In 1982, Elliot Thayer received his professional engineer’s license and started Thayer Engineering Company. Over
the next two years, he brought in two partners, Andy Dunbar and Bob Clunie, along with other employees. In 1984 he
bought the building that Thayer Engineering Company now calls home. Today, there are six employees at this small
but very busy Farmingdale engineering firm. Elliot Thayer and Thayer Engineering Company received the 2006 President's Award
from the Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce, a testament to their value to the community. In 2012 Bob Clunie retired.
Land surveying projects completed by Elliot Thayer and his team include boundary, topographic and hydrographic
surveys for private, commercial and governmental clients. Elliot oversees all the planning and design of
commercial and industrial buildings and facilities sites; marine terminals; highways and streets; recreational
facilities; storm drainage systems; sewer systems; erosion & sedimentation control; residential, commercial and
industrial developments and subdivisions. Elliot has acted as an expert witness in numerous cases in his capacity
as a Professional Land Surveyor and as a Professional Engineer.
Career Background
Elliot graduated from the University of Maine at Orono in 1976 with a degree in Civil Engineering. He has been a
Professional Land Surveyor in the State of Maine since 1973 and a Professional Engineer in the State of Maine
since 1982. Before starting Thayer Engineering, Elliot was an assistant engineer at the Maine Department of
Transportation in Augusta, Maine and a manager of the survey division at Doten Associates in Augusta, Maine. Elliot
has completed numerous short courses, continuing education courses, seminars and workshops in various topics,
such as real estate law, boundary law and legal principles, environmental law, land surveying, computer programming
and programs, street and road design, geology, hydrology and environmental engineering.
Elliot has been a member of several professional societies: the Maine Society of Land Surveyors (Secretary in
1984-1985); the Legislative Committee of the Maine Society of Land Surveyors (Chairman in 1999-2000) and the
American Society of Civil Engineers.
Andy Dunbar was the first professional to join Elliot when Thayer Engineering Company was just getting started. After six years
with Doten Associates, Andy joined Thayer Engineering Company in 1984 and has been here ever since.
Andy provides professional services to title companies, legal entities and lending institutions. He also works with developers
and private owners. Whether the need is for a rapid turnaround on a mortgage inspection, a shoreland permit, or complex remedial
work, Andy and his staff are ready to help. Andy is the professional our customers go to for Elevation Certificates and Letter of
Map Amendment (LOMA) applications and any other flood related matters.
Career Background
Andy graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1978, cum laude, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Forest Management.
He has been a Professional Forester in the State of Maine since 1978 and a Professional Land Surveyor in the State of Maine since
1982. Andy has also been a licensed Site Evaluator in the State of Maine since 1995 and a Notary Public since 1984.
Andy attends seminars and short courses to enhance his skills on subjects including land use planning, forestry, geology, legal principles,
boundary law, surveying, septic system design, and flood hazard issues.
Andy is a member of the following professional societies: the National Society of Professional Surveyors, the Maine Society of Land Surveyors
and the American Congress of Surveying and Mapping. He has also served his community over the years – coaching youth hockey and
serving in municipal government as a Selectman, Planning Board member and member of the Zoning Board of Appeals.
