HISTORY

Ward Consulting Group was established in 1988 as specialists in the broad transportation engineering field covering traffic engineering, transportation planning, transportation demand management, traffic planning and design for land developments, parking, transit, trucks and traffic signals.  Since that time it has undertaken a wide range of studies on a variety of exciting assignments throughout British Columbia as well as the Yukon and Alberta.  These assignments have covered both the private and public sectors including:

PRIVATE

Ward Consulting Group’s assignments for the private sector include:

• undertaking traffic impact studies for new land developments to satisfy the requirements of the various regulatory jurisdictions
  
  
• preparing site plans that allow for the optimal flow of traffic into, around, and out of a development
  
  
• preparing conceptual designs of off-site road and intersection improvements
  
  
• determining parking requirements for mixed-use or non-standard developments
  
  
• negotiating with the various jurisdictions during the approval process.
  
  
  

PUBLIC

Ward Consulting Group’s assignments for the public sector includes:

• preparation of comprehensive transportation network plans for municipalities
  
  
• developing computer models to project future traffic flows on a road network
  
  
• identifying improvements to provide for more efficient traffic flows along street and highway corridors
  
  
• establishing traffic and parking plans for upgrading downtown areas
  
  
• forecasting expected ridership demand on proposed rapid transit lines
  
  
• designing new traffic signals and coordination systems for signals along a corridor
  
  
• conceptual designs of at-grade and multi-level parking facilities
  
  
• preparing conceptual plans for the upgrading of arterial roads, highways, and interchanges.