Civil Engineering Projects

Additional Dwelling Units (ADUs) – Various Locations in California – SCE staff has extensive experience designing and building attached and detached ADUs, including surrounding hardscape features, throughout the state. The photos provided below are of a sample “patio office,” which consisted of a custom, insulated office shed with a green roof, and a new Ipe wood deck, spacious patio, built-in planters and a grape arbor.

Ogden Avenue Gardens, San Francisco, CA – SCE staff is currently involved in a community-based project to convert the 400 block of Ogden Avenue in the Bernal Heights district into a public garden. Responsibilities include location and coordination of existing utilities and right-of-way conditions; public agency coordination and permitting requirements; grading and drainage design; erosion and sediment control plan preparation; community stakeholder management, including engagement; preparing scope, schedule, and budget baselines; and procuring necessary consultants, such as landscape architect, construction companies, and garden material suppliers for the new public garden/open space.

Solar Panel Design and Construction Management, Silicon Valley, CA – Design and Construction Management for a solar panel system for nine High Schools in Silicon Valley. Staff prepared a feasibility analysis of an integrated renewable energy system for the high school district, including a photovoltaic analysis of a parking lot canopy structure as a solar panel base. Our work included the design and construction administration for the infrastructure (paved areas) and utilities (power and drainage) of the solar panel site. Additionally, our staff developed and monitored the project baselines, provided contract administration and construction management services, and Quality Assurance and Control (QA/QC.)

BMW North America Plant, San Luis Potosí, México – Planning and designing an automobile manufacturing plant in North-Central Mexico. Work included market research, budgetary control, and scheduling; contract negotiation with the local utility agencies, roadway, and railway entities to provide access to the site; contract Management and negotiation between the client and sub-consultants, including contract amendments and change orders. Our staff was also responsible for the oversight and coordination of the project sub-consultants, such as the architect, civil engineer, structural engineer, mechanical engineer, soils engineer, and landscape architect. Additionally, staff was responsible for contract management, including contract amendments and change orders, and the development and monitoring of the Quality Control Plan.

“Bear’s Den” – Residential Remodeling, Room Addition, and Deck Replacement, Incline Village, NV – SCE staff designed the room addition, about structural loads, for a second-story room addition; designed the utilities for the home renovation, and a deck replacement for a single-family residence in Lake Tahoe. Work also included design coordination with the project architect and other sub-consultants; prepared the grading and drainage plans, incorporating the fire prevention requirements along the building perimeter. SCE staff also performed the required coordination with the homeowners association, local public agencies, and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA.)

Pro Bono Work

At SCE, we dedicate a portion of our time to community service in various ways, such as providing civil design services for community-based projects:

• • LEED Certification
  • Urban Greening
  • Project Management

Sustainable planning and community involvement

If you would like to learn more about our pro bono services and/or are ready to apply for these services, please fill out the contact form and one of our team members will reach out to you.