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The commercial, residential, industrial, and institutional real estate markets value us as a trusted real estate advisor at every stage of the project lifecycle. In most real estate acquisitions and development projects, the goal is to realize an increase in the property value. To achieve it, you need to address complex site constraints, navigate regulatory and entitlement issues, and receive timely and valuable due diligence. That’s where we come in. When you work with our team of market experts, you gain access to a full complement of assessment, evaluation, design, technical, regulatory and construction insight — all working together to help you achieve your goals.
Your go-to partner for all your real estate needs
We provide comprehensive services for the full lifecycle of real estate: from acquisition and development, through construction and maintenance. Our design, construction, LEED®-accredited, and green infrastructure-certified professionals deliver “buildable” and “permittable” solutions that promote sustainability and healthy, safe, and functional environments.
Additionally, CEC’s civil, geotechnical, structural, and transportation engineering; landscape architecture; planning; survey and geospatial; ecological; environmental; and water resources services have helped us earn the trust of our clients by increasing their market competitiveness, asset appreciation, and valued return on investment.
Your CEC Expert:
Adele M. Beaves, P.E.
Real Estate Lead
(412) 249-3151
Read BioAdele M. Beaves, P.E.

Ms. Beaves is a registered Professional Engineer and Principal with Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) where she serves as the corporate leader of the Real Estate Market Group. As a consulting organization, CEC focuses its operations on market groups with support from all of the firm’s multi-disciplined practices. As a market group leader, she is responsible for identifying trends and opportunities in the various Real Estate submarkets, as well as developing, implementing, and monitoring strategies and initiatives for growing market share and revenues. Ms. Beaves uses her 20 years of experience, along with market knowledge and long-term client relationships, to guide CEC’s activities within the Real Estate market. This includes focusing on new practices/capabilities, strategic new hires, geographic expansion, and business development initiatives.
Ms. Beaves has significant experience in designing and managing the development of commercial real estate projects. She has served as the overall project manager for numerous large, multi-disciplinary land development projects, leading a team of managers, staff, and sub-consultants to design, permit, and construct projects with challenging development objectives and complex site constraints. Ms. Beaves serves as the primary point of contact with the client and ownership team, key stakeholders, regulatory personnel, and external team members throughout the life of a project.
Ms. Beaves has a proven record of performance in assessing site development feasibility; implementing creative site grading, stormwater management, utility, and water quality designs; driving entitlement schedules; and developing construction sequencing for multi-phase projects. She typically leads the municipal site plan approval process and is highly experienced in making public plan, zoning, and variance request presentations.
What We Do
CEC is recognized for delivering innovative design solutions and integrated expertise in air quality, civil engineering, ecological sciences, environmental engineering and sciences, survey/geospatial, waste management, and water resources.
Air Quality
To help you keep up with regulatory requirements, new or old, our multidisciplinary team of air quality experts provides comprehensive consulting and measurement services…
Read More »Civil Engineering
Leveraging decades of experience, CEC’s civil engineering team is set apart by the expertise of principled engineers who understand the elements of good design.
Read More »Client Support Services
Superior client service means delivering for our clients in ways that exceed their expectations. We provide the support they need to meet their business objectives.
Read More »Ecological Sciences
Our ecological sciences practice delivers comprehensive services that address the wide range of ecological issues that may confront your project…
Read More »Environmental Engineering and Sciences
For your project to succeed, managing environmental liabilities, regulatory obligations, risk management, and environmental stewardship is critical.
Read More »Survey + Geospatial
Our team of experienced surveyors and geospatial specialists has the expertise and technologies to capture the information you need.
Read More »Waste Management
As a leader in waste management, we bring together the expertise and resources you need to minimize waste and maximize assets.
Read More »Water Resources
With expertise at all phases of the water cycle, our team can help advance your project with innovative and sustainable solutions.
