City of Sanger approves Drainage Report

A storm drainage report prepared by our staff under the supervision of Ron Yamabe, City Engineer, and Gary Horn was presented to the City Council for the City of Sanger this week.  The report provides recommendations for expanding the City's storm drainage system and basins to eliminate the dependence on the local irrigation district.  The City Council approved the report.

Project Spotlight - Starbucks

It was wonderful to work on a project with a tenant that supports a habit some of us are trying to control. This Starbucks and Panda Express on Blackstone near Barstow was a new building pad within an existing shopping center. Our staff helped the Developer with the surveys, civil engineering and supplied the Contractor with construction staking.

Project Spotlight - Sierra Vista Mall

Completed in 2007, this 9.3 acre expansion to the Sierra Vista Mall greatly enhanced the style and experience of shopping at the Clovis mall complex. Lead by Principal Brandon Broussard, our team of surveyors, designers, civil and traffic engineers helped the Mall Management provide these improvements for the Clovis community. Unique to this development was the traffic circle at the mall entrance complete with an elevated landscape island/water feature, and the community style park surrounded by retail stores. We are proud to have been a partner on this project.

Seminars - AutoTurn

Yamabe & Horn's in-house Traffic Engineer, Yohanes Makmur, PE, presented a seminar for our staff introducing the AutoTurn software.  As a result of our 2009 Strategic Plan, this was the second in-house seminar geared toward the professional development of our staff.  Yohanes, discussed the theory behind using AutoTurn and the mechanics of the tool, used within AutoCAD.  Sharing his knowledge of the software and the reasons to use it, our designers can help our clients get the best possible traffic related infrastructure.

Market Indicators

A few good indicators were in the news today regarding our industry and the recovery from the recession.  Trends regarding Consumer Spending, Industrial Output and Business Inventories showed positive increases of about 0.4%.  These sectors help our company by fueling Developers and Municipalities needs for Engineering and infrastructure.  We are hopeful that 2010 will be the beginning of recovery and by 2012, the market will be stable.

Seminar - AutoCAD Standards

We held our first In-house Seminar this week in response to our Strategic Plan.  One Action Item from our Strategic Plan was to begin holding monthly seminars for our staff on a variety of topics to help develop skills and increase knowledge.  Our first seminar was given by our CAD Manager, Jeremy Pope.  He discussed our current system for organizing standard files and forms.  The seminar was a success and a great time to learn together.

New Project - Lyons Magnus

We appreciate the wonderful clients that Yamabe and Horn has been blessed to have over the past 30 years.  Lyons Magnus is one of those repeat clients.  We have been asked to provide civil engineering services for the South Fresno client.