Early in the planning process we identify site constraints, work in a fully collaborative effort to avoid encroachments into constraint areas when feasible, minimize unavoidable environmental impacts through design solutions, and provide cost-effective mitigation strategies. These strategies accommodate capital improvements and development while adhering to low-impact development principles. Our environmental engineers and scientists develop analyses and alternatives based on science, engineering, and technology, while balancing a range of issues at play, including benefit-cost values, funding availability, schedule constraints, anticipated regulatory changes, and long-term liability.