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COMPANY HISTORY

TKE Engineering and Planning was established in 2000, and since our founding has developed into one of Southern California’s premier full service, multi-disciplinary Architectural, Engineering and Construction industry consulting firms. Our firm was established with the goal of providing high value, turnkey professional services with a personal touch in order to be a lasting benefit to society.

One thing that differentiates our firm is that we approach our mission with a belief that understanding and meeting the needs of the community is vital to completion of a successful project.

This approach, instilled by TKE’s management team and personified by TKE’s staff, ensures that our clients receive highly personal service on each and every project. As a result of the focus of the firm on our mission, we have earned a reputation for thoroughness, rapid turnaround, cost efficiency and overall outstanding quality of work.

At TKE, we are committed to creating value and taking ownership in each task that we perform. As such, we have created a professional culture wherein each member of our staff constantly strives for increased efficiency, ultimately allowing us to provide highly professional services at competitive rates.

Our culture of community building and constant value creation ensures that the services provided by TKE will always mean good stewardship of public and private resources. It is this commitment to service and diverse array of offerings that make us unique and drives our long-standing relationships with our clients, and it is these same qualities that make us the right fit for you.

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DISCIPLINES

At TKE, we believe that the highest value for our clients is created when a single team moves a project or program from conception to completion. As such, we have created a sole source firm for project completion, whose comprehensive experience with all phases of project development and delivery allows you the ability to approach us with a problem, and working together, we are able to create a working and sustainable solution.

Our multi-disciplinary team of professionals can work from your initial needs, determine solution alternatives, locate and acquire funding sources for implementation, design the preferred solution, manage its construction and ultimately deliver a finished product that exceeds your expectations.

TKE ENGINEERING AND PLANNING'S SERVICES: (CLICK ON LINK TO LEARN MORE)

- Civil Engineering

- Traffic Engineering

- Surveying, Mapping, and Right-Of-Way Engineering

- Construction Management and Inspections

- Planning

- Architecture

- Landscape Architecture

- Environmental Planning and Sciences

- Grant Writing, Funds Acquisition and Management

- Project and Program Management

- Municipal Consulting Services

- Construction / Design Build

CIVIL ENGINEERING
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CIVIL ENGINEERING

TKE provides the highest quality in civil engineering project development, planning, and implementation. We take pride in the knowledge that our projects will serve to enhance the quality of life for the communities in which we live and work on a daily basis. We are committed to thorough and sustainable designs that allow for expedient and cost effective construction, ensuring that your resources are utilized in the most efficient manner.

Our approach has resulted in recognition through several awards, including ASCEs Public Improvement Project of the Year Awards in 2007 and 2009 for our work on Allesandro Boulevard in the City of Riverside and the San Bernardino Avenue Trunk Sewer for the Inland Empire Utility Agency.

TKEs founder, Michael Thornton, has been recognized by ASCE in 2007 as Civil Engineer of the Year for the State of California.

Services include:

- Water Resources

- Water And Waste Water Systems

- Drainage

- Land Development

-Transportation Engineering

- Utility Coordination

TRAFFIC ENGINEERING

California continues to attract the business, industries and workforce needed to support and maintain its economic expansion. As a result cities, counties and local communities are increasingly forced to keep pace with the mounting demands and stresses created by added congestion on roadways, highways and neighborhood streets.TKEs traffic engineers blend practical approaches with technical innovation to create solutions that will alleviate the demands caused by the additional growth of our community. Our focus is on improving system performance to provide our clients with the best value for enhancing capacity and solving simple and complex operational problems, ultimately decreasing the stress on our communitys residents and economies. Services Include:- Traffic signal systems design- Traffic control plans- Intelligent transportation systems (ITS)- Traffic signal coordination- Signal interconnect design- CCTV system design- Fiber optic systems- Communication systems- Signing and striping plans- Signal warrant analysis- Highway lighting- Electrical design- Cost estimating- Construction plans, specifications, and estimates - Full specifications
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SURVEYING

SURVEYING, MAPPING, AND RIGHT- OF -WAY - ENGINEERING

Accurate and detailed data collection and thorough establishment of property boundaries, ownership and restrictions are the first step to any successful project. Knowing this, our professional staff established a methodic and thorough approach to data collection and records research, ensuring that TKE collects the right data and the right amount of data, each and every time. During construction, our expert survey personnel take ownership of the project, supplying additional eyes on the ground and providing field level constructability review, adjusting construction in the field as required to match existing conditions, ultimately ensuring more expedient construction and reducing potential for future claims.Services Include:- Boundary, topographic, route, construction, as-built and legal surveys - Legal descriptions for easements and real property- Sub-division and land planning- Survey maps, right-of-way engineering, topographic and plan and profile drawings- GPS surveys and aerial mapping surveys - Construction staking- GIS data acquisition
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION

