BACKGROUND and HISTORY of the FIRM

    Our firm was established in 1995 to provide land planning, professional engineering, and land surveying services to public and private sector clients throughout the HudsonValley region of New York State. We currently have a staff of five experienced engineers, surveyors and technicians with a broad background in Civil and Environmental Engineering, as well as land surveying. In addition, we are largely involved in various facets of land planning and the environmental permitting process.

    Our firm currently serves as the Planning Board Review Engineer for the Towns of New Paltz, Plattekill, Stanford, and for the Villages of New Paltz and Millbrook. Our planning review services generally include reviews of subdivision and commercial site plan developments, with particular emphasis on the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) review procedures, local code compliance, drainage and stormwater permitting requirements, state and federal wetland regulations, water supply and sewage disposal systems, as well as traffic and safety issues. We are also experienced in providing the technical expertise to prepare new zoning codes and municipal technical standards.   

    Our firm utilizes the most up to date technologies and equipment (such as GIS, GPS, and land surveying and development software and equipment) in the land development and design services that we also offer. This technology is also used to provide efficient planning review and analysis to our client base. We believe that a firm that provides both land development planning and design and municipal review services better understands the issues and the real world possibilities in land development. Environmental site assessment of a property is an additional service that we provide. This service provides the future land owner with a knowledge of any potential environmental concerns prior to the property’s purchase. 

    When specialized related experience is required (i.e. transportation engineering, wetland biology, habitat assessment, noise assessment, complex water and sewer system design, etc.) we utilize highly qualified and experienced sub-consultant professionals with whom we have developed a long term relationship on past successful projects. This provides our Clients with any specialized expertise that might be required on an on-call basis. This method of professional collaboration also results in providing the highest quality services, while carefully managing project schedules and budgets.

    Our engineering and environmental services are also provided to private clients and concerned citizen groups that are seeking a second opinion on such topics as the potential impacts that a proposed development has on an area, and whether or not a particular project’s approval procedures and processes are compliant with all local codes. Our experience in the review of large scale development projects is extensive, and we take a hard look at the impact that land development has on a community using the SEQRA review process as a guide. 

    Our services often extend beyond the environmental review of a project to insure that all details, requirements, and mitigation measures are followed through in the subdivision and site plan review process. Several clients require our construction monitoring services to make certain that all requirements of the site plan approval are actually implemented during the construction phase of a project, particularly when the complexity of the development is beyond the expertise of local building department staff.   


Further information regarding environmental-related issues on the National & State level can be found by visiting the following Websites:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/

NY State Department of Environmental Conservation
http://www.dec.ny.gov/

Center for Watershed Protection
http://www.cwp.org/