Civil and Environmental Engineering Built for Complex Projects & Rooted in the Midwest.
Since 1984, Sunde Engineering has focused on the complex, fast-moving projects that developers, industrial owners, aggregate mine operators, and the professionals who work alongside them require. We deliver the regional expertise, technical depth, and integrated civil and environmental capabilities that the Midwest's most demanding sites require. We know this regulatory environment because we've spent four decades working in it. When you hire Sunde Engineering, our expertise, insight, and full attention are dedicated to one outcome: yours.
No Learning Curves. No Silos. Just Momentum.
When civil and environmental scopes are siloed, or when generalist firms have to learn regulations on the fly, projects suffer costly delays. Sunde Engineering solves both challenges. For more than four decades, we have focused our expertise on the Midwest's regulatory environment and the demands of complex projects.
With our civil and environmental engineering housed under one roof, you get an integrated team that sees the full picture and works with you through every stage of the project.
Civil Engineering
Site Development, Site Civil Engineering Design, Stormwater, Water Resource Management, and Watershed District Permitting, Construction Administration
Environmental Services
Environmental Site Assessments and Review (Phase I ESAs, EAWs, EISs), Aggregate Mine Planning and Permitting, Geologic and Hydrogeologic Investigations, Permitting (Wetland Permitting, Solid Waste Planning and Permitting, Water Appropriations, NPDES Permits, Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP) and SPCC Plans)
Sustainable Design & Site Planning
Site Preservation, Waste Reduction, Reuse and Recycling, Energy Conservation, Stormwater Management
Four decades in the Midwest's most regulated markets & built for its most challenging projects.
Here's what 40 years of working in the Midwest's most demanding markets actually looks like.
Civil and Environmental Engineering Where Outcomes Matter
Sunde Engineering works for businesses and organizations navigating the intersection of property development, environmental responsibility, and regulatory compliance, where the outcome matters to our clients and the surrounding community. We bring hands-on experience with the specific permitting and regulatory processes those projects require, and we prepare submissions with the thoroughness and precision that complex review processes demand. That experience helps us identify and address potential challenges early and balance your project's pace with the civil and environmental standards it has to meet. When you hire Sunde Engineering, our expertise, insight, and full attention are dedicated to your project outcomes.
The Regional Expertise That Only Time Can Build
Forty years in the Midwest means deep, hands-on experience with the specific processes that watershed districts, the MPCA, DNR regulators, EQB, and the Army Corps require for projects like yours. We know how these reviews are structured, what documentation they typically require, and how to prepare submissions that meet regulatory requirements.
Thousands of Projects Completed
From initial investigation to final completion, we've delivered complex engineering design, permitting, environmental consulting, and operational support for a wide range of industries across the Midwest.
Civil and Environmental Under One Roof
When civil and environmental engineering come from separate firms, the gaps between them become your problem. At Sunde, both disciplines live under one roof, which avoids miscommunications and hand-offs that delay projects and erode budgets.
Here for the Long Term
Sunde Engineering isn't optimizing for a single project. We're building relationships that span decades and are committed to the firm's long-term growth. That means we're adding capacity, deepening expertise, and investing in the team so we can be the firm you call for any civil or environmental engineering work.
Depth and Regional Reach
Developers, industrial owners, aggregate mine operators, and the professionals who work alongside them need a partner who knows their regulatory environment and moves at their speed.
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Minnetonka, Minnesota Sunde Engineering provided a full set of construction documents for a senior living community, including layout and grading design for a multi-functional resident amenity space.
St. Paul, Minnesota Sunde Engineering integrated a new maintenance facility into a 100-year-old golf course, navigating steep slopes, a mature tree canopy, and a protected creek bend while preserving sight lines for club members.
Maple Grove, Minnesota Town Green Park is a compelling example of reclamation and what Sunde Engineering helps makes possible — transforming a former aggregate mine extraction site into a vibrant public park that will serve the community for generations.
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Growing Team
Sunde Engineering is expanding our team of civil and environmental engineers across the Midwest. We're looking for professionals who want to build deep regional expertise, work with private clients, and be part of a firm with four decades of history and a long future ahead of it.
Complex Permitting Environments Are Where We Do Our Best Work.
The Midwest's permitting environment is complex, agency-specific, and unforgiving of firms that don't know it. Since 1984, Sunde Engineering has helped developers, aggregate mine operators, industrial owners, and the professionals who work alongside them navigate it — and build with confidence.