Markets we serve

Industrial & Commercial

Expanding, building out, or buying a commercial or industrial site? You need engineering that keeps your project moving — not a consultant you have to chase. We’re fast and responsive on the environmental, geotechnical, and site-design work these projects hinge on — and we aim to be the engineer you call for the next site, too.

Overview

Responsive engineering for operating businesses

ICI work often starts with environmental due diligence — a Phase I or II ESA for a purchase, financing, or redevelopment — and moves into heavy-load foundations, large-area stormwater, and provincial approvals like an ECA for air, noise, or sewage. We handle the environmental, geotechnical, and site-design questions that carry the most risk on these sites.

You’re running a business, not managing consultants. Our job is to be responsive, produce deliverables you can build from, and make approvals straightforward — so the project never stalls waiting on us. Many of our clients here own or operate more than one site: get the first one right, and we become the easy call for the next.

Detailed functional design for operating businesses

  • Due diligence
    Phase I & II ESA for purchase, financing, or refinancing.
  • Site Plan
    A detailed grading and servicing plan that is cheap to build and low-maintenance, while still achieving maximum utilization and functionality.
  • Heavy loads
    Geotechnical for slabs, racking, and heavy foundations.
  • Approvals
    ECA (air, noise, sewage) and Site Plan Approval support.

Own or operate more than one site?

Then you want an engineer who already knows your standards and picks up the phone. We build long-term relationships with owners and operators across a portfolio — the same responsive team, from a Phase I ESA on an acquisition through to the ECA on an expansion — so each new project starts faster than the last.

Illustration of a modern GTA industrial/commercial facility β€” a warehouse with loading docks, transport trucks, and a large paved yard β€” representing site engineering for an operating business premises.
Site engineering that keeps a working business moving — approvals, heavy-load design, and one engineer to call for every site you own.
What we provide

Common services for industrial & commercial sites

Specific deliverables we routinely provide for this market.

Where we help

Common issues & when to call us

My lender wants an environmental report before closing β€” what do I need?

Usually a Phase I ESA, and a Phase II if concerns are identified. We deliver both and advise on the risk.

I need to move soil off my site β€” what's required?

Excess soil is regulated. We plan the sampling, characterization, and reuse under O. Reg. 406.

My building has heavy racking or equipment β€” is the floor slab adequate?

We investigate the soil (SPT) and design slabs and foundations for the actual loads.

Do I need an ECA for my operation?

Possibly β€” for air, noise, or sewage. We prepare the Environmental Compliance Approval and any supporting studies.

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