ABOUT
Who We Are
About Kim Engineering, Inc
Kim Engineering, Inc. (KEI), founded in 1993 by Sunny Kim, is a multi-disciplinary engineering firm who provides clients with the full range of services, including, but not limited to, geotechnical engineering, civil engineering, surveying, construction materials testing and inspections, contract administration, and landscape architecture services.
Our comprehensive scope of services and overall engineering expertise enables us to work with our clients on a total-project basis. KEI stays with our clients from start to finish, delivering personalized services and added value. At KEI, our clients come first with a passion of taking on technical challenges for both public and private sector projects. It is our belief that engineering is the future and we take pride in delivering the best product catered to our client’s needs utilizing our staff’s expertise and talent.
Our main office is located in Laurel, Maryland with a branch office located in Baltimore, Maryland. KEI is comprised of approximately 70 employees and has a total of five drill rigs.
Kim Engineering, Inc. is certified as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE). We have our own drilling equipment and certified laboratory for materials testing.
Leadership
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Sunny Kim P.E.
PRESIDENT
Sunny Kim has provided oversight for engineering and geotechnical services for over 40 years throughout the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area for more than a thousand projects including geotechnical studies and report preparation for numerous types of projects such as foundation design for high-rise buildings, storm water management facilities, site investigations and construction inspections. He has a Master of Engineering degree in geotechnical engineering from Virginia Tech and is a registered P.E. in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Professional memberships include American Society of Civil Engineers, American Council of Engineering Companies, Associated Builders and Contractors, and the Maryland Building Industry Association.
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Jim Blake
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
Jim is a highly experienced civil engineer, having focused on management and business development efforts within the consulting engineering industry for the past 40 years. He has managed many projects throughout various public and private market sectors and possesses extensive technical knowledge and business acumen. His background includes road/highway design, water resources and a full range of construction phase services. A Maryland native, Jim holds bachelor’s degrees from the University of Maryland in both Civil Engineering and Accounting. He is a registered Professional engineer and land surveyor in numerous states and is active in numerous professional and business organizations.
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Tom Labuda P.E.
V.P. OF GEOTECHICAL ENGINEERING
Tom Labuda has over 30 years of experience encompassing a range of engineering geoscience disciplines, including geotechnical engineering, geophysics, engineering geology, hydrogeology, and environmental engineering. His experience includes the evaluation and design of shallow and deep foundation systems, pavement design, mechanical and chemical soil improvements, support of excavation (SOE), mechanical and chemical soil improvements, pavement design, and shoreline protection. Mr. Labuda's extensive project background involves complex assignments such as serving as the Geotechnical Inspector of Record for the Australian Embassy in Washington, DC and the NIST Building. He has also managed geotechnical investigations for the Maryland State Highway Administration, and provided foundation design recommendations for the US Naval Academy's Parking Garage and Center for Cyber Security Studies
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Fara Jawara, C.E.T.
V.P. OF CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
Mr. Fara Jawara has worked in the Construction Industry for over 20 years. In 1997, Fara was Construction Engineer with Engineering Consulting Services in Hanover MD. In 2001, he served as Project Manager for CTI Consultants, Inc in Rockville MD and in 2003, as Asst. Project Manager with WCS Construction LLC in Washington, DC and in 2009, as Project Manager for the First Step EOZ Inc in Alexandria, VA. Fara has worked on and was instrumental in the successful completion of the New American Red Cross HQ in Washington DC, the IKEA Flagship Superstore at College Park, Maryland and most recently the National Historic Registered Building Renovation and Retrofit of the Tremont Grand in Baltimore, Maryland. He studied Geotechnical Engineering at the University Of New York at Stony Brook and is certified by the Washington D.C, Area Council of Engineering Laboratories and the American Society of Certified Engineering Technologists. He also has a Construction Project Management Professional Certification and certified by OSHA in Occupational Safety and Health in Construction.
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Richard Kimes
V.P. OF DRILLING SERVICES
Mr. Kimes has over 35 years drilling and managing in the geotechnical and environmental drilling industry. His experience ranges from drilling in support of local Phase 2 ESA’s for environmental consultants, drilling for investigations, product recovery and monitoring systems for major oil companies, drilling in support of investigations at DOD facilities located all along the mid-Atlantic and substantial experience drilling at private landfills and Superfund Landfills all over the eastern United States. In addition to environmental drilling experience, Rich has performed geotechnical drilling projects continuously for small and large geotechnical engineering firms over the length of his career.
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Joshua Kim P.E.
V.P. OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Joshua Kim has over 8 years of experience in civil engineering with a focus on stormwater management, sediment control, and site development design. As Assistant Vice President of Civil Engineering at Kim Engineering, he supports the planning and execution of residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects throughout Maryland. His expertise includes grading, drainage, and utility design, as well as preparing and securing regulatory approvals at the county and state levels. Joshua brings a solutions-oriented approach to every project, ensuring technical accuracy and efficient delivery across all phases of design.
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Dave Kinman PLS
V.P. OF SURVEYING
Dave Kinman is a Registered Professional Surveyor in the State of Maryland with over 30 years of land surveying experience. His survey experience includes, but is not limited to working with Federal, State and local officials in the preparation, scheduling and directing the activities of field survey crews, evaluating and certifying work, establishing horizontal and vertical controls, stakeout of storm drainage and stormwater management facilities, water and sewer services, curb and gutter, building caissons, control lines and column lines, baselines and centerlines of highways; communicates with engineers, architects and planners in the completion of survey tasks of work. Skilled in providing surveys in accordance with ALTA/NSPS standards, boundary, topographic, controls surveys, record plats, right of way, construction stakeout, as-built surveys, GIS mapping using GPS and total stations with AutoCAD/Autodesk Land Desktop-Cogo/Micro Station W/In-roads for use in the design and construction of site improvements.
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Jay Jung
V.P. OF ACCOUNTING
OUR ACCREDITATIONS
We maintain an AASHTO R18 accredited geotechnical and construction materials testing laboratory in Beltsville, MD, and our field technicians are ACI and MARTCP certified.
MDOT MBE
City of Baltimore MWBOO
Howard County EBO
Prince George’s County CBSB
WSSC SLBE
MWAA LDBE
VA DBE
VA SWAM
VA SBSD DBE
DDOT DBE
