Al-Terra provides comprehensive consulting engineering and project management services. The firm has a strict policy to work within its technical limitations and expertise; project quality will not be jeopardized. Al-Terra frequently engages and coordinates sub-consultants as necessary to properly carry out projects.
| Project Management - Project coordination from acquisition to assumption
- Feasibility studies
- Preliminary cost analysis
- Preparation and monitoring of project schedules
- Presentations to municipal committees and councils
- Negotiation of financial arrangements with municipalities
- Negotiation of cost sharing agreements
- Review and negotiation of servicing agreements
- Engagement and coordination of sub-consultants
- Negotiation with, and engagement of, contractors
- Consultation and advisement
Land Development and Municipal Engineering - Design of residential, estate, industrial and commercial subdivisions
- Design of manufactured home, multi-family, and condominium projects
- Design of commercial, industrial, institutional and recreational sites
- Technical support for Area Structure Plans (ASP), Neighbourhood Area Structure Plans (NASP) and subdivision planning
- Preparation of Servicing Concept Design Briefs (SCDB)
- Detailed subdivision and multi-family site planning
- Exisiting municipal services inventory and analysis
- Water distribution system design and analysis
- Sanitary and storm drainage system design and analysis
- Roadway Design
- Grading plan design and earthworks analysis
- Septic system design
- Submission and coordination of municipal and provincial approvals
Transportation Engineering - Urban roadways - freeways, expressways, arterials, collectors and local roads
- Primary highways
- Secondary Highways
- Interchange and major intersection design
- Access/egress to commercial developments
- Railway crossings
- Street improvement programs
- Recreational access roads
- Shopping mall parking
- Airport parking and access
- Traffic signals
- Signage/guide signage/pavement markings
- Road rehabilitation/asphalt recycling (FDR)
| | Transportation Planning - Transportation Master Plans
- Functional Planning Studies - urban and rural
- Traffic forecasting and modeling
- Traffic Impact Assessments
- Urban and rural network planning
- Corridor management/improvement studies
- Interchange planning studies
- Traffic calming techniques
- Safety and operational assessments
- Traffic Safety Audits
- Traffic surveys and studies
- Intelligent simulation/model development
Water Resources Engineering - Watershed and subwatershed hydrolic studies and reports
- Stormwater management studies and reports
- Hydrologic/hydraulic modeling of drainage systems
- Culvert design and analysis
- Stormwater management facility design and analysis
- Stormwater management facility retrofit design
- Erosion and sediment control planning and design
- Food Plain delineation and mapping
- Stream realignment design
- Forensic drainage investigations
Surveying and Contract Administration - Topographic surveys
- Tender preparation and analysis
- Contract preparation and administration
- Construction survey layout
- Quality control and field inspection services
- Coordination of construction activities
- Coordination of utility installation
- Coordination of landscape and fence construction
- Earthworks management
- Dispute resolution
- Quantity measurement and computation
- Preparation of contractor progress payments
- Coordination of soil and material testing
- Preparation of "as-built" drawings
- Coordination of construction completion inspections and submissions
- Coordination of final acceptance inspections and submissions
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