Key Personnel
Maria Victoria Songsong, P.LS.
President/Licensed Surveyor
Maria Victoria Songsong, is the President and a licensed New York Land Surveyor wears many hats at MEGA. As President, she steers the company's direction, while also taking on the roles of Project Manager and Quality Management Professional. Her diverse background encompasses various aspects of surveying, from planning and cost estimation to inspection, quality assurance, survey data analysis, and project development and monitoring. Maria oversees the entire surveying process, from the initial stages to the final deliverables. She ensures all necessary data is collected and seamlessly integrated into engineering projects. She also leads and manages both office projects and field survey crews, leveraging the latest surveying software for computer-aided drafting and digital plotting to generate high-quality surveying deliverables, consistently exceeding client expectations.
Gino L. Parlanti, P.E.
Director of Engineering
Mr. Gino Parlanti is the Director of Engineering of MEGA. He has over thirty five (35) years (29 years with the City of New York) of design, management and oversight experience involving infrastructure projects of all types. Currently as Director of Engineering of MEGA, Mr. Parlanti's responsibilities include the management and supervision of staff in the preparation and implementation of the company's on-going projects; interfacing and coordinating with clients and other interested parties to identify and resolve issues, and monitoring work progress to ensure the highest level of engineering performance and professionalism.
Napthali Songsong
Survey Party Chief, IUOE Local 15D / Certified Survey Technician
Mr. Songsong as a Survey Party Chief, is responsible for traversing and
leveling for the purpose of establishing permanent horizontal and vertical control monuments; topographic surveys for road improvements; locating existing R.O.W. and cross sections, drainage and
sewer stake-out, calculate and stake out curbs and easements, calculation of stake data for curbs and building foundations, calculation of “Cut Sheets” for contractors. Also, Mr. Songsong is
responsible for detailed structural surveys, topographic surveys, hydrographic surveys and photogrametric control surveys, boundary and site development surveys, construction layout instituting full
electronic total station surveying capabilities including electronic data collectors.
Damien Murray
Survey Party Chief, IUOE Local 15D
Mr. Damien Murray is the firm’s Survey Party Chief. As one of the in-field crew leaders, he is responsible for directing two or three-person crews. He is involved with topographical DOT and DEP spec surveys. Also, he does surveys which include construction layout, topographic and boundary, and establishment of control points. His project experience with diverse and challenging projects, specializing in rail operations with emphasis on specific safety requirements as well as innovative techniques to assist the team in meeting the demand for on-time, detailed, and robust products.
Diomedes Miranda, Jr
Engineer II, Resident Engineer
Mr. Miranda Jr. is a Civil Engineering (EIT Certified) with background in construction and structures. He has worked for MEGA for 12 years on sidewalk and sewer jobs for the NYC Department of Design and Construction (NYCDDC). He successfully acquired working knowledge of city and agency construction protocols and requirements.
His work experience is enhanced with his understanding of and familiarity with the surveying standards and guidelines. His experience encompasses all phases of records research pertaining to the legal description of properties; technical information on utility plates; ROW limits; utility easements, and field survey operations including primary project control, photogrammetric control, topographic data collection, utility and drainage surveys, boundary retracement surveys and stakeout. He has done deed plotting and record alignment development in support of review and analysis phases of boundary surveys.