REAL ESTATE : 4 Mission Viejo Co. Top Planners Moving to Culbertson, Adams

As part of its ongoing plan to strip down internal operations and hire outside talent to do much of the work that staff employees had been doing, Mission Viejo Co. is releasing its four top planners in December.

All four have landed on their feet, signing on with Culbertson, Adams and Associates Inc.

The Aliso Viejo consulting company specializes in land planning, major project management, state environmental quality act compliance and environmental analysis.

Culbertson, Adams also has been retained by Mission Viejo Co. to handle a number of ongoing planning projects. C. David Culbertson, co-founder and president of 11-year-old Culbertson, Adams, said that the four former MVC staffers will enable his company to provide continuity on those projects as well as to expand its horizons.

The four Mission Viejo Co. planners who will be joining Culbertson, Adams in January are Wayne E. Peterson, who is vice president of community planning and engineering; Richard A. Watson, director of planning research; C. Ellis Delameter, director of engineering coordination and permit processing; and Sean M. Reilly, senior environmental planner.