Civil engineering · Short Creek

Building Purpose and Community, by Design.

Excel Design Associates is a civil engineering practice based in the Short Creek community — Colorado City, Arizona and Hildale, Utah — serving Utah, Arizona and Nevada. We are rebuilding our brand, and this page is the first piece of it.

Email charles@exceldesign.us

Our story

2006
Excel Civil Design

We started in January 2006 as Excel Civil Design, doing civil work for the people and projects around us.
2013
Excel Design Associates

As the work grew, so did the name. In January 2013 we became Excel Design Associates, taking on subdivisions, water and sewer systems, streets and public infrastructure across the region.
Now
Next steps

We have learned a lot since then — about engineering, about people, and about this region. Now we are working on our next steps, and learning fast.

People, Place, Possibility

Our approach reflects our passion. In practice it means three things for a client.

People

Engineering is done with people, not to them. You work directly with the principal engineer, get straight answers, and know who is accountable for the work from concept through construction.

Place

We live and work here. Our practice is grounded in Colorado City, Hildale and Centennial Park, in northern Mohave County, Arizona and southern Utah, and we also work in southern Nevada, including Mesquite. We know the ground, the agencies and the constraints, and that shows up in the design.

Possibility

Good engineering opens options. We look for the practical path that makes a site, a subdivision or a utility extension workable — technically sound, permittable and constructible on a real budget and schedule.

What we do

Civil engineering for land development, utilities and public infrastructure.

Site and land development

Commercial and residential site plans
Subdivision design
Land-development feasibility and due diligence
ADA accessibility

Grading, drainage and stormwater

Grading and drainage
Stormwater management
Erosion control

Water and sewer

Water distribution systems
Fire-flow analysis
Sanitary sewer systems
Utility extensions

Streets and public infrastructure

Streets and pavement
Public works and municipal infrastructure
School and public-facility projects

Documents, reports and construction

Construction documents
Engineering reports and calculations
Utility coordination
Construction administration and field coordination

How we work

Better Together

Complex projects succeed through coordination — among owners, agencies, utilities, designers, contractors and communities. Excel Design Associates is principal-led: the engineer who plans the work is the one who does it, stands behind it, and coordinates the people and decisions needed to move it forward. We pair that direct involvement with long-standing local knowledge of the region and its jurisdictions, so the path through permitting and construction is clear and defensible before the first drawing is issued.

Contact

Email: charles@exceldesign.us
Mail: PO Box 190
Colorado City, AZ 86021
Licensing: Licensed professional engineer — Utah, Arizona, Nevada.