Specializing in municipal engineering, water, wastewater, storm drainage and street design; single family, multifamily, commercial and industrial development and land use planning.
Experience: James Kessi, P.E., is a licensed professional civil engineer in Washington and Oregon with over 15 years of experience in civil engineering and land use planning. As a former partner/owner and director of engineering projects at a local 15 person civil engineering and land use planning firm for…
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Specializing in municipal engineering, water, wastewater, storm drainage and street design; single family, multifamily, commercial and industrial development and land use planning.
Experience: James Kessi, P.E., is a licensed professional civil engineer in Washington and Oregon with over 15 years of experience in civil engineering and land use planning. As a former partner/owner and director of engineering projects at a local 15 person civil engineering and land use planning firm for over six years, Kessi now offers his services on a more individual level. Kessi’s experience includes managing, planning, design, and completion of a variety of civil engineering projects including as commercial site plans, rezones, planned unit developments, conditional use permits, and environmental, wetland, habitat, stream, and geotechnical related permitting projects in jurisdictions including Clark County, Vancouver, Camas, Washougal, Ridgefield, Battleground, La Center, Cowlitz County, Scappoose, and St. Helens, Oregon. Kessi has been involved in helping obtain preliminary plat approval or final engineering approval for thousands of single-family residential lots.
Kessi has also worked as a development engineer for both the City of Vancouver and Clark County, developing insider knowledge of public agencies staff and policies. Kessi can assist clients in selecting and managing sub-consultants specialists for project related traffic concurrency, environmental, wetlands, habitat, NPDES, legal issues, and shoreline permitting.
Development Know How:Unlike many engineers and planning consultants, Kessi has the unique and valuable first hand knowledge of having personally designed, obtained approvals, and constructed development projects including subdivisions in Oregon and Washington. Kessi understands raw land project feasibility, property negotiations, purchasing, financing, project design, obtaining project approvals, as well selecting consultants and underground contractors, and even the marketing of projects to builders and buyers.
Kessi will work as your project advocate, effectively representing your interests and striving to implement cost saving designs to make your project successful. Kessi understands the time value of your money what it means to your bottom line. Kessi has excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills to successfully represent his clients at public land use meetings and hearings. Call for a free consultation.
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Builders' Services | Engineers | Government Offices | Real Estate Attorneys | General Contractors
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