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For public agencies and prime contractors

Capabilities statement

The facts a public agency or prime contractor needs to add a Chico land surveying and civil engineering firm to a team: legal entity, self-performed scopes, procurement codes and past work.

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Who we are

American Engineering is a land surveying and civil engineering firm based in Chico, California, organized as a California professional corporation. Licensed civil engineers and a licensed land surveyor sign the surveys, maps and plans it prepares.

Our services fall into four groups: land surveying, land development and mapping, civil engineering and site design, and stormwater and erosion control. Because surveying and design sit in one firm, a public project can run from the first survey to sealed plans and construction staking on the same survey control.

We have worked for the City of Chico and the City of Oroville. We have also worked on a project sponsored by the Butte County Resource Conservation District and on a Lassen National Forest project. On each, our client was a watershed consulting firm. The past-performance table below gives the details, and Past Work has the full case studies.

The scopes and project facts here are drawn from our service pages and case studies, so agency staff and prime contractors can copy them into a vendor record or a statement of qualifications.

Scopes

Scopes we self-perform

We perform these scopes ourselves. Each is a deliverable an agency or prime can name in a task order or a statement of qualifications, linked to the service page or case study that describes it.

Land surveying

Field surveys on one survey control, from design through construction staking. See all land surveying services.

Maps and land records

Maps and descriptions for the public record and for deeds. See all land development and mapping services.

Civil design

Construction documents and calculations, signed and sealed by a licensed civil engineer. See all civil engineering services.

  • Street and storm drain improvement plans: construction plans and technical specifications for streets, frontage, storm drains and sewer, with record drawings after construction where required.
  • Hydrology and culvert sizing: runoff, pipe and culvert sizing calculations for storm drains and stream crossings.
  • Grading and drainage design: finished grades, drainage, slopes and earthwork quantities on sealed sheets.
  • Rural road and stream-crossing design: culvert replacement plans for stream crossings on an unpaved road, and plans to relocate a road out of a wetland meadow, decommission the segment through the meadow and upgrade two other Forest Service roads, as on the Centerville Road and Humbug Summit Road projects.

Stormwater and erosion control

Plans and site inspections for construction stormwater. See all stormwater and erosion control services.

  • Erosion control plans: site-specific sheets, phasing and details for grading and building permits, and for road and stream-crossing work.
  • SWPPP preparation: a SWPPP signed by a Qualified SWPPP Developer (QSD), with risk level, drawings, monitoring program and SMARTS registration documents.
  • QSP inspection programs: weekly, monthly and storm-event inspections under the 2022 Construction General Permit, with photos, rain records and corrective actions. See SWPPP services and QSP programs.

Survey maps, records and legal descriptions are prepared by, or under the responsible charge of, a licensed land surveyor and signed and sealed (Bus. & Prof. Code §8761). Civil engineering plans and calculations are prepared by, or under the responsible charge of, a licensed civil engineer, who signs and seals them (§6735).

We do not locate buried utilities. Our topographic surveys show surface evidence such as manholes, valves and vaults; buried lines come from utility records, the operators' marks after an excavator's 811 notice (Gov. Code §§4216–4216.24), or a private locating firm.

Vendor records

Procurement codes

NAICS and SIC codes, federal Product and Service Codes (PSC) and UNSPSC codes that describe our services, each with its official title and, for most, the services it covers.

  • NAICS

    541330

    Engineering Services

    Civil engineering and site design, stormwater engineering, feasibility, planning and land development

  • NAICS

    541370

    Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services

    Land surveying, mapping, parcel and subdivision maps, lot line adjustments

  • NAICS

    541620

    Environmental Consulting Services

    SWPPP preparation and SWPPP inspections

  • SIC

    8711

    Engineering Services

    Civil engineering, stormwater and land development

  • SIC

    8713

    Surveying Services

    Land surveying and mapping

  • PSC

    C219

    Architect and Engineering- General: Other

    Surveying, mapping, civil and stormwater design

  • PSC

    R404

    Support- Professional: Land Surveys-Cadastral (Non-Construction)

    Boundary and ALTA/NSPS surveys, records of survey, legal descriptions, lot line adjustments

  • PSC

    C1LB

    Architect and Engineering- Construction: Highways, Roads, Streets, Bridges, and Railways

    Street improvement plans

  • PSC

    C1ND

    Architect and Engineering- Construction: Sewage and Waste Facilities

    Sewer improvement plans, septic system design

  • PSC

    F103

    Environmental Systems Protection- Water Quality Support

    SWPPP preparation and SWPPP inspections

  • UNSPSC

    81101500

    Civil engineering

  • UNSPSC

    81101522

    Earthworks engineering

    Grading plans, site layout

  • UNSPSC

    81101525

    Sediment control engineering

    Erosion and sediment control plans, SWPPPs

  • UNSPSC

    81101528

    Stormwater engineering

    Stormwater calculations, storm drain and grading plans

  • UNSPSC

    81101527

    Wastewater engineering

    Septic system design, sewer improvement plans

  • UNSPSC

    81101520

    Hydrology assessment service

    Stormwater calculations

  • UNSPSC

    81151604

    Land surveying

  • UNSPSC

    81151601

    Mapping

    Topographic surveys, parcel and subdivision maps, records of survey

  • UNSPSC

    81151600

    Cartography services

  • UNSPSC

    81102500

    Permitting services

    Preparing permit submittals for planning and entitlements and SWPPPs; the agency issues the permit

  • UNSPSC

    77121701

    Surface water pollution monitoring or control services

    SWPPP inspections and SWPPPs

  • UNSPSC

    77101506

    Development consent or approval processing service

    Preparing applications for planning and entitlements, parcel maps and lot line adjustments; the agency makes the decision

The two permitting and approval codes describe the submittals and applications we prepare. The issuing agency decides every permit and approval.

