Services
Civil Engineering, Water Resources, Landscape Design, Environmental Studies, Surveying, and Planning
Kurahashi & Associates, Inc. (KAI) is a certified minority and emerging small business that provides full service planning and design. We offer our clients expertise in civil engineering, water resource engineering, environmental services, landscape architecture, planning, surveying and construction management. Founded on October 25, 1993 with eight employees, KAI has grown steadily and provided several million dollars worth of services to both public and private sector clients.
KAI's success lies in its ability to meet our clients needs with project designs that are holistic, environmentally sensitive, cost-effective, and easy to construct. Our interdisciplinary approach to problem solving allows us to provide our clients with a broad range of in-house expertise. Furthermore, our ability to assign the appropriate person to any given task, at any given moment, results in the efficiency and cost effectiveness which ultimately benefits our clients.
KAI has experience in working with most jurisdictions in the Portland Metropolitan Area. In turn, we have developed an understanding of the often complex process necessary to facilitate pubic hearing, review, and permitting required by the various Federal, State, and Local agencies.
MISSION STATEMENT
KAI's mission is to produce quality work for the benefit of our clients and the communities we serve. Our goal is to provide professional services at a price that is fair to our clients, is sufficient to allow our company to retain superior staff, and provide a reasonable return for the owners. It is the objective of our company to sustain a reputation for being professional, for being capable of meeting unique challenges with creative and innovative solutions, and a company other firms want to have on their team.
KAI is committed to recruiting, hiring, and retaining a diverse and skilled staff. This staff is empowered to make each project, despite the size or complexity, fulfill the vision of our client. KAI believes our system of teamwork and communication, which places the client at the center, maximizes our ability to achieve the project goals.
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CIVIL ENGINEERING & SURVEYING
The KAI Civil Engineering personnel's experience includes the civil engineering studies, transportation and transit design, and development services listed below:
Transportation and Transit Design Services:
Transportation engineering covers the full-range of services from agency and public meeting coordination to right-of-way negotiations with land owners, preliminary site planning, preparation of final contract documents, survey confirmation of final grade and elevation, and construction inspection. In the area of construction management, KAI fully supports projects from the point of ground breaking to the final payment request. Typical transportation engineering services include:
· Feasibility Studies
· Urban Street Design
· Highway Design
· Transit Design
· Construction Management
· Transit Alignment Studies
· Street Alignment Studies
· Landscape Treatments
· Wetland Mitigation and Permitting
· Stream Crossings
· R-O-W Surveying and Mapping
· Facility Design
Civil Engineering Studies:
KAI personnel have managed and performed engineering studies to define the needs of the community and the alternatives available to meet these needs. KAI's stormwater staff use HECras and XP-SWMM software to establish 25-year Flood Hazard Determinations and to predict storm loading for sizing of stormwater facilities. Civil engineering studies include:
· Street and Utility LID Feasibility Studies
· Development Feasibility Studies
· Storm Water Quantity and Quality Master Plans
· Sanitary Sewer Master Plans
· Water System Master Plans
· Power, Telephone, and Cable Service Master Plans
· Commercial, Residential, and Industrial Infrastructure Studies
· Public Infrastructure Cost Estimates
Development Services:
· Land Use Determination
· Regulatory Issues/Public Approval Processing
· Development Alternatives
· Multifamily Site Work
· Subdivision Improvements
· Commercial Site Work
Land Surveying and Site Mapping is the fundamental step in the planning and design process. Necessary for legal descriptions, documents, and design It also provides the design professional with much needed information about the land. KAI's surveying and mapping services include:
· Geodetic and Control Surveys
· Cadastral and Boundary Surveys
· Topographic and Site Mapping
· Engineering Design Mapping
· Construction Layout
· Subdivision Platting and Lot Monumentation
· Preparation of Boundary and Land Descriptions and Exhibit Documents
· Land Title Research and Analysis
· Right-of-Way Mapping
· Preparation of Easement and Right-of-Way Descriptions and Exhibit Documents
· ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys
· Support for Environmental Services
· Water Rights and Proof Surveys
· Hydrographic and Marine Mapping
PLANNING & LANDSCAPE DESIGN
KAI focuses on detailed projects by offering complete planning, design and construction management services for the private development process. We assist in project development from the initial planning stages through the design, construction, and final certificate of occupancy or recording of plats. Our development services include:
· Cost and Profit Analysis
· Land Use Determination
· Regulatory Issues and Public Approval Processing
· Development AlternativeS
· Coordination of Economic and Marketing Consultants
· Strategic Planning
· Land-Use Planning
· Master Planning
· Site Development Planning & Permits
· Policy Development
· Multifamily Site Work
· Subdivision Improvements
· Commercial Site Work
· Industrial Site Work
· Comprehensive Planning
· Regulatory Processing
· Environmental Integration
KAI's Landscape Design always begin by conducting a thurough inventory and analysis of a given site to identify the opportunities, constraints and suitability of the site for its intended use. Our designs incorporate textures, colors, forms, and volumes as tools to blend the natural landscape with the built environment. We also know that creating successful designs requires an approach that is responsive to the existing and future growth trends, environmental impacts, natural resource protection, social and economic welfare, and safety of the community as a whole. The following is a partial list of the services offered by our Landscape Architecture department:
Park and Recreation Planning and Development:
· Site Inventory and Analysis
· Park Master Planning and Development
· Nature Park and Trail Design
· Special Use Parks and Gardens
· Pedestrian, Bicycle and Vehicular Circulation Systems and Parking
· Playground Designs
· Athletic Field and Court Design
· Irrigation Design
· Site Lighting Design
· Maintenance Programming
· Site Grading and Drainage
Urban Design and Development:
· Public Presentations and Citizen Input
· ADA Compliance
· Urban Streetscape and Furniture Design
· Campus Design (Institutional)
Roadside Revegetation and Native Landscape:
· Roadside Planting Design
· Campus Design (Corporate)
· Pedestrian Plazas and Gardens
· Community Center Design
· Construction Admin./Observation
· Xeriscape Design
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Kurahashi & Associates, Inc. understands the opportunities and constraints that arise from natural resource issues. In a regulatory climate that is becoming increasingly restrictive and complicated, we strive to achieve a "no surprises" approach to regulatory compliance by engaging the agencies as early as possible to identify the issues that could impact the feasibility of a project. Natural Resources takes a lead role on projects that are centered around natural resource issues. Such projects can include ecological restoration and enhancement, stream bioengineering, wetland permitting and mitigation design, natural resource planning, and environmental assessment.
Services
· Wetland Inventory and Delineation
· Natural Resource Inventory and Analysis
· Natural Resource Modeling
· Watershed and Stream Assessment
· Natural Resource Permitting
· Mitigation Design
· Enhancement and Restoration Planning and Design
· Watershed Planning
· Openspace Analysis
· Land Use Processing
· Regulatory Compliance