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We would like to congratulate Morgan Sanchez for obtaining her PE license recently.  She has become a key part of our Civil team since joining Forte and Tablada, Inc.  While in school and working as an E.I., she became familiar with a variety of software and design standards.  She has worked on multiple sidewalk enhancement projects […]

The Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce has announced Chad Bacas, P.E. as the 2017 Chairman of the Board. Chad has served on the Chamber Board for 3 years and has been a member for 10 years. He is a Past President of the Baton Rouge Chapter of Louisiana Engineering Society and currently serves on the

Forte & Tablada would like to welcome Allison Schilling, P.E. to our Baton Rouge office.  She recently retired from Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development after 35 years.  She worked approximately 19 years in the Road Design Section in Baton Rouge and approximately 14 years in Hammond District.   In her tenure with the Hammond District, she was

Congratulations to Ann Forte Trappey, P.E. for being appointed to Sharon Weston Broome’s Transition Committee for Infrastructure, Transportation and Mobility. The purpose of this committee is to consider the state of public infrastructure, transportation systems and mobility issues throughout the City-Parish.

Forte & Tablada would like to welcome Jennifer Nicaud, P.E. to our Baton Rouge office.  Mrs. Nicaud lives in St. Tammany Parish and has worked for other civil and structural engineering firms in the New Orleans area.  She specializes in structural engineering and will be working with our marketing team as a client manager.

This project was extremely time sensitive. The project team was forced to be innovative and creative in trying to accomplish the project goals.

Will Fontenot, P.L.S. received the Surveyor Excellence Award given by Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors Convention in Lafayette.  Having been in the surveying business for over 50 years and a licensed surveyor for over 30 years, he has taken an active and continuous role contributing to the growth and advancement of LSPS and the surveying

F&T’s CEO/President, Ann Forte Trappey, served as a judge at last week’s LBTC’s Venture Challenge held at the Lod Cook Alumni Center.

Forte & Tablada has two new recently licensed surveyors, Steve LeBlanc, PLS and Ross Wilson, PLS.  At a recent LES meeting, Steve LeBlanc and Ross Wilson were presented with their PLS licenses from Will Fontenot, PLS of the LAPELS board.  Above: Ann Forte Trappey, Steve LeBlanc, Will Fontenot, Ross Wilson, Chad Bacas

Forte & Tablada’s Jonathan Coco and Joey Coco, P.E. discussed Laser Scanning the I-49 Connector at this year’s Louisiana Transportation Conference in Baton Rouge.  The I-49 Connector is a highly congested corridor and warrants an out-of-the-box approach to minimize surveyor interaction with the motoring public and the inconvenience of lane closures. The LA DOTD is utilizing

Vincent A. Forte, P.E. (shown above) and Julian Tablada, P.E., both electrical engineers, founded Forte & Tablada, Inc. in 1961.  In the beginning, Forte & Tablada’s work concentrated in areas of public works and industry, including roadway projects and rehabilitation of several prison facilities in the 1970s.  In 1976, Forte took sole proprietorship of the

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber announced that Ann Forte Trappey will serve as chair of the board for the organization in 2016. A registered professional civil and environmental engineer, Trappey is chief executive officer and president of Forte and Tablada, a consulting engineering and land surveying firm specializing in civil, structural, environmental, and electrical engineering.