The construction phase of a project is where the visions, concepts and designs become reality. At TKE, our construction management and inspection staff is proud of our ability to ensure that the product designed for our clients is built as intended and to the highest level of quality. We accomplish this through early involvement during the design phase, throughout the bidding and contract award phase, then continuing through the construction phase to project completion and finalization. We have developed a set of contract management and inspection procedures that ensure each construction project is both efficiently run and ultimately successful. Our proven, systematic methods furnish our clients with comprehensive tracking and detailed accounting for each construction project. Additionally, our thorough approach and attention to detail allows TKE to supply our clients with extensive documentation related to the project administration and inspection, ultimately defusing potential problems during construction and alleviating post-construction disputes that can arise with contractors.
Types Include:- Roadways and highways- Traffic signals- Storm drains and flood control channels- Detention/retention basins- Sanitary sewer collection- Wastewater treatment plants - Potable, irrigation, and recycled water systems- Distribution and transmission pipelines- Reservoirs- Booster, lift and pressure stations- Parks and street scapes- Dry utilities- Architecture
Services Include:- Construction management- Construction contract administration- Design constructability review and plan checking- Public financing reimbursement - Documentation preparation and auditing- Coordination with government and - Regulatory agencies- Construction scheduling- Construction inspection

PLANNING

Innovative planning practice is focused on balancing community needs with limited resources, be it the need for increased transportation capability against open space, or the need for additional housing against an Environmentally Sensitive Area. TKEs planning staff is committed to community outreach in order to determine the allocation of these resources, ensuring that the end result of the planning process is a comprehensive written path fully backed by the community it affects.Our dedication to this practice is consistent and thorough, whether we are assisting you with a new General Plan, a Specific Plan, or a comprehensive Park and Recreation Master Plan.Services Include:- Comprehensive plan development- Community planning- Economic and fiscal impact analysis- Environmental planning and documentation- Growth management planning- Land use permits and approvals- Park, recreation, and open space planning- Policy and regulatory analysis - Public involvement strategies- Site and development feasibility studies- Site and facility master planning- Transportation planning- Zoning and subdivision ordinance development- Urban planning
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ARCHITECTURE

Great architecture stirs the human spirit, leaving an impression that lasts. TKEs architects provide elegant design solutions for both simple and complex projects. These solutions balance our clients needs with project opportunities, resulting in meaningful and appropriate design. Responsive service is the core philosophy of TKEs architects. At TKE, great architecture is simply the process of listening carefully to our clients and responding with focused solutions, creating a design that is reflective of our clients vision. Services Include:- Design and construction documentation for construction, expansion and renovation projects- Master planning and programming- Feasibility studies and reports- Construction plans, specifications, and estimates- Sustainable design- Historic preservation- Adaptive reuse- Interior design - 3D visualization and animation- ADA compliance evaluations- Site design
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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Green spaces have long been lauded for their ability to inspire and to provide increased livability and comfort to communities. Regulatory boards have increased their mandates over the years, seeking more sustainable and practical solutions to beautify their communities and jurisdictions. As a result, increased focus has come to green space for its added benefits of environmental protection and its role in sustainable design practices. At TKE, our experienced and committed landscape architecture staff provides the full scope of landscape architectural services. Because our staff has vast experience in landscape construction as well as design, TKE can develop plans that are aesthetically pleasing, technically sound and economically feasible. Our staff truly believes that Green spaces are like people; each one is unique and has a purpose. Our challenge is being able to delineate and use that space to its full potential so that it can last a lifetime.Services Include:- Construction plans, specifications, and estimates - Erosion control and revegetation design- Master planning and site planning- Park and trail planning and design- Planting and irrigation design- Roadside landscape design- Site analysis, assessment and development- Sports facility design- Streambank restoration design- Fuel modification plans
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ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND SCIENCES

