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Thienes Engineering, Inc.

Since 1986, Thienes Engineering, Inc. has performed cost effective services to the highest professional standards in a timely manner. Responding to our clients need as well as maintaining a good working relationship with local and state agencies has given Thienes Engineering an excellent reputation in the field of Civil Engineering and Land Surveying.

Our survey and engineering teams have vast and extensive knowledge regarding various City, County, State and Federal standards, and procedures required for project completion throughout California, Nevada (Las Vegas and Henderson), and Arizona (Phoenix and Glendale). We have a 30+ year track record and can accomplish timely and cost effective projects for our clients, public or private.

Thienes Engineering utilizes the latest programs and equipment for all its engineering and surveying operations. Currently, we utilize AutoCad Civil 3D Software as our primary survey and design tool. Surveying work is performed using a combination of Trimble S7 robotic total stations, Trimble R10 GPS receivers, TSC3 data collectors, Trimble SX10 3D laser scanner, Riegl VZ-400 and Riegl VZ-400i 3D laser scanners, allowing us to achieve accurate and reliable surveys and earthwork quantities with a minimal chance of errors.

Thienes Engineering offers diverse, and wide-spread experience in industrial parks, commercial developments, retail malls, residential communities and institutional buildings, including schools, and hospitals. Our company provides professional services from land surveying to project entitlement, design, and through to build out. We have comprehensive experience across the full spectrum of land surveying and civil engineering projects including public works improvements. We also have a department dedicated to research and due diligence, and a strong track record in project management and working successfully with local government and jurisdictional agencies.

With our 80+ employees, both in the office and in the field, including numerous licensed professional Land Surveyors and Engineers, and their support staff of highly skilled technicians, Thienes Engineering has completed over 80 million square feet of development across 3,000 projects locally including all adjacent public streets and infrastructure in the past decade alone.

Thienes Engineering has been at the forefront of innovative drainage design since the mid 1990’s. We have provided our clients with cost effective solutions to the ever-changing drainage/water quality landscape by “thinking outside of the box.” Many of our drainage design solutions have become industry standard.



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