With a firmly established and deeply rooted foundation in city planning and urban design, the Urban Design/Planning Division of Rick Engineering Company is poised to design distinctive places and resolve issues in the realm of public policy.

Our vision of Urban Design involves the spaces between buildings . . . the spaces between that act as “civic glue.” Knowledge and experience produce well-designed spaces with high-quality materials at a humanized scale. Clearly defined order, function and identity of new or redeveloped places are central concerns of our team. Fluid integration of streets, corridors, paseos, plazas, landscaping, and street furniture provides a platform for social interaction and stimulates economic vitality.

Our vision of Planning encompasses the realm of land use, development and redevelopment, employed to serve the greater good. Though our focus is local and regional in scale, we incorporate long-range thinking and a big picture perspective. Guided by the founding fathers of City Planning and inspired by current innovations, we successfully integrate environmental, physical, social, economic, historical, and circulation elements into coordinated development.

Implementation Programs

Lot Layout and Design

Opportunity and Constraints Analyses

Park Development

Plan Processing

Plan Writing: Community,
Master, and Specific Plans

Planned Developments

Project Coordination and Management