Planning Firms and Agencies in Washington State

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AHBL, Inc. | About AHBL, Inc.
2215 North 30th Street, Suite 300, Tacoma, WA 98403-3350
(253)383-2422 : Phone, (253)383-2572 : Fax

1200 6th Avenue, Suite 1620 Seattle, WA 98101-3117
(206) 267-2425 : Phone, (206) 267-2429 : Fax
info@ahbl.com : General email, www.ahbl.com : Web

AHBL was founded in 1969 and provides services in civil and structural engineering, landscape architecture, community planning, and land surveying. Our staff of over 90 work together on projects of local and regional significance, serving both public and private clients. AHBL is committed to creative design, cost effective solutions, capturing and maintaining the sense of community, and integrating our area's natural and cultural heritage into our ever-changing urban landscape. Our relationship-based firm enjoys a reputation for honesty, integrity, and making our clients' needs our number one priority.

At AHBL, we realize a community is more than a collection of land uses and infrastructure. A community is defined by its people and the natural, physical, and social environments--its sense of place. AHBL has worked on plans for large and medium sized cities, small communities, and specific development projects. We know what it takes to make communities successful; we've planned for them, helped create them, and we live and work in them.

  • Services
  • Growth Management
  • Low Impact Development
  • Environmental/Policy Analysis
  • Intergovernmental Coordination
  • Neighborhood/Subarea Planning
  • Public Outreach and Involvement
  • Permitting Assistance
  • Development Review
  • Grant Assistance
  • Development Feasibility Analysis
  • Code Development

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BHC Consultants | About BHC Consultants
720 Third Avenue, Suite 1200, Seattle, WA 98104
(206)505-3400 : Phone, (206)505-3406 : Fax
Contact : Roger Wagoner AIA, FAICP
www.bhcconsultants.com : Web

BHC Consultants (BHC) is an employee-owned, northwest firm providing planning and civil engineering services to local, regional governments, state agencies, and special purpose districts. BHC was formed in 2006 when the principals of the firm acquired the Seattle office of Berryman & Henigar. Our clients have followed us in this enterprise, and we are proud to be providing the quality services to them, just as we have since 1990. This spans the “life” of the Growth Management Act (GMA), starting with initial growth management guidance and technical assistance to the state up to the present work in updating plans and development codes, preparing subarea and neighborhood plans, integrating SEPA and GMA, and helping to infuse critical areas ordinances and shoreline master programs with “best available science.” We have assisted more than 50 Washington jurisdictions in GMA planning. This includes:

  • 40 Comprehensive Plans
  • 17 Sub-Area Plans
  • 16 Development Codes
  • 16 Critical Area Ordinances
  • 10 Shoreline Master Programs
  • 50+ Programmatic SEPA Reviews

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Citygate Associates, LLC
2250 East Bidwell Suite 100, Folsom, CA 95630
(916) 458-5100 : Phone, (916) 983-2090 : Fax
www.citygateassociates.com : Web

EDAW
815 Western Avenue, Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98103
(206)622-1176 : Phone, (206)343-9809 : Fax
Contact : Sandy Fischer
sandy.fischer@edaw.com : Email, www.edaw.com : Web

ESA Adolfson | About ESA Adolfson
5309 Shilshole Ave NW Ste 200, Seattle, WA 98107
(206) 789-9658 : Phone, (206) 789-9684 : Fax
www.adolfson.com : Web

Adolfson Associates, Inc. is an environmental consulting firm specializing in natural resource management, planning, watershed management and environmental evaluations since our founding in 1987. We serve clients throughout the Pacific Northwest with offices in Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. We specialize in Biological Assessments, resource management and mitigation plans and other biological evaluations for a wide variety of infrastructure projects. We also regularly prepare NEPA and SEPA environmental assessments and impact statements for transportation, water, wastewater, and other major infrastructure projects. Our planning services include preparation of comprehensive plans, land use and critical area ordinances, and shoreline master plans. Currently, we are helping numerous jurisdictions in Washington and Oregon comply with Best Available Science and Endangered Species Act requirements.

