Professional Services

Planning
For EGT, strategic planning is a method of operation and a means to a successful end. Our intense and comprehensive process brings together the best minds in your organization or community to create a meaningful vision and a realistic plan to reach it.

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Civil Engineering Design Services
You will discover a group of dedicated people and professionals working to deliver the best in consulting services, whether they are in the form of economic advisor, financial advisor, planning, design, or inspection services. Our services are strategically scoped in collaboration with our clients, and are delivered with the skill and attention we would want if we were purchasing such services for ourselves. We strive to be conscious of the long terms affects of our projects upon the communities we serve, building sustainable elements into our projects to protect our environment while building economic opportunity. Our commitment to “GREEN” is reflected in the services we deliver, the people we employ, the way we educate and train.

Inherent in our Sustainable Solutions Approach to Design and Engineering, we systematically integrate professionals that benefit our clients and their communities. It is our goal to provide sustainable solutions for your project providing the most return on your investment to the benefit of the economy, environment and quality of life.

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Building/Facilities Construction
We deliver projects more expediently and more efficiently, in terms of cost. By focusing on how to deliver the project in a manner that best represents our clients’ interests, as opposed to how to deliver the project making the most money, we consistently deliver projects that are:

  • Less expensive
  • Of higher quality
  • More innovative
  • Completed in 70% of the time required using the traditional design-bid-build approach
  • Coordinated in a manner that is less disruptive to on-going operations
  • Minimally at risk (in terms of traffic, safety, and health hazards)

We believe in the true “team” approach between the design entities and the constructors. Our experience as a designer, design builder, construction manager, and general contractor provides us with perspectives that allow us to validate processes, verify budgets, and offer alternatives to other project professionals assuring successful project outcomes.

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Economic Development
Would you like to diversify your local economy with new major employers or a multitude of small local businesses? Are you interested in doing more to retain your existing basic employers? Does your region have untapped potential for tourism? Are infrastructure improvements needed? We can help.

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Community Development
We offer planning research and project management services in every community development area. These areas include housing, neighborhood development, infrastructure planning, and education. EGT works with both governmental departments as well as not-for-profit groups. Examples of our work are writing grant applications for funding from federal and state government; surveying neighborhood residents; and helping clients create effective strategies for new projects.

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Comprehensive Plans
The most important work in a comprehensive plan will happen long before development strategies are devised or the maps are drawn. Instead, the most crucial step is the community’s determination to shape its future. We can help guide your town, city or county in its new roadmap.   We understand the importance of listening and know it’s the critical first step in helping to shape your vision. We listen to your goals, values and budget and then translate that vision into a distinctive, functional solution unique to your community.

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Downtown Revitalization
New streetscapes, renovated buildings, and flowers alone are not enough to turn a downtown around. Successful downtown leaders know that crafting economic strategies that create and sustain vibrant business activity is critical.  We help  communities across the Midwest develop strategies that do just that. We offer revitalization services that help downtown business districts of any size reposition themselves in the marketplace, including: market position assessments, retail/office/and residential market analysis, strategic planning, vision and goal setting, strategy development, and implementation plans.

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Small Business Development
Small businesses are the engines of the new economy. EGT wants your business to succeed. We can help by providing:

  • One-on-one business counseling and management assistance
  • Assistance with the development of business plans
  • Help accessing marketing information and the development of business plans
  • Business Financing Programs
  • Assistance with financial analysis and planning
  • Access to business education and training opportunities

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Visioning
Does your community have a vision that guides the work of local government and community development organizations? EGT can bring together your local leaders and residents to develop a community vision statement. Once the community agrees on this vision, it becomes easier to gain support for the goals and objectives through which that vision can be reached.

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New Business Recruitment
New business recruitment is probably the economic development industry's most competitive arena. EGT will make your efforts more productive with such services as:

  • Target industry analysis
  • Strategic recruitment planning
  • Organizational evaluation
  • Marketing communications
  • Planning for industrial parks and sites
  • Economic impact analysis may also be useful, helping you assess the potential impacts of new locations in various types of industries

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Recreation and Tourism
EGT can help your community make the most of its recreational and tourism opportunities. Whether your community needs a plan to increase or improve recreational resources, a strategy to attract more tourists or an assessment of the recreational and tourism value in your community, our team knows the playing field. We are also experts in identifying recreational possibilities for existing facilities and resources as well as in the integration of environmental priorities and recreational possibilities.

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