Applied Sciences Consulting, Inc. is a Florida-based engineering firm specializing in water management.

Applied Sciences serves public agencies seeking practical, innovative, and cost-effective solutions to a broad array of water, environmental, civil engineering, climate change, and growth management challenges. Established in 2005 and headquartered in Downtown Tampa, Applied Sciences has earned a reputation for excellence among public agencies who rely on the firm’s responsiveness, seasoned professionals, knowledge of the community’s priorities, subject matter expertise, and industry leaders to tackle their infrastructure challenges.

Applied Sciences is one of the few remaining Florida based and operated firms dutifully serving public agencies.

The firm’s core leadership is built around senior managers and technical leaders that served in local governments and public agencies prior to transitioning to Applied Sciences. This invaluable experience, coupled with cutting-edge industry-leading technical capabilities, provides clients with a distinct advantage in viewing challenges from varying perspectives - translating into creative solutions for the successful funding and implementation of projects.

Our professionals take a holistic approach to water management (onewaterfl.com), utilizing the latest computational tools in developing project-specific plans. By incorporating decades of experience with the latest numerical modeling (ICPRv4, XPSWMM, SWMM5, SAS, ArcHydro, etc.) and state of the art GIS capabilities, our team of experts analyze surface water/groundwater interactions, simulate long term trends, impacts of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise, and provide recommendations for total water budgets improvements.

Applied Sciences is the premier Florida firm for Vulnerability Assessments, Climate Change Mitigation and
Green Infrastructure design boasting National Leadership and Expertise

Applied Sciences has provided cost-effective Climate Adaptation, Sea Level Rise, and Flood Resiliency Assessments for several local governments in Florida. This assistance also included Green Infrastructure (GI), Low Impact Development (LID), and Complete Streets projects that reduce the volume and improve the quality of stormwater runoff, especially in Community Redevelopment Areas (CRA) and urbanized urban cores. This has earned the firm several regional design awards. Our experience includes NPDES stormwater permitting and program development, support for Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) in impaired waterways, and development and compliance with Basin Management Action Plans (BMAPs).

Applied Sciences serves as an Extension of Staff providing Program Management, Development Review, FEMA Hazard Mitigation, Conditions Assessments, and Flood Investigations Support.

We support local Hazard Mitigation Programs and Development Review Departments in maintaining compliance with local ordinances, meet FEMA NFIP requirements, and further assist with improving Community Rating System (CRS) class by exceeding the minimum NFIP standards. This includes Floodplain Mapping updates and revisions (LOMA/LOMR-F), Floodway No-Rise Certification Reviews, FEMA grant assistance (HMGP, FMA, PDM, etc.), Coastal Mapping, Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) Group representation, and other FEMA programmatic requirements.