Landmark Announces Staff Achievement

Laidman-Murray Announced as Young Engineer of the Year 2025
Blog Link: https://www.landmark-se.com/dakota-laidman-murray-pe-announced-as-2025-delaware-young-engineerof-the-year/

Newark, Del., February 2025, the Board of Directors of Landmark Science & Engineering, a leading consulting firm in Delaware and Maryland specializing in site/civil and water resources engineering, environmental sciences and land surveying, is pleased to make the announcement that Dakota LaidmanMurray, P.E., a firm principal, has been selected as Delaware’s Young Engineer of the Year 2025 by the Delaware Engineering Society (NSPE-DE).

Dakota M. Laidman-Murray, P.E. Dakota is a principal of Landmark where she has worked for over 12 years. She performs civil engineering and project management for large-scale educational, industrial and affordable housing projects involving planning and site design, stormwater management, environmental and water resources design. She earned a Bachelor of Environmental Engineering degree, with a concentration in Water Resources and Water Quality and a minor in Civil Engineering from the University of Delaware in 2012.

Throughout her tenure at Landmark, Dakota has contributed to a wide range of civil and site design projects, with a particular focus on K-12 and post-secondary education as well as affordable housing developments. She oversees all aspects of project planning, site design, approvals, and construction administration, with specialized expertise in the modeling and design of stormwater management systems.

Beyond her work at Landmark, Dakota is an active member with ACEC Delaware, serves as Secretary of the Board of Directors, and Chairs the Programs and Education Committee which awards engineering scholarships and helps promote engineering as a career choice. Passionate about mentorship, she guides high school seniors on their Engineering Pathway Capstone Projects and helps select recipients for the ACEC Delaware Engineering Scholarship.

Outside of her professional life, Dakota enjoys spending quality time with her husband and daughter, with frequent trips to Disney World.
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Landmark Science & Engineering is an award-winning consulting firm, started 38 years ago in 1987 as Landmark Engineering, Inc. and Landmark Consulting Engineers, Inc. in Maryland. The firm is one of the regions’ largest and most diverse, integrated civil engineering and environmental science consulting firms, providing professional services across the disciplines of site/civil, water resources and environmental engineering and sciences, and land surveying. Environmental sciences include ecological (wetlands, forest, habitat) and site remediation/brownfields. The firm of 25 serves clients in the DE, MD, and PA region from its headquarters in Newark, Delaware. www.landmark-se.com