As part of a JV team, D&K provided engineering services for the replacement of two farm bridges. The project involved Phase I, a preliminary design and cost estimate phase; Phase II, a final design and design documentation phase; and Phase III, construction phase services. The Boudreau bridge design is for a 35-ft by 15-ft-wide H-20…
To improve access to transit and housing, the One Taylor Street project included the design of a new four-story transit center. Sited on a highly constrained, urban brownfield site, the building supports public bus operations, a visitor’s center, traveler services, bike lockers, and apartments. D&K’s design included three bus parking bays, a 23-car parking area,…
Sweet Pond Dam is a 20-ft-high by 77-ft-long circa-1928 dam that impounds an 18-acre pond with a contributing drainage area of approximately 1 square mile. The dam sustained uncontrolled and excessive seepage through highly fractured and weathered bedrock and posed a barrier to AOP. D&K provided planning, evaluation, alternatives analysis, preliminary and final design, permitting…
Waitsfield has long served as a thriving cultural center of the Mad River Valley and includes the village districts of Irasville and Waitsfield Village. The immediate VT 100 corridor primarily comprises shops, gathering places, schools, neighborhoods, and some light industry, but is largely served by septic systems, many of which are in the floodplain and/or…
The Vermont Agency of Transportation wished to establish public electric-vehicle charging infrastructure on VTrans-owned property. Working for the Policy, Planning, and Intermodal Development Division of VTrans, D&K teamed up with the Vermont Energy Investment Corporation to author a plan to provide the necessary tools for an EV charging-station network. The project team evaluated VTrans properties for…
The Great Streets BTV planning document, coauthored by D&K, represented a holistic effort to make Burlington’s downtown core more appealing for users of all modes of transportation and to enhance the area’s ability to engage its natural and cultural assets. D&K’s approach to the project incorporated the first segments of roadway designed and constructed to the Great Streets standards….
A 200-ft-long by 20-ft-high town roadway embankment was destabilized by scour from the White River from spring snow melt and a storm event. The Town of Bethel applied for and received FEMA funding and engaged D&K to evaluate, survey, design, and provide permitting assistance and construction phase services for repairs to the slope and the…
Near Mt. Mansfield, Vermont’s highest peak, a 1.5-mile section of VT 108 traverses a mountain pass at 2,165 ft and provides trailhead access for the Long Trail, local crags, and other day-use areas. Increased use of the area led to on-street and off-street informal parking that, in turn, led to environmental, drainage, and safety issues….
A large storm event overwhelmed the Plunkton Road Bridge. The bridge was damaged but stable enough to keep open until a new structure could be designed and constructed. D&K assessed the damage, surveyed the site, and provided the town with an evaluation of several options to replace the bridge. The project team also assisted with…