Civil Design

Civil DesignVaughn & Melton has more than four decades of experience in planning, design, and construction services on various types of buildings and sites.  As a firm of surveyors and civil engineers, we serve industrial development authorities, corporate clients, public agencies, and private individuals in property development.  These properties have ranged from building renovations and re-adaptations to heavy earthmoving projects.

Because of our diversity, our clients have access to comprehensive professional services. We often team with architects, developers, and contractors to incorporate the best development ideas into your site plan. We achieve high quality projects by being accessible to the project team. Our project engineers are experienced in communicating site development issues with diverse project teams. Vaughn and Melton maintains a flexible design team that can get your project completed successfully.

Featured Projects
First Creek Channel Improvements

First Creek Channel Improvements

The City of Knoxville was faced with a dilemma. For years, major flooding problems plagued the homes and businesses along a 1.6-mile section of First Creek from Chickamauga Avenue at North Broadway to Broadway north of Mineral Springs Avenue. After ...

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Appalachian State University

Appalachian State University

Vaughn & Melton completed rehabilitation of three existing parking lots which included surveying, roadway design, parking lot layout and design, storm drainage, erosion control, stormwater retention facilities, pervious pavement design and applicable permits. Careful consideration was given for stormwater management and ...

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Mount Mitchell

Mount Mitchell

The North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation enlisted the services of Vaughn & Melton to provide engineering, architectural and surveying services to replace the existing tower, a national monument, at the summit of Mount Mitchell, the tallest mountain peak ...

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Tellico Food Lion Site Development

Tellico Food Lion Site Development

Vaughn & Melton was retained by Commercial Properties, LLC and J.S. Clark Company for a site development, boundary and topographic survey of a 13.42 acre property.  Scope of services included a rezoning plat resulting in the division of the property ...

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Meadowview Conference Center & Hotel

Meadowview Conference Center & Hotel

The City of Kingsport completed development of the Meadowview Conference Center and Hotel and the related Cattails Golf Course at Meadowview using over 250 acres of Horse Creek floodplain and adjacent lands in the development. Vaughn & Melton was retained by ...

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Tennessee Department of Transportaion Welcome Centers

Tennessee Department of Transportaion Welcome Centers

Vaughn & Melton was selected by the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration in conjunction with TDOT  for design of I-65 Welcome Center, Giles County, Tenn.; I-65 Welcome Center, Robertson County, Tenn.; I-24 Welcome Center, Hamilton County, Tenn., I-75 Welcome ...

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City of Kingston Greenways

City of Kingston Greenways

Vaughn & Melton was contracted by the City of Kingston to provide design and construction management services for approximately two miles of a rural greenway system located within the city’s Ladd Landing development.  The purpose of the project is to ...

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Core Civil Design Services:

  • Industrial parks and site development
  • Planned residential communities
  • Various sizes of retail and other commercial facilities
  • Municipal properties such as parking lots and landfills
  • Master plans for college and other school campuses
  • Public Parks
  • Fairgrounds
  • Hiking trails and campgrounds
  • Stormwater Retention/Detention
  • Erosion Control
  • Retaining Wall Design