Infrastructure, Transportation & Real Estate Advisory | Integrated Strategies for Complex, Place‑Based Outcomes

GRAVES Civic Solutions (GRAVES) delivers integrated advisory services at the intersection of infrastructure, transportation, land use, real estate, and public policy. Our team combines deep expertise in urban and transportation planning, landscape architecture, engineering, sustainability, public affairs, and real estate development to help public agencies and partners move complex projects from vision to implementation.

We support clients through every phase of the built environment lifecycle—from early planning and policy alignment to design coordination, stakeholder engagement, and delivery strategy—ensuring projects are technically sound, politically viable, and community‑centered.

Leading transformative infrastructure and development initiatives requires more than technical analysis. It demands interdisciplinary collaboration, clear governance strategies, and an understanding of how transportation, public realm design, real estate economics, climate resilience, and social impact intersect in real places. GRAVES works alongside clients to align agencies, elected bodies, community voices, and private partners around shared objectives and implementable outcomes.

Our consultants bring experience from municipal planning departments, transportation agencies, universities, engineering and design teams, and owner‑side delivery environments, allowing us to bridge planning, policy, design, and execution with credibility across sectors.

WHO WE SERVE

  • Municipal, county, and state government entities

  • Transit, transportation agencies, and airport authorities

  • Higher education institutions, universities, and public institutions

  • Family offices, private investors, and real estate developers

OUR SOLUTIONS INCLUDE

  • Infrastructure, Transportation & Urban Planning: Transportation planning, multimodal corridor studies, transit performance evaluation, complete streets, public‑realm planning, and zoning support.

  • Real Estate & Redevelopment Advisory: Market and real estate analysis, site selection, feasibility assessments, entitlements, and mixed-use/civic development strategy. Partner-supported owner’s representative and design-build advisory.

  • Sustainability, Climate & Social Impact: Sustainability and climate resilience planning, environmental/climate-informed development strategies, and equity-focused community impact evaluation.

  • Partner / Proposal Team Development: Assisting prime contractors in identifying, vetting, and managing SBE | MBE | DBE | EBE certified firms for critical subcontractor roles on public projects, ensuring compliance, team performance, and proposal strength.

  • Stakeholder Engagement & Public Affairs: Stakeholder mapping, coalition building, public engagement for architectural design and engineering processes, board-level support, and intergovernmental P3 coordination.

  • Funding, Governance & Implementation: Structuring funding mechanisms (enabling legislation, urban renewal, special districts, P3s), governance frameworks, and compliance strategies for supplier diversity programs.

  • Historic Asset Stewardship & Preservation Consultancy: Landmark Commission workflows, historic standards enforcement/compliance, and inter-agency alignment.

  • Public Information Management, Strategic Communications & Activation Support: Project messaging, branding, real estate marketing, PR, and partner-supported aerial videography/photography.

TRUSTED PARTNER CERTIFICATION STATUS

As a trusted partner to local governments and public entities, GRAVES maintains the following supplier diversity certifications.

MBE | DBE | SBE | EBE | DEN BDTA/Concourse 100