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We began providing civil engineering and surveying services to clients in 1953. Since that time, we have gradually expanded our services within those fields, adding the staff to handle a wider range of projects across a larger geographic area. Today we offer clients throughout Northern California the experience and technical skill to bring about their visions in a cost-effective, timely manner.

Our Services

Civil Engineering

Laugenour and Meikle provides comprehensive civil engineering services for a wide variety of project types and sizes. There are often many civil design solutions to each project-specific challenge and we strive to utilize our experience to provide the value-engineered solution from the beginning of each challenge to minimize initial project costs and simplify long-term maintenance. 

Service Industries

Since our inception in 1953, we have worked on thousands of projects for a wide spectrum of clients on project types that include:

  • Commercial/Retail
  • Office
  • Industrial
  • Residential
  • Multi-family Housing
  • Education
  • Public Works
  • Healthcare
  • Hospitality
  • Special Districts
  • County Public Works
  • City Public Works

civil engineering

Services we provide include:

  • Site planning
  • Infrastructure planning and feasibility studies
  • Grading and drainage design
  • Stormwater management, including SWPPP and erosion and sedimentation control plans
  • Potable water supply and distribution system design
  • Recycled water distribution design
  • Wastewater collection system design
  • Wastewater treatment system design
  • Street and highway improvement
  • Streetscape design
  • Accessibility compliance
  • Construction document plans and specifications
  • Agricultural related engineering
  • Construction Engineering

Planning and Entitlements

At Laugenour and Meikle our goal is to provide our clients with accurate surveying services and create cost-effective project designs that moves planning and construction documents smoothly through the regulatory approval process.  Our extensive experience in planning, design and permit approval processing helps us isolate important issues during the planning phase and minimizes entitlement difficulties. These broad skills combined with a reputation for direct, honest communication with city, county and state agencies, ensures that our clients’ projects progress easily through the preliminary project stages.

Our land development planning and engineering services include:



  • Working with regulatory agency plan review staff
  • Managing rezoning efforts
  • Obtaining entitlements from municipal, county, state, and federal agencies
  • Preparing, managing and expediting submittal packages
  • Presenting projects to government and community groups
  • Coordinating with public utility providers
  • Expediting building permits

Surveying and Mapping

Laugenour and Meikle's surveying history dates back to 1953. And while the tools and techniques have changed over the years, our expertise and desire to stay ahead of the curve has not.

Today we provide painstakingly accurate surveys and maps utilizing both conventional, robotic and GPS-based survey equipment, including:


  • Tentative subdivision maps
  • Parcel maps
  • Final maps
  • ALTA/NSPS surveys
  • Topographic surveys
  • Aerial survey control
  • Construction staking
  • Restoration of historical survey monuments
  • Cadastral boundary surveys
  • Legal descriptions
  • Monitoring surveys
  • Record of Survey Maps
  • Lot Line Adjustments
  • Pipeline route surveys
  • Hydrographic cross-section surveys

Survey Request

With our extensive experience and client base, you can be confident that your project will be in capable hands with us. If you are prepared to collaborate with us, kindly complete our survey request form.

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