Engineering Services

Working with numerous Southern California cities, HCI has been responsible for directing the activities of Traffic Divisions, providing expertise to City Engineering and Planning staffs, and responding to requests, inquiries and concerns of citizens and City Council members. Our overall services include the following:

• Traffic signal design
• Signing and striping design
• Warrant analyses for traffic control devices, such as traffic signals, Stop signs, crosswalks
• Traffic signal operational analyses
• Develop, design and implement traffic signal coordination systems
• Develop and implement traffic signal timing plans
• Traffic signal 'turn-ons'
• Remote and local (off-site/on-site) management of traffic signals
• Traffic management plans (traffic control plans)
• Preparation and review of traffic impact analyses
• Develop traffic-related conditions of approval for planning and development applications
• Identify and prepare applications for public improvement funds/grants
• Coordination of activities of our client cities’ traffic maintenance contractor
• Contract City Traffic Engineering, including City representation
• Contract City Engineer, including City representation
• Engineering and Traffic Surveys for establishing speed limits
• Civil engineering design
• Grading/drainage plan-checking
• All other traffic-related impact reports, surveys and analyses

• Provide construction observation/management services on behalf of the City on all proposed traffic improvements, development, site and traffic management plans to ensure conformance with applicable standards (City, AASHTO, Cal. MUTCD, etc.), including federally-funded traffic signal installation projects.