Process

How task orders and on-call work

Under an agency's on-call contract, or as a prime's subconsultant, each task order follows the same five steps.

  1. You send the request

    The task's location, scope and deliverables, the date you need them, and the standards that apply, with your insurance and contract requirements.

  2. We put the scope and schedule in writing

    For each task order, we write down the deliverables, schedule and assumptions, and list what we need from you, such as existing plans, title reports or site access.

  3. Notice to proceed

    Work starts when the agency or prime issues its notice to proceed.

  4. Deliverables and review

    We deliver signed and sealed maps, plans and calculations as PDF sheets, with CAD files for the design team, and answer review comments.

  5. Record drawings and filings

    After construction, we prepare record drawings where the task calls for them, and submit any corner record or record of survey the work requires to the county surveyor.

What we can do for each type of agency

These rows describe capabilities, not past clients. Past clients and project sponsors are listed in the past-performance table below.

Past work

Past performance

Five projects, with the owner or sponsor, our client and our role as each case study states them. Each project name links to its case study.

Project Owner or sponsor Our client Our role and scope Location
Normal Avenue Trash Capture Device City of Chico City of Chico Designs, calculations, plans and specifications to install a trash capture device on an existing storm drain pipe that discharges into Little Chico Creek. Normal Avenue, Chico, Butte County
Southside Street & Drainage Improvements City of Oroville City of Oroville Right-of-way research and acquisition, field surveys, designs, calculations, and construction plans and specifications for street and storm drain improvements on various streets. Southside neighborhood, southeast Oroville, Butte County
Centerville Road Stream Crossings Butte County Resource Conservation District (project sponsor) A watershed consulting firm Topographic surveys of 18 stream crossing sites on a 2.4-mile segment, culvert sizing calculations, culvert replacement and erosion control plans, site inspections, coordination between the contractor and public agencies, and as-built plans. Unpaved section of Centerville Road near Irish Town, unincorporated Butte County
Humbug Summit Road Realignment Lassen National Forest (project planned with the Butte County RCD) A watershed consulting firm Topographic surveys of 2.14 miles of Forest Service roads, including 10 stream crossing sites, and culvert sizing calculations. For the planned reroute: plans to decommission the road segment through Willow Creek Meadow, relocate Humbug Summit Road and upgrade two other Forest Service roads. Willow Creek Meadow, Almanor Ranger District, Lassen National Forest
Olive Ranch Apartments Private development (phased apartment community) A multifamily builder Property and boundary surveys, ALTA surveys and lot line adjustments for multiple phases, improvement plans for streets, drive aisles, parking, water, sewer and storm drain (including storm drain leach trenches), and construction staking. Table Mountain Boulevard and Grand Avenue, Oroville, Butte County

On the Centerville Road and Humbug Summit Road projects, our client in each case was a watershed consulting firm. The Butte County Resource Conservation District and the Lassen National Forest are the projects' public sponsors, not our clients. Photos on the case-study pages are representative stock images, not the project sites.

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Teaming

How to add us to your team

Send the solicitation and the part of the work you want us to carry. We'll reply whether the scope fits our services.

  • Solicitation and agency

    The solicitation number and the issuing agency, or a link to the posting.

  • Scope

    The tasks you want us to perform, where the work is, and the deliverables and standards it must meet.

  • Due date

    When submittals are due, and any deadline for questions.

  • Insurance and contract requirements

    The insurance, contract terms and forms the agency or prime requires of team members.

Send these through the contact form and choose "Public agency or prime contractor" in the Service list, or call (530) 682-7679.

Sources & references
  1. bizfile Online business search, for entity number 6349003 (California Secretary of State)
  2. District 2, with the counties it serves (California Department of Transportation)
  3. District 3, with the counties it serves (California Department of Transportation)
  4. Business and Professions Code §8761, signing and sealing land surveying documents (California Legislative Information)
  5. Business and Professions Code §6735, civil engineering documents signed and sealed (California Legislative Information)
  6. Business and Professions Code §8771, preserving survey monuments during construction (California Legislative Information)
  7. Government Code §§4216–4216.24, excavation notice and utility marking (811) (California Legislative Information)
  8. Order WQ 2022-0057-DWQ, Construction Stormwater General Permit (State Water Resources Control Board)

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Agencies and primes

Have a solicitation or task order?

Send the solicitation number, scope, due date and agency. In the contact form, choose "Public agency or prime contractor" as the Service, or call (530) 682-7679.

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