Paul Crabtree is a Civil Engineer who has focused his Civil Engineering work on the integration of intelligent urban infrastructure with New Urbanism and Smart Growth Planning.  Paul is the founder and president of the Crabtree Group, Inc.  He is a leader in the Congress for New Urbanism Rainwater Initiative Lean Urbanism, and Adaptation Council; as well as an author and lecturer on sustainable infrastructure, from water to transportation. Paul is a founding member of the Transect Codes Council, and a contributing author of Sustainable and Resilient Cities (Wiley, 2011). Paul has participated in dozens and dozens of charrettes both nationwide and internationally.

The Crabtree Group, Inc. (CGI) is a multi-disciplinary New Urbanist civil engineering firm with extensive experience in green infrastructure, innovative stormwater management, watershed management, complete streets, and water and wastewater systems.  An extensive knowledge and experience with traditional development patterns reinforces the firm’s ability to integrate infrastructure (water, water re-use, sewer, rainwater, streets, and dry utilities) with urbanism and livability.  

Crabtree Group projects have demonstrated that green infrastructure can outperform conventional infrastructure while reducing capital and operation costs.  The Crabtree Group, Inc. (CGI) was the Civil Engineer of record for two projects (a residential neighborhood and a school), each which received the Colorado Sustainable Design Award for 2011. And CGI is the proud winner of three CNU Charter Awards (2010, 2018, and 2020).