Lakdas Nanayakkara has remained a licensed professional engineer in the state of Florida for the last thirty-eight years, having worked as a professional structural engineer for over forty-six years. Lakdas leads the structural engineering services at Lakdas/Yohalem Engineering Inc.

Lakdas’ Experiences Includes Structural Design, Permitting, and
Construction Phase Engineering Services for the following:
■ High Visible and Miscellaneous Public Projects
■ Mast Arm Structures
■ Building Structures
■ Major Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants and Water
Control Structures
■ Bridge Engineering Structures

Lakdas has completed over 1200 projects in South Florida and the
Caribbean Basin during the last 38 years.

Value Engineering: Lakdas has participated as a structural expert
for over 31 value-engineering sessions for both FDOT and the
County’s major projects in building, bridges and water and wastewater treatment plants.
Our Value-Engineering services have saved:
■ Bridge projects over $4.5 Million
■ Building Projects, saved over #4.1 Million.
■ Water & Wastewater Treatment Plants saved over $4.6 Million.
Structural Failure Analysis and Expert Witness; Construction-Related Litigation
■ 12 Commercial Building Projects
■ 58 Residential Projects