ABOUT OUR SERVICES Butsko offers a full line of dry utility services. Below is an outline summary of the services we provide. To learn more in detail about the Butsko service offerings, please select from the services listing to the left. PLANNING & CONSULTING Prior to proceeding into final utility design and engineering, the development of a master utility plan or concept plan for each utility system allows the development team to analyze the design and construction alternatives. By integrating utility planning with the other planning/consultant disciplines (civil, architectural and land planning), future conflicts can be avoided and a greater understanding of future issues should make the transition into final design and construction occur much smoother. SITE DUE DILIGENCE & COST ESTIMATING Butsko is highly experienced when it comes to identifying and addressing potential conflicts between existing utility systems and proposed project changes to a site. We perform these site studies for lenders, developers, utility companies, municipalities and engineers/land planners; our research includes fielding the site, obtaining as-builts or facility maps from the utility companies, and interviewing key staff within those companies to determine as much as we can about the site. From this information we are able to provide a preliminary cost estimate, which is invaluable for planning and essential to the financial success of the project. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS When faced with the complex task of reviewing dry utility issues and how they relate to the potential environmental challenges for each development, Butsko is uniquely qualified to answer these questions for our clients during the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) stage of development. Each Butsko dry utility study thoroughly covers the complex research needed to complete the EIR including: calculating gas and electric load studies, determining locations of existing dry utilities near each project, researching regional gas and electric transmission / generation infrastructure and investigating California electric industry de-regulation and preparing a site exhibit. Finally Butsko will respond to the EIR team questions, meet with utility representatives, and prepare a final technical report. MANAGEMENT & COORDINATION The management of the design and construction process involves coordinating each development team member - consultants, contractors, project management, construction management, sales and marketing. By effectively communicating individual and collective efforts and managing tasks, schedules and financial budgets are more likely to be met. Butsko's project management team format allows us to ensure clear and timely communications, project coordination and management. Our teams consist of a Principal-In-Charge, Project Manager/Designer and Project Coordinator, all of whom strive to represent each client in a specialized manner while adhering to our proven management template. CONSTRUCTION COORDINATION Ranging from shared construction responsibilities to turnkey utility installations, Butsko offers its' clients a full range of construction services through its strategic alliances with highly experienced, qualified installers of dry utility systems. Options can range from bid quantities and contractor procurement and utility installation and energizing coordination. By combining the design and construction options and services, better control over the entire utility system process can be achieved. DESIGN & ENGINEERING Butsko has successfully performed more Applicant Design projects than any other design/engineering firm in California. Applicant Design has been approved by the CPUC as a "permanent" option to help meet the needs of the building industry, providing flexibility, choice and control over the planning and design process. We also have extensive experience in telecommunications design, working for local service providers and designing master planned communities infrastructure requirements. LIGHTING SERVICES Butsko’s Lighting Services Division is able to meet the clients needs OF electrical engineering services, with it's emphasis in Lighting Design. Butsko's Lighting Design Services include but are not limited to roadway lighting, landscape lighting, and site lighting. Working closely with Butsko's staff provides for better coordination in identifying electrical service points for street lights and/ or meter pedestal locations. Butsko's continued relationship with client and landscape architects, help to establish a clean, coordinated lighting project. DRY UTILITY COMPOSITE EXHIBITS With today’s projects becoming ever complex, Butsko dry utility composite exhibits help to consolidate multiple engineering disciplines into a single reference exhibit for Butsko’s clients, their contractors and other team members. A dry utility composite is a great tool to easily identify potential conflicts early in the project. Working closely with civil engineers, landscape architects and consultants, Butsko’s dry utility composite exhibits can be regularly updated to reflect the project’s most accurate and up to date plans.