The staff at Becher Hoppe passionately advocates performing fiscally responsible utility coordination without cutting corners. In any transportation project, the utility facility owners' engineers are as much a part of the design team as the roadway, structure, lighting, landscaping, and drainage engineers. As such, utilities should be invited into the design process early and kept abreast of major decisions and changes to the design and schedule. Utility coordination is basically about building relationships and solving problems together. Becher Hoppe's core values (service, integrity, excellence, and partnership) are essential tools in minimizing costly delays on highway improvement projects.
Becher Hoppe is recognized as a statewide leader in Utility Coordination. Our experts work closely with the project design team and various utility facility owners to:
Improved quality is the result of simplified procedures which cut to the chase. Our expert team of experienced technical writers can assist your agency in the review, refinement, and publication of your utility coordination standards.
While SUE has recently become a buzz word in the utility coordination industry, many transportation officials do not realize it has been a standard part of roadway improvement projects for decades at various levels of quality.
Contractors claim utilities are a problem on most highway improvement projects. The problem is actually a failure of design teams to comply with industry standards in utility coordination. As Benjamin Franklin wisely observed, "If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!" Becher Hoppe would like to share our experiences and methods with you so you can confidently plan your next project. We have experience in producing utility coordination education materials and facilitating training sessions to equip your staff with the right tools for the job. Whether you are working on transportation projects at the national, state, local, or private level, we can help.