L.R. Nelson Consulting Engineers, LLC

Quality and Innovative Engineering Services

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About the firm

L.R. Nelson Consulting Engineers, LLC is a multi-discipline consulting engineering firm founded in 1987 and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, with a second office in Salt Lake City, Utah. The firm provides structural engineering, civil engineering, flood control, land surveying, planning, and forensic engineering services to clients across Nevada and the American Southwest, holding professional licenses in Nevada, Arizona, California, and Utah. A member of the Fremont-Wright family of brands, L.R. Nelson has delivered over 8,000 engineering projects and 6,000 completed developments for residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional clients throughout the region.

Established
1987
Firm type
Civil Engineering · Forensic Engineering · Land Surveying · Structural Engineering · Water / Wastewater Engineering

Capabilities

Structural Engineering

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Structural engineering for new and existing structures using current codes and computer analysis methods, from residential to high-rise and specialty structures.

  • Single and multi-family residential structures
  • Retail and office structures
  • Industrial and warehouse structures
  • Site and retaining walls
  • Mid and high-rise structures
  • Parking structures
  • Medical facilities
  • Educational facilities
  • Commercial centers
  • Multifamily complexes
  • Drainage and flood control structures
  • Bridges
  • Water reservoirs
  • Sewage treatment facilities
  • Communication towers
  • Solar facilities

Civil Engineering

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Civil improvement plans and engineering services for land development projects across Southern Nevada and the Southwest, applying current codes and computer design methods.

  • Site feasibility studies
  • Flood control design
  • FEMA CLOMR/LOMR services
  • Conceptual and technical drainage studies
  • Stormwater pollution prevention plans (SWPPP)
  • Best management plans (BMP)
  • Traffic studies
  • Water network analysis
  • Grading plans
  • Utility plans
  • Street plan and profiles
  • Lot fit analysis and plot plans
  • Regulatory permitting

Flood Control

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Hydrologic and hydraulic analysis of complex watersheds and flood water conveyance using FEMA-accepted software including HEC-1, HEC-HMS, and HEC-RAS, serving watersheds from under an acre to over 1,000 acres.

  • Watershed analysis
  • Flood water conveyance analysis
  • Open channel and storm drain analysis
  • HEC-RAS riverine analysis

Land Surveying

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Conventional, GPS, and Lidar surveying and mapping services with extensive knowledge of local horizontal and vertical control networks.

  • Boundary and topographic surveys
  • GPS and Lidar surveys
  • Photogrammetric control
  • ALTA surveys
  • Horizontal and vertical control surveys
  • Parcel and record of survey maps
  • Plat maps and final mapping
  • Merger and re-subdivision maps
  • Boundary line adjustments
  • As-built maps

Land-use and development planning services augmenting the firm's civil and structural engineering scope.

Forensic engineering support for law firms across the Southwest.

Industries

Land Development · Residential · Multifamily Residential · Senior Living · Commercial · Industrial · Mixed-Use · Healthcare · Education · Stormwater & Flood Control · Water Supply · Wastewater · Legal

Projects

Arbor Court Apartment Complex

Salt Lake Valley, UT

Project details

Three apartment buildings linked together with a sub-grade parking structure in the heart of Salt Lake Valley.