Our experience has included many projects involving complex water resources, stormwater and floodplain management issues as well as wetlands, wildlife, land use, and transportation considerations. We have an excellent reputation for performing objective, thorough, and credible analyses. We have significant experience performing third-party reviews and have successfully defended our work on controversial, high profile projects. We often participate in and facilitate public involvement efforts.

With a team of over 30 scientists, planners, engineers and technicians trained and experienced in natural resources management, we provide expertise in botany, fisheries biology, forest and wetlands ecology, soils and water chemistry, land use, environmental policy, watershed management, and technical writing.

Adolfson has a long track record of successfully negotiating for and obtaining a wide variety of environmental permits. We also provide comprehensive water quality investigations for storm, surface, and ground water, including risk assessments and non-point pollution characterizations. We have assisted local governments in preparing watershed management plans, ground water management plans, basin plans, wellhead protection plans, and other environmental plans intended to comply with regulatory standards, protect natural resources and protect the built environment.

Adolfson is unique in that our multi-disciplinary firm is familiar with the complex array of federal, state, and local regulations governing growth management, policy development, protection of sensitive areas, hazard mitigation and impact analysis and in that our size, experience, and technical focus enables us to truly specialize in environmental services. We have built a strong and well-deserved reputation with our clients for providing responsive and cost-effective services.

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GordonDerr LLP | About GordonDerr LLP
2025 First Avenue, Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98121-3140
(206)382-9540 : Phone, (206)626-0675 : Fax
www.gordonderr.com : Web

GordonDerr LLP is an innovative and highly responsive law firm concentrating in real estate, land use, environmental and water law; civil litigation; and land use planning. Land use planning services include:

  • Policy & Code Development
  • Project Management & Permitting
  • Site Planning & Urban Design
  • Sustainable Development & Green Building

GordonDerr's planners work closely with the firm's lawyers in a rare, in-house collaboration. The synergy of this relationship produces unusually creative, cost-effective solutions that emphasize results over process. Clients benefit from the planning team's unique perspective and diverse experience, gained from years of service to both public- and private-sector clients. A deep understanding of public policy issues and the changing regulatory landscape allows the team to present clear options and honest assessments of risks and benefits.

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HBA Design Group - formerly Higa Burkholder Associates, LLC | About HBA Design Group
1721 Hewitt Avenue, Suite 401, Everett, WA 98201
(425)252-2826 : Phone, (425)252-9551 : Fax
info@hbadesigngroup.com : Email
www.hbadesigngroup.com : Web

HBA Design Group - Formerly Higa Burkholder Associates, LLC is a 18 year old Planning and Civil Engineering firm located in Everett, Washington and Springfield, Oregon. The firm specializes in land use planning and site civil engineering on a variety of projects including public and private sector master planning, permit review and processing, site design, as well as commercial, residential, and industrial design.

Oregon contact information is:
Todd Powell, PE
150 N 7th Street
Springfield, OR 97477
(541)988-1862 : Phone
(541)988-1863 : Fax

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Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects
150 S Main Street Suite 300, Seattle WA 98101
(206)624-5702 : Phone, (206)624-5923 : Fax
www.jonesandjones.com : Web

M. R. Stearns
P.O.Box 282, Vashion Island, WA 98070
(206)567-4296 : Phone, (206)567-4998 : Fax

MAKERS architecture and urban design | About MAKERS
1425 Fourth Avenue, Suite 901, Seattle, WA 98101
(206)652-5080 : Phone, (206)652-5079 : Fax
makers@makersarch.com : Email, www.makersarch.com : Web

Since 1972, MAKERS has helped communities plan their futures, institutions develop new facilities, agencies strategically accomplish their objectives, and private clients attain their goals. With a broad range of experience and talented staff, we are one of the largest and most comprehensive planning and urban design firms in the Pacific Northwest, yet our focus and commitment also provide the benefits of a small firm. Our partners do not sit on the sidelines and supervise, but actively participate in projects from beginning to end.

MAKERS offers a wide array of services, including:
  • Urban design and design guidelines
  • Community and regional planning
  • Port and waterfront planning
  • Facility planning and funding analysis
  • Downtown and neighborhood revitalization
  • Architectural design
  • Public involvement and consensus building

MAKERS' projects get the right start in life. Our plans achieve results because we seek to balance the complex issues inherent in every project. The name MAKERS - coming from a root word meaning "to bring together, to combine parts, to compose, to cause, and to construct" - distills this philosophy.

