Onsite designs are for installers, not health departments,” says Stuart Meade, owner of Meade Septic Design in Goshen, Indiana. “Designs should be accurate, usable tools that enable installers to bid projects over the phone, then arrive on site, shoot the benchmark and begin excavating. The system is flagged and there are no surprises.”
Meade, 52, spent five years as an onsite regulator for the Elkhart County Health Department before opening his company in May 1995. He requested constructive criticism from installers to learn what information they needed on designs to work more efficiently and profitably.
The trust Meade established resulted in
