The Vermont Agency of Transportation had to replace a buried water conveyance structure that was (hydraulically) undersized and causing the rail and roadway embankments to act as a dam during moderate and large storm events. Located 70 feet below grade in some places, the existing system of metal pipes and concrete structures was in poor…
The City of Montpelier needed to replace a 12-ft-high by 70-ft-long retaining wall located within several feet of a home and serving a low-volume residential road. D&K provided survey, civil, geotechnical, and structural engineering and permitting to replace the metal bin wall with a modular concrete block wall system. We also provided bid and construction…
Bull Run Road, a two-lane residential road abutting a perennial stream, underwent a slope failure during a large storm event. Heavy stream flows scoured the toe of the roadway embankment causing the roadway slope to fail and restrict capacity to one lane. The Town of Roxbury secured FEMA funds to evaluate the situation and implement…
The Vergennes 9B Hydroelectric facility is a historic hydroelectric plant on the Otter Creek centrally located in downtown Vergennes. Its penstocks were nearing the end of their service lives, and the facility was in need of reconfiguration and operational improvements. D&K worked with the client to design new penstocks and reconfigure the powerhouse to significantly…
To address conditions posed by structural concrete sections nearing the end of their service life, the owner needed to rehabilitate the intake structure at the lower Middlebury hydroelectric project. The D&K team designed improvements, including a new reinforced concrete headwall structure to utilize portions of the existing headwall while allowing for equipment clearance requirements. D&K…
Along Otter Creek, a 160-ft-long, 20-ft-high slide occurred on the Gooseneck Bend Road embankment, disrupting the roadway’s stability. The Town of Weybridge secured FEMA funding and engaged D&K to evaluate the failure and design long-term improvements that armored the embankment along the roadway using stone armoring and plantings, stabilizing the immediately adjacent gravel road.
Swollen by a large storm event, the Middlebury River and local drainages damaged VT 125 in Ripton. The highway was temporarily repaired in the weeks immediately following the storm, but long-term repairs were sorely needed. The project environment consisted of steep roadway embankments immediately adjacent to the Middlebury River. High water velocities and a sinuous…
The Town of Richmond hosts a range of attractive walking and biking networks that require connectivity enhancements, such as the need for potential changes to signing, striping, and improved bicycle and pedestrian links between popular trails and roads. D&K prepared the second phase of the Richmond Bike Walk Trails Plan, which was unanimously endorsed by…
DuBois & King (D&K) provided construction administration and observation services for the installation of new water, sewer, stormwater, phone, cable, and power utilities to serve a new neighborhood within the South Ridge development. Our team reviewed the stormwater collection and treatment systems for compliance with the project permits and state rules. D&K assisted with Act…