M&E Leadership Team

Mr. Coggin, co-founder of Morgan & Eklund, Inc., is the Chief Surveyor/Project Manager and has over 41 years of land and hydrographic survey experience. He is responsible for the day-to-day management of the company, including project scheduling, client contact, quality control and supervision of personnel.  He is also in charge of our hydrographic survey operations.
 
His marine related abilities (i.e., boat handling, rigging, weather and ocean knowledge) and experience in land and coastal projects, including boundary and topographic surveys, establishing horizontal and vertical control, mean high water line surveys, and hydrographic surveys make him a very competent team leader.

Chris Gammon, with over 37 years of experience, is responsible for all aspects of planning, implementation, and completion of boundary, topographic, geodetic, as-built and photo control surveys, utilizing both conventional and GPS technologies. He is proficient with AutoCAD Land Desktop Companion, AutoCAD Civil 3D, MicroStation/ln-Roads, digital terrain modeling, existing ground and design template building, volume calculations including surface-to­surface and average end area methods, static and real-time kinematic survey procedures, data processing and feature code utilization together with AEC Compliance Standards.

Mr. Voute’s extensive desktop and field experience with land, coastal and hydrographic surveys makes him a valuable member of the project team. Mr. Voute is proficient with digital levels, total stations, data collectors, RTK/GPS and GPS procedures. Paul has been the Party Chief for land and coastal projects including boundary and topographic surveys, establishing horizontal and vertical control, route surveys, mean high water line surveys, coastal monitoring and hydrographic surveys.

Matt Barker has more than 27 years of surveying experience with extensive experience as a Party Chief on USACE projects. He is experienced with all phases of surveying, including boundary, topographic, beach nourishment, structural deformation and geodetic surveys, and proficient in using digital levels, electronic total stations, RTK/GPS, data collectors and invar rods. With over 120 miles ± of 1st Order, Class II geodetic leveling experience, Matt was instrumental in the successful completion of the USA CE CERP leveling project.