Services
Trinkaus Engineering, LLC is a small civil engineering firm. It provides responsive service and high quality designs to its clients. The firm was founded on the belief that clients and their projects are the most important asset that the firm can have. Prompt, attentive service and engineering expertise is what the clients require and what Trinkaus Engineering, LLC provides.
Trinkaus Engineering, LLC provides clients with all the necessary civil engineering services to design, and obtain approval of all manners of residential, commercial and industrial development projects.
Trinkaus Engineering, LLC provides the following civil engineering services
Design Services
Development Feasibility Plans, Soil testing for on-site sewage disposal systems, Design of Subsurface sewage disposal systems, Road Designs, Subdivision layouts, Sanitary sewer designs, Storm drainage designs, Commercial and industrial site plans, Engineering Peer Reviews
Low Impact Development
In addition to the above typical civil engineering services, Trinkaus Engineering, LLC processes the technical knowledge to evaluate and design projects in accordance with Low Impact Development strategies. These services not only include the detailed site analysis, but also the design of the hydrologic models and storm water treatment systems to mimic the pre-development runoff conditions. Steve has designed many types of LID systems such as rain gardens, bioretention for commercial sites, grass filter strips, infiltration systems, bioswales, constructed wetlands, wet extended detention ponds and subsurface flow gravel wetlands.
Storm Water
Prepare Hydrologic Analysis of watersheds to evaluate changes in runoff rates and volumes associated with development, Prepare Hydraulic Analysis to design storm water conveyance systems for development projects, Perform Water Quality Calculations and design Treatment systems to achieve water quality requirements, and prepare Pollutant Loading Analyses to demonstrate the pollutant removal goals for post-development runoff are achieved by the utilization of a proprietary software application.
Erosion Control Plans
Design appropriate erosion and sedimentation control measures for project including sedimentation basins, amd Prepare written construction narratives. All erosion control designs are in compliance with the 2002 Guidelines for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control as prepared by the State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.
Permitting
Trinkaus Engineering, LLC has provided permitting services before many local municipalities, the CT Department of Public Health, the CT Department of Environmental Protection and Army Corps of Engineers. Their knowledge of the various requirements and timing considerations of the approval agencies allow complete and thorough applications to be submitted that move easily thru the approval process. Trinkaus Engineering, LLC provides professional representation in support of projects before various land use agencies. Due to their intimate knowledge of each project, Steven Trinkaus is able to quickly and concisely answer questions from the land use agencies and members of the public in a professional manner.
Inspection Services
Inspection of erosion controls during construction period, Inspection of construction work to verify compliance with design.
Outside Consultant Services
Through strategic partnerships we provide a client with complete one stop shopping for other services commonly required for development projects. These services include the following:
Certified Soil Scientist: Delineation of inland wetlands and watercourses
Marc Beroz, Soil Scientist; MB Soil Mapping; Durham, CT; 860-349-3334; mberoz@sbcglobal.net
Environmental Consultant: Evaluation the biological communities found on a site and evaluate the potential impacts on these communities due to the development.
Prepare mitigation plans for those unavoidable wetland impacts.
Penelope Sharp; Northford, CT; 203-484-0134; pensharp10@comcast.com
Aerial Mapping Company: Obtain accurate two foot topographic mapping based upon aerial photographs for the project site.
Bill Crawbuck; Geomaps International, Inc. Bethpage, NY; 516-827-9100; billc@geomapsintl.com
Land Surveying: Provide accurate, complete boundary surveys, and the location of all necessary field data to prepare accurate base mapping for development projects.
Fairfield County: RKW Land Surveying (New Canaan, CT - 203-966-3501); New England Land Surveying (Danbury, CT - 203-790-5597)
Litchfield County: Farnsworth and Associates (New Milford, CT - 860-354-1251); Riordan Land Surveying (Woodbury, CT - 203-263-2727); Laferriere Associates (Woodbury, CT - 203-263-0733)
Hartford County: Dubiel Associates (East Hartford, CT - 860-528-9081)
Traffic Engineering: Evaluate ingress and egress issues for proposed projects onto existing road networks.
Evaluate changes to traffic volumes on existing road due to development.
Michael Galante, PE; Frederick Clark Associates; Fairfield, CT; 203-255-3100; mgalante@fpclark.com
