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Cordillera Consulting Engineers, Inc.

Services Page

Services We Provide:

Civil Infrastructure/Engineering


Our staff has provided a wide range of civil engineering services to municipalities throughout Colorado, Wyoming, and Arizona.  Typically these efforts can be categorized into one of the following basic service sectors. 


We have a long and successful track record in helping municipalities take advantage of state and federal grant programs for watershed protection, flood mitigation, and water/wastewater improvements. Combined with our ability to package projects, our knowledge of available grant programs and eligibility requirements has resulted in millions of dollars in improvements for our customers.

 

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Water

  • Water Supply, Treatment & Distribution
  • Master Planning
  • Intake and conveyance facilities
  • Irrigation, Water Conveyance
  • Dams & Reservoirs

Effective management of our water resources is critical to the long-term health of the environment and our economic prosperity.  With increasing pressures on water use, this is more evident today than ever before. Through our multidisciplinary team-based approach, our team’s water specialists will provide sustainable solutions that successfully balance careful consideration for development needs, with concerned efforts to reduce impacts on the natural environment.


We assist the efforts of both public and private sector clients to provide their communities with reliable and secure water supplies through the use of innovative solutions that incorporate the latest technology in drought assessment and management, river basin simulation and statistical hydrology.  We provide services through all phases of a project life cycle, from initial concept plans through to design, construction, commissioning, operations, maintenance, and rehabilitation.  Our experience with municipal water supply for a variety of communities throughout the West provides our personnel with the experience necessary to ensure the successful completion of project objectives.  We are a leader in water supply and have experience with virtually every facet of this important issue.


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Waste Water

  • Wastewater Collection, Pumping and Treatment
  • Master Planning
  • Lift Station & Forced Mains
  • Rural and Small Systems

Cordillera staff has successfully completed a variety of wastewater projects for clients throughout the West.  Our experience runs the gamut from initial master plan through design and construction of gravity and forced-main collection systems, sanitary lift stations, as well as treatment and disposal facilities.


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Storm Water/Drainage

  • Stormwater Conveyance, Collection & Disposal
  • Master Planning
  • Flood Plain Analysis
  • Floodplain/Floodway Delineation
  • Bridge Hydraulics & Scour Analysis
  • Local & Regional Detention Facilities
  • Water Quality Ponds

We provide specialized, professional services in stormwater planning, management and design in urban and rural settings for municipal, commercial, industrial, and agriculture clients.  Our professionals are well-versed in hydrologic and hydraulic issues associated with stormwater planning, drainage design, and floodplain mapping, and are familiar with local policies, procedures, and regulations.  In addition to proven technical and management skills, Cordillera provides implementation strategies, monitoring, economic analysis, public participation programming, survey development, flood control planning, and floodplain management.

 

Cordillera has made the commitment to stay on the forefront of technological advancements for the benefit of our customers. We employ the latest hydrologic and hydraulic modeling software including XPSWMM, CUHP,HEC-RAS, and HEC-HMS. By using the latest proven technology, we expedite data collection, analysis, design, the generation of reports and communication among our professionals and customers.


Water Resources


Our Water Resources personnel provide clients with professional services in the areas of water resource assessment/management; Dam/Reservoir design, construction and management; flood control and drainage; and water conveyance and irrigation; and water rights.  We provide complete water resource planning and engineering services from the conceptual study phase through design, construction, and operation and maintenance.  Our staff has an established and excellent reputation throughout the western United States for provided our clients with highest quality services.  Our water resource services can be categorized into the following topic areas:

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Dams & Irrigation

  • Jurisdictional Dams / Spillways / Outlet Works
  • Reservoir Operations Analysis
  • Energy Dissipation Structures
  • Dam Safety
  • Reservoir Rights
  • River Stability / Fluvial Geomorphology

Cordillera has unmatched expertise in dam and reservoir engineering, providing such services as dam safety studies, evaluation of existing facilities, design of safety modifications, construction administration and analyses, and design/permitting of new facilities.


Cordillera also performs flood hydrology analyses for numerous dams and reservoirs. Specific elements of a typical reservoir and dam project include: flood hydrology (PMP and PMF data and estimation); model calibration; watershed assessment; reservoir and spillway evaluation; reservoir routing; alternative determination and recommendation analysis; dam break/breach and hydraulic modeling; concept design; and final plans and specifications.  Our staff’s extensive experience with dams and reservoirs ensure the successful completion of project objectives.  We are a leader in water supply and have experience with virtually every facet of this important issue.

 

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Surface Water/Hydrology & Hydraulics

  • River Basin Studies/Models
  • Dam & Reservoir Planning Studies and Assessments
  • Floodplain/Floodway Delineation
  • Bridge Hydraulics & Scour Analysis
  • Water Rights

Our team includes engineering professionals highly skilled in surface water hydrologic and hydraulic analyses with extensive project experience from water basin modeling, flood determinations, hydraulic structure design, flood control, irrigation design, and erosion and sedimentation control.  Our experience extends to floodplain delineation and hydrological assessments. 

 

Our commitment to provide superior hydraulic/hydrology design services includes exceptional staff and the latest computer technology. Our staff are experts in the use of AutoCAD and other engineering applications available to use include:HEC-HMS,HEC-RAS, HY-8, TR-55, XPSWMM and HYDRAIN hydraulics applications.  Our design capabilities range from the Rational Method to two-dimensional hydraulic modeling and all methods in between, including CUHP,HEC-HMS, and regional regression equations.