Understanding our clients’ goals and aiding them in achieving those goals from a water resources perspective is our primary focus.
Understanding our clients’ goals and aiding them in achieving those goals from a water resources perspective is our primary focus.
Department Supervisor:
Koryun Shahbikian, LLM, M.Eng., P.Eng. (Partner)
Koryun Shahbikian, LLM, M.Eng., P.Eng. (Partner)
Koryun started with Schaeffers in 2005 as a motivated municipal infrastructure designer with previous international experience in leading roles. Today Koryun is managing Water Resources Department and has accumulated over 20 years of experience in water resources and municipal engineering. Koryun is a proficient and enthusiastic manager, who oversees day to day activities, ensures staff and resources allocation, provides technical review and problem solving direction, exercises tight budget control and maintains liaison with clients and approval agencies.
Koryun has vast practical knowledge in project management and control, design of linear infrastructure and grading, design of storm water and LID facilities, computer modelling and analysis. He is actively promoting application of treatment train approach and innovative LID solutions through multi agency discussions and charrette meetings. His engineering and legal training allows him to interpret legislative requirements and to implement permissible engineering solutions that maximize development limits.
Our creative, efficient and cost effective solutions have stood the test of time in serving our clients and building long lasting communities. Schaeffers is known for producing stormwater management solutions in a prompt, efficient manner in order to serve our clients so they can meet any critical timelines for their projects.
Our assortment of projects range from small site plans to large city blocks. Our services can be used early in the process, such as aiding in due diligence analyses at the time land is purchased, to final assumption of a subdivision. In between these two end points of services, Schaeffers can participate in Master Environmental Servicing Plans (MESP), produce Functional Servicing Reports, Design Reports and many other such reports supporting design of infrastructure works for land development. Besides the above direct design related services, Schaeffers also has experience in indirect support services, such as managing a team of consultants in the preparation of a MESP, review of a municipality’s Development Charges or providing evidence at a Local Planning Approval Tribunal.
Water Supply
Supply of potable water to a land development project is naturally one of the key aspects of municipal infrastructure. Schaeffers has extensive experience in municipal water supply and distribution. Our water resources department works closely with our municipal design department to create efficient and cost effective solutions. To design watermain distribution systems, our team utilizes computer software such as WaterCAD. Such modelling will ensure a sustainable water supply system for the residents and providing water for fire protection. We work closely with local municipal staff to ensure harmony with the existing water supply system of the municipality.
Sanitary Wastewater Servicing
Besides supplying water, there is a need to safely and efficiently convey away wastewater with sanitary sewers. Our water resources staff supports our design department in the design of these systems whether it’s a free flowing gravity system, a pressurized forcemain system or resolution of infiltration/inflow issues. In many cases, complicated downstream systems are analyzed to determine available capacity for proposed land development. Various computer programs are at the disposal of our staff to procure effective and cost efficient solutions.
Stormwater Management and Flood Control
Over the years, stormwater management (SWM) has moved to the forefront of municipal infrastructure design. Mitigating the adverse effects of stormwater has proven to be a challenging task. Schaeffers addresses stormwater in many areas of land development.
At the MESP stage, Schaeffers addresses minor/major stormwater drainage systems, preliminary SWM pond design, preliminary culvert design and water balance.
At a more detailed, discrete level, Schaeffers can get involved in individual site plan applications for industrial/commercial or residential condominium developments. Stormwater engineering services for development at site plan level can include on-site detention on parking lots and on roof tops, along with availability of a multitude of LID techniques.
Other typical water resources assignments that often materialize during the approval process may include culvert designs, flood plain open space delineation, flood plain hydraulic modelling, natural channel design, erosion and siltation control, and natural heritage features water balance.
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