Douglas Flatt's Email & Phone

Chairman of the Board and Principal Engineer of ETTL, Mr. Douglas E. Flatt has had five decades of experience in civil engineering. His professional affiliations, activities and awards have been multifold. A few include: ~ Recipient 1985 of East Texas Engineer of the Year Award, conferred by the Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE). ~ East Texas Engineers Distinguished Service Award, also conferred by TSPE. ~ Life Member and Past Member of Board of Direction of Texas Section, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). ~ Past Chairman of Southern Division of American Council of Independent Laboratories (ACIL). ~ Past President (1982-1983), Texas Council of Engineering Laboratories (TCEL). ~ 2001 Award of Excellence (TCEL). ~ Distinguished Graduate, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University. ~ Advisory Committee, 12th Man Foundation, Texas A&M University. ~ Advisory Board, School of Engineering & Computer Science, University of Texas at Tyler. Mr. Flatt took three degrees from Texas A&M University. The first was a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering. He then served in the U.S. Army as a First Lieutenant in the field artillery, returning to A&M to take a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science, both in Civil Engineering. Following graduation from Texas A&M in 1957, Mr. Flatt joined the Texas Department of Transportation. Stationed in Fort Worth and then in Tyler, he became a senior laboratory engineer and senior resident engineer, specializing especially in geotechnical and construction materials engineering activities. He left TxDOT in 1965 to found ETTL, becoming the firm's first president. He now serves ETTL both as chairman of its board and principal engineer. Under his headship, ETTL Engineers & Consultants Inc. not only became a leading concern in the geotechnical and construction materials engineering disciplines in Texas and adjoining regions; it also now offers a wide array of environmental engineering and consulting services. Indeed, in addition to being associated with numerous civil engineering bodies, as indicated above, Mr. Flatt is also a member of American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Committee E-50, which sets standards for environmental site assessments.