Draper Aden Associates

Overview

Draper Aden Associates is a leading 200-person consulting engineering firm with over 34 years of experience in planning and engineering design for both public and private clients. Our offices are located in Blacksburg, Charlottesville, Hampton Roads, and Richmond, Virginia. Services include civil, environmental, geotechnical, and structural engineering; surveying and subsurface utility engineering; site planning and engineering; solid waste management; transportation planning; landscape architecture, construction administration services and municipal operational consulting. We are dedicated to the success of our clients and to achieving the highest levels of professional expertise.

Draper Aden Associates’ trained professionals are experienced and knowledgeable in a wide range of engineering consulting services. Our experience and knowledge have enabled us to grow into one of the top engineering firms in the Mid-Atlantic. Engineering News-Record listed us as one of the Top 500 Design Firms in their April 24, 2006, issue. For two consecutive years, Trenchless Technology listed us as one of the Top 50 trenchless engineering companies in North America. Additionally, our company was ranked number 13 in Virginia Business magazine’s 2006 List of Leaders for architectural and engineering firms

Draper Aden Associates offers a growing range of integrated services that enable us to take any project from initial concept to planning, financing, design, construction, and operation. Our firm’s core services are based on the following teams:

Civil/Utilities Engineering
Ecological Services
Environmental Services
Geotechnical Engineering
Site Planning and Engineering
Solid Waste Management
Structural Engineering
Surveying
Subsurface Utility Engineering
Transportation Engineering

Draper Aden Associates also provides some unique specialty services that are integrated into our core services. These include:

Alternative Wastewater Treatment Systems
Construction Administration and Observation
Environmental/Computer Modeling
Funding Assistance
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Geological/Hydrogeological Services
Landscape Architecture
Materials Testing Laboratory
Stormwater Management Design
Sustainable Design
Telecommunications Engineering
Water and Sewer Rate Analysis

Since 1972, Draper Aden Associates has served a variety of clients, including municipalities, industries, utilities, land developers, higher education facilities, professional service firms, architectural firms, solid waste companies, contractors and builders, state and federal agencies, and private owners. Our clients respect our experience and reply on our responsiveness to their specifications and timetables.