Commitment, Performance, Responsiveness; Taking projects from the What-If stage to the What's-Next stage

Commitment, Performance, Responsiveness; Taking projects from the What-If stage to the What's-Next stage

Commitment, Performance, Responsiveness; Taking projects from the What-If stage to the What's-Next stage

What We Have Done

As-Needed Civil Engineering Services

As-Needed Civil Engineering Services

Client: Port of New Orleans
Role: Sub-consultant for port engineering projects

Planning & Stakeholder Engagement

I-10 New Orleans Master Plan

Client: Regional Planning Commission for Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany and Tangipahoa Parishes
Role: Sub-consultant for stakeholder engagement


Strategic Capital Improvement Plan 2017-2027

Client: St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District
Role: Prime consultant facilitating strategic planning with port staff for capital improvements report

Grant Applications & Administration

As-Needed Grant Professional Services for BUILD Discretionary Grant Program
Client: Greater Lafourche Port Commission
Role: Prime consultant preparing this federal grant for a new moveable bridge crossing Bayou Lafourche

As-Needed Grant Administration Services for TIGER IX
Client: St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District
Role: Prime consultant assisting client with administering its $13 million TIGER grant for a $30 million project at Chalmette Slip, including preparing a project risk matrix required by MARAD

As-Needed Grant Professional Services for TIGER IX Discretionary Grant Program
Client: St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District
Role: Prime consultant preparing this federal grant for replacement of two wharves
Note: This grant was awarded $13 million by the U.S. Department of Transportation

As-Needed Grant Professional Services for TIGER VIII Discretionary Grant Program
Client: St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District
Role: Prime consultant preparing this federal grant for replacement of two wharves

As-Needed Grant Management Services
Client: Port of New Orleans
Role: Sub-consultant for engineering and construction issues

Deborah D. Keller & Partners LLC.

Deborah D. Keller, P.E. stands by a RTG at the Mississippi River Intermodal Terminal at the Port of New Orleans in 2016. This $16.7 million grant was the first TIGER award to the port. Deborah led the project team that prepared the grant, while serving as Chief Engineer and Director of Port Development in 2011.