The City of Burlington and Burlington School District required an assessment of regional, neighborhood, and individual school campuses’ travel patterns and access constraints. A school travel plan was needed for ten campuses, including elementary, middle, and high schools, to make recommendations for small- and large-scale products to increase equitable access to public school for all….
The city wished to evaluate and determine cost-effective measures to reduce on-site natural gas use, receiving partial funding through the VGS Energy Efficiency program. D&K’s project team conducted a site visit to obtain detailed information on existing natural gas use-related processes, HVAC and building envelope materials, equipment, and systems. We reviewed historical natural gas use…
The project goal was to consider Energy Reduction Measures (ERMs) in the following buildings: fire station, public works, police station, Airport Parkway water treatment facility office/lab at Airport Parkway, and the Bartlett Bay Road water treatment facility office/lab. D&K reviewed the building control systems, investigated energy usage and reduction opportunities, developed opinions of construction costs,…
To support VT BGS, D&K completed an energy audit of a six-story, 165,000-SF courthouse. The project team conducted a review of available documentation and performed field investigations to document building envelope insulation and air sealing; HVAC equipment, systems, and controls; plumbing fixtures and water heating equipment; lighting fixtures, illumination levels, and controls; plug loads; and…
To provide wide-ranging, reliable, and high-capacity coverage, Verizon Wireless renovates its facilities, establishes new sites, and constructs telecommunication installations on existing, prominent structures. D&K has served more than 200 of Verizon’s locations throughout Vermont. Sites range from locations in buildings, on farm silos, and at other urban locations or in remote rural, mountain, and wooded…
Gifford’s Medical Center’s (GMC) emergency power system required an evaluation and a number of facility upgrades. D&K’s multidisciplinary team provided MEP and structural design for a pad-mounted transformer, service entrance, generator, service entrance power distribution, transfer switches, dry-type transformer, and related feeder work. Mechanical upgrades included a roof-mounted air handler and associated piping design. Structural…
To improve energy efficiency and upgrade for code at an 80-year-old VA Medical Center campus, D&K designed and provided construction services for upgrades to the electrical systems. The 450,000-SF, multi-building campus includes offices, in- and out-patient hospital care areas, cafeterias, and support functions.
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…
D&K provided civil/site engineering and construction phase services for site development associated with the construction of a new student center. Services included design for access and parking, including pavement markings and signage, walkways and paths, fencing, drainage, stormwater management, water system, and gravity wastewater system. The stormwater management system was designed with subsurface retention chambers,…