Christopher Lucas Joins Cubellis

Environmental Sciences/Permitting Specialist Will Enable Firm to Offer
Environmental and Wetlands Science Services Directly to Clients

BOSTON, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Wetlands/environmental sciences and
permitting specialist Christopher M. Lucas has joined Cubellis, a national
architectural, interior design, and engineering firm. Skilled in wetland
delineations, wildlife habitat evaluations and analysis, rare and endangered
species assessments, and preparation of documents associated with
environmental permit applications, Mr. Lucas will work out of the firm's
Weymouth, Massachusetts office.
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During his career, Mr. Lucas has prepared documentation for federal and
state permits including NEPA, EPA NPDES, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Section
404), DEP (various permits including Water Quality Certification), Department
of Conservation and Recreation (Variance from the Watershed Protection Act),
MEPA, DEP Waterways (Chapter 91) and Massachusetts Wetlands Protection
Regulations. Additionally, Mr. Lucas has conducted extensive local
environmental permitting within New England. Chris has worked on a variety of
projects ranging from commercial and residential development to municipal and
state roadway/railway projects. Chris has also been highly involved with the
permitting necessary for the telecommunication industry.
Drawing upon his extensive background in ecology, wildlife biology, marine
biology, ornithology, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Mr. Lucas will
be responsible at Cubellis for the preparation and coordination of the
environmental science aspects of a wide variety of project types across the
firm's practice groups.
"The addition of Chris to the Cubellis team strengthens our environmental
and wetland science services," notes Tom French, Principal at Cubellis. "Chris
can identify and "flag" wetlands on site and prepare wetland permit
applications. He has expertise in performing habitat assessments and studies
with rare and endangered species under the Massachusetts Natural Heritage and
Endangered Species Program."
"Chris provides our firm with a more comprehensive set of in-house
capabilities and services to offer clients, which supplements our existing
Civil Engineering expertise. We are pleased to have him on our team,"
concludes Len Cubellis, Founder, President and CEO of Cubellis.
Mr. Lucas' field experience includes wetland delineation, wetland
restoration and mitigation, wildlife habitat identification and evaluation,
rare species habitat assessments, vegetation surveys, and construction
inspection. Among the techniques Mr. Lucas has used during flied research are
mist-netting of birds, point counts, nest-monitoring, vernal pool surveys and
radio telemetry of various endangered turtle species.
About Cubellis
Cubellis is an integrated, single-source design firm offering
architectural, interior design, and engineering services to a diverse base of
national and international clients. The firm's practice area expertise
includes retail, mixed-use, hospitality, workplace solutions, residential,
academic/education, and government/municipal. Cubellis employs over 350
professionals, with offices in Boston and Weymouth, Massachusetts; Rocky Hill,
Connecticut; Englewood Cliffs and Freehold, New Jersey; Philadelphia and
Wayne, Pennsylvania; Vienna, Virginia; Chicago, Illinois; Ft. Lauderdale
and Naples, Florida; and Dubai, U.A.E. For more information, please visit:
www.cubellis.com.
SOURCE Cubellis

Meghan R. Welborn, Public Relations Manager of Cubellis, +1-617-603-2146, Fax
+1-617-338-0088, mwelborn@cubellis.com