THOMAS J. CESARE, P.E.

Civil Engineering | Principal

Mr. Cesare's experience includes all aspects of civil engineering.

Mr. Cesare specializes in drainage, geometric site layout, site utilities, hydraulic analysis, storm water quality treatment, specification writing, construction inspection and contract administration. His wide range of project experience includes education/academic, municipal, senior housing, residential subdivisions, industrial/manufacturing/warehouse, retail/commercial and churches/worship facilities.

  • B.S.C.E. - North Dakota State University, Fargo, 1986

Project Examples

  • St. John the Evangelist Church, Little Canada, MN - Project Engineer responsible for the design, specifications for the geometric site layout, grading, drainage, erosion control, site utilities, hydraulic analysis and agency permit approvals. The proposed plan consists of removing the existing school building, additional parking, rerouting existing utilities, construction of new school building and design of an infiltration pond for water quality treatment.
  • SoftPac Industries, Elk River, MN - Project Engineer responsible for the civil engineering design of a 64,000 square foot manufacturing building. The civil engineering design consists grading, drainage, erosion control, storm water quality treatment pond, storm water rate control, site utilities, hydraulic analysis and agency permit approvals. The site was designed to accommodate a future building with loading docks.
  • Ridgepoint Transitional Housing, Minnetonka, MN - Project Engineer for the site development for 2 - four unit buildings. Services included a master grading and drainage plan for Phase I. The master plan provided rough grade elevations for the proposed future development, storm water quality and rate control pond for the entire site, the schematically identified domestic/fire water lines, sanitary sewer lines and storm water lines for the future work. Civil work also included hydrology calculations for the entire site.
  • Hiawatha Maintenance Facility, Minneapolis, MN – Principal In Charge / Project Manager – Provided civil engineering design services for site improvements on 9-acre site to accommodate a new maintenance facility. The engineering plans included storm water management to meet City of Minneapolis stringent rate control requirements as well as meeting LEED Gold Standards and may be able to obtain LEED Platinum status. Some of the issues/site constraints that needed to be addressed were contaminated soils, limited areas for infrastructure, large amounts of impervious surfaces, and existing storm water infrastructure/tunnels that were to remain.
  • Bloomington Transportation Building, Bloomington, MN - Project Engineer for addition to the transportation building, which included a new loading dock, storm sewer installation and a bus wash building. This project also addressed issues such as flood plain and storm water computations related to flood water elevations.
  • St. Thomas Law School, Minneapolis, MN - Project Engineer responsible for the design, specifications for the geometric site layout, grading, drainage, erosion control, site utilities, hydraulic analysis and agency permit approvals. The proposed plans consist of building removal, intermediate plans accommodating on site parking, design of new Law School site as well as providing adequate design for future buildings on the site.
  • William Mitchell Law School, Student Union/Classroom, St. Paul, MN – Project Manager – Provided civil engineering design services for a new Student Union and a 36000 square foot classroom addition to the existing 1953 and 1965 existing buildings, parking lot reconfiguration, main entry plaza area and rerouting several sidewalks. BKBM was responsible for the selective site demolition, grading & erosion control, utility, geometric & paving, and storm water management plans/computations/specifications for the project. Creative solutions were necessary in order to achieve the City of Saint Paul’s storm water rate control requirements. Storm water modeling had to prove that storm water roof retention, parking lot ponding and depressed green areas were suffice to control the rate of storm water runoff from the site and not be a potential hazard to property or individuals. This was an extremely tight site with existing structures to remain on the threes sides and a public roadway on the fourth side.

Registrations & Memberships

  • Registered Professional Engineer - MN (# 27031), AZ, FL, MI, ND, PA, WI