Ulteig Engineers, Inc.

Creating Innovative Infrastructure Solutions

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About the firm

Ulteig is an infrastructure engineering and consulting practice founded in 1944 that serves public and private clients across North America. It delivers comprehensive engineering design, program management, and technical services across its Lifeline Sectors of Power, Renewables, Transportation, and Water. Through its acquisition of Paradigm Environmental in 2025, the practice has significantly deepened its capabilities in water resources, watershed analysis, and stormwater management.

Established
1944
Firm type
Civil Engineering · Electrical Engineering · Power & Utility Engineering · Transportation Engineering · Water / Wastewater Engineering · Environmental Engineering · Land Surveying

People

Manka KhannaMarket Leader, Renewables

Sandy ZimmerGrants and Funding Program Manager

Capabilities

Power Engineering

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Comprehensive technical services to modernize and secure electrical grids, encompassing transmission, substation design, and market planning.

  • Substation Engineering and Design

    Designing safe, high-voltage physical layouts and protective relay systems for utility and industrial substations.

  • Transmission Engineering and Design

    Structural and electrical design for overhead and underground high-voltage transmission lines.

  • Transmission Planning

    Developing robust network capacity expansion models and managing grid connection strategies.

  • Power Distribution Engineering

    Designing storm-hardened, wildfire-resilient overhead and underground distribution networks.

  • Grid Modernization & Cybersecurity

    Integrating digital technologies and OT security measures aligned with NERC CIP frameworks.

  • Resource Planning and Energy Market Modeling

    Utilizing advanced market simulations to manage transmission congestion and evaluate resource mix decisions.

  • Electrical Power System Studies

    Performing critical safety analyses, including five-year arc flash restudies and system reliability simulations.

  • Natural Gas Infrastructure Engineering

    Engineering specialized solutions for gas utility systems and generation interconnection.

Renewables Engineering

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Siting, design, and integration services for clean energy developers and utilities to accelerate decarbonization projects.

  • Solar Energy Engineering

    Utility-scale photovoltaic site layouts, electrical collector design, and interconnection coordination.

  • Wind Energy Engineering

    Collector system designs, gen-tie transmission layouts, and CAISO metering integration for wind projects.

  • Energy Storage Engineering

    Engineering battery energy storage systems (BESS) for grid-scale stability and resource integration.

  • Owner's Engineering & Independent Engineering

    Providing objective technical review, permitting evaluations, and risk mitigation assessments for project transactions.

  • SCADA System Integration

    Designing and deploying supervisory control and data acquisition systems for operational visibility.

  • Developer Services Suite

    Bundled site selection, buildable area analysis, production modeling, and environmental permitting.

  • Data Center Power Solutions

    Designing high-reliability electrical infrastructure and interconnection pathways for hyperscale computing facilities.

Transportation Engineering

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Multidisciplinary planning, structural design, and funding support to deliver resilient roadways, bridges, and mobility solutions.

  • Roadway and Highway Design

    Engineering geometric alignments, lane configurations, and safety enhancements for rural and urban corridors.

  • Bridge and Structure Engineering

    Designing resilient structural crossings and executing advanced rehabilitations using fiber-reinforced polymer wraps.

  • Transportation Planning and Design

    Developing context-sensitive designs for complex intersections, corridor retrofits, and transit pathways.

  • Transportation Grants and Funding Services

    Navigating state and federal funding programs, developing benefit-cost models, and managing post-award compliance.

  • Environmental Planning & Monitoring Services

    Conducting thorough field assessments and environmental documentation to support corridor realignments.

  • Land Surveying

    Utilizing precise geospatial technologies to establish boundary, topographic, and construction control.

  • Right-of-Way Services

    Planning easement acquisitions and managing land rights for critical infrastructure corridors.

Water Resources & Environmental

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Advanced water modeling, watershed analysis, and sustainable stormwater management utilizing integrated visualization and planning systems.

  • Watershed Analysis and Modeling

    Evaluating river dynamics, erosion patterns, and catchment hydrology to safeguard adjacent infrastructure.

  • Stormwater Management and Planning

    Designing green infrastructure, sustainable street master plans, and community-focused stormwater solutions.

  • Water Resources Management

    Integrating advanced technology and hydrology to plan sustainable, resilient regional water supplies.

  • Advanced Water Data Systems

    Deploying data management, mapping, and visualization systems to support municipal and federal water programs.

Program and Project Management

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Owner's representation, construction management, and project controls to execute complex infrastructure safely, on time, and within budget.

  • Construction Management

    Providing on-site representation, quality assurance, and constructability reviews during physical execution.

  • Project Controls

    Deploying interactive dashboards and tools to manage budgets, project schedules, and performance goals.

  • Owner's Representative and Project Delivery

    Augmenting client teams with program managers to coordinate complex multi-disciplinary lifecycles.

Industries

Power Generation · Power Transmission & Distribution · Electric Utilities · Renewable Energy · Wind · Solar · Energy Storage · Transportation · Highways & Roads · Bridges · Water Supply · Water Resources · Stormwater & Flood Control · Government · Federal · Data Centers · Oil & Gas · Environmental & Remediation

Projects

TxDOT FM 159 Roadway Realignment

Brazos County, Texas · Highways & Roads · 2024 · Client: Texas Department of Transportation

Project details

Developed a detailed design schematic, conducted environmental assessments, and explored realignment alternatives for FM 159 in Brazos County, Texas, to address river encroachment. Shifting the roadway parallel to the BNSF railroad alignment required 3D modeling programs to integrate designs seamlessly.

San Mateo Countywide Sustainable Streets Master Plan

San Mateo County, California · Water Resources · Client: City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County

Project details

Led the development of San Mateo County's sustainable master plan to merge complete streets with green infrastructure. This initiative identified specific opportunities for addressing multiple sustainable benefits across the countywide area.

San Diego Community-Focused Stormwater Management

San Diego County, California · Stormwater & Flood Control · Client: County of San Diego Department of Public Works

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Collaborated with the Department of Public Works to lead a multi-benefit stormwater planning study for the Casa de Oro and Spring Valley communities, identifying sustainable and cost-effective stormwater solutions.

Western Spirit Wind Infrastructure

New Mexico · Wind

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Delivered grid interconnection solutions for the Western Spirit Wind development, including collection system engineering, substation design, gen-tie transmission, and CAISO metering coordination.