Daniel D. Blanchette, PE, LS
Professional Engineer and Surveyor
Daniel has been with J & D for 10 years. Prior to joining J&D in 2015, he worked at Pacific Structural & Forensic Group in Santa Barbara, CA, the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics in Groton, CT. He received his undergraduate degrees from the University of Connecticut in 2009 with a BS in Civil Engineering (structural) and a BA in German. . Daniel is a licensed professional engineer and surveyor in CT. Outside of work, he can usually be found rock climbing, playing guitar, or spending way too much time lawn mowing.
Janet J. Blanchette, PE
Principal Engineer
Janet founded J & D Civil Engineers in 1986 and will work for J & D Site Designs when she is not on vacation. Prior to starting J & D, she worked for Hayden-Wegman Engineers in Boston, MA. She received her undergraduate degrees from Penn State University in 1983 with a BS in Civil Engineering and a BA in General Arts and Sciences. She received her MS in Civil Engineering from Northeastern University in 1989. Janet is a licensed Professional Engineer in Connecticut as well a Master Gardener. Her hobbies include hiking, kayaking, and growing unnecessarily hot peppers in her vegetable garden.
Dennis R. Blanchette, PE, LS
Retired
Dennis worked full time for J & D from 1988 until his retirement in 2024. Prior to that he was Chief Engineer for the Town of Waterford WPCA. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Connecticut with a BS in civil engineering in 1976 and an MS in civil engineering in 1980. Dennis is a licensed professional engineer and surveyor in CT. In his spare time, Dennis enjoys traveling, writing travel stories, woodworking, gardening, hiking, skiing, riding motorcycles and attempting to play music.
John Bartolomei, LS
Professional Surveyor
John received his surveying degree from Paul Smiths College, and is a registered Land Surveyor in CT. He has over 30 years of diversified experience in route surveying, property surveying, aerial survey, tax mapping and construction layout. John is an avid hiker and runner, and just loves to be outside.
Alex St. Peter, LS
Professional Surveyor
Alex received his Connecticut land surveyor’s license in October 2024. He studied land surveying at Central Connecticut State University. He uses our Javad Triumph-3 GPS base station, Javad LS-Plus GPS rover and Trimble s5 robotic total station to complete a wide variety of land surveying projects.
Nala T. Cat – C.E.O. (Cat Executive Officer) Nala is the C.E.O. (Cat Executive Officer) of J&D Site Designs. She is responsible for volumetric calculations, septic design, geometric coordinate triangulation, review of town and state government land planning regulations, analyzing hydraulic data, inspecting structural beams within buildings, storm water and drainage design, interpreting wetland soil data with drone aerial photogrammetry, client meetings with contract agreement, year-end budget auditing, preparing subdivision concepts, construction monitoring, FEMA flood plain investigations and acts as a liaison to local engineering societies and educational communities. Her favorite food is Sheba gourmet variety packs.
Community Service
J&D is proud to be a part of the local community of the Quiet Corner. Our employees serve on local boards and have volunteered their time with such efforts as plantings along the French River, water quality monitoring on the Quinebaug River, coaching youth sports, roadside trash pickup, etc. Janet currently serves as Chairman of the Mill Sites Redevelopment Advisory Committee, which is making great progress toward redeveloping the old mills in Thompson and bringing new infrastructure, such as sidewalks, to support developers’ efforts.
We have also donated surveying and engineering services to a number of local projects including:
- Site Plan Design for the new TEEG building – Thompson, CT
- Surveying and Engineering for the Prince Hill Recreation Area – Brooklyn, CT
- Surveying and Mapping for the Ragged Mountain Foundation – Southington, CT