Abbott Charles Associates

Established in 1973, VA Consulting is an engineering firm specializing in the fields of land development, transportation, water resources, and land surveying. It provides planning, design, and construction services. Its staff includes registered civil engineers, traffic engineers, land surveyors, planners, designers and mapping technicians. The firm provides various land development services, such as entitlement processing, due diligence, infrastructure design and construction support. It provides tract maps, grading and drainage services. VA Consulting offers various water resources, such as water distribution and pump and sewer collection and treatment systems. It provides watershed management and flood routing services. The firm provides transportation and traffic engineering services. It has offices in Rancho Mirage, Corona and Irvine, Calif.

When Geofon Incorporated was initially founded in 1983, the firm provided a range of geotechnical and environmental services to a variety of public and private clients throughout Southern California. The firm has greatly expanded its technical and geographical coverage, offering environmental engineering and remediation, civil construction and regulatory compliance for federal, local government and commercial clients throughout the Western United States. Geofon has also added regulatory, policy and processing services for the food industry. A significant portion of Geofon s business (more than $100 million) has come from its relationship with the United States Department of Defense, which dates back to 1984. The company also works with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command.