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Land Surveying
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Site Development
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Funding & Grant Assistance
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Communities are living, breathing entities. At McMahon, we love to see communities thrive. That’s because we understand the intricate details that go into developing and maintaining the framework that supports a community.
If you need your engineering firm to be on your side, advocating for your community, McMahon is your ‘one-stop-shop’!
Services Include:
Parks and Recreation Service Offerings
- Complete infrastructure planning & design
- Full-service engineering & architecture
- Bidding & construction services
- Water resources
- Parks & recreation
- GIS services
- Funding & grant assistance
Service Offerings
- Planning & site analysis
- ADA compliance review
- Equipment review
- Full-service design
- Bidding & construction services
- Design/Build
- Funding & grant assistance
Give us a call today to lean more about our Municipal Engineering services
Transportation
How people move through a community takes design and strategy. We have the team that will help you achieve the optimal traffic flow – whether that’s moving vehicles on roadways or pedestrians along trails and sidewalks.
When we work on a transportation project our focus is broader than just the technical design. We also focus on how the project will affect the environment, the safety of those in the community and how it could impact the economy. This full-picture view is what allows us to provide the most ideal solution to get traffic from point A to point B.
Services Include:
- Highway & street design
- Bridges & retaining walls
- Traffic studies
- Signalization & lighting
- Trails & enhancements
- Environmental services
- Construction services
- Utility & railroad coordination
Our transportation and traffic engineering team can provide service for counties, states and at the federal level.
When we work on a transportation project, we work hard to make sure we’re getting traffic from point A to point B in the most effective way possible while maintaining focus on impact to the community and economy.
Give us a call today to lean more about our Transportation services
Water Resources
Water resources management can be complex, but our team has you covered. We stay up to date on regulatory and permitting requirements and have a unique team of engineers, scientists and technicians that work together to develop management solutions.
We have experience serving municipalities and developers and have put together management plans that are economical and efficient. These solutions have been built on our combined hydrology, hydraulics, water quality and wetland science expertise.
Services Include:
- Water resources management planning strategies
- Stormwater quality & volume
- Flood control
- Stream corridor restoration
- Implementation & monitoring
- Regulatory agency coordination & permitting
- Full-service design
- Bidding & construction services
- Funding & grant assistance
Give us a call today to lean more about our Water Resources services
Environment & Ecology
Services Include:
- Phase I & II environmental site assessments
- Soil & groundwater contaminant investigations/remediation/DNR closure
- Wetland delineation, permitting & mitigation
- Wetland mitigation bank Siting, design, permitting, monitoring & management
- Wetland functional value assessments
- Long-term native vegetation management
- Ecological assessments, restoration plans & management
- Prairie & woodland design & management
- Prairie oak savanna design, construction & management
- Endangered & threatened species Assessments
- Invasive species control plans & eradication services
- Recreational trail design & permitting
- Brownsfield development
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Land Surveying
Our team of surveyors have access to state-of-the-art land surveying equipment. We use LiDAR, scanners, robotic total stations, and GPS surveying technology to collect the most accurate information while out in the field. We can then efficiently convert that information to accurate and detailed computer-drafted maps and plans.
We’ve earned the respect of municipal, industrial, commercial, and private clients as a resource for land surveying service. And, when we work together with McMahon’s engineers and architects on a project, we offer a field-to-finish process that helps to facilitates design development.
Services Include:
- Land planning
- Subdivision, condominium & assessor’s plats
- Highway right-of-way plats
- Certified survey maps
- Legal descriptions
- Topographic/FEMA flood plain surveys
- Construction staking
- ALTA/NSPS land title surveys
- Property boundary retracement
- Lot/acreage surveys
- Cemetary plats
- Expert witness testimony
Give us a call today to lean more about our Land Survey services
Site Development
As project planning begins, site development should always be your first step – even before making a land purchase. That’s because the location will determine if the project will be good for the environment and the community.
When you use our site development services, you’ll find that we offer a unique perspective because we lean heavily on our municipal engineering experience.
Services Include:
- Architectural & civil master planning
- Architectural site design
- Municipal / Regulatory Agency Coordination
- Environmental analysis
- Traffic studies
- Stormwater analysis
- Property & topographic surveying
- Civil engineering
- Erosion control
- Environmental permits
- Landscaping
- Construction services
Give us a call today to lean more about our Site Development services
Funding & Grant Assistance
McMahon is your partner when it comes to funding a project. We know communication is key when it comes to coordinating federal, state and local funding sources, and we’ll be with you every step of the way.
Our experience in identifying funding solutions includes researching available funding sources, including grants and low interest loan programs, as well as alternative financing options and identifying the advantages and disadvantages of pursuing these funding choices.
We can also help with preparing funding applications and providing administrative assistance during a project’s implementation.
Our team of professional, certified grant personnel can also help with municipal and non- profit development and annual budgeting.
Services Include:
- Grant/loan opportunity research
- Grant writing
- Grant application review
- Grant/loan administration compliance
- Audit preparation
- Economic impact analysis
- Community development guidance
- Economic development consultation
- Budget development & administration
- Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) funding administration
- Public/private partnership (P3) opportunities
Case Study
FEMA HMG AND DCEO FUNDING FOR FLOOD RELIEF
After a devastating flood in 2008 affecting more than 600 homes, the Village of Machesney Park contracted with McMahon to apply for a Hazard Mitigation Grant (HMG) for the purchase of flood-prone homes, the demolition of those homes, and the restoration of the resulting area into green space. This voluntary program would allow homeowners to sell their properties to the Village at pre-disaster value, pay for the demolition of the home, and allow for the area to return to green space and subsequent future water storage. The HMG Grant funded by FEMA covers 75% of the costs. McMahon also applied a matching grant from the Illinois Dept. of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO). The Village was awarded both of these grants for a total of more than $4,000,000. To date, the Village has received more than $10,000,000 in grant funding secured through work by McMahon.
