SC&A, Inc., Nashville

SC&A is a multi-disciplinary consulting firm committed to design that balances the use and management of the earth’s resources.

Industrial consultant

Steve Clark always had a vision – it was one with a bridge between the natural world and the manmade. With that vision in mind, Steve planted the seeds that would grow SC&A into a company that builds in the urban world yet ages gracefully with the qualities of the earth’s natural rhythms in mind. Forty years later, SC&A still utilizes Natural Resource Planning every day in all of our projects. Steve and his wife Vicki are iconic leaders who taught the world to think outside of the norm. Over 40 years ago, they started a revolution when they challenged what was common and now those philosophies are taught in every university and most cities have urban forestry codes. Steve had more fun “taking cities apart and putting them back together again, ” always thinking holistically and ecologically as well as using the science of engineering, and artistry alongside a measure of common sense to find creative solutions to difficult problems. He loved sharing his ideas on the subject of better development and preserving trees and land — because practicing sustainability is just the right thing to do. Steve’s son Chris has been a part of SC&A since it’s inception, and following Steve’s untimely death in 2004, Chris carries on his legacy as SC&A has expanded to include an even broader scope of services related to natural resource planning. “Let’s go build something, ” Steve would say, and that is the bridge between future generations and the precious resources we have left.

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