Our knowledgeable, experienced team helps architects, private developers, business owners, and municipal clients successfully complete both small and large-scale engineering projects. A hands-on approach and open communication mean we build strong, trusting relationships with our clients who depend on our quality, accuracy, and professionalism. You have many civil engineering firms to choose from. That's why we set the bar high at SBB in offering a customized partnership during the life of your project.
SBB is a civil engineering, transportation engineering, land surveying, and land planning firm. We help private developers, business owners, and municipal clients with their civil engineering and surveying requirements, helping turn their ideas into reality and ensure their needs are addressed in a responsible manner. We hold Professional Engineering Registrations in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, North Dakota, Ohio, and California. Our land surveying services cover Kansas and Missouri.
The improvements at SW 29th & McClure Road was a joint project between the City of Topeka and KDOT to improve the safety and capacity of this intersection. Our team's design worked within the existing right-of-way and we revised the existing profile and cross-slope design to avoid impacting the AT&T duct bank under the south curb of the roadway to expedite the project schedule. We coordinated additional subsurface utility exploration that field-verified horizontal and vertical elevations with other utility providers that resulted in zero utility conflicts encountered on the project.
The Downtown Plaza Project (Evergy Plaza) is a Public/Private Partnership project to create a public event space in the core of Downtown Topeka. At SBB Engineering, we developed the site plan, grading plan, 7th St. streetscaping, sanitary, water, and storm reconstruction, sidewalk, and parking modifications. We also coordinated with Topeka Metro for a bus stop location at the front entrance to the plaza. The Downtown Plaza will be the focal point for community celebrations, events, and concerts for years to come.
SBB was hired as the civil engineering consultant for Casey's General Store to re-develop the southwest corner of 6th Street and Wisconsin. The project consisted of private civil/site development plans and a public improvement set of plans. We worked through multiple site plan options to get all parties involved to agree on drive locations, shared drive locations, and site layout. The project eliminates three access points on 6th Street and reconstructs one existing access point to 6th Street with the addition of a right turn lane.
The Tennessee Town neighborhood improvement project was a City of Topeka SORT Project that aimed to improve the community through public infrastructure improvements in the neighborhood. The project included both street and sidewalk improvements as well as preservation of historic brick streets and sidewalks where they existed. We performed the topographic survey, street maintenance design, infill sidewalk connections, storm sewer replacement, inlet replacement, and waterline design for the project.
Our team working closely with the City of Topeka, Shawnee County, and the City's geotechnical consultant to develop construction documents for this roadway repair project. We obtained traffic volumes and traffic forecast, and developed the geometric design and construction documents for the project. Our approach was to minimize project costs by reclaiming the existing asphalt pavement, mixing it with the existing subgrade soils, and treating it with approximately 5% cement (by weight). The reclaimed asphalt material/cement treated base was then overlaid with 4"-6" asphalt pavement based on the geotechnical recommendations developed during the design phase.
A two-phase project located at SW 10th Street and SW Urish Road. Phase one started in 2014 and included the construction of a new 278 stall parking lot. Our civil engineering support included site development plans comprised of site geometrics, grading, stormwater management, utilities, erosion control, and landscaping. Survey support included boundary survey, topographic survey, construction staking, subdivision platting, and a conditional use application necessary for permitting.