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Westwood Professional Services presents municipal-engineering capabilities to Kennedale council
Summary
Westwood Professional Services outlined its Texas-based public infrastructure practice to the Kennedale City Council Dec. 17, offering services from traffic and roadway design to water/wastewater, surveying and landscape architecture and identifying a local project manager familiar with Kennedale.
A representative of Westwood Professional Services presented the firm's municipal engineering capabilities to the Kennedale City Council at the Dec. 17 meeting and answered council questions about staffing and project approach.
Riley Perolik, who identified himself as a Fort Worth-based project manager with Westwood, said the firm has nine Texas offices and more than 480 licensed civil engineers and that it specializes in public infrastructure including roadway design, traffic analysis, hydraulics/hydrology, water and sanitary sewer design, surveying and landscape architecture. "From a municipal standpoint, I can help and assist with planning," Perolik said, adding that he would act as project manager for Kennedale projects and that the firm usually assigns a lead designer supported by CAD technicians and engineers-in-training.
Council members asked how Westwood divides work and handles major design decisions such as curb changes or right-of-way acquisition. Perolik described a process of preparing exhibits and options early in the process so the city can choose a preferred direction; he cited Jefferson Lane in Grand Prairie as an example where right-of-way limits required creative lane-and-median adjustments.
Perolik emphasized local ties: he said he is a Kennedale ISD alumnus and noted Westwood's Fort Worth office would regularly support nearby projects. Council members thanked the presenter and did not take immediate action on contracting; the presentation served as an introductory briefing and pathfinder for future procurement.
What happens next: Council members and staff may pursue procurement or request proposals if they determine a scope of work for city projects.
