Since 1953 Laugenour and Meikle has provided expert services and effective solutions to support a wide range of projects and industries in Northern California. Services like: 


services and solutions for

any project

If you have a project you'd like to speak with us about, please submit a request and we will be in touch.

Civil Engineering solutions from

design to construction

Experts in Civil Engineering since 1953

Laugenour and Meikle is a full-service solution firm that can provide civil engineering solutions from design to construction. With experience and expertise in a wide range of industries, from industrial to residential to public works, we bring our many years of knowledge and professionalism to each job.

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what we do

Servicing Northern California, Laugenour and Meikle strives to ensure that clients are provided high-quality design, efficient service, and cost-effective solutions to their projects.  Our highly-trained staff evaluates all projects to address their unique challenges, works to minimize the initial project costs, and creates solutions to simplify long-term maintenance. 

our process

Our new, referred, and repeat clients speak directly with a Principal once a project has been started to determine project needs.  Then our firm conducts thorough research and prepares a project proposal.  During the entire project, our clients can be sure to receive regular communication, direction, and experienced project management, so their project is completed on-time.

If you have a civil engineering project you’d like to speak to us about please Submit a Project Request.

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
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how we're different

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our process

At Laugenour and Meikle we pride ourselves on providing our clients with extremely detailed and accurate surveys and maps.  To do this we utilize long-held successful best-practices, but also the latest technology in the industry.  We use technology like:

  • Robotics
  • GPS 
  • Drones
  • Bathymetric focused beam sonar
  • Civil 3D


All of these techniques ensure our clients get the highest quality end product possible.

Once a client submits a survey request our team conducts research on the project. Clients can expect to receive a clear scope of services, accurate timeline, and on-going communication about the status of your project.  With many repeat and referred clients, at Laugenour and Meikle we have developed a reputation of excellent service. If you have a survey project you’d like to speak to us about please Submit a Survey Request.

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highly accurate surveying and

mapping results

Using Cutting-Edge Technology to Provide the Best Service

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

At Laugenour and Meikle our Surveying department has skilled staff with experience surveying multiple types of projects. Our team has experience in projects like construction staking, boundary surveys, ALTA surveys, lot line adjustments, parcel maps, subdivision maps, aerial and topographic mapping, and much more.

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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