Maggie Taylor is a civil engineer and Director of Operations at SPG Planners + Engineers in Athens, Georgia. Her work intersects engineering, planning, landscape architecture, and the practical realities of getting great places built.

Maggie believes engineering should advance the vision for a place, not define its limits. She approaches infrastructure, regulations, and technical standards as opportunities to collaborate with the design team—finding practical paths forward while protecting the ideas that make a space special.

Her work spans neighborhoods, civic spaces, downtowns, and infrastructure projects throughout Georgia. She often works between designers, developers, municipalities, public works departments, and regulatory agencies, translating competing requirements into clear decisions and buildable solutions.

As Director of Operations at SPG, Maggie also works across disciplines to strengthen how teams collaborate, make decisions, and deliver work. She is especially interested in expanding the role of the civil engineer in placemaking—from technical consultant to trusted collaborator—and demonstrating that thoughtful engineering can make great places simpler to build, easier to navigate, and better to live in.