Housing and Facility Site Design

Our experience with housing and facility projects spans a wide range of project types and sizes, from large urban public redevelopment projects to small private co-housing and shelter projects and specialized facilities. Our work on these projects reflects our belief that a good civil consultant looks beyond just the civil elements and helps accomplish all facets of the project needs, from providing input to platting and right of way dedications to managing the design work of franchise utility providers. In these projects the design continuum is a key to success and we help ensure that all aspects of the site work are included in that continuum.

Utility Design

Design services which focus on meeting regulatory requirements and minimizing permitting delays. Our familiarity with the most current materials and construction techniques available, such as trenchless rehabilitation and installation, ensure that the most cost effective means are utilized in meeting project goals and achieving compliance, and our extensive experience with pump and force main systems make even the most difficult sites feasible.

Storm Drainage

With water quality and sustainable design being a focus, our storm drainage design services provide regulatory compliance with the added benefit of promoting the visual and educational opportunities present in rainwater, from rainwater harvesting for irrigation to constructed streams. In addition our familiarity with the most advanced techniques for providing underground solutions to detention and water quality issues ensures that even on tight sites we fit the program rather than drive it.

Parks and Recreation Civil Design

Our parks civil design services are rooted in the concepts of coherency and completeness. Our basic approach derives from multi disciplined team design, wherein the civil engineer is part of a design conversation with the full design team to develop the proposed solutions to site challenges. In this context civil improvements do not drive the site design but rather facilitate it and seem to disappear within it. Our extensive grading design capabilities allow us to quickly analyze “what if” grading scenarios and develop three dimensional models and graphic representations so critical site areas can be identified and revised, which leads to cost effective grading designs and efficient construction.