Engineering Services
Civil Site Design Services
- Sewer systems design and analysis
- Drainage systems design
- Stream Restoration
- Pump station design
- Erosion and sediment control
- Storm water management (structural BMPs and green technology)
- Storm drain design
- Culvert analysis
- Roadway design/drainage (gutter spread, inlet capacity analysis)
- Hydraulic grade line calculations
- Dam breach analysis
- Energy dissipators (riprap design)
- Computer Aided Design & Drafting (CADD) Technician services
Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) Support Services
PLA provides support services to our clients for these highly specialized disciplines within facilities planning, management and construction both in residential and commercial sectors. The following are the specific areas of expertise that we offer to our clients:
- Expert peer design plans review
- Constructability review from planning, design and the construction phases of the project
- CAD drafting technician services
Transportation Infrastructure
Transportation engineering is the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of transportation infrastructure which includes highways, airports, runways, railroad stations and tracks, bridges and waterways, drainage facilities, ports and harbors, and rail or bus transit systems.
AT PLA we believe that the benefits of providing society with improved transportation, whether they are justified on the basis of economic development or mobility, are not achieved without a price. The costs to society are both direct and indirect. Direct costs include capital and operating expenses including right of way, facilities and maintenance. Indirect costs include environmental effects, congestion, property damage, injuries, and deaths.
PLA is committed to playing a role in the Transportation industry and our past experience and expertise positions us in a unique way as a firm of choice in transportation programming, design and Construction management. We support our clients with services such as:
- Program Management/Project Management
- Construction Management and Inspection services
- Project Information Management systems (PMIS)
- Engineering Design and Computer Aided Design & Drafting (CADD) support services
PLA provides support services to our clients for water/wastewater specialty. We provide peer design plan reviews, modeling and analysis review and constructability review. PLA also offers Value engineering review and CAD drafting support services for the areas listed below:
- Water Distribution Modeling, Planning, and Design
- Wastewater Collection (Evaluation, Planning, and Design Review Support Services)
- Wastewater Treatment Processes (Evaluation and Design Review Support Services)
- Clean Water Act and NPDES Permitting Support Services
- Wet‐Weather Combined/Sanitary Sewer Overflow Consent Decree Program Management – Support Services
- Solids Handling and Management – Support Services
Building and Facilities