Otter View Park is an ADA-accessible public park that consists of a series of trails located on 17 acres next to the Otter Creek. The park provides pedestrian access through a variety of natural settings, such as upland meadow, cattail marsh, wetland shrubs, and floodplain forest. D&K designed the park and pathways; performed topographic and…
For a wide-ranging park expansion and redevelopment effort, Manchester’s Parks, Recreation, and Cemetery Division selected D&K as a partner to perform detailed site analyses of multiple schools, recreational areas, and other properties, including rehabilitation of the Piscataquog River Park. D&K provided planning, design, and construction administration services for the realignment of the entry roadway, a…
The City of Laconia’s Parks and Recreation Department sought to create a new infill park on Lucerne Avenue. The park included a restroom building, an amphitheater, a playground, and a pavilion. D&K worked with subconsultants to accomplish Low Impact Development practices and provided part-time construction observation services, concrete foundation testing observation, and contract administration services.
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…
The Cabot-Danville US 2 Segment 1 highway stormwater improvements included relocating a reach of Molly’s Falls Brook. The project required site inspection coordinated with the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources District Fisheries Biologist, Stream Alteration Engineer, and VTrans representatives. To relocate the brook, D&K collected site data and developed a design utilizing hydraulic engineering and…
The Sydney Drive park provides a venue for passive recreation and includes the conversion of an open stormwater retention pond to subsurface manifold piping and stone retention facility with an underlying treatment media. The project is an implementation of the Indian Brook Flow Restoration Plan and a pilot treatment study in preparation of future Lake…
The Charlestown drainage system consisted of 20 catchbasins, manholes, and approximately 3,700 feet of stormwater conveyance pipe, which collected stormwater from approximately 20 acres of pervious and impervious surfaces. D&K evaluated the stormwater collection and conveyance system due to observed system failures, such as stormwater being discharged from the system through inlets rather than the…
The National Life of Vermont campus had stormwater conveyance and discharge systems that flow over steep banks and connect into the municipal system on Memorial Drive. Over time, flow through a section of the corrugated metal pipe began to leak at the joints causing erosion around and undermining of the pipe. D&K evaluated existing conditions,…
To provide wide-ranging, reliable, and high-capacity coverage, Verizon Wireless renovates its facilities, establishes new sites, and constructs telecommunication installations on existing, prominent structures. D&K has served more than 200 of Verizon’s locations throughout Vermont. These sites range from locations in buildings, on farm silos, and at other urban locations to remote rural, mountain, and wooded…