ESI Chantilly Office Operational Hours – It is our intent to maintain normal business office hours (8:00am – 4:30pm, Mon-Fri) in our central office in Chantilly in order to best serve you.  Due to impacts of the current virus and illnesses, we are operating with reduced staff presence in the office with the rest of staff teleworking. While we are striving to conduct our services via electronic means as best as possible, we want to assure you that we will be present in the event that you need to drop something off or call with questions or concerns.  Please feel free to contact us at (703) 263-2232 or via e-mail.

 

ESI Plan Review Procedures – It is our commitment to continue working with you diligently on your plan submissions and we invite you to contact our ESI Senior Staff Engineers directly to coordinate plan submissions, meetings, peer reviews and any other plan-related need that you have.  For information on changes made to plan submission, please view our current Plan Submission Directions or contact the engineer working with the jurisdiction you plan to submit to:

If possible, we ask that Alexandria plans be submitted electronically.  If you must submit a paper copy, the plan can be dropped off or mailed to our Chantilly office.  Please coordinate plan submissions for Alexandria through Bill Missell. 

All Fairfax plans must be submitted eletronically via ProjectDox.  Please coordinate plan submissions for Fairfax through Sohaila Shekib.

The ESI Loudoun office closed on January 1, 2021.  If possible, we ask that plans be submitted electronically.  If you must submit a paper copy, the plan can be dropped off or mailed to our Chantilly office.  Please coordinate plan submissions for Loudoun or Leesburg through Sue Wolford.

 

ESI Classes – As a result of changes and improvements to our systems from the Pandemic, ESI changed many of its classes to a virtual format, or hybrid with virtual and in-person utilizing Zoom. However, some of our classes, such as our LDE series of classes, is held in-person whenever possible to enhance the students’ learning and class interaction.

Please rest assured we continually monitor the health advisories, and take steps as necessary to maintain a safe learning environment. 

For updates on class schedules, or if you have any questions about classes, please visit our Education page or contact Bill Sharpe at (703) 263-2232 or at wsharpe@esinova.org. For assistance with ESI’s Learning Management System (LMS).

 

ESI Plan-Related Meetings (e.g. Peer Review, Facilitation, and Pre-Submission Meetings) – All of ESI’s Partner jurisdictions have indicated a directive to minimize face-to-face contact.  So that our public and private sector members can continue to meet and discuss plans via online “virtual” meetings, ESI has procured services through Microsoft Teams, GoToMeeting and Zoom for instances when ESI needs to facilitate a virtual meeting.  ESI staff can also use whatever platform members or jurisdictional staff prefer for meeting virtually.

 

ESI Committee Meetings (e.g. Fairfax Committee, Loudoun Committee, Leesburg Committee, Alexandria Committee, and other leadership committees) – ESI recognizes the continuing need to conduct these meetings as best as possible while avoiding personal contact and maintaining proper social distancing. Consequently, ESI has been utilizing virtual conferencing to conduct meetings.  If there is a pressing need to convey information, email communications, conference calls or similar methods are also effective tools.

 

We at ESI thank you for your continued support, patience and understanding as we follow suit with our many business partners to continue our valuable services while keeping everyone safe and healthy.