The firm's primary goal is to assist clients in making wise decisions regarding their futures and in taking effective steps to implement those decisions. We feel that the quality of our work is reflected in our clients' success in increasing the vitality, livability and sustainability of our region. In our vibrant and ever-changing communities, a planner's job is never done. At MAKERS, we seek to expand the profession by:
  • Focusing our attention on issues confronting Northwest communities.
  • Developing new concepts and planning tools.
  • Seeking projects that offer a unique set of challenges and an opportunity to "stretch the envelope" of professional practice.

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Mirai Transportation, Planning & Engineering | About Mirai Transportation, Planning & Engineering
11410 NE 112nd Way, Suite 320, Kirkland, WA 98034
(425)820-0100 : Phone, (425)821-1750 : Fax
www.miraiassociates.com : Web

Mirai Transportation Planning and Engineering provides all facets of multi-modal transportation planning and traffic engineering design services. Each of Mirai’s senior staff have provided transportation planning and traffic engineering services to local, regional and state agencies in the Pacific Northwest for more than 20 years. Our multi-disciplined staff, with experience in private as well as public sector transportation planning, offer innovative solutions and cost conscious service.

We formed Mirai in 1998 to help cities, counties and agencies find ways to meet the growing travel demand. Our engineers and planners have the skills to meet the complexities of transportation planning in our corner of the country – the great Northwest.

We offer multi-modal transportation planning: local and regional plans; travel demand management; non-motorized planning; parking studies; transit planning and design. We create and refine travel demand forecasting models for local and regional applications. At Mirai, we have worked with the state’s Growth Management Act since it started and have developed innovative concurrency and impact fee programs for numerous northwest counties and cities.

But we do more than plans. Our extensive engineering design services include: traffic signal design; signal system interconnect; illumination; channelization plans; and intelligent transportation systems. Mirai specializes in traffic engineering studies such as traffic operations simulation modeling; traffic safety studies; traffic impact analysis; arterial corridor analysis and construction traffic management.

Mirai is committed to serving the Northwest for decades to come. For your convenience, we are located in Kirkland, Washington. Mirai is a state certified, minority-owned engineering firm.


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NBBJ | About NBBJ
Planning, Design and Architecture
223 Yale Ave N, Seattle, Washington 98109
(206)223-5555 : Phone, (206)621-2300 : Fax
www.nbbj.com : Web

Contact Person
Martin Regge
(206)223-5555 : Phone

Fields of Specialization
Land Use Planning
Urban Planning & Design
Master Planning
Campus Planning
Needs Assessment
Market Analysis
Financial Feasibility
Site Selection & Evaluation
Regulatory Approvals
Public Policy Planning & Public Involvement
Architecture
Interiors
Graphic Design

NBBJ Planning is a one-of-a-kind consulting group within an interdisciplinary design studio. We are financial analysts, land use planners, urban designers, operations analysts and landscape architects. These skills are all essential to a thoughtful and comprehensive approach to planning and design for facilities, as well as for traditional community and regional comprehensive planning.

We believe we are the earliest artists of the future. Defining and describing change in a fashion that can be understood and reconciled with current conditions is a must for most of our clients. Decision-making involving major uncertainties and related risks demands clarity and rigor. Clarity and rigor can be of several types: quantitative forecasts of future demands, accurate and reliable estimates of costs and financial returns, qualitative descriptions of physical and built environment changes. All are cornerstones of our planning practice.

We believe that the definitions and descriptions we compile at the earliest possible points enable us to craft the best solutions for our clients and communities. We believe this involves building bridges from the present to the future and helping clients cross those bridges to achieve enduring physical and financial results.

Most of our work relates, ultimately, to planning facilities - their need, anticipated costs, returns, impact on the environment, and implications on public policy. We analyze and solve problems that help property and building owners, developers, public agencies, institutional managers, and civic leaders in strategic planning.

We have perfected collaborative techniques that bring together the client and the public - having the client's and the public's "fingerprints" on each aspect of the effort has translated into implementation success. We discover with you the new perspectives that produce enduring results.

