Water Resources
Connecting Communities Through Water
48
local waterways we’ve worked in and around
$250k
donated to water resiliency organizations
11
beavers rescued and relocated
115+
Water Resources projects
Water Resource Expert
Our team is passionate about integrating rivers into communities in a real, tangible way.

How We Help
- Bank stabilization
- Boat ramps
- Bridge scour
- Channel restoration
- Dam and spillway design
- Debris protection
- Diversions and hydraulic structures
- Erosion control
- Feasibility studies
- Flood mitigation
- Geomorphology
- Holistic stream planning
- Hydrology and Hydraulics (H&H) modeling
- In-stream and pumped whitewater parks
- In-Water recreation
- Low Impact Development
- Master planning
- Moveable obstacles
- Permitting
- Pond design
- Rainwater harvesting
- Recirculating water
- Retaining walls
- River engineering
- River restoration
- River surf parks and adjustable waves
- Storm conveyance
- Stormwater management
- Stream bed enhancements
- Swiftwater rescue centers
- Training canals
- Waterway access
- Wetlands mitigation
Why Calibre

“Our expertise extends to managing comprehensive inventories, assessing the condition of existing infrastructure, and strategically planning capital improvements. We prioritize projects to maximize efficiency and effectiveness, ensuring the longevity of water networks.”
Brian Stephens-Hotopp, PE, CFM, CPESC, CPSWQ, ENV-SP
Vice President, Engineering Services

We love
water
We appreciate water’s significant impact on the environment, the community, and the lives of the people we serve. Our team believes in the power of recreation and access and the principles of resilient design, ecological preservation, and habitat restoration.

Community
focused
We integrate rivers into communities, focusing on recreation, access, the economy, and overall well-being. We tailor our designs to the community’s needs while promoting sustainable water management practices.

Responsible Transformation
Our Water Resources team continually seeks to preserve the health and vitality of the communities in which we work while continuing to push boundaries and deliver high-Calibre designs.
What Clients are Saying
“Working with Calibre is a pleasure. Specifically, their performance has, and continues to be, exceptional as we have planned and engineered River Mile. As engineers, they are uniquely creative as they both solve engineering and planning problems.”
Christopher Shears, FAIA, SAR+
“The Calibre team shows great poise in reacting to the ever-changing project needs, and I’m regularly impressed with the speed at which they produce such quality work.”
Evan Kurtis, Construction Manager, REVESCO Properties
“Calibre looks beyond the usual run of the mill approaches and instead offers out of the box thinking that make our projects better.”
Kyle Harris, Senior Vice President, Master Planned Communities, McWhinney
Featured Projects

Denver | CO
Located in the heart of downtown Denver, the South Platte River Rehabilitation project spans one...

Denver | CO
Situated in the vibrant heart of Downtown Denver, Calibre is proud to contribute to a...

Englewood | CO
Calibre conducted a comprehensive assessment of a critical CMP and RCP stormwater pipe. The project...

Aurora | CO
Calibre undertook a comprehensive stormwater master planning project for the 1,200-acre Original Aurora area in...

Littleton | CO
The Jackass Gulch project encompasses approximately 1,000 acres of critical watershed management. Calibre was contracted...

Englewood | CO
In July 2018, Englewood faced unprecedented 100-year flooding events that severely impacted three major basins,...