For Owners/Developers

To assist clients in the representation or acquisition of industrial properties, VLMK provides a multitude of due diligence related services. These services are catered to meet the specific needs of the client and often include property condition inspections, zoning code reviews, site development constraint evaluations, infrastructure entitlement requirements, survey and easement review, development impacts due to natural hazards and soils/geotechnical report reviews.

We have an experienced staff that understands the intricacies of industrial development, has established relationships with the local jurisdictional authorities and can provide invaluable planning and engineering assistance in guiding our clients through property acquisitions and entitlements.

VLMK has demonstrated master planning experience for small and large scale industrial complexes to accommodate a variety of uses.  These efforts include site planning, land use planning, zoning reviews, infrastructure studies, and complete development review submittals for conforming and non-conforming planned developments.

VLMK’s structural engineering design experience includes all of the major construction types including concrete, steel, wood, masonry and light gauge metal.
Many of our industrial projects incorporate tilt-up concrete.  VLMK has a long tradition as a leader in this industry, having helped bring tilt-up construction to the northwest and continuing today with participation in tilt-up committees with the American Concrete Institute (ACI) and Tilt-up Concrete Association (TCA).

Of course, Structural Engineering isn’t always about new construction.  We can assist owners and developers with engineering services for tenant improvements, structural inspections, seismic evaluations and upgrades, and due diligence.

VLMK provides a wide range of civil engineering services to meet the needs of site development and construction. Our experience ranges from site layout and design of large industrial parks, to some of the most innovative and efficient commercial and retail developments anywhere, with services that include:

• Site Planning
• Site Utility Design
• Site Grading and ADA Design
• Erosion Control Design and Permitting
• Drainage and Stormwater Management Design
• Public Infrastructure Design and Permitting
• Evaluations

Guiding our clients from the start of a project, we can help identify potential challenges to a proposed project, whether it be for an existing building or proposed development of raw land. For existing structures and new construction, our team evaluates issues, such as site conditions, planning and zoning requirements, drainage studies, transportation and infrastructure improvements, and analysis of jurisdictional development fees.

In each case, we strive to raise the questions that often go unasked in order to identify in advance potential flaws which might prove fatal to a project.

Ensuring that user needs are met for light industrial tenants is key for a successful tenant improvement project. Our team guides clients and manages the design process to meet these needs through:

• Industrial Space Planning
• Building Occupancy and Fire-Life Safety Code Reviews
• Tenant Improvement Design
• Building & Site Renovation Engineering
• Permit Assistance

Our clients rely on us to anticipate and resolve problems, present reliable data, meet schedules and budgets, and impart clear communication. In serving our building industry clients, there is always a need for solid information upon which to base decisions. Utilizing our breadth of engineering and planning experience, VLMK assists in providing the necessary documentation by providing studies or evaluations.

Tailored to fit your needs, these reports include engineering investigations, feasibility studies, seismic evaluations and reviews for code compliance and non-conforming uses (such as zoning, fire and life-safety, ADA, landscaping, and others).

Representing the interests of our clients, we assist in obtaining a range of entitlement approvals: including administrative reviews, conditional use permits, site development and building permits, variances, rezoning and subdivision of properties. With the expansion of natural resource restrictions, many development sites require multiple jurisdictional approvals through state, federal and local governing agencies.

• Site due diligence and research
• Budgetary Permit Fee Estimates
• Planning/Building Procedures
• Planning / Land Use Review Submittals
• Building Permit Submittals
• Civil/Site Development Permit Submittal
• Public Works Permits
• DEQ