D&K’s MEP team developed construction drawings and specifications and performed site visits and construction administration services for this $12M project. The project consisted of reception areas, waiting rooms, exam rooms, dilation spaces, procedure rooms, lab spaces, nurse pods, offices, conference rooms, break rooms, staff lockers, restrooms, and building support spaces. The electrical design consisted of…
At the Gorge Hydroelectric facility, power transmission lines cross the Winooski River close to the dam spillway presenting a substantial icing issue (from spillway spray) for the conductors. The facility’s staff regularly used a nearby utility bridge to stage ice removal activities, and the client was interested in modifying the transmission line to reduce or…
Since BETA’s establishment in 2017, DuBois & King has provided electrical and mechanical engineering for multiple facilities to support the growth and evolving needs of this electric airplane research and manufacturing company. Based at the Burlington International Airport in South Burlington, with manufacturing facilities and a charging network throughout the eastern US, D&K has provided…
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,…
The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission and the City of South Burlington were interested in understanding how to improve pedestrian, cyclist, and vehicular safety and mobility at the Spear Street and Swift Street intersection. D&K provided analysis of the existing conditions, alternatives analysis, traffic modeling, intersection layouts in CAD, public engagement using an ArcGIS StoryMap…