AKS Engineering & Forestry

Site design and utility engineering for development and public-sector projects across the Pacific Northwest.

• Site Design & Grading
• Utilities
• Stormwater Management
• Street Design
• Site Infrastructure

Structural design for residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities, including seismic retrofit, equipment anchorage, and specialty structures.

Subsurface investigations, geohazard analysis, infiltration testing, pavement design, retaining wall assessments, forensic evaluations, and soil special inspections and testing.

Lighting system design, power distribution, low-voltage and communication systems, energy management system design, and photometric analysis and modeling.

HVAC system design, chilled water, steam, process piping, exhaust systems, and building load analysis and modeling.

Transportation system planning, intersection control evaluations, parking management plans, transportation impact studies, and traffic signal and street lighting design.

Water treatment and distribution, wastewater collection and treatment, stormwater and flood control, pump station siting and design, and pipeline rehabilitation.

Aerial, construction, hydrographic, and land surveying services.

• Aerial Surveying (ortho imagery, LiDAR, DEMs)
• Hydrographic Surveying (bathymetric mapping, scour detection)
• Land Surveying (GPS control, flood elevation, construction staking)
• 3D Laser Scanning

Planting and irrigation plans, streetscapes, pedestrian facilities, recreational facilities, trails, open space, and park master planning.

Phase I, II, and III environmental site assessments and underground storage tank evaluations.

Wetland and water delineations, federal and state wetland permitting, fish and wildlife and botanical studies, critical area habitat assessments, mitigation design and monitoring, and NEPA documentation.

Tree inventory and assessment, protection and removal plans, tree and landscape appraisal, arborist observation, forest management planning, timber cruising and appraisal, and wildfire risk analysis and mitigation.

Site feasibility and due diligence, land use entitlements, master planning, on-call city and county planning, and long-range planning.

Pre-construction services, active site management, owners representative services, quality control inspections, RFI and submittal management, and project closeout.

Structural concrete, pre-stressed concrete, and soil testing; aggregate laboratory and nuclear density testing; sieve analysis; and soil and aggregate proctors.

Database management, digital cartographic production, asset management data collection, ArcGIS Online web maps and apps, 3D modeling, and story map development.

Building information modeling, model-to-field layouts, lighting and device coordination, data extraction, and quantity takeoffs.

Plumbing system design for domestic water, sanitary sewer, vent, natural gas, and propane systems.