There are many ways to design a project. Rarely is the routine concept the best. At HBA Design Group we look at all the ideas that will create the best project for you. Our innovative concepts might combine many disciplines such as low impact design, landscape design and architecture. Often these designs are less expensive to construct, allow for more buildable area (dwelling units or commercial square footage), or both, generating substantial additional profit for your project.

At HBA Design Group we look for the win-win solution. By creating original designs, we often create a design that is better for the environment and the surrounding community. These designs often defuse community objections, while creating a project that works better for the developer.

Low Impact Design utilizes building and development techniques to create less environmental impact on the land. This process is supported by US Green Building Council which certifies designers and companies as Low Impact Designers. HBA Design Group is a LEEDS Certified company and a member of the US Green Building Council.

HBA Design Group is a leader in the field of Low impact Development. We have pioneered uses of porous concrete, rain gardens, amended soil applications as well as other techniques. We have created livable designs that combine landscape design, environmental enhancement and civil engineering.

Every project involves several disciplines such as Civil Engineering, Land Use Planning, Architecture, Land Surveying, and Environmental Analysis. In order for your project to be completed on time and on budget, one firm, and one individual must lead the project. At HBA Design Group we provide experienced, well-qualified managers for your project. This ensures that your vision and your consultant's best ideas will meld to produce the best project, and that the project will be on time and on budget.

Many projects are controversial. HBA Design Group is expert in holding neighborhood meetings and presenting projects to neighborhood groups. This process can help create cooperation and a design that will work for the developer as well as the community, and will help the community feel involved with the design. Community involvement nearly always reduces the likelihood of appeals and legal action.

HBA Design Group's civil designs are created with an understanding of the construction process. Often a civil design requires collaboration with planners, landscape architects, biologists and structural engineers. Our ability to collaborate has lead to our strength in Low Impact Design, where a biology or landscape solution may create the best stormwater management solution. Some of our services include:

• Low Impact Design
• Grading Design
• Erosion Control Design
• Road Design
• Storm Sewer, Detention, and Drainage Design
• Water System Design
• Sanitary Sewer System Design
• Construction Documents

• Project Entitlement
  All projects need permits. Sometimes the permits needed are complicated and multi-jurisdictional. HBA Design Group has the experience and ability to find out the permits needed and guide your project through the maze to permit approval.
• Code Analysis and review
  
• Site Design
  At HBA we understand that site design is more than laying out some buildings or a road. Site design involves al disciplines of a project from architecture, through civil engineering and landscape design. A completed site plan needs to be economical to build, and attractive to live and work in.
• Project Strategy
  At HBA we know that finding the best way to get the project from undeveloped land to construction completion is key. We can figure out the best use, the best design and the best way to convince the jurisdiction and the neighbors to agree. This process will lead to a more successful project more quickly. In the end the client, the neighborhood and the City are happy and satisfied with the result.
• Jurisdictional Negotiations
  Project approval is not always as easy as following the laws, codes, and rules. Sometimes the rules are not clear, or the jurisdiction wants to impose alternate standards. In those cases HBA planners will work closely with the client and the jurisdiction to create a winning result.
• Public Hearing Representation
  Many projects require quazi - judicial public hearings. HBA planners are trained to be effective at public hearings with clear presentations of the issues and the rules.
• Feasibility Studies
  Projects start as a dream; just the land, with a vision of what could be. HBA can take the vision, and put that up against the rules and the land features. We can find out the right project for the site, if a project can be built, if the rules will allow the dream to be a reality.

• Permit Review - Staff Planning Overload Relief
  HBA Design Group provides permit reviews, variances, conditional use permits, site plan reviews, and plats for cities. This service is very helpful for cities experiencing volume overload, or conflict of interest issues with staff, or for small cities with limited staff experience or availability.
• Code Writing
  Code writing is a complicated process requiring experience and skill. The staff at HBA Design Group has this experience and can produce clear and concise codes that achieve the regulatory needs of the local jurisdiction.
• Comprehensive Planning
  Comprehensive Planning is a unique skill that requires analytical, social, and design expertise. The planner must listen to the voices of the community, and then understand and even guide the vision. The planner must analyze large amounts of disparate data such as land use inventories, census data, economic indicators, social make up, transportation issues, environmental elements and many other measurable topics. Then, using this data, the planner must help the jurisdiction design the future of a community.

With our unique staff and principal experience, HBA Design Group has been providing comprehensive planning to cities in Washington and Oregon for many years.

Landscape Design is not only an integral part of site design. Landscape design is required to complete Low Impact designs. By marrying civil Engineering and Landscape Design HBA has been able to create livable landscape solutions in rain gardens and wetland type detention ponds. By connecting land use planning, civil engineering and landscape design, HBA Design Group creates site designs that are livable, workable, economical and easy to construct.

HBA Design Group provides quick, cost effective feasibility studies for potential development projects. These studies answer the questions that keep the development out of trouble. This investment can make the difference between a successful investment and an economic disaster.

Understanding all of the permit issues and moving the permits through the process is key to a successful development project. HBA Design Group gives the developer a distinct advantage as we expertly guide the application from start to finish.