Electric substation with lattice steel structures and overhead lines

Electric • Gas • Traffic • Program Delivery

Utility Infrastructure Engineering That Works in the Real World

Engineering, design, and program delivery for electric, gas, and municipal utility infrastructure, from planning through construction.

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Who we are

Multidisciplinary utility engineering built around real project delivery.

HECHO Consulting Group is a multidisciplinary utility engineering practice serving electric, gas, municipal, and infrastructure clients with practical design, deep technical expertise, and disciplined project delivery. We cover power delivery, gas and pipeline, traffic and civil, and program and project management, taking work from planning and design through construction support.

Built for utility programs that need responsiveness, constructability, technical ownership, and room to scale.

HECHO Consulting Group is a DBA of Badger Engineering LLC.

Pipe assembly and excavation beside a power plant and substation

Certified diverse supplier

Certified. Diverse. Utility-focused.

WBEWomen-Owned Business Enterprise
Certified Business
MBEMinority-Owned Business Enterprise
Certified Business
SBESmall Business Enterprise
Los Angeles

We give utility clients responsive engineering support while adding certified diverse and small-business participation to their supplier programs.

Core utility capabilities

Integrated expertise for utility infrastructure

From electric and gas engineering to traffic, civil, and program delivery, we bring together the disciplines complex utility projects need to move forward.

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Power Delivery

Power Delivery Engineering

Engineering and design support for electric transmission, distribution, and substation infrastructure, from system upgrades and rebuilds to new installations and interconnections.

  • Transmission Line Design & PLS-CADD
  • Overhead & Underground Distribution
  • Substation Physical Design
  • Protection & Control Support
  • Structure & Equipment Upgrades
  • Routing, ROW & Utility Coordination
  • Constructability & Construction Support

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Large valve being installed in a shored pipeline trench

Gas & Pipeline

Gas & Pipeline Engineering

Engineering and design support for gas transmission and distribution systems, pipeline integrity programs, valve automation, and utility facilities.

  • Gas Transmission & Distribution Design
  • Pipeline Engineering
  • RCV / ASV / Valve Automation
  • Pipeline Integrity
  • Hydrotest Planning & Procedures
  • Measurement & Regulation Facilities
  • I&C / SCADA Integration
  • Construction Support

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Pipeline excavation with shoring and traffic control along a city street

Traffic & Civil

Traffic & Civil Engineering

Traffic and civil engineering that keeps utility work safe and buildable in busy roadway and urban settings.

  • Temporary Traffic Control Plans
  • Work-Zone Engineering
  • Traffic Signal Plans & Coordination
  • Agency & Jurisdictional Coordination
  • Utility Conflict Resolution
  • Civil Site Design
  • Grading & Site Improvements
  • Construction-Phase Support

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Program Delivery

Program & Project Management

Program and project management for complex utility capital programs, from early planning and scope development through design, construction, and closeout.

  • Program & Project Management
  • Project Initiation & Scoping
  • Scheduling & Estimating
  • Cost & Change Management
  • Risk Management
  • Project Controls
  • Construction Coordination
  • Executive & Stakeholder Reporting

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Select project experience

Utility infrastructure experience delivered in real operating environments.

Our team has supported pipeline modernization, valve automation, controls and SCADA, hydrostatic testing, traffic control, and construction coordination across Southern California.

L-1177

Gas Transmission • Automation • Traffic Control

L-1177 Northrop Valve Automation

Replacement and automation of a 20-inch mainline valve, adding remote shut-off and retrofit ILI launch and receive points in a dense urban corridor.

Manhattan Beach, California

L-406

Pipeline Integrity • Hydrotest

L-406 Hydrotest Program

Hydrostatic testing support for roughly 15 miles of 22-inch transmission pipeline crossing HCAs, Caltrans roads, parks, golf courses, and mountain terrain.

Ventura to Thousand Oaks, California

Wilson & 8th

Controls • SCADA • Gas Facilities

Control Center Modernization: Wilson & 8th

Remote control, monitoring, and SCADA integration for pressure, flow, and filter differential, with remote isolation of individual regulation runs.

L-235

Automation • Instrumentation

L-235 Crucero Road

Field controls modernization with a new line-break panel, pressure transducer, valve position monitoring, remote communications, and autonomous power equipment.

Services referenced were performed by Badger Engineering as part of larger utility project teams and/or as a subcontractor. Descriptions reflect Badger’s scope and participation and do not imply prime contractor responsibility for the overall program.

Flexible delivery models

The right support for the way your program operates

We adapt to each client and assignment, from full engineering scopes and task-order work to embedded technical resources, with clear technical ownership and accountability throughout.

01

Project & Task-Order Delivery

Defined engineering scopes where we own coordination, technical execution, quality, and deliverables.

02

Program Support

Scalable multidisciplinary support for ongoing utility programs, capital portfolios, and shifting workloads.

03

Embedded Technical Resources

Experienced engineers, designers, and project professionals who join your team with our wider technical and leadership bench behind them.

Why HECHO

Small-firm responsiveness. Large-project experience.

You get the access and agility of a specialized firm, backed by professionals who understand the technical, operational, and commercial demands of complex utility programs.

01

Senior-Level Involvement

Senior technical and project leaders stay engaged through the whole assignment, not just pursuit and kickoff.

02

Utility-Focused Experience

Hands-on experience across electric, gas, traffic, civil, and utility program delivery.

03

Flexible & Scalable

One focused task, an embedded role on your team, or resources scaled around a larger program.

04

Constructability Mindset

We design with the field in mind: safety, operations, permitting, traffic impacts, sequencing, and construction constraints.

Build with HECHO

Help us build what’s next.

We’re growing a team of engineers, designers, project managers, and technical professionals who want to solve hard utility infrastructure problems and build something meaningful along the way.

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New substation with steel structures, insulators, and yellow safety bollards

Let’s work together

Have a project, program, or resource need?

Whether you need a multidisciplinary engineering partner, support on a specific task order, or added technical capacity for an existing program, we’re ready to help.