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.
Town of Sheridan municipal water supply improvements
Sheridan’s water supply infrastructure was aging and no longer capable of meeting demand for summer irrigation and fire flow. Northern Rockies Engineering prepared a Preliminary Engineering Report (PER), Environmental Report, and USDA Rural Development grant application that was successful in obtaining a $1 million grant and $450K loan for this important well and transmission pipeline project.
Middle Creek Parklands Subdivision
The developer of the 250-lot Middle Creek Parklands Subdivision in Bozeman, Montana envisioned a community design which would complement the surrounding environment. Our team worked with the developer to design an attractive neighborhood with an emphasis on open space. We provided an array of civil engineering solutions including roads, walking trails, connection to public water and sewer system, wells and pumping facilities, and storm water control.
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Middle Creek
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Middle Creek
Yellowstone Commercial Center
This attractive commercial development near Belgrade, Montana has fourteen commercial buildings for rent. We provided site planning, civil engineering of the public water and wastewater systems, stormwater engineering, and Gallatin County planning approvals.
Alpenglow Condominium
The Alpenglow Condominiums are a residential vacation development with views of magnificent Lone Peak located in Big Sky, Montana. Our engineers provided site design, construction management, and public water and sewer hookup which included an extension of public sewer through close coordination and approval by the Big Sky Water and Sewer District.
Lined Tailings Impoundment
We provided engineering and construction oversight of this gold mine tailings impoundment. Our design used a composite geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) and welded HDPE geomembrane. We also engineered run-on/run-off controls.
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.