Palos Verdes Design Engineering + Support

Challenge: The City of Palos Verdes, California is located in Los Angeles County, California, and was master-planned by the noted American landscape architect and planner Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. One of the wealthiest cities in the United States, and it is also well-known for its high ranking schools. As the City continued to grow, it was in need of supplementing its City-provided services.

Solution: Since 2015, HR Green has provided the City of Palos Verdes with full staffing services, including, but not limited to, building and safety administration, construction and project management, inspection, building official, plan check, city engineering, public works engineering, transportation planning, traffic engineering, CIP program management, and grant writing/administration.

HR Green provides on-call engineering and design, construction management, and inspection of infrastructure improvements (e.g., pavement striping and marking on various roadways; annual street resurfacing and slurry seal program; and citywide drainage improvements and street repairs.). Our staff helps prioritize maintenance activities, catch basin cleaning, and placement of water quality BMPs.

Our city engineering staff has:

1. Prepared plans and specifications and provided construction management of street, pavement rehabilitation, parking, and drainage improvements
2. Project management of force mains
3. Prepared grant applications
4. Developed an Environmentally Preferable Purchasing and Practices (EPPP) Policy
5. Coordinated with city public works maintenance staff in helping prioritize maintenance activities, catch basin cleaning, and placement of water quality BMPs
6. Provided construction management of city hall emergency generator replacement

Palos Verdes Design Engineering Sample Projects

Via Coronel and Zurita Sanitary Sewer: HR Green prepared Sewer Improvement Plans to extend an 8” vitrified clay pipe (VCP) within Via Coronel and the abandonment and realignment of an existing 8” VCP line off Via Zurtia. The realignment was designed with an 8” vitrified clay jacking pipe (VCJP) installed via directional boring, located within an easement. This project also included a temporary sewer bypass line, replacing sewer manholes, and the reconstruction of an existing manhole. This project required coordination with the property owners and the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts.

Via Campesina Street Improvements: HR Green prepared Street Improvements and Signing and Striping Plans from Via La Cuesta to Paseo Del Campo. This project included cold milling of existing AC pavement, Asphalt Rubber Hot Mix (ARHM) overlay, construction of 8” AC berm, localized pavement repairs, and localized concrete repairs.

2021-2022 Street Improvement Project: HR Green prepared Street Improvement and Signing and Striping Plans for approximately 2 miles of road along the coast. This project included cold milling of existing AC pavement, Asphalt Rubber Hot Mix (ARHM) overlay, new concrete curb and gutter construction, and localized pavement repairs. This is primarily a residential area; therefore coordination with the local schools was essential.