Crux Consulting

Site civil engineering · Bismarck, ND

From raw ground to a finished, permitted site.

Site civil engineering for developers, owners and design-build teams. Designed by an engineer who spent a decade as a contractor, so plans are buildable, quantities are realistic and the field sees fewer surprises.

Services

Site civil engineering for residential and commercial development.

The engineer who stamps your plans also answers the reviewer comments, the RFIs and the field questions.

Site civil design

Site layout and dimension plans, demolition, paving and jointing, ADA routes and stalls, coordinated with your architect.

Grading, drainage & utilities

Grading and earthwork, storm sewer, detention ponds and underground storage, water and sanitary connections to city systems.

Stormwater & SWPPP

Stormwater management reports with HydroCAD modeling, SWPPPs, erosion control and construction stormwater permits.

Land development & subdivisions

Subdivision streets and utilities, pre-plat meetings and coordination with the city from concept through approval.

City permitting

Site plan applications, planning commission support, fast review-comment responses and city excavation permits.

Construction-phase support

RFI responses, bid-phase updates, revision summaries and field questions answered by the engineer of record.

One point of contact

Your main engineering contact, start to finish.

Crux coordinates the geotechnical, structural and MEP engineers on your project, so you have one person to call instead of four firms to chase.

  • Geotechnical
  • Structural
  • Mechanical, electrical & plumbing
  • Your architect and contractor

How we work

Eight steps, and you always know which one you're on.

  1. Contracting

    Scope, fee and schedule agreed in writing.

  2. Due diligence

    Survey, records, soils and code requirements.

  3. Design

    Concept layout and preliminary engineering.

  4. Client check-in

    We review the design together before going further.

  5. Final design

    Sealed plans, specifications and reports.

  6. Permitting

    Submittals and agency comments handled for you.

  7. Construction

    Questions from the field, reviews and site visits.

  8. Closeout

    Record drawings and final paperwork.

Every client gets a private project portal showing this timeline, what's in progress, what we need from you, your files and your invoices.

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About

Toni Haider, P.E., Principal

Toni started in construction, running projects as a contractor for a decade before becoming an engineer, with more than two decades of construction management in all. She designs sites the way they get built.

She has also been on the other side of the counter as Assistant City Engineer for Lincoln, Richardton and Garrison, North Dakota. Plans arrive in the format reviewers expect, with comment responses ready.

  • Licensed P.E.North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Indiana and Michigan
  • Track recordCivil engineer of record on projects in 4 states
  • EducationB.S. Construction Engineering, North Dakota State University
  • Based inBismarck, North Dakota

Contact

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Share the location and what you're trying to build. You'll hear back within one business day.