CHG’s Sustainable Solutions Group leverages our core services of Design-Build, Construction Management, General Contracting, and Property Development providing a sound foundation for the provision of more integrated, sustainable professional services to communities and businesses alike. CHG’s Sustainable Solutions Group is a team of talented professionals with demonstrated leadership in design, estimating, engineering, development and management. The Sustainable Solutions Group’s goal is to provide consulting services to our clients whether public or private by adding value to their projects using sustainable solutions.

This group uses a system thinking approach to plan and manage the development of complex multi-faceted projects. This approach provides a high return on investment creating places and communities where people want to live, work, and shop that are stable and enduring.

This group’s approach considers the triple bottom line of the financial, environmental and social impacts of a project. We utilize our knowledge of the latest best practices in order to reduce operating costs, enhance building marketability, conserve natural resources, and increase worker productivity all within a context sensitive approach.

Inherent in our Sustainable Solutions Approach to Design and Development, we systematically integrate professionals from our other core disciplines including Design-Build, Construction Management, General Contracting, and Property Development that benefit our clients and their communities. It is our goal to provide sustainable solutions for your project providing the most return on your investment to the benefit of the economy, environment, and quality of life.

The Sustainable Solutions Group is experienced with planning and design of sustainable land development projects on a community, neighborhood and individual site basis. Specific services provided under this umbrella include:

Community, Neighborhood and Corridor Planning and Design Projects

• Area Master Planning
• Downtown/Neighborhood Redevelopment
• Thoroughfare Planning
• Streetscape Projects

Site Planning and Design

• Commercial, Industrial and Residential Site Development
• Institutional, Municipal and Campus projects
• Industrial/Commerce Park Planning and Design

Public Space Projects

• Park and Open Space Projects
• Park Master Planning
• Greenway Systems
• Community Use Facilities (park structures, civic facilities)
• Cultural Facilities

Project Development and Management

• Funding Assistance (Federal, State and Local)
• Design Workshops and Charrettes
• Design and Best Practice Guidelines
• Multi-disciplinary Project Management
• Design-Build Project Management
• Sustainable Design Reviews

Representative projects including sustainable practices:

Community, Neighborhood and Corridor Planning and Design Projects

• Brown Boulevard – Terre Haute, IN
• SR 56 Corridor Study – French Lick, IN
• West Baden Springs Master Plan – West Baden Springs, IN
• Edgewood Grove and Oakland Subdivisions - Terre Haute, IN

Site Planning and Design

• Sentry Logistics Solutions - Ameriplex - Indianapolis, IN
• Brampton Brick Manufacturing Complex - Sullivan County, IN
• Lebanon Municipal Building Campus – Lebanon, IN
• First Bank and Trust Headquarters – Paris, IL

Public Space Projects

• French Lick Town Center – French Lick, IN
• Festival Plaza Streetscape – Tuscola, IL
• Aquatic Center at Baker Park – New Castle, IN

Project Development and Management

• Seymour Law Enforcement Building - Seymour, IN
• Central Indiana Power Headquarters - Greenfield, IN