City Engineering
Sunrise Engineering, Inc. offers complete civil engineering services for all aspects of municipal engineering design and development review. Staff members are qualified, experienced, and possess the technology necessary for efficient performance of City engineering activities.
List of Services Offered:
Development Review & Technical Info.Back to Top
- Review commercial and residential plans and plats for compliance with City, County, State, and Federal standards and ordinances. Establish addresses per City grid systems.
- Review commercial and residential plans for runoff and flood control design and calculate flood control impact fees.
Review proposed public improvements and establish bonding requirements.
- Confirm viability of engineering design of wet and dry utilities, rights-of-way, accessibility, and traffic flow.
- Attend preliminary plan review meetings to advise and resolve issues regarding developments within City limits.
- Inspect all residential and commercial development projects for compliance with approved construction plans and all applicable laws and ordinances. Enforce safety measures on the job site.
- Provide confirmation material testing and compaction tests.
- Assist with pre-construction meetings for new development projects.
- Advise the City regarding proper bonding requirements and approve the release of bonds after inspection and acceptance of constructed improvements.
Detailed Engineering DesignBack to Top
- Provide feasibility analyses and master planning as needed at project conception.
- Utilize in-house GPS survey to establish horizontal and vertical control.
- Produce detail design of all capital projects including roads and highways, storm water collection and retention facilities, and water, sewer, and natural gas facilities.
- Act as a water resource consultant in locating and producing municipal supply.
Administrative ServicesBack to Top
- Schedule City inspections and dispatch inspectors.
- Provide various services including correspondence and record keeping.
- Ensure that site addressing meets applicable ordinances and standards. Conduct research and complete affidavits to correct address errors where necessary.
- Interface with County, State, and Federal agencies regarding engineering and public development considerations.
- Provide an interface for City officials with residents on technical matters.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)Back to Top
- Establish/Develop City-wide GIS coverage and base mapping.
- Provide data maintenance and update services as requested by the City within the City’s GIS.
- Include new data and zoning changes for the City’s GIS.
- Conduct GIS and ArcView training for City staff as requested by the City.
Construction Contract AdministrationBack to Top
- Offer start to finish administration of the construction project including:
- Advertise for bids.
- Conduct bid openings.
- Recommend award of bids.
- Provide full time resident construction inspection and documentation.
- Make recommendations on partial pay requests.
- Administer and minimize construction change orders.
- Provide project closeout services and produce as-built drawings.
Miscellaneous Engineering ServicesBack to Top
- Act as a technical resource to the City and its boards and committees.
- Recommend ordinances and amendments to ordinances regarding City infrastructure for City approval.
- Participate in City cabinet meetings and development and planning meetings on a periodic basis or as requested.
- Perform other technical services as needed or requested by the City.
- Prepare engineer’s estimates for cost of construction for various projects as requested by the city.
- Develop and/or revise transportation standards and perform transportation planning.
- Propose revisions to subdivision standards.
- Provide general services as required by Licensed Professional Engineers.
