Civil Engineering Consulting 

Designing the Future with You!

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Meet Brent Orton!  Professional Engineer, specializing in Civil Engineering Services. 

Integrity, Quality, and Service with a Smile is what we commit to deliver to you!

 

Background: 

 

Brent Orton is a Civil Engineer with nearly 20 years of engineering experience. Brent received an Associate’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Ricks College and a Bachelor of Science and Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Idaho.  After a year of engineering research using remote sensing (automated aerial data analysis) and geographic information systems to improve microsimulation-level transportation planning models, Brent accepted an employment opportunity with the City of Caldwell, Idaho beginning in 2005 and moved through the ranks of Associate Engineer, Project Engineer, Assistant City Engineer, City Engineer, and Public Works director in just under five years.

 

Brent served as the Public Works Director for Caldwell from 2009 until 2023 with a broad base of municipal and Civil Engineering disciplines including the following:

• Transportation (surface and airport),

• Drinking water systems (including significant involvement in well placement, design standards, source water protection, master planning, and system design) 

• Gravity and Pressure Irrigation Systems,

• Stormwater & Drainage Systems

• Wastewater treatment systems (including waste-activated sludge conventional treatment with biological nutrient removal, fluidized bed filtration, ultraviolet disinfection, and anaerobic digestion)

• Sanitation 

• Parks and facilities management,

• Residential and non-residential buildings permitting 

• Street Lighting (including conversion to light-emitting diode (LED) technology)

• Traffic Signals (including design, construction observation, programming, troubleshooting, inductive and video detection systems, and battery backup systems),

• Infrastructure Master Planning 

• Public Purchasing

• Land Use Support (including providing code-based requirements, authoring development agreements, analyzing traffic impact studies, and proposing appropriate conditions for mitigation of traffic impact, regulatory takings analyses, and litigation support),

• Impact Fee Administration (significant support for impact fee continuation, and implementation for parks, fire, police, transportation, bridge & culverts) 

• Contracts (including contract negotiation, informal, and formal bidding)

• Municipal Budgeting for at one point 13 City departments including budget proposals, presentations, five-year budget projections, and fund balance predictions.

• Brent had the singular privilege of being involved with the qualification solicitations, contracting, design review, and project management related to Caldwell’s Indian Creek Plaza along with Robb MacDonald, Keri Smith, Kelli Jenkins and other city leaders.

 

Brent launched Orton Engineering in 2015 outside of busy city work hours in early mornings, evenings, and Saturdays, gaining significant experience with the International Building Code through the code analysis and design of several small buildings and a handful of large building additions and modifications; developer-side land use efforts including a handful of subdivisions, roadway certifications, subsurface sewage disposal system reports, and support for customers’ small projects.

 

Beginning in 2023, Brent decided to step away from his work at the City of Caldwell to devote his full time to Orton Engineering and serving his clients.  

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Brent is the grateful father of 14 children with his remarkable wife Tanya. He cherishes his wife, his family, and his faith in God. Tanya and Brent love Caldwell and the Treasure Valley community.

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Orton Engineering is conversant with land use, building permits, and the development processes.  We understand the laws and the regulations facing you in your projects.  We seek positive working relationships with all involved and are ready to help you navigate the process.  

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Thank you for considering Orton Engineering.  We look forward to helping you and your project achieve success!