EARTHWORKS Group and has grown with the company. His technical experience ranges from construction management services, civil infrastructure design to storm water assessment and hydrology. He has been involved in projects of all magnitudes from individual commercial sites to the large multi-phase communities. He provides design supervision for all phases of civil and environmental work including storm water systems, water and sewer systems, road construction, and permitting for municipal and private development projects.

Mark has significant expertise in the assessment of wetlands and drainage, including the modeling of large watersheds for the design of drainage improvements and establishment of flood elevations. His work on the Simpson Creek Watershed Study has been approved by FEMA and published on the Streamline Technologies website for establishment of base flood elevations in an unnumbered “A” zone. He has also created large watershed models for a major portion of the Town of Surfside Beach and the Gates and The Lakes subdivisions for the purposes of drainage improvements and flood reduction.

Building Team Leader at The EARTHWORKS Group, Port St. Lucie, FL.  Mr. Hammel is responsible for engineering and planning for all projects within the Building Design Team.  His team provides multi-disciplinary design solutions for public and private sector clients, including commercial, industrial, institutional and residential clients.  His duties include mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design for all building projects, management of building team resources, and planning and scheduling projects for clients.  He is responsible for negotiating service contracts with clients and maintains P&L responsibility in conjunction with the financial team.  He is responsible for bringing in new business via business development and consultative sales with existing clients.  He provides project management, technical support, training and construction document development for new and existing projects.

Rick has been involved in the planning, design, permitting, and construction of residential and commercial buildings and recreational facilities throughout North and South Carolina.  He has extensive knowledge with the design and construction of wood framed building structures and project management experience that allows him to troubleshoot difficult design and construction projects.

Dawn has extensive experience in land development, tax law and accounting. Her experience includes working as a CPA for developer clients, the AVP/Controller for a Land Development company (with over 60 projects at different stages of development at the same time), and with EARTHWORKS.

Dawn has been with EARTHWORKS for almost 10 years, starting out as part- time and moving into her current full time role as CFO/Controller.  She manages all aspects of the finance and budgeting (A/P, A/R, forecasting) and also handles all aspects of human resources as well as managing our 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan.