Civil Engineering Consultants, Inc.

Designing Beautiful Environments in Des Moines, Iowa since 1969

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About the firm

Civil Engineering Consultants, Inc. is an Iowa-based civil engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, and land-use planning practice in the Des Moines area. Founded in 1969, the team supports public- and private-sector land development with site planning, grading, utilities, stormwater, subdivisions, landscape design, construction staking, inspection, and survey services for commercial, residential, multifamily, industrial, municipal, and electric-utility projects.

Established
1969
Firm type
Civil Engineering · Land Surveying · Landscape Architecture

People

Edward ArpLandscape Architect & Chairman of the Board

Pat ShepardProfessional Engineer & Land Surveyor, President

Martin DostalikLandscape Architect, Vice President/Treasurer

Paul ClausenProfessional Engineer & LSIT, Secretary

Melissa HillsProfessional Engineer & LEED Green Associate

Jeff GaddisLand Surveyor

Cody WeaverProfessional Engineer

Capabilities

Civil Engineering

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Site and infrastructure design for land-development projects, subdivisions, utilities, grading, stormwater, paving, site lighting, and public construction drawings.

  • Sanitary sewer design
  • Water system design
  • Storm sewer design
  • Paving design
  • Site grading
  • Site lighting photometric design
  • Public construction drawings
  • Final platting

Land Development and Site Planning

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Planning, engineering, and design services for public- and private-sector land development, commercial sites, office parks, residential subdivisions, retail, and industrial development.

  • Commercial site planning
  • Office development site planning
  • Single-family subdivision design
  • Multifamily site planning
  • Retail development planning
  • Industrial subdivision design
  • Rezoning support
  • Municipal approval process support

Land Surveying

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Property, topographic, platting, construction-layout, staking-data, and survey-record services for development and infrastructure projects.

  • Boundary surveys
  • Topographic surveys
  • Legal descriptions
  • ALTA/ACSM surveys
  • FEMA elevation certificates
  • Acquisition plats
  • Plats of survey
  • Subdivision plats
  • Easement descriptions
  • Public land corner certificates
  • As-built surveys
  • Retracement surveys

Landscape Architecture and Land-Use Planning

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Site design, circulation, planting, amenities, and land-use approval support that complements the civil engineering practice.

  • Landscape architecture
  • Land-use planning
  • Vehicular circulation design
  • Pedestrian circulation design
  • Plant materials
  • Landforms
  • Signage
  • Entrance features
  • Lakes and fountains
  • Board of adjustment variance process support

Stormwater and Erosion Control

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Drainage, detention, erosion-control, SWPPP, and water-quality planning for commercial, residential, industrial, and subdivision development.

  • Stormwater management planning
  • Stormwater quality control
  • Stormwater quantity control
  • Storm sewer design
  • Detention facility design
  • Erosion control
  • Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans
  • Best Management Practices
  • Cost estimating

Electric Utility Site and Corridor Support

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Substation site planning, duct-bank routing, corridor mapping, plats, and easement support for electric utility work.

  • Electric substation site planning
  • Duct bank routing
  • Electric utility corridor mapping
  • Electric utility corridor plats
  • Electric utility corridor easements

Construction Phase Services

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Field layout, staking, monitoring, inspection, testing, and record-drawing support for development and infrastructure projects.

  • Construction layout
  • Construction staking
  • Construction monitoring
  • Construction inspection
  • Construction testing
  • Building layout
  • Lot layout
  • Construction as-built drawings
  • Record drawings

Industries

Land Development · Commercial · Residential · Multifamily Residential · Industrial · Retail · Electric Utilities · Power Transmission & Distribution · Utilities · Water Supply · Wastewater · Stormwater & Flood Control · Infrastructure

Projects

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