Kleinfelder

Expertise

Surface Transportation

Leveraging a global technical network and local experience for over 50 years, Kleinfelder has provided the right solutions for transportation infrastructure challenges to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), state DOTs, and numerous local transportation agencies. We employ a variety of delivery methods including design-bid-construct, design-build, Private-Public Partnerships (PPP), and CMGC and understand the advantages and risks to the owner of each method.

Solutions Lifecycle

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PROJECT PLANNING AND EARLY STAGE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

Provide an understanding of constraints and opportunities of a highway and bridge project to all stakeholders, assisting with the decision-making processes and overall project viability. 

Feasibility Study

Identifying environmental constraints and mitigation.

Natural Resource Surveys

Nature and extent of biotic, cultural, and wetland issues as well as material source evaluations.

Preliminary Engineering

Site investigation, foundation alternatives, geology and geologic hazards, seismicity, soil improvement, retaining walls, slopes and embankments, pavement alternatives, drainage, and dewatering.
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PERMITTING SERVICES

Kleinfelder’s permitting services span from local entitlements through complex state and federal approvals.

NEPA/CEQA

Completion of initial study, EA, EIR, EIS, and relation studies.

Environmental Permitting

Maintenance of regulatory project compliance, permit acquisition planning, community and agency education.

Environmental Compliance and Permitting

Meteorological monitoring/data acquisition, dispersion modeling, cultural resource management, natural resource studies/restoration, land use planning.
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DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SERVICES

Supporting a collaborative environment during the design phase has proven successful for our clients. Understanding stakeholder constraints and considerations goes into each design plan.

Geotechnical

Subsurface exploration, driven pile design, analysis, and construction monitoring.

Wall Design

Retaining walls, soil nail walls, MSE walls, and large fills with settlement issues.

Environmental

Site assessments and hazardous waste site investigations, requirements for CAA, CERCLA, CWA, NEPA, RCRA, TSCA, CEQA, state/local regulations.

Structural Design

Full design services for bridge, wall, pavement section, slope, and infrastructure elements, including developing final construction plans and specifications.
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CONSTRUCTION SERVICES

Kleinfelder’s services continue as the Owner’s Representative, once the project moves from the design/permitting phase to the construction phase.

Construction Management

On-site observation, construction administration, resident engineering, site coordination/management, document control, and scheduling.

Construction Materials Inspection and Testing

Destructive and non-destructive testing, concrete testing/ inspection, soils testing, construction inspection and reporting, mobile laboratories.

QA/QC Testing and Inspection

Field and laboratory testing for concrete, soils, ballast, steel, aggregate base, and asphalt materials.

Environmental Mitigation Monitoring

Noise, dust, erosion, storm water, wetlands, archeological, cultural resources, and biological.
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STRATEGIC SERVICES

Kleinfelder’s expertise expands beyond the physical limits of the project, to align itself as a trusted advisor to project owners and stakeholders. We provide a variety of services to meet this objective.

Sustainability

Kleinfelder provides LEED certified architects/engineers to design low energy usage and water conserving facilities.

Program Management and Consultation

Strategic planning, in collaboration with client teams, to create a cost-effective implementation plan.
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PROJECT LIFECYCLE SERVICES

Our extended capabilities, coupled with our early project knowledge, enables success over the lifetime of your project.

Facility Condition Assessment

Walls, pavements, slopes, drainage, and bridge structures to determine existing condition and capital improvement needs.

Regulatory Compliance

Solid/hazardous waste, petroleum/chemical storage, community right-to-know programs, water/air quality, environmental management/auditing, mitigation/expert testimony.

Asset Management

Maximize asset’s useful life, through realistic valuations and maintenance cost estimates, using software and existing conditions.