About Us
Key staff
Krista McKim, PE, LEED AP:
Ms. McKim is a licensed environmental engineer with almost ten years of experience in environmental consulting. She started the company with the purpose of working to protect public health and environment. Her experience is concentrated in contaminated land and water issues, environmental sustainability, and municipal water and wastewater engineering.
Ms. McKim's Credentials:
Licensed Professional Engineer – MD and NH
LEED Accredited Professional– 2007
M.S., Environmental Engineering—The University of Arizona (1999)
B.S., Environmental Engineering—Syracuse University (1997)
40-Hour and 8-Hour Hazardous Waste Site Training Course, OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120(e)(3) (current)
Construction Supervisor Training, WESTON (2001)
Construction Health and Safety Officer Training, WESTON (2002)
First Aid/CPR Certification, American Cancer Society (2005)
Past Experience
Prior to forming MEC, Ms. McKim worked extensively with federal and local governments as well as private companies. Her most recent project was to consult with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) on their Response to Hurricane Katrina. Ms. McKim was in a position as part of the “Environmental Unit” of the Incident Command Structure to advise EPA and LDEQ personnel on the technical matters of the environmental assessment for the flood impacted areas of Louisiana, including New Orleans and surrounding parishes. In addition to the environmental assessments, the Environmental Unit authored all of the sampling, monitoring, response, and data acquisition and management plans related to household hazardous waste collection, spills, demolition activities, and helped train and oversee personnel assigned to implement these plans.
Ms. McKim has worked professionally with local municipalities to design wastewater treatment projects to fulfill the needs of upgrading to nutrient removal standards and/or to increase treatment capacities to accommodate growth. While working with Maryland and other Chesapeake area municipalities to upgrade and/or expand their wastewater treatment practices, Ms. McKim gained experience in the processes and methods for removing nutrients from the wastewater streams in order to reduce the nutrient loading on the receiving water bodies. This experience will be directly applicable as agricultural communities or individual farmers work to reduce their nutrient contribution to the Bay.
Ms. McKim has extensive experience in working with state and federal agencies to assess, investigate and remediate sites contaminated with compounds including oil and gas, volatile and semivolatile organic compounds, metals, and radioactive elements. Specific tasks have included:
- project planning
- conducting field surveys
- sampling activities
- design, construction, and operations of treatment facilities to treat contaminants in air, water and soil.
- management of subcontractors
- authoring documents such as Standard Operating Procedures, O&M Manuals, progress reports, project plans and Applicable and/or Relevant and Appropriate Regulations (ARAR’s).
Professional and Community Organization Committments
US Green Building Council – National and Baltimore Chapter
Involved with various committees with the overall goal of greening the City of Baltimore.
Low Impact Development (LID) Committee of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute
Member of a new committee with the mission to provide advice and input to municipalities interested in setting policies and programs that will lessen the impact of development on the environment.
Chesapeake Climate Action Network
Active member of the Baltimore chapter since its inception in 2002. Participate in educating the public and local and state representatives on the issue of Global Climate Change.