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Reid Middleton
728 - 134th Street SW , Suite 200, Everett, WA 98204
(425)741-3800 : Phone:
nfaghin@reiddmidd.com : Email, www.reidmiddleton.com : Web

Resource Dimensions | About Resource Dimensions
30th Street NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98335
(253)265-2054 : Phone, (253)265-2052 : Fax
www.ecologicalecon.com : Web

Fields of Specialization: economics, socioeconomics, environmental/ecological/resource economics. rural/resource dependent communities and economic development planning, sustainable development, smart growth, economic impacts of infrastructure and transportation projects, land use economics, conservation programs, and recreation/tourism analysis.

Resource Dimensions is a Washington-based, woman-owned economic and policy consulting firm specializing in the application of integrated economic analysis and development of sustainable solutions to today's intractable challenges. Drawing on extensive industry knowledge, distinguished professionals, and innovative analytics, we work with clients to develop solutions to complex economic, environmental, land use, community development, energy and transportation issues. Our diverse range of expertise and multidisciplinary team of 13 partners and more than 30 associates strengthen Resource Dimensions approach to these issues.

All Resource Dimensions economists, planners and resource social scientists have advanced degrees and dual qualifications in complementary disciplines, such as land use and regional planning, resource management, law, forestry, agriculture, tourism, resource and recreation development, ecology, geography, real estate, sociology and social policy. Together we have completed the analysis of local and regional economies and a realm of related issues on over 700 projects for public, private, and non-profit clients in 22 states across the U.S. and 6 countries since 1985.

The firm's headquarters are located in Gig Harbor, Washington. We also have field offices in Denver, CO, Moscow, ID, Carbondale and Urbana, IL, Amherst, MA, Missoula, MT, Santa Fe, NM, St. Paul, MN, Bellingham, WA, Laramie, WY and Glasgow, Scotland.

Contact:
Siobhan Collings, MRTPI or Dr. Julie Ann Gustanski, AICP (President)

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Shockey Brent
2716 Colby Ave., Everett, WA 98201
(206) 258-9308 : Phone, (206) 259-4448 : Fax
www.shockeybrent.com : Web

Transpo Group | About Transpo Group
Kirkland: (425)821-3665 : Phone
www.TranspoGroup.com : Web

The Transpo Group has provided traffic engineering and transportation planning services to public and private sector clients since 1975. The firm is headquartered in Kirkland, WA, and has professional civil engineering registration in the States of Washington, Arizona, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming.

Transpo is a specialized transportation consulting services firm providing services in transportation planning, traffic analysis, and traffic engineering. Transpo supports comprehensive planning projects by integrating transportation and land use planning, capital facilities programming, public transportation policies, transportation demand strategies, transit facilities and operations, non-motorized systems, transportation systems management, and financing into complete planning solutions.

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Triad Associates
12112 115th Ave NE Kirkland, WA 98034
Phone: (425) 821-8448 Fax: (425) 821-3481
www.triadassoc.com : Web

Weinman Consulting LLC
9350 SE 68th Street, Mercer Island, WA 98040
(206)295-0783 : Phone, (206)232-6364 : Fax
RichardW-LLC@comcast.net : Email,

WHPacific | About WHPacific
3350 Monte Villa Parkway Suite 100, Bothell, WA  98021
(425) 951-4800 : Phone, (425) 951-4808 : Fax
www.whpacific.com : Web

WHPacific was formed through a consolidation of companies previously owned and operated under the parent company, ASCG Incorporated. Our newly-unified company has nearly 700 employees and 17 offices in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. We serve public and private clients in six business lines: Architecture, Building Engineering, Land Development, Surveying, Transportation, and Water Resources. We provide community and regional planning, permitting, civil/site design, engineering, landscape architecture, surveying, and construction management services for residential, commercial, tribal, institutional, recreational, and mixed-use properties. We work closely with local jurisdictions, and serve as an excellent companion on multidisciplined project teams.

WHPacific is a minority-owned large business. Our parent company, NANA Development Corporation, is the business arm of NANA Regional Corporation, one of the original Alaska Native Regional Corporations formed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of the 1970s. WHPacific's localized resources are supported by a powerful regional network, allowing us to deliver responsive client service as well as innovative solutions in planning, engineering, design, construction management, and surveying.

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