Siavash Beik
Principal Engineer | Vice President
As Burke’s principal engineer, Siavash Beik manages complex water resources projects and provides technical advice and guidance to other project managers.
Over his nearly 40-year career, Siavash’s work has spanned projects including flood resilience, master planning, fluvial erosion hazard mitigation, stormwater technical standards and ordinances, and dam and levee safety projects.
He has been the principal editor, author or co-author of a number of technical guidebooks, including:
- Indiana Drainage Handbook,
- Indiana Dam Safety Inspection Manual,
- Indiana Fluvial Erosion Hazard Mitigation Manual, and
- hydrologic/hydraulics modeling guidelines.
In his spare time, Siavash loves to travel and volunteers with multiple organizations that work to improve the communities’ resilience and preparedness
Qualifications
Professional Engineer
- Indiana
- Illinois
Certified Floodplain Manager
Diplomate Water Resources Engineer
Q&A
What makes Burke different from other engineering firms?
We are always reminded of and have never forgotten our prime directive and main ultimate purpose of improving public health and safety.
As such, we are given a lot of latitude at Burke in how we interact with the public and give back to our profession and to our country while fulfilling our specific project-related duties.
If you could be any natural feature, what would it be?
Perhaps a lake. I like the beauty, depth, and tranquility of it.
What is the most important takeaway for Burke clients?
At Burke, we think of it as our duty to help our clients with their risk-reduction projects the best we can, and we get a lot of internal enjoyment doing it in a way that would have the most public benefit.
This translates to a more enjoyable and fulfilling teamwork atmosphere and brings in the needed synergy for a win-win outcome.
Book or movie?
There are so many that it is hard to choose! But, if I have to name one, I would say the Lord of the Rings.