Civil Engineering
Grading, drainage, utilities, and access for commercial sites, industrial properties, and land development. Coordinate what happens outside the building with what the project needs inside.
Site Grading · Stormwater · Utility Coordination
What We Design
Site design connects terrain, runoff, utility infrastructure, and access. The required plans and reports are defined for your property and jurisdiction.
Grading & Earthwork
Rough and precise grading plans, cut-and-fill evaluation, and pad design coordinated with existing terrain and proposed improvements.
Drainage & Stormwater
Drainage systems, detention basins, bioswales, and water-quality or erosion-control documents scoped to site runoff and local requirements.
Utility Design
Water, sewer, storm drain, fire, gas, and dry-utility layouts coordinated with your civil and architectural plans.
Roadway & Parking
Driveways, parking lots, fire lanes, curb-and-gutter, pedestrian access, and street improvements designed around applicable site requirements.
Site & Subdivision Plans
Site plans, subdivision and parcel maps, horizontal alignments, and topographic survey coordination.
Retaining Walls & Erosion
Retaining wall design coordinated with site elevations and drainage, plus sediment and erosion-control plans for proposed work.
Projects We Engineer
Typical scopes range from retail parking and drainage improvements to warehouse site work and subdivision layouts. Residential site work is also available.
Commercial
Retail, office, and restaurant sites with coordinated parking, pedestrian access, grading, and drainage.
Industrial & Logistics
Warehouse and distribution-yard layouts with site grading, heavy-duty paving, drainage, and utility coordination.
Land Development
Subdivision and parcel layouts informed by terrain, proposed access, drainage, and utility requirements.
Residential & Multifamily
Single-family lots, ADUs, townhomes, and apartment site work.
Our Full Scope of Civil Services
Select services are combined into a project-specific scope. Required studies and documents vary by site and reviewing agency.
How It Works
Understand the site, establish local requirements, and coordinate the drawings and reports needed for review.
Share your site
Send us the address or parcel number, any survey or topo, and your architectural plans or concept.
Analysis & studies
We run feasibility, hydrology, and drainage calculations and confirm what your jurisdiction requires.
Coordinated civil plans
We develop the grading, drainage, utility, and erosion-control documents included in the scope, with licensed review and seals where required.
Permit support
We respond to civil plan-check comments within the agreed scope. Utility providers and reviewing agencies determine their approval requirements.
Why Builder Scaled
Project-specific review
Licensed engineering review and seals are provided where required for the project and jurisdiction.
Site-informed scope
Survey information, existing utilities, drainage conditions, and proposed improvements inform the scope and project schedule.
Local review criteria
Design considers applicable grading ordinances, stormwater rules, accessibility requirements, and agency standards.
From parcel to plan set
Define the site before construction starts.
Civil deliverables depend on site conditions, available survey information, utility requirements, and local review standards. Not every site needs every report or drawing.
Deliverables are project-specific. Confirm inclusions, exclusions, and review support in the agreed scope.
Site, grading & access plans
Proposed elevations, pads, slopes, roadway or parking layouts, and pedestrian access details for the improvements in scope.
Drainage calculations & reports
Hydrology, hydraulic analysis, and stormwater documentation appropriate to the site's drainage approach and jurisdiction.
Utility layouts
Water, sewer, storm drain, and other utility layouts coordinated with building connections and available provider information.
Erosion & review documentation
Sediment and erosion-control plans, applicable water-quality documents, and responses to civil plan-check comments within the agreed scope.
Before you begin
Project questions,
answered.
Do I need a topographic survey first?
Current survey information is often needed to establish boundaries and existing elevations. Share any survey or topographic data you have; we can identify information gaps and coordinate survey requirements for the civil design.
Which stormwater documents will my site need?
Requirements vary with location, disturbed area, proposed improvements, and runoff conditions. Hydrology reports, water-quality plans, and erosion-control documentation are scoped to applicable local requirements rather than assumed for every project.
Can you design improvements to an existing commercial site?
Yes. Grading, parking, access, drainage, and utility changes can be scoped for an existing property. Existing elevations, connections, and proposed building changes help define the necessary civil work.
Who determines utility connection requirements?
Utility providers and the reviewing agencies establish connection requirements. Civil layouts need to be coordinated with their available information and the building's utility needs; approval is not guaranteed by a drawing set.
Let's Define Your Site Improvements.
Share the property location, available survey, and proposed development. We can discuss the grading, drainage, utility, and access work your site needs.