Municipal engineering, planning and land development
Growth becomes a planning question, then a servicing question, then a financing question, usually in that order and usually after the subdivision has already been supported in principle. We work those interfaces at the same time.
Development review goes wrong when land use is approved on one track and servicing capacity is confirmed on another. We evaluate the land-use configuration, the servicing solution, the offsite implications and the development agreement together, before commitments harden.
Our engineering advisory is owner-side. We are usually the party asking whether the design is buildable, whether the estimate is realistic and whether the municipality is about to inherit an asset it cannot afford to maintain.
Who leads this work
- Joel Cardinal
Eng.L., P.Tech., C.E.T. — civil, municipal and land development
What we deliver
Civil and municipal engineering
- Feasibility studies and project definition
- Site servicing, water, sanitary and storm systems
- Road and drainage system design support
- Grading, earthworks and quantity analysis
- Technical review of consultant drawings and specifications
Planning and land use
- Development plans and official community plans
- Zoning and land-use bylaws
- Area structure plans and growth strategy
- Subdivision review and servicing analysis
- Development agreements, easements and rights-of-way
Development review and approvals
- Servicing capacity and offsite levy considerations
- Regulatory and environmental approvals coordination
- Developer negotiation support
- Construction standards and municipal specifications
Quality and technical assurance
- Design review and constructability assessment
- QA/QC frameworks and inspection regimes
- Materials testing coordination
- As-built verification and asset handover
Typical assignments
A sample of how this work usually arrives.
- Area structure plan with integrated servicing and cost allocation
- Owner-side technical review of a consultant's design package
- Zoning bylaw and development plan modernization
- Servicing study for a subdivision the municipality will eventually own
- Municipal construction standards and specification package
Related capabilities
Work in this area almost always touches these.
Public works & operations
Roads, bridges, drainage, fleet, facilities and waste — service levels, programs and the systems that run them.
Surveying & geomatics
Construction survey, GIS, 3D models, UAV capture and the data discipline that keeps a project and an asset register honest.
Governance & strategy
Council direction turned into policy, authority, work plans and reporting that administration can actually run.
Bring us the file that keeps moving to the bottom of the pile.
Tell us what Council has asked for and where it is stuck. We will tell you honestly whether it is an assignment for us, and what it would take.