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:
- Civil Engineering from design to build
- Planning and Entitlements
- Land Surveying and Mapping from farmland to city streets
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.
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
Today we provide painstakingly accurate surveys and maps utilizing both conventional, robotic and GPS-based survey equipment, including:
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:
- GPS
- Civil 3D
- Hydrolite TM2 Focused Beam Sonar
- Seafloor Hydrone RC Boat
- DJI Matrice 4e RTK (Aerial Mapping Drone)
- DJI Mavic 3e RTK (Aerial Mapping Drone)
- Anzu Robotics Raptor RTK (Aerial Mapping Drone)
- Pipeline locator Schonstedt MAC-51Bx
All of these techniques ensure our clients get the highest quality end product possible.
Our Services We Offer
Tentative Subdivision Maps
Preliminary subdivision plans prepared for agency review and approval.
parcel maps
Professional mapping to divide land into multiple legal parcels.
final maps
Final recorded subdivision maps prepared for development and property creation.
ALTA/NSPS Surveys
Detailed property surveys that meet commercial real estate and lender requirements.
Topographic Surveys
Accurate mapping of existing elevations, terrain, and site features.
Ariel survey mapping
High-precision mapping using drone and aerial survey technology.
Cadastral Boundary Surveys
Establish and verify legal property boundaries with confidence.
Legal Descriptions
Prepare accurate legal property descriptions for deeds and land transactions.
Monitoring Surveys
Track movement or settlement of structures and land over time.
Record of Survey Maps
Prepare and record surveys documenting boundary evidence and survey findings.
Lot Line Adjustments
Modify property boundaries between adjoining parcels without creating new lots.
Pipeline Locating, Staking & As-Built Surveys
Locate, stake, and document pipeline installations with accurate as-built mapping.
Solar Field Layout
Precision layout services for efficient solar farm and renewable energy construction.
Hydrographic Cross-Section Surveys
Measure rivers, canals, and waterways to support engineering and environmental projects.
Construction staking
Precise field layout to ensure projects are built according to plan.
Restoration of Historical Survey Monuments
Locate and restore original survey monuments to preserve property boundaries.
Land Survey Request
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.
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.
