Established in 1996, NOVA was originally founded to provide Environmental Consulting, Geotechnical Engineering, and Construction Materials Testing and Inspection services to the design and construction community. Currently, NOVA employs 430+ personnel in 17 offices serving clients throughout the southeastern United States and beyond.

NOVA was recently named one of the Top 50 Design Firms in the Southeast and Top 500 Design Firms by Engineering News Record, as well as one of Atlanta’s Top 25 Engineering Firms by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Our firm has professional and administrative support staff that includes registered professional engineers, registered professional geologists, environmental scientists, registered roof observers, LEED accredited professionals, soil/foundation engineers, laboratory specialists, materials technicians, ICC-certified inspectors, NICET-certified technicians, and AWS-certified welding inspectors. NOVA’s facilities include AASHTO-accredited laboratories in soils, concrete, aggregate and hot-mix asphalt testing/inspection. We also have CCRL-inspected laboratories for concrete sampling, curing, and testing.

NOVA’s state of the art AASHTO and CCRL accredited geotechnical and materials testing laboratories are technically outfitted with the most current equipment and updated standards to execute most geotechnical testing. Some more advanced testing that requires specialized instrumentation is performed by select sub-contracted laboratories.  A field and laboratory equipment inventory list is available upon request.  Please note that each field inspector is provided a field truck fully equipped with the necessary equipment and tools to complete the required tests and inspections.  In addition, field personnel are assigned smart phones and laptop computers with internet access for project execution.