Kennewick High School
Education

Innovative Civil Engineering
Knutzen Engineering, founded in 2015, provides civil engineering, land use planning, and project management services in Kennewick, Washington and the surrounding Tri-Cities region. The practice delivers site design, permitting, stormwater management, and residential land development solutions for education, commercial, residential, and industrial clients.
LEED AP BD+C · Certified Erosion and Sediment Control Lead
Paul KnutzenPresident / Principal-In-Charge
Amanda WhiteheadSenior Engineer
Robert McLeodSenior Engineer
Working in tandem with other design professionals to deliver civil designs. The practice specializes in local city and county codes to deliver creative and cost-effective designs for clients.
Delivering projects within local jurisdictions to achieve development goals while navigating permitting requirements through established connections with local officials.
Minimizing client risk of stormwater damage on-site and downstream in compliance with EPA, state, and local codes.
Acquiring the necessary permits for proposed development and construction projects.
Providing professional oversight and analysis throughout the pre-construction and construction phases.
A review of construction plans to ensure documents are clear and coordinated, minimizing risks of errors, delays, and cost overruns.
The process of establishing the projected cost of a project through detailed inspection of project plans.
Collaborating with architects, owners, and contractors to design and manage projects while maintaining a cost-effective approach that meets performance goals.
Assisting clients in managing contractors to ensure projects are built in accordance with construction documents and addressing unforeseen issues.
Ensuring that the development of a project site is consistent with jurisdictional guidelines, and working through public processes when guidelines require modification.
Work in this area is organized into supported delivery tasks.
Support includes Managing projects across multiple disciplines surveying.
Support includes geotechnical.
Support includes traffic.
Support includes environmental.
Support includes fire.
Support includes architectural.
Support includes structural.
Support includes mechanical.
Support includes electrical engineering.
Support includes Work in this area is organized into supported delivery tasks.
Education · Commercial · Industrial · Residential · Land Development
Education
Multifamily Residential
Commercial
Commercial