Civil and Structural Engineering:

Doug Schwind PE, PLS - Owner and President
Doug is licensed as a Professional Engineer (P.E.) and Professional Land Surveyor (P.L.S.) in Washington (#28023), Montana (#9953) and Idaho (#6854). He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Idaho and is continuing education in Advanced Foundation Engineering (CE 562), Engineering Hydrology(CE 421) and Earthquake Engineering(CE 566) via the University of Idaho. And has complete accredited PMBOK training as a Project Management Professional.

Doug has over 41 years of experience in the engineering and surveying profession. He has a diverse background in the Civil Engineering fields of road, storm drainage, gravity sewer, & site grading planning and designs. Doug is a well-versed civil engineer and understands client concerns regarding schedules and budgets as well as objectives for aesthetics, quality and constructability. He has been an expert witness in the areas of storm drainage and construction plan preparation.

Over his career, Doug has developed considerable experience in the following major areas of engineering:

• Hydrology and hydrologic engineering for comprehensive plans and storm drainage plans
• Project designs for regional and small onsite storm drainage projects
• Civil designs for site grading, gravity sewer systems, sewer lift stations, water distribution systems for potable water, and bid specifications for construction
• Structural and geotechnical engineering to provide continuity and balance between soils investigations
• Foundation and structural designs for residential and light commercial wood frame and timber structures
• Construction Management, Value Engineering and Cost Estimating for Civil Engineering projects

Doug is also an active licensed Land Surveyor, which provides the background necessary to provide a complete project from initial project conception, through data gathering, and through construction staking/as-built.

Surveying: Our firm utilizes the most current robotic survey and data collection equipment integrated with Land Development Desktop survey and engineering software to create clean, efficient transfer of field to office data for the development of design base maps. The same office-to-field transfer of data is utilized for construction staking of all facets of the project. Our survey staff is cross-trained in the creation of base mapping and basic development of contour mapping, as well as civil design of roads, sewer, water and storm drainage profiles. This gives them a more comprehensive understanding of design, making them more effective in collecting survey data in the field.