StructuralCivilMechanicalCalgary & Edmonton
Kestrel Ridge is a 45-person consultancy designing, assessing and supporting the construction of industrial facilities, municipal infrastructure and commercial buildings across Alberta. Send us your RFP or drawings and you'll have a scoped, fixed-fee proposal within five business days.
Current fee-proposal turnaround: 4.2 business days (trailing 90-day average)
New facility, expansion, site development or retrofit. Send scope, schedule and any drawings — we'll return a fixed-fee proposal.
Request a proposal 02 / GENERAL CONTRACTORSDesign-build, delegated design, temporary works or a tender that needs an engineer of record. Tell us the closing date.
Send a bid invitation 03 / FACILITY MANAGERSCracking, deflection, leaks, a change of use or an insurer's request. We'll scope a condition assessment and site visit.
Book an assessment01 Disciplines
Structural, civil and mechanical engineers sit in the same room, so your foundations, pipe supports and grading plan are coordinated before they hit the drawings — not in a clash meeting six weeks later.
Steel, concrete, timber and masonry for industrial, commercial and institutional buildings.
Site servicing and grading for industrial lots, subdivisions and municipal upgrades.
Process and utility piping, pressure equipment and stress analysis for industrial owners.
Independent reviews for owners, condo boards, lenders and insurers — with costed, prioritized recommendations.
Engineers on site when it matters — shop drawing review, field reviews and the letters of assurance that close out your permit.
02 Selected projects
Most of our clients are under confidentiality, so we describe projects by owner type, region and specification. Detailed references are available with every proposal.
Showing 9 of 9 projects
Midstream gas plant · West-central Alberta
Two-tier, 96 m pipe rack extension with process tie-ins during a 9-day planned turnaround. Stress analysis on 41 lines.
Municipal district · Edmonton region
Deep utilities, 2.1 km of rural industrial roadway and a wet stormwater pond for a 64 ha business park expansion.
Condominium corporation · Calgary Beltline
Full condition assessment, thermal survey and 25-year reserve fund study. Repairs prioritized into a three-year capital plan.
Agri-equipment dealer · Southern Alberta
Foundation design, PEMB review and field reviews for a 4,200 m² storage and service building with 12 m clear span doors.
Food processing plant · Lethbridge region
Phased replacement of engine-room headers and 640 m of distribution piping while the plant stayed in production.
Office property owner · Calgary NW
Chloride testing, slab and column repairs, and a traffic-membrane specification. Phased so 70% of stalls stayed open.
Town · Foothills County area
32 m prefabricated steel truss crossing, abutments, erosion protection and 1.4 km of multi-use pathway with grant reporting.
Design-build GC · Calgary inner city
Engineer of record for a four-storey CLT and glulam office over a concrete podium, including connection design and field review.
Village utility · Central Alberta
Pump replacement, station piping, standby power interface and site regrading to address flooding at the reservoir yard.
03 How we work
Procurement deadlines don't wait. Every request gets a named project manager on day one and a scoped proposal by day five — or we'll tell you on day one why we're not the right fit.
Day 0
RFP documents, drawings, photos or just a description. Partial information is fine.
Day 1
Acknowledgement, conflict check and a named PM. Clarifying questions come in one batch, not a drip.
Day 2–3
Scoping call or site visit within 150 km of either office, at no charge for proposals over $15k.
Day 5
Fixed fee by phase, schedule, assumptions, exclusions and the team you'll actually get.
Award
Signed agreement, kick-off meeting and a document register shared with your team.
| Structure | Best for |
|---|---|
| Fixed fee by phase | Defined scopes: new builds, site servicing, assessments |
| Time & materials, capped | Investigations and brownfield work with unknowns |
| Master services agreement | Owners with recurring call-outs and small projects |
| Design-build subconsultant | GC-led bids, priced to your tender closing |
04 Request a proposal
Two routes in: owners and developers request a proposal, contractors send a bid invitation. Both go straight to our proposals desk and a discipline lead — not a generic inbox.
05 Quality & safety
Owners' contractor-management portals, municipal vendor lists and GC prequalification packages — we keep the paperwork current so your procurement team doesn't wait on us.
Every stamped deliverable is checked by a second professional engineer who didn't design it. Check sets are retained for the life of the project.
Codes, loads, materials and assumptions are agreed in writing at kick-off, so there are no surprises at 90% review.
Our people complete an FLHA before every site visit and follow your site orientation and permit-to-work system without exception.
RFIs, change orders and field issues are logged and reviewed quarterly, and feed directly back into our standard details.
Field review reports issued within 48 hours, with photographs, deficiencies and close-out status in one register.
06 Leadership
Principals stay on projects. The person who scopes your proposal is the person who reviews your design — and picks up the phone during construction.
Principal · Structural
Twenty-two years in industrial structures, from pipe racks to process buildings. Leads the Calgary office.
M.Sc. Structural · Calgary
Principal · Civil & Municipal
Former municipal engineer who now designs on the other side of the counter. Leads the Edmonton office.
PMP · Edmonton
Director · Mechanical & Piping
Pressure piping and stress analysis specialist; runs our ABSA registration and turnaround-scope work.
B.Eng. Mechanical · Calgary
Lead · Building Envelope & Condition
Has assessed more than 300 buildings across Alberta, from strip malls to 30-storey towers.
BEP · Calgary
Manager · Construction Services
Coordinates field reviews and temporary works for 40+ active sites; the person GCs call at 6 a.m.
Gold Seal · Edmonton
Manager · Proposals & QA
Owns the five-day proposal commitment and our QMS. If your request is stuck, Kelsey wants to know.
CRSP · Calgary
07 Careers
EIT mentorship to P.Eng., paid APEGA dues, a four-day compressed schedule option and real responsibility early.
08 FAQ
Questions procurement teams and estimators ask us most often.
Yes, for scopes under $500k in engineering fees once we have your documents. Larger or multi-phase pursuits get a confirmed submission date on day one, usually within ten business days.
Across Alberta, plus northeast B.C. and western Saskatchewan. Site visits beyond 150 km are quoted at cost, and we schedule them to coincide with other field work where we can.
Yes. Send the portal link or the document number through the form and we'll register, track addenda and submit through the portal ourselves.
Regularly. We carry the professional liability for our design, provide stamped drawings and Schedule letters of assurance, and price to your bid closing date.
That's common. Send what you have and choose "Budget pricing only" under procurement. We'll return an order-of-magnitude fee and a list of what's needed to firm it up.
Uploads are stored in a Canadian data centre with access limited to the proposal team. We'll sign your NDA before you send anything and delete files after 12 months if no work proceeds.
09 Contact