The US VA chose to construct an addition and renovate space in B1 (main campus building) to house a new primary care suite at the Central Western Massachusetts VA Medical Center. To accommodate hospital protocols, D&K’s commissioning team, the design consultant, and the contractor advanced the project using phased construction. For the mechanical and DDC…
DuBois & King leads a five-year on-call contract to provide civil, geotechnical, structural, and MEP engineering; environmental documentation and permitting assistance; land survey; landscape architecture; and construction phase services. The contract serves Coast Guard Units located throughout the Coast Guard First District, including Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Eastern New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont, and…
At a range of Salt Marsh Integrity Areas (SMIAs) along the East Coast, the US Fish and Wildlife Service studies storm and climate change impacts to coastal wetlands using elevation data as one metric. Following Hurricane Sandy, FWS identified 10 locations that required additional survey control benchmarks. D&K inventoried and visited each site, performed geodetic…
Seeking a modernized and more capacious space for its administrative operations, the Taunton Municipal Airport advanced the construction of a 5,000-SF office building straddling a perimeter fence. D&K provided construction contract administration and observation and, as the Owner’s Project Manager, coordinated closely with the Contractor, Architect, Airport Operations, the Airport Commission, and the Massachusetts Department…
The Allen Site Dam is a 1,520-ft-long by 21-ft-high earthen NRCS flood-control dam in a suburban context. The Town of Walpole wanted the dam maintained to provide flood mitigation for an increased level of downstream property development. D&K provided survey, inspection, breach analysis, and a range of other services to evaluate the current state of…
A large storm event washed out most of the approach to one abutment and damaged the superstructure of the Green River Covered Bridge. The Town of Greenfield required long-term repairs and upgrades to this historic resource. D&K evaluated the structure, provided rehabilitation design and permitting assistance, and performed bid and construction contract administration and observation…
D&K provided electrical design for the renovation of a circa-1794, newly relocated, 14,000-SF academic building that housed the Center for Environmental Studies at Williams College. This was a “Living Building Challenge” project, constructed to be one of six in the country seeking “Living” status from the International Living Future Institute. The goal was for the…
To address the evolving needs of US service members, the VA is committed to maintaining and renovating its facilities and campuses. For over a decade, D&K’s civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers and other professionals have served in a lead role in renovating VA medical centers, developing campus-wide energy efficiency projects, and leading the design…
The North Attleboro National Fish Hatchery is a pond complex consisting of large rearing ponds supplied and drained by a network of water pipes and valves, which are equipped with concrete water control structures (called kettles) that control the pond water levels, manage the water between ponds, and drain the ponds. The USFWS required selective…