Valdes: Your Trusted Partner for Transportation Projects

At Valdes, we’re proud to bring our decades of multidisciplinary engineering expertise to the transportation industry—and even prouder to be prequalified with the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). This prequalification underscores our commitment to delivering exceptional service and innovative solutions for transportation projects across Illinois.

Expanding Into Transportation with Proven Excellence

Valdes has built a reputation as a trusted engineering partner across diverse markets, from government and higher education to manufacturing and utilities. Now, with our IDOT prequalifications, we are expanding our reach into the transportation sector—helping communities design, build, and maintain smarter, safer, and more sustainable infrastructure.

Our team offers comprehensive engineering and consulting services tailored to the unique challenges of roadway and transportation projects. Whether we’re supporting a local road improvement, a large-scale highway project, or advanced transportation infrastructure, we provide the expertise and resources to ensure success.

Our Transportation Services

Valdes offers a wide range of services to meet the needs of IDOT and other transportation clients:

• Transportation / Roadway Engineering – Complete roadway design and engineering solutions.
• Roadway Surveying – Precision surveys using advanced land survey and drone technology.
• Civil Engineering Design – Innovative, sustainable designs for roadway and transportation systems.
• Construction Engineering & Inspection (CE&I) – Quality control and inspection services to ensure projects meet design and regulatory standards.
• NPDES Permitting & SWPPP Preparation – Expertise in stormwater compliance and environmental permitting.
• Stormwater Modeling – Advanced modeling for effective water management and drainage design.
• Structural Engineering – Safe and efficient design of bridges, retaining walls, and other transportation structures.
• MicroStation / CAD / Civil 3D – Cutting-edge design software for precise and efficient project development.
• P6 Primavera Scheduling – Robust project scheduling and management capabilities.
• Electrical Engineering – Design of roadway lighting, signals, and intelligent transportation systems (ITS).

 IDOT Prequalifications

Valdes holds prequalifications in key IDOT categories, including:

• Special Services – Construction Inspection
• Special Services – Surveying
• Highways – Roads and Streets
• Special Services – Project Controls
• Special Services – Electrical Engineering

These prequalifications reflect our technical capabilities, our rigorous quality standards, and our readiness to support IDOT projects from concept through completion.

Why Choose Valdes?

As a multidisciplinary team, Valdes combines the agility of a focused team with the resources of a full-service firm. Our engineers, surveyors, and inspectors bring deep knowledge, innovative thinking, and a collaborative spirit to every project. With our IDOT prequalification, we’re ready to partner with municipalities, contractors, and agencies to drive Illinois’ transportation infrastructure forward.

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