urban stormwater planning & design // flood control & management // Transportation drainage // lake, river, & stream restoration // water quality services // watershed modeling // Water rights & supply // water & sewer infrastructure // geospatial software & analysis
About us RESPEC is a client-focused consulting and services company that specializes in providing innovative solutions to solve
complex challenges for private and public clients. Our 100 percent employee-owned company was founded in 1969 and has grown to include three divisions: Water & Natural
Resources, Mining & Energy, and Information Technologies. RESPEC has over 275 employees in 15 states and 1 Canadian province with 35 professional engineers, several scientists, and a large team of design and technical support staff. We collaborate daily to provide the inspiration and innovation
that drives our projects. Over the past 30 years, RESPEC’s
Denver staff has completed over 500 stormwater engineering projects, including infrastructure improvements, watershed management plans, floodplain modeling, conveyance
water solutions
that aren’t watered down.
system analysis, and construction plans for a wide variety of stormwater improvement design projects.
Our Denver, Colorado, office has 29 employees who specialize in stormwater planning, channel restoration, floodplain
management, drainage design, water quality facility design, water-rights services, groundwater engineering, municipal water-resources planning and water distribution, and wastewater conveyance engineering.
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“RESPEC’s commitment to overall service, evaluation of alternatives, quality of design and plans, and responsiveness has been exemplary. I know I can count on the staff at RESPEC to be available when I need them and to provide an innovative solution when one is needed.” –Clinton Weis, Assistant Project Manager, Aurora WateR
// urban stormwater Having successfully delivered over 500 urban watershed projects nationwide, RESPEC’s water-resource engineers specialize in
// lake, river, & stream restoration
hydrology and hydraulics planning and design services. Our
Our scientists and engineers have a successful track record
analyses to multimillion-dollar design and construction projects.
based on a complete understanding of both the natural
and hydraulic modeling by using SWMM, HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS,
constraints. Experienced in hands-on design, RESPEC’s staff
projects cover the full spectrum of needs, from small stormwater
of performing river-reach assessments and feasibility studies
RESPEC’s hydrology and hydraulics experts perform hydrologic
processes that affect the system as well as human-imposed
Flo-2D, and many other programs.
is comprehensively trained in applied fluvial geomorphology
// flood control & management
and natural channel design.
// water quality
// water rights & supply The industry leader in water sciences, RESPEC has completed
over 100 projects in water-rights engineering for both public and
private clients. Our team provides on-call consulting engineering services and assists municipalities and water providers in
identifying available groundwater rights and determining future
water supply strategies. RESPEC’s professionals have extensive experience in performing engineering analyses, expert reports, discovery requests, interrogatories, and strategies.
// water & sewer infrastructure
Using the latest floodplain mapping technology, RESPEC clearly
RESPEC provides extensive water quality field services and
From concept through construction, RESPEC helps clients develop,
all project stakeholders to ensure collaboration and best results.
developing water quality standards and criteria, Total Maximum
with total quality assurance. Our experience includes capital-
defines flood risks and communicates complex information to
Understanding the far-reaching impact of floodplain studies on public safety, welfare, and economics, we use high-accuracy mapping and a multi-pronged approach to protect people
and property while preserving riparian areas, demonstrating
environmental stewardship, and sustaining economic development.
// transportation drainage
watershed modeling for all land uses. Our services include
Daily Loads (TMDLs), point-source permits, and Watershed Restoration and Protection Plans, as well as implementing
recommended best management practices (BMPs). Many of
our watershed implementation plans incorporate the US EPA’s Nine Key Elements of Watershed Plans.
// modeling & optimization
Providing transportation drainage and infrastructure design
RESPEC helps clients understand the complex and dynamic
engineers has extensive experience in bridge hydraulics and
Our scientists and engineers are interdisciplinary experts in
capabilities to our clients, RESPEC’s seamless veteran team of scour analysis. From maintenance projects to major interstates, we analyze, design, and prepare drainage construction plans for projects large and small.
relationships between water, energy, and food production. floodplain mapping and in modeling hydrology, hydraulics, groundwater, water quality, watershed, geological,
and inundation. Globally recognized as an authority on
environmental modeling and decision-support systems,
RESPEC makes recommendations to clients regarding the appropriate modeling system for a specific use.
install, use, and manage critical water and wastewater infrastructure improvement planning, feasibility studies, inflow and infiltration studies, permitting and funding assistance, collection systems design, construction administration and observations, and
stakeholder involvement. We assist communities with solutions that serve industrial, commercial, and residential needs.
// geospatial software & analysis Bridging the gap between GIS technology and other disciplines, RESPEC’s interdisciplinary team includes GIS open-source and ESRI software application developers, analysts, data modelers,
and cartographers. We use diverse skills and software solutions to
support government and commercial business. RESPEC creates a user-friendly environment and tailors GIS products to ensure that
nontechnical staff can easily capture, store, analyze, manage, and present geographic data.