COMPANY PROFILE
GATES + ASSOCIATES is a women-owned, SBE-certified 30-person Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and Land Planning firm located at our sole office in Walnut Creek, where all work will be performed. Established in 1977, our lasting success is due to our unique blend of strong design skills, sensitivity to the influence of environmental and cultural settings, understanding of construction realities, and true commitment to consensus building. Our firm’s returning client base and numerous design awards reflect this commitment. We strive to enrich user experience through each project’s unique space, and utilize a combination of leadership and technical knowledge to transform conceptual visions into reality. The spaces we design are not only usable, educational, and inspirational but durable and designed for maintainable longevity. We strongly advocate the integration of sustainable design practices, and our firm brings extensive knowledge of stormwater management BMPs and Water Efficient Landscape Strategies. Gates is also is an industry leader in ReScape Landscapes, and includes LEED Accredited Professionals, certified inclusive play designers, and an in-house arborist.
MISSION STATEMENT
Gates + Associates strives to make the world a better place by getting people outside.
Our firm lives and breathes a passion for exploring parks of all kinds and learning what makes them welcoming & successful. As stewards of the land, we enjoy partnering with municipalities throughout California to understand their goals and current issues to strategically and thoughtfully plan, design and construct park & recreation facilities that truly reflect the needs & priorities of their constituents.
PUBLIC SECTOR EXPERIENCE
A significant portion of our work involves public bid projects – parks, trails, streetscapes, libraries, civic centers and schools. As a result, we have implemented numerous procedures and standards for quality control and constructability review at key milestones in the design process. Each year, Gates oversees the construction of millions of dollars of improvements, and have developed a process that ensures we honor initial promises while remaining within budget. Our plans and specifications are internally reviewed prior to submittal for constructability and consistency with local standards. We pride ourselves on our ability to deliver quality projects in a “low bid” environment and with a very low change order record.
SUBCONSULTANTS
We are thrilled to include Rich Souza with CSW for civil engineering services on this project. Rich has over 19 years professional engineering experience including ten years of managing projects for public agencies and private developers. Rich has managed many projects that involved coordination with multiple stakeholders, gaining approvals from multiple agencies and forming consensus from multiple groups of interest.
Jeff Bradshaw with RMA will provide irrigation services on this project. He has over three decades of experience in various aspects of irrigation consulting including design, plan review, design review, irrigation and water management, master planning, hydraulic calculation, project specifications, field observation, irrigation scheduling, water usage calculation and irrigation water auditing.
John Buckley Square, Pittsburg, CA
Westborough Park, South San Francisco, CA
Workshop Booth at a “Back to School” Event
Tunitas Creek County Beach, San Mateo County, CA