Community Planning
Decision makers involved in planning for the long-term growth of their community need key information close at hand. This includes population projections, demands on water and wastewater infrastructure, available land for housing and building construction, and more. FNESL President, Justin Gee, is a Registered Professional Planner with the Canadian Institute of Planners. He oversees all community planning work carried out by our team.
We have extensive experience in creating land use plans, capital planning studies and comprehensive community plans for a variety of communities. These  core documents that allow to make informed decisions, including demographics, population projections, housing requirements, 20-to-50-year future demands, infrastructure requirements, land use analysis and recommendations, and financing needs to make it happen.
Asset Management Planning
It is becoming more accessible for smaller municipalities and First Nations to manage their own detailed inventory of community’s infrastructure assets. Asset management planning allows you to adopt an ongoing, long-term view of maintenance and lifecycle needs for all infrastructure within your community.
Detailed tools help prioritize and schedule maintenance, maximizing operating lifespans of assets and allow you to make informed, economical decisions to plan your budget for eventual retrofits and replacements. Assets can include buildings, emergency response systems, vehicle fleets, roads, water/wastewater, energy supply, cultural and recreation, and solid waste management. FNESL equips you with a complete, current asset management plan along with the tools and knowledge to use and maintain this plan into the future.
Community Water Supply
A community’s needs for a water supply systems can vary greatly, based on the community size, layout, and raw water source. We have extensive experience delivering systems for small and medium sized municipalities and First Nations – with our systems being among the most resilient in Ontario.
FNESL’s state-of-the-art water system designs have made us a preferred firm to meeting the water needs of First Nations. Our top priority is always to develop solutions that provide excellent finished water quality while also being economical to build and operate over the life of the system. All of our designs include consideration for future expansion, allowing a well-maintained system to last beyond the standard 20-year design horizon.
Wastewater Collection & Treatment
Our experienced, knowledgeable and client service-oriented team will provide innovative, high-value, cost-effective and environmentally sound solutions to treat sewage and protect your lakes, rivers, and groundwater. We ensure the right technology is employed to meet clients’ needs and the strictest effluent quality standards and guidelines, while being manageable and economical to operate.
Land Development
Providing services for residential, commercial, institutional and industrial development projects. We specialize in meeting client’s unique needs while utilizing practical, cost efficient, environmentally sensitive and effective practices and procedures. Correct land development allows stormwater to drain effectively from the site through controlled runoff channels and infiltration into the groundwater regime.
Our experience ranges from single lot development for institutional, commercial or residential buildings, up to full residential subdivisions spanning many hectares. We can plan, design, and construct your development, as well as offer project and construction management services.
Roads
We provide a complete range of roads, highway, and bridge services including planning, design, construction, reconstruction, inspections, and condition assessments. FNESL will ensure your roads meet all necessary standards, as well as your community’s needs.
Our experience includes paved roads, as well as resilient, engineered granular surface roadways for rural communities. Roads design decisions should be made with consideration for the local conditions. The right subgrade design, choice of geotextile or geogrid, combined with appropriately designed granular layers can save money and labour on maintenance and reconstruction over time. This is irrespective of whether the final surface of the road is asphalt or granular.
Buildings
Working with our sister company, K.L. Martin & Associates, FNESL will complete the design of your building from concept to key handover. Whether the objective is new construction, expansion, rehabilitation, or condition assessments, we provide high quality service while keeping environmental impact in mind. Structural, mechanical, electrical, and building professionals are key members of our residential, commercial, and industrial technical team.
Electrical Engineering Design
We have the expertise to provide our clients a range of electrical engineering design services including emergency backup systems for buildings and infrastructure, building automation and controls, electrical distribution design, surge/lightning protection, equipment schematics, and communications telemetry.
Structural Engineering
Our team has the expertise to deliver various structural engineering services for buildings, foundations, elevated storage reservoirs, and bridges. These services include structural condition inspections, and structural design for new construction projects, renovations, and additions.
E-ACRS Asset Condition Reporting
FNESL is one of just a few firms in Ontario qualified to complete the Extended Asset Condition Reporting System (E-ACRS) under the Indigenous Services Canada program. We are working directly with First Nations and through Tribal Councils to provide this service to First Nations throughout the province. From Pelee Island in the South to Fort Severn in the North, and from the Manitoba Border to the Ottawa River.
Our team of inspectors deliver detailed, quality reports that help you to identify immediate, medium-term, and long-term major and minor capital needs, and O&M needs for all federally funded First Nation assets.