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Sevee & Maher Engineers (SME) Acquires James W. Sewall Infrastructure Engineering and Survey, New Jersey Groundwater Resources Firm

January 20, 2026
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CUMBERLAND, ME – Cumberland-based Sevee & Maher Engineers, Inc. (SME), a multidisciplinary engineering and environmental consulting firm, has acquired the civil and traffic engineering and survey arms of James W. Sewall Company (Sewall) of Bangor, Maine, and the water resources firm Uhl & Associates (Uhl) of Lambertville, New Jersey. SME’s acquisition of Sewall bolsters SME’s […]

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Maine Traffic Movement Process

February 1, 2024
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by Diane Morabito, PE, PTOE Among the myriad of tasks developers face with new projects, the traffic movement permit process is an important one to remember to start early and enlist expert help. Any development project that generates 100 or more one-way trips in any hour of the week requires a traffic movement permit (TMP) […]

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Sewall aerial crew 1980s

Innovation in Every Era: Sewall’s Enduring Legacy in Mapping & Beyond

December 4, 2024
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Sewall’s 1980s fleet: planes, cameras, photographers and pilots. From left: Charlie Peters, Roy Klitch, Alan Grant, Donna Dettmer, Jim Cote, Bob Foss, Scott Bergquist, Frank Bouchard, and Mark Averill Few companies can claim a legacy as intertwined with the state of Maine as Sewall Engineering, formerly the James W. Sewall Company. Since its founding in […]

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Pearl Street Reconstruction Project, Biddeford, Maine

Sewall Wins Maine ASCE’s Kitty Breskin Project Award

May 31, 2024
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Sewall recently won the Maine ASCE’s Kitty Breskin Project Award for the Pearl Street Reconstruction project in Biddeford, Maine. The award is presented yearly for engineering projects showing innovation and contribution to the community in the same spirit as the late Kitty Breskin, P.E., a Maine DOT engineer and a past president of Maine ASCE. […]

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