Our engineers, landscape architect, and project leadership.
Our 22 people work across 3 Florida offices and 1 service area: licensed engineers, a Florida Special Inspector, reserve specialists, and field staff who work Northwest Florida every week. Every licensed or credentialed team member is published by name with their license, registration, or certification and its issuing organization. The firm is licensed to practice in 12 states.
The people who answer for the work.
Neill O'Connell, P.E., S.I., Florida Board Recognized Structural Engineer
- Structural Engineering
- Civil Engineering
Michael G. Ekblad, P.L.A.
- Landscape Architecture
- Operations
Josh Barker, M.S.C.E., P.E.
- Structural Engineering
- Waterproofing & Restoration
- Contract Administration
Jonathan Nash, P.E.
- Civil Engineering
Brandi Ryles-Waller, A.A., C.A.M., PRA, RS
- Community Asset Consulting
- Waterproofing & Restoration
Amy Owens, CDT
- Contract Administration
Why construction backgrounds matter.
O'Connell & Associates is a mid-sized, multidisciplinary firm specializing in residential, commercial, and municipal work, with civil and structural engineers and a Registered Landscape Architect on staff. Our principals and engineers all have design and construction backgrounds. That is why the answer is usually common sense and economical.
That background shows up in the details. A contractor can price the repair documents without guessing. The phasing works in an occupied building. Answers come at the weekly meeting, not a week later.
We walk the building floor by floor and unit by unit, and we educate the board as we go. A board that understands why a repair is needed can fund it and defend it to owners.
The full roster.
Licensed and credentialed professionals
Brice Nist, P.E.
- Civil Engineering
Brent Lowell, B.S.C.E., P.E.
- Civil Engineering
BJ Bryant, B.S.M.E.
- Contract Administration
Nicolas Thomas, CMI
- Contract Administration
Caleb Alexander, B.S., C.M.I.T., REWO
- Business Development
- Waterproofing & Restoration
Engineering staff
Cameron Neal, B.S.C.E.
- Structural Engineering
Alex London, B.S.C.E., E.I.
- Civil Engineering
Tyson Sanders, B.S.C.E., E.I.
- Structural Engineering
Matthew Spence, B.S.C.E., E.I.
- Structural Engineering
Logan McDaniel, M.E.B.E., E.I.
- Waterproofing & Restoration
Connor Hudson, B.S.C.E.
- Contract Administration
Justin M. Marcotte, B.S.C.E., E.I.
- Contract Administration
Design and field technical
Operations and client administration
Where these credentials come from
These credentials are not interchangeable. A license, such as Professional Engineer, is a state-issued right to practice. A registration, such as Registered Landscape Architect, is the state's record of that right in its own registry. A certification or professional designation, such as Reserve Specialist or Certified Master Inspector, is issued by a professional body rather than the state. Florida Board Recognized Structural Engineer is a statutory recognition, not a separate license. Every one of them is issued by a named organization with a public lookup. Engineer licensure is verifiable through the Florida Board of Professional Engineers, landscape architecture and community association manager licenses through the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, and reserve study designations through the Community Associations Institute and the Association of Professional Reserve Analysts.
Credentials held on staff.
Each credential below is held by a named person on this page and issued by the board linked beside it.
- Professional Engineer5 on staffFloridaFlorida Board of Professional Engineers
- Registered Landscape Architect1 on staffFlorida, TennesseeFlorida Board of Landscape Architecture
- Florida Board Recognized Structural Engineer1 on staffFloridaFlorida Board of Professional Engineers
- Florida Special Inspector1 on staffFloridaFlorida Board of Professional Engineers
- Community Association Manager1 on staffFloridaRegulatory Council of Community Association Managers, Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- Licensed Home Inspector1 on staffFloridaHome Inspectors Licensing Program, Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- Certified Master Inspector1 on staffMaster Inspector Certification Board
- Registered Exterior Wall Observer1 on staffInternational Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants
- Engineer Intern5 on staffFloridaFlorida Board of Professional Engineers
- Construction Manager-in-Training (CMIT)2 on staffConstruction Management Association of America
- Notary Public2 on staffFloridaDivision of Corporations, Florida Department of State (notary commissions issued by the Governor)
- Construction Documents Technologist (CDT)1 on staffConstruction Specifications Institute
- Professional Reserve Analyst (PRA)1 on staffAssociation of Professional Reserve Analysts
- Reserve Specialist (RS)1 on staffCommunity Associations Institute
Engineers who have built, wanted.
If you design well because you know how it gets built, we would like to hear from you. Send a resume and a note through the contact page.