Transportation Engineering

Farnsworth Group engineers provide planning, design, and construction services for highways, city streets, secondary roads, and internal roadway networks for public agencies and private clients. Our experienced staff is involved in highway/roadway design, bicycle trail design, bridge design, intersection design studies, storm sewer and storm water management, and utility plans. Our portfolio of projects also includes master planning, residential and commercial/industrial community planning, parking facilities, and other transportation-related work.

Our team of transportation professionals enjoys an outstanding reputation with our clients, including county, municipal, and state transportation agencies. Our client list also includes park districts, airport facilities, shopping centers, and business and industrial developments. Many of the members of our transportation department have been recipients of awards for exceptional client service.

We believe that good communication coupled with solid research and a broad range of experience leads to cost-effective design solutions that work. That belief is supported by the high rate of repeat business awarded to us by our clients. Our transportation services include:

• Feasibility studies
• Location and design studies
• Environmental impact statements
• Traffic analysis and projections
• Capacity studies, accident review & geometric design
• Intersection design studies
• Parking analysis, planning and design
• Pavement studies
• Drainage studies and plans
• Transportation facilities contract plans and specifications
• Construction observation and administration
• Traffic signal analysis and design
• Expert witness testimony

Structural components of transportation projects include planning and design of bridges, box culverts, retaining walls, and foundations. In addition, structural investigations and structural system selection damage repair and renovation of existing structures are also offered. Our transportation structural services include:

• Bridge condition reports
• Drainage studies and plans
• Type, size, and location studies
• Structural system selection
• Structural investigations/evaluations
• Repair of damaged structures
• Renovation of existing structures
• Design of bridges, retaining walls, foundations
• Structural contract plans and specifications
• Construction observation and administration
• Expert witness testimony