Civil Engineering & Land
Our staff offers civil engineering services for residential and commercial subdivisions, public water and wastewater systems, and land use planning. Each project’s success is a culmination of our extensive experience with planning and designing land developments, coordinating with permitting agencies, and working with local jurisdictions to gain approval.
Our Capabilities
We also offer water resource engineering services from skilled engineers with experience in dam design and rehabilitation, high hazard dam inspection, irrigation diversion structures, and river channel restoration and erosion control. Our water resource engineering capabilities are described further in the Water Resource Services page.
Municipal
Public water supply, sewer and wastewater systems, stormwater, street design, traffic volume and impact analysis, grant writing, contract administration.
Land Development Services
Major and minor subdivisions, commercial development, industrial parks, family transfers, storm water management, fire protection, wetland mitigation, riparian management, open space and parks, construction management
Civil Engineering Services
Site layout design, water supply, sewer and wastewater systems, surveying and mapping, utilities, roads and parking
Stormwater Services
Stormwater infrastructure & treatment design, certified SWPPP administrator services, municipal and industrial permit support, water-quality sampling and analysis, low impact development design, source control evaluations and strategies
Alternative Energy Projects
Geothermal, solar, wind, hydropower
SITE ASSESSMENT & REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
Environmental site assessments (ESAs), foundation inspections, water right evaluations
Mining
Tailings impoundments, dewatering plans, discharge systems, pipelines, adit closures, permitting, abandoned mine reclamation.
Our Expert

Lewis Burton, PE
Lew Burton is a senior engineer with over 45 years of experience in land development, public water and sewer systems, and irrigation engineering. Lew was previously owner of Gateway Engineering & Surveying of Bozeman and lead planning and design of some of the most attractive subdivision and commercial projects in Southwestern Montana.