Bay Area Civil Engineering by a California PE
Calichi Design Group is a California-licensed civil engineering firm headquartered in Oakland. Site civil, stormwater (C.3, MRP), dry utility, and entitlements for developers, architects, school districts, and public agencies.
Why Bay Area developers and agencies hire Calichi
We’re a small firm that handles big projects — with the responsiveness and technical depth that large firms rarely match.
Real PE on every drawing
Reco Prianto, P.E., signs every set we put out. Not a stamp-for-hire arrangement — the principal stays on your project from kickoff to as-built.
Fixed-fee proposals in 5 business days
You see the price before you sign. Predictable scopes get predictable fees, with no surprise change orders for boilerplate work.
Oakland-based, Bay Area-fluent
SLBE certified with City of Oakland, Alameda County, OUSD, and Port of Oakland. We know the BES stormwater details, EBMUD coordination patterns, and DSA review cadence.
What we cover
The full civil scope of a Bay Area development project — from feasibility through construction administration.
Site planning & entitlements
Feasibility studies, due diligence, conceptual site plans, planning submittals.
Grading & drainage
Cut/fill optimization, retaining walls, drainage on steep East Bay sites.
C.3 stormwater compliance
MRP 3.0, bioretention, hydromodification, treatment sizing for the contributing area.
Water & sanitary sewer
EBMUD will-serve, water modeling, sanitary connections, sewer lateral compliance.
Joint trench / dry utility
PG&E, AT&T, Comcast coordination — transformer siting, trench design, utility research.
ADA, fire access & permitting
CBC 11B path-of-travel, CFC apparatus turning, Bureau of Building plan check coordination.
Ready to scope your project?
Send us the site, scope, and schedule — we’ll return a fixed-fee proposal within five business days.