Thompson Engineering

Thompson Engineering's civil engineering practice serves commercial, industrial, transportation, municipal, and federal clients with expertise spanning roadway and bridge design, drainage systems, utilities infrastructure, airfield development, and port and harbor work. Clients include Austal USA and Airbus Americas.

• Subsurface Utility Engineering
• Drainage Studies and Design
• Industrial Infrastructure (OSBL)
• Parks, Sidewalks, and Bikeways
• Site Development
• Site Planning
• Site Selection
• Utilities Infrastructure

• Thompson Engineering's Structural Team Handles New Construction
• Facility Expansions
• Disaster-related Repairs
• Aging Infrastructure Inspections For Industrial
• Transportation
• Commercial Clients
• Bridges
• Marine Terminals
• Industrial Facilities
• Large Public Buildings

Geotechnical engineering is the foundation of Thompson Engineering's practice, dating to its roots as a soils testing laboratory in 1953. It provides drilling, laboratory testing, foundation design, retaining wall criteria, and dewatering system design.

• Drilling
• Laboratory Testing
• Retaining Wall and Bracing System Criteria
• Shallow and Deep Foundations (Including Heavy Loads)
• Temporary Retaining and Dewatering Systems

Thompson Engineering's environmental team performs assessments, investigations, permitting, and NEPA compliance services to keep projects moving through today's regulatory environment.

• Permitting
• Landfills and Impoundments

Thompson Engineering delivers functional marine engineering solutions for terminal design, dredged material management, pile-supported structures, shoreline protection, and coastal ecosystem restoration across the Southeast.

• Marine Engineering
• Coastal Restoration
• Marine Structures, Docks, and Bulkheads
• Shoreline Protection Systems
• Mooring, Breasting, and Fendering Systems
• Optimoor Ship Berthing and Mooring Analysis

Thompson Engineering provides construction management, inspection, materials testing (CMT), quality assurance, construction administration, and building code and special inspections across a range of project types.

• Construction Management
• Construction Inspection
• Materials Testing (CMT)
• Construction Quality Assurance
• Construction Administration
• Building Code and Special Inspections

Thompson Engineering integrates architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, and building envelope services to deliver resilient, sustainable, and aesthetically pleasing buildings and environments.

• Architecture
• Landscape Architecture
• Interior Design
• Building Envelope Services
• Buildings, Renovations, and Additions
• Roof Systems

Thompson Engineering's transportation group designs roadways, bridges, and interchanges for clients across the Southeast, applying a multidisciplinary approach that draws on in-house civil, structural, and geotechnical resources to maximize owner value.

• Bridges and Culverts
• Roadways and Interchanges
• Traffic Signage and Signalization
• Bridge Inspections

Thompson Engineering provides professional land surveying using both traditional methods and advanced technology-including drones and unmanned survey vessels-to deliver the data needed for the next phase of construction.

Thompson Engineering conducts damage and failure assessments and design alternatives and feasibility studies to support informed decision-making for owners across project types.

• Damage and Failure Assessments
• Design Alternatives and Feasibility Studies

Thompson Engineering designs wastewater collection systems, water distribution systems, flood protection systems, and dams in support of municipal and industrial clients.

• Wastewater Collection
• Water Distribution Systems
• Flood Protection Systems
• Dams