Every great project starts with the ground it stands on. DLZ’s site development practice brings award-winning, multi-scale, multidisciplinary experience to public- and private-sector projects alike, with decades of history creating spaces that bring people together.
DLZ provides project design and management across a wide range of site types — from parks and recreation, justice facilities, and utility plants to civic, educational, and public safety projects. We understand how to integrate project priorities with site constraints, working in a lead role or in support of DLZ’s broader multidisciplinary team or outside consultants.
Site development at DLZ is comprehensive: site civil engineering, landscape architecture, and demolition and site restoration, coordinated under one roof. We foster partnerships with our clients and our multidisciplinary teams to deliver solutions that balance creativity, functionality, client vision, and constructability, project after project.
Comprehensive site civil engineering — layout, grading, stormwater management, and utility design — for projects of every scale and market.
Site design for fire stations, police stations, and public safety answering points, built around secure, efficient, and welcoming civic space.
Site design for courthouses, correctional facilities, and sheriff’s offices that balances security, access, and civic function.
Site design for courthouses, correctional facilities, and sheriff’s offices that balances security, access, and civic function.
Landscape-architecture-led park design and planning, from single-site master plans to five-year systemwide plans.
Landscape-architecture-led park design and planning, from single-site master plans to five-year systemwide plans.
Site design for city halls, public works facilities, and community centers that serves the public and holds up to municipal budgets.
Site and campus design for schools, libraries, and universities that supports safety, circulation, and modern learning environments.
Site and campus design for schools, libraries, and universities that supports safety, circulation, and modern learning environments.
Site design for water treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants, lift stations, and water towers that keeps essential utilities running safely.
Site design for transit centers, DOT facilities, fleet maintenance, and inland port facilities that keeps people and vehicles moving safely.
Community Justice Center
Morgan County, Indiana
Steven
Winters
Project Manager
Indiana
Jeff
Hirsch, PLA, LEED AP
Department Manager
Indiana
James
Toto, PE
Director of Water and Site Civil Practice
Ohio
Yes. DLZ prepares local zoning permits, EPA erosion control and SWPPP documentation, water and sanitary notices of intent, waterway permits, and DOT/right-of-way permits, among others required for a given site.
Yes. DLZ’s funding specialists help identify funding sources and prepare grant applications and supplemental documentation. Our engineers can also prepare preliminary engineering reports that clarify project scope, preliminary budgets, and funding opportunities early on.
We tailor the process to each client’s needs and budget. A typical project moves through master planning, schematic design, design development, construction documents, permitting, bidding, and construction phase services.
