Transportation

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Transportation Engineering Expertise

Roadways that improve mobility to get people to their destination safely


Transportation systems play a pivotal role in shaping the connectivity and efficiency of thriving communities. With you in the driver’s seat, we will help navigate regulatory planning, design, and project delivery together—leaving your community with safe and accessible options to get people and goods where they need to go.

Our expertise in transportation is backed by a diverse portfolio across markets that will bring your aviation, railway, or waterway project the best trends from transportation and beyond.

One Firm. One Team. Multi-Disciplinary Solutions in Architecture, Engineering, Environmental, and Planning.

Mobility

What sets ISG apart is direct expert involvement in funding initiatives related to mobility projects. Our in-house strategists have decades of experience focusing directly on loans, grants, and navigating such processes, including federal aid project delivery for local sponsors.

Backed by supportive landscape architects and a team focused on parks and trails, ISG brings you a full-service team that designs holistic mobility solutions, extending beyond transportation. Our planning and expertise mean we are positioned to be your reliable and knowledgeable mobility partner. 

Expertise

  • Bicycle Facility Design
  • Bridges + Structures
  • Construction Administration + Inspection
  • Land Use
  • Natural + Recreation Areas
  • Pathside Facilities
  • Pedestrian Facility Design
  • Protective Intersections
  • Signals + Streetlighting
  • Stormwater Management
  • Streetscaping + Trails
  • Survey + Platting
  • Traffic Engineering
  • Transportation Planning
  • Tunnels

Mobility Portfolio

Aviation, Rail, and Waterways

Whether crafting solutions for air, rail, or water transportation, our breadth of expertise brings straightforward answers to your complex challenges. ISG specializes in connecting communities through strategic engineering of multi-modal port facilities, marinas, industrial railways, airport buildings, and other infrastructure that helps move people and goods.

Our architectural expertise in transportation is backed by a diverse portfolio across markets that will bring your aviation, railway, or waterway project the best trends from transportation and beyond.

Expertise

  • Airports
  • Alternative Delivery Models
  • Bridges and Structures
  • Drone, GIS, and Survey Data Collection
  • Inter-Modal Facilities
  • Land Use
  • Mainline, Industrial, and Shortline Rail
  • Marinas
  • Parking
  • Ports + Harbors
  • Stormwater Management
  • Survey + Platting
  • Transit + Transportation Planning
  • Tunnels
  • Waterways

Aviation, Rail, and Waterways Portfolio

Highways + Bridges

ISG will ensure that your highway and bridge project objectives become our shared goals. Through years of experience, we have developed a comprehensive understanding of industry standards for everything from roadways and roundabouts to bridges and culverts.

Our dedication to meeting these standards is elevated by our enthusiasm to introduce new and innovative solutions—let us help you lead the way in advancing how these projects are accomplished.

Expertise

  • Alternative Delivery Models
  • Bridges, Culverts, and Highways
  • Construction Administration + Inspection
  • Drone, GIS, and Survey Data Collection
  • Expansions + Intersections
  • Land Use
  • Preservation + Planning
  • Public Engagement
  • Reconstruction + Retrofits
  • Roadways + Roundabouts
  • Signals + Streetlighting
  • Stormwater Management
  • Streets + Streetscaping
  • Survey + Platting
  • Traffic Engineering

Highways + Bridges Portfolio

Traffic Engineering

As your advocate, ISG is committed to understanding your community and transportation goals. Our commitment of going beyond the expected is crucial to ensuring all options are considered. This includes evaluating travel demand management and how traffic challenges may be manageable through actions such as thoughtfully planned land use strategies.When construction is required, we won’t over-engineer solutions.

We will provide you with the options you are looking for as well as alternate approaches that are adaptable and flexible to inevitable future needs. ISG dynamically blends available electronic data and field observations to determine up-to-date traffic usage. We will review the history, trends, and projected expectations to develop assumptions that will help you make informed decisions and create a cost-effective and resilient plan.

Expertise

  • Bicycle Facility Design
  • Drone, GIS, and Survey Data Collection
  • Expansions + Intersections
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Land Use
  • Parking
  • Pedestrian
  • Preservation + Planning
  • Roadways + Roundabouts
  • Signals + Streetlighting
  • Traffic Engineering
  • Transit + Transportation Planning

Traffic Engineering Portfolio

Construction Services

Our commitment to your success is exemplified through a well-rounded and robust team. With wealth of experience in providing construction services for transportation clients, our knowledge base extends beyond being able to meet your construction observation requirements. We are a full-service team involved in survey activities and transportation design. 

We know that time is often of the essence. ISG is ready to make recommendations that help you make better decisions, faster. This expertise is paired with an expert ability to leverage advanced technologies and communication tools that ensures our team can remain onsite while creating industry-leading documentation.

Expertise

  • Alternative Delivery Models
  • Bridges, Culverts, and Highways
  • Construction Administration + Inspection
  • Drone, GIS, and Survey Data Collection
  • Expansions + Intersections
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Mainline, Industrial, and Shortline Rail
  • Ports + Harbors
  • Public Engagement
  • Reconstruction + Retrofits
  • Roadways + Roundabouts
  • Signals + Streetlighting
  • Streets
  • Trails
  • Tunnels

Construction Services Portfolio

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Featured Work

The ISG

Difference

ISG takes a consultative approach to projects. Operating as an extension of your team, we deliver a connected, accessible, and secure multi-modal mobility network tailored to your community’s travel preferences and needs. We don’t just look at the project in front of us, we provide long-term planning for the community.

Our certified professional traffic operations engineers and transportation specialists are on-call and have years of experience with Department of Transportation standards and multi-agency coordination to ensure a smooth journey through data collection, community engagement, design, and project delivery.

  • Client-Focused Approach
  • Certified, In-House Transportation Experts
  • Modern Data Collection Services

Business Unit Experts

Will Kratt, PE, PTOE

Transportation Business Unit Leader

Heath Hagner, PE

Senior Project Manager

Christina Martin, LS

Land Surveyor

Joel Goodenough

Senior Project Manager

Barrett Hubbard

Transportation Engineer

Applied Tech in Action

Drone Orthomosaic Survey

Ortho mosaic mapping provides highly detailed and accurate aerial images of project sites, enabling precise topographical analysis and efficient land surveying, which aids the project planning, design, and construction processes.

"Project engineer [ISG] is very good with public relations and is very patient. Also, very responsive to issues. When approaching the department with problems, the project engineer always has alternatives and a suggestion instead of waiting for an answer."

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