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Real Estate In Action
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Hickory, North Carolina
- Office: Charlotte
- Client: Transportation Insight, City of Hickory Download File
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- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Office: Indianapolis
- Client: Deborah Berke & Partners Architects, LLP Download File
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- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Office: Pittsburgh
- Client: The Design Alliance Download File
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- Practice: Environmental Engineering and Sciences
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
- Office: Charlotte
- Client: Development Management, Inc. Download File
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- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Duncan, South Carolina
- Office: Greenville
- Client: Millennium Hotel Partners 2, LLC Download File
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- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Office: Pittsburgh
- Client: EdR Park7 Group Download File
Blackberry Mountain
- Practice: Survey + Geospatial
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Blount County, TN
- Office: Knoxville
- Client: Blackberry Mountain Club, LLC Download File
Westinghouse Electric Company Nuclear Division Headquarters Campus
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania
- Office: Pittsburgh
- Client: Trammel Crow Services, Inc. Download File
Decommissioning & Redevelopment “Playbook”
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Power, Real Estate
- Location: Washington County, Pennsylvania
- Office: Pittsburgh
- Client: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Download File
Seascape at Weymouth MassDEP Permitting
- Practice: Environmental Engineering and Sciences
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Weymouth, Massachusetts
- Office: Boston
- Client: CHA Consulting, Inc. Download File
NLand Surf Park
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Austin, Texas
- Office: Austin
- Client: Austin Park, LLC Download File
The Arnold
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Austin, Texas
- Office: Austin
- Client: Transwestern Development Company Download File
Ironworks at Keystone
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Office: Indianapolis
- Client: Hendricks Commercial Properties, LLC Download File
Distribution/Logistics Facility Site Development
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Lebanon, Tennessee
- Office: Nashville
- Client: Ridgeline Property Group, LLC Download File
The Shoppes at Cheyenne Ridge
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Edmond, Oklahoma
- Office: Oklahoma City
- Client: Neal McGee Homes, Inc. Download File
Cottonwood Creek
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Office: Oklahoma City
- Client: Arbor Land Development, LLC Download File
The Island in Pigeon Forge Site Development
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
- Office: Knoxville
- Client: LeConte Village, LLC and Blalock & Sons, Inc. Download File
Dollywood & Splash Country
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Sevier County, Tennessee
- Office: Knoxville
- Client: Herschend Family Entertainment/Dollywood Download File
The District at Westbridge Pointe
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Edmond, Oklahoma
- Office: Oklahoma City
- Client: Neal McGee Homes, Inc. Download File
The Campbell
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Edmond, Oklahoma
- Office: Oklahoma City
- Client: Rader Building Co. Download File
Industrial Scientific Global Headquarters
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Office: Pittsburgh
- Client: IDC Architects Download File
Distribution/Logistics Facility Site Development
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Lebanon, Tennessee
- Office: Nashville
- Client: Ridgeline Property Group, LLC Download File
West Town Centre – The Home Depot
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
- Office: Cincinnati
- Client: J. J. Gumberg Company Download File
NLand Surf Park
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Austin, Texas
- Office: Austin
- Client: Austin Park, LLC Download File
The Arnold
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Austin, Texas
- Office: Austin
- Client: Transwestern Development Company Download File
Ironworks at Keystone
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Office: Indianapolis
- Client: Hendricks Commercial Properties, LLC Download File
Cummins Division Headquarters
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Office: Indianapolis
- Client: Deborah Berke & Partners Architects, LLP Download File
The Shoppes at Cheyenne Ridge
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Edmond, Oklahoma
- Office: Oklahoma City
- Client: Neal McGee Homes, Inc. Download File
Seascape at Weymouth MassDEP Permitting
- Practice: Environmental Engineering and Sciences
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Weymouth, Massachusetts
- Office: Boston
- Client: CHA Consulting, Inc. Download File
Fairfield Inn Site Design
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Duncan, South Carolina
- Office: Greenville
- Client: Millennium Hotel Partners 2, LLC Download File
Project Tinman – Transportation Insight Corporate Campus
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Hickory, North Carolina
- Office: Charlotte
- Client: Transportation Insight, City of Hickory Download File
Westinghouse Electric Company Nuclear Division Headquarters Campus
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania
- Office: Pittsburgh
- Client: Trammel Crow Services, Inc. Download File
Decommissioning & Redevelopment “Playbook”
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Power, Real Estate
- Location: Washington County, Pennsylvania
- Office: Pittsburgh
- Client: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Download File
Blackberry Mountain
- Practice: Survey + Geospatial
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Blount County, TN
- Office: Knoxville
- Client: Blackberry Mountain Club, LLC Download File
Brownfields Redevelopment
- Practice: Environmental Engineering and Sciences
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
- Office: Charlotte
- Client: Development Management, Inc. Download File
One on Centre Site Development
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Office: Pittsburgh
- Client: EdR Park7 Group Download File
Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens Center for Sustainable Landscapes
- Practice: Civil Engineering
- Market: Real Estate
- Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Office: Pittsburgh
- Client: The Design Alliance Download File