Who We Are
MINAGAR & ASSOCIATES, INC. is a multidisciplinary traffic engineering, transportation planning, civil/electrical engineering, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and CEM consulting firm based in Laguna Hills, CA. The company has a proven reputation for preparing high-quality designs and reports for a wide variety of public, private and international clients, with unsurpassed project management expertise available on an on-call basis regardless of project location.
Each project is implemented and completed to the highest standard by Minagar & Associates, Inc. staff and consultants, resulting in a quality unrivaled by that of competing firms.
By the Numbers
Since its inception, the firm has completed over 480 traffic engineering and transportation planning projects, and over 100 ITS projects for public and private clients in 87 cities in California alone and in 16 states. Public clientele have included the US DOT, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), US Army Corps of Engineers, Caltrans, LACMTA/Metro, OCTA, MWD, and numerous counties including Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara & Stanislaus. Private clients have included Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Bank of America, Chase, Walmart, Starbucks, Target, Home Depot, KB Home and 60 others, along with the Governments of South Korea, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the People's Republic of China.
Technology & Expertise
Minagar & Associates, Inc. prides itself in utilizing state-of-the-art computer hardware and software, including Synchro 8, AutoCAD, MicroStation-V8, EMME/2, HCS 2010 and PetraPro. The firm's expertise in technology is reflected not only in projects the staff has implemented, but also in over 120 training programs and workshops delivered for agencies such as FHWA, Caltrans, LACMTA/Metro, ITE National, and the Governments of South Korea and the People's Republic of China.
Awards & Recognition
Minagar & Associates, Inc. and Fred Minagar have received numerous local, regional, state, national and international awards. See the full list on our Awards page.
Leadership
Fred Minagar, MS, RCE, PE, FITE — President
Fred Minagar, a Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government alumnus, is a registered engineer in California and New Jersey and a recognized national authority in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), traffic/civil/electrical engineering and transportation planning. In 1993, he started the firm with a fundamental idea: to offer the highest caliber of personalized consulting services using the latest available technology for both public and private clients.
Mr. Minagar has over 31 years of real-world practice and teaching experience, having engineered, managed and administered over 100 ITS and 500 traffic engineering & transportation planning projects across 16 states between New York and Hawaii.