Successful environmental planning and permitting is about the balance between the natural and built environments relative to the values, desires and needs of the community, while remaining in compliance with a regulatory process that can be overwhelming in its complexity. At TKE, we work in partnership with our clients to gain a complete understanding of each project and develop innovative and feasible environmental solutions. Relying upon our extensive experience and knowledge of current CEQA/NEPA requirements and processes, we produce thorough and defensible environmental documents necessary for the success of our clients and community. This commitment to excellence benefits the project applicant as well as the lead agency.Our team also provides a broad range of services that includes technical study preparation and regulatory permitting. Our considerable knowledge of the permitting process and our extensive relationships built over the years with the regulatory agencies provide us unrivaled opportunity to expedite the process, while ensuring compliance with all regulatory statutes.Services Include:- Biological studies, including assessments and evaluations for sensitive, threatened, and endangered species- Coastal resource plans- Erosion control plans- Fisheries studies- Forest Service special use permits- Habitat conservation plans- Mitigation and monitoring plans- National Pollutant Discharge - Elimination System (NPDES) permits- Water quality studies- NEPA/SEPA/CEQA documents, including EAs, EISs, and EIRs- Resource agency consultation- Stormwater pollution control plans- Vegetation and revegetation management studies
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PROJECTS

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CONTACT US

CORPORATE OFFICE

2305 Chicago Avenue

Riverside, CA 92507

Phone 951.680.0440

Fax 951.680.0490

admin_tkeengineering.com

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GRANT WRITING, FUNDS ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT

Increasing pressures on both public and private financial resources has necessitated creative new ways to finance much needed community improvements. Recognizing this simple truth, our team has taken a proactive approach to funding acquisition and grant writing. The key to being successful in the grant writing, funds acquisition and management industry is specialized knowledge of funding opportunities and the ability to handcraft a message that is an ideal fit for that opportunity. We have successfully acquired millions of dollars for our clients for a wide range of project types through grants, loans, bond financing, special district formation, as well as special legislation at both the State and Federal level. Our funds acquisition services are enhanced by integration with our design services to facilitate integrated project delivery, expediting project start up and completion and ensuring compliance with funding requirements. Our extensive experience in the acquisition of infrastructure funding allows us to provide our clients with the unique solutions they require.Services Include:- District formation and administration- GASB 34 and 35 compliance- Management and organization audits- Special tax assessment and administration- Grantsmanship- Community Outreach- Fee and rate studies- Funding administration
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PROJECT AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

Ownership of the end result of a project or program is the defining characteristic of TKEs Project and Program Managers. Our results oriented focus and proactive management approach, coupled with our vast knowledge of challenge areas for project and program delivery, provides us matchless opportunities to efficiently deliver projects and carry out effective programs for our clients. We have created methodical and sustainable procedures for project and program execution, guaranteeing that each phase of each item managed by TKE is accomplished at exactly the right time to move the project or program forward. Simply put, at TKE, we succeed only if your project or program succeeds.
Services Include:- Program and project development and implementation- Cost control and schedule management- Design and construction management Project controls and documentation- Funding administration- Certification
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MUNICIPAL CONSULTING
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MUNICIPAL CONSULTING

Successfully serving as extension of staff requires a specific mindset, that being service to community, ownership of direction and dedicated teamwork with existing staff. Municipal Consulting Services require a true partnership between us and our clients, a symbiotic relationship where we are able to directly achieve your goals and provide direct representation to our shared community. At TKE, we recognize the trust inherent in this relationship and we pride ourselves on expanding this trust and successfully serving our shared community. Our broad array of services and in-house team provide you a trusted consultant to turn to in any challenge, no matter how simple or complex. It is this commitment to service and diverse array of offerings that makes us unique and drives our continuing, long-standing relationship with our municipal service client base and it is these same qualities that make us the right fit for you.Services Include:- Capital Improvement program project development and implementation- Contract city and departmental management- Staff augmentation- Engineering plan review- Standards and procedures development- Fee structure analysis and development
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Construction Design Build

CONSTRUCTION / DESIGN BUILD

Our approach in the design build process is to offer to our clients a comprehensive project delivery system which reduces the risk to the owner. Built into this process is a streamlined endeavour which intertwines the design and construction process. The end result is a delivery schedule which is reduced.Our Construction team is well versed in the industry and has a vast background of projects under their belts. Providing our clientele with a streamlined process, and a single individual which carries through the project from start to finish, TKE offers a comprehensive construction model which eliminates confusion in the field and in the plans. The single point contract person will ease the project from start to finish.Services:- Construction management- Construction contract administration- Design constructability review- Coordination with government and regulatory agencies- Construction scheduling- Construction inspection

Project Types Include:

- Tenant Improvements

- New Construction

- Additons

- Remodels

- Interiors

- Parks and streetways

- Retail

- Commercial

- Civil Engineering

- Restaurants