Verizon Wireless – Pownal Center Telecommunications Facility

Pownal, Vermont

DuBois & King provided civil/site, electrical, structural, and environmental engineering services to design, permit, and construct a new telecommunications facility in the Town of Pownal, Vermont. Project was designed to complement an existing working farm controlled under Land Trust Easements requiring that all improvements complement the farm. Project included designing a 900 ft access drive adjacent to an existing field, a 50 ft by 50 ft telecommunications compound, a 130 ft tall wind turbine that would also support antennas, design of the wind turbine interconnect providing the farmer with wind generated electricity, and utility services to operate the facility. Services included:

Assistance with site selection
Preparation of lease exhibits
Wildlife, habitat, and wetland assessments
Topographic survey and site plan
Cell tower visual impact simulation
Design of facility access road
Erosion control
Site design of telecommunications compound
Permitting assistance
Structural design of equipment shelter foundation
Electrical engineering including grounding design, wind turbine power interconnect
Testimony for Public Service Board/local informational meeting
Construction documents
Construction phase services