With 122 beds, the Central Vermont Medical Center serves the 26 communities of Central Vermont and provides a variety of inpatient and outpatient services. For decades, CVMC has entrusted D&K to assist with the support of their projects with civil-site, permitting, traffic engineering, and MEP needs. Our extensive work on the CVMC campus has provided…
For more than 25 years, D&K has served as an integral partner in the development of Gifford Health Care campuses throughout central Vermont. Working collaboratively with Gifford staff, architects, specialty consultants, and stakeholders, our team’s designs have led or supported the construction of new hospital buildings, independent and assisted living communities, medical office buildings, dental,…
D&K provided architectural, MEP, structural, and civil engineering design to renovate a 3,700-SF, two-story administration building using a Net-Zero basis of design and operation. The building is powered by solar PV arrays located on site. The scope included design of a new high-performance envelope, expanded interior space with structural improvements, new MEP systems, and civil…
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,…
To expand on-campus housing, NU needed a new 286-bed, five-story, 75,000-SF student housing facility. The project delivery method was unconventional, as the owner acted as the Construction Manager. D&K provided a range of services, including structural engineering. Structural systems consist of precast hollow core planks supported by structural steel beams and columns to facilitate low…
An aging concrete and masonry dam was deemed structurally deficient by state regulators, and the owners could not justify the expense of reconstruction. D&K connected the owners with the NRCS to fund the construction, which included the removal and disposal of the dam and active restoration of the stream channel. Our team designed the removal…
To address conditions posed by environmental changes, infrastructure service life and suitability, shifting power production, and consumer use trends, Vermont Electric Coop regularly improves its substation yards and transmission infrastructure. Under an on-call arrangement, D&K provided survey, civil, and structural engineering to more than ten locations throughout VEC’s service area.
The D&K team modernized the southbound rest area, providing improved visitor amenities, parking, and pedestrian areas while reusing existing infrastructure. We provided design and plan preparation and permitting services for the construction of site improvements and the expansion of the six-acre, 5,000-SF facility. Services included the preparation of base maps and design layouts for buses,…
For an 11-acre, municipally owned parcel along Sunderland and Pit Roads, D&K provided wetland delineation, design, and permitting services for a new municipal office building. The one-story municipal office building is approximately 3,000 SF and has on-site water and wastewater disposal. Our engineers developed alternative site plans, coordinated with the state and federal regulators, and…