MSA is a progressive, innovative firm passionate about producing exceptional work while collaborating successfully with clients and other project team members. The firm’s dedication and respect for local communities and the environment is tantamount to its core mission. In the past 30 years, the firm has successfully completed over 1,700 projects and studies, involving planning, design, surveying, and construction administration.

Innovative Design
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MSA CONSULTING, INC.
SERVICES

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Civil Engineering has been a core service of MSA Consulting since the company’s inception in 1976. The firm has a solid reputation for excellence, honesty and quality that is reflected in a 95% rate of repeat client and referral business. The Civil Engineering / Production Department works directly with clients, transforming their visions into reality, and producing projects that positively impact the surrounding neighborhood and environment. The firm’s skilled technical design team is responsible for calculations, creative problem solving, conceptual and final design, project management services, and plan processing; all projects are overseen through agency approval.

PLANNING

A client’s first working contact with MSA Consulting is usually with the Planning Department, which provides land planning, entitlement strategies and environmental consulting services. The MSA Planning Staff has an impressive combination of education and experience, bringing creativity, character and thought to project designs. Planning members take pride in their abilities to identify the issues associated with a proposal, be attentive listeners, pose creative solutions and effectively guide clients through the entitlement maze. The firm has a solid reputation for quickly producing quality plans in an economical manner that achieve the client’s goals and vision, while balancing respect and awareness for local communities, public accessibility, security, environmental stewardship and cultural heritage. MSA is committed to forging project designs for a livable, sustainable future.

LAND SURVEYING

MSA’s professional surveyors, field crews and office technicians comprise the most formidable land surveying and mapping team in the Coachella Valley. Their use of the most sophisticated equipment currently available, including the latest in Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and robotics, ensures precision and accuracy that surpasses industry standard requirements on even the most demanding projects. The Department’s field party chiefs, instrument men, and technicians have extensive experience providing proactive solutions to ensure “problem prevention”, identifying potential field issues well in advance in order to save clients considerable time and money. MSA Consulting has performed mapping services for over 1,000 different parcels and over tens of thousands of acres. In addition to traditional boundary mapping, the firm performs ALTA maps and certifications, aerial photography, and topographic and utility mapping.

DRY UTILITIES

The firm’s Dry Utilities Department performs any number of selected utility-related services including, managing utility installations, creating base plans, coordinating with utility agencies, developing cost estimates and performing conflict studies.

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

MSA Consulting has a thorough understanding of the environmental challenges and solutions unique to the Coachella Valley. The Environmental Services Division provides innovative, proactive and cost effective solutions in response to increasing environmental legislation and concerns.

Some of the services offered include Initial Studies, Environmental Assessments, PM-10 Fugitive Dust Mitigation Plans, Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans and Environmental Impact Reports. The Department also works with clients to ensure compliance with California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements and handles all agency approval processes.