As part of the Great Streets BTV project, D&K assisted with the redesign of City Hall Park. The overall goal of the project was to make Burlington’s downtown core more appealing to users of all modes of transportation and enhance the area’s natural and cultural assets. D&K developed designs for civil, stormwater, and utilities to…
Following the inception of Vermont’s Three-Acre Stormwater Rule, schools throughout Vermont needed to adapt their campuses to manage stormwater in accordance with Vermont Stormwater General Permit 3-9050. To help schools successfully manage these challenges, D&K has provided engineering and environmental services for feasibility studies and the design of stormwater improvements for five schools. The projects…
Located on the Otter Creek, the Huntington Falls Hydroelectric Project is a historic facility that required redevelopment. The D&K team assessed the two non-operational turbines and related appurtenances, the trash rack, and raker upgrades to the Unit 3 turbine following FERC relicensing. Additional D&K services included design and coordination to upgrade all three turbines, resulting…
D&K provided design-build renovations on this 9,000-SF fire station. Upgrades included administrative offices, a training room, and a high-bay apparatus area for eight emergency vehicles. Our civil/site team provided permit work and applications, building surveys, grade development, stormwater management, driveway and parking areas, ADA-accessible walkways, and three 14,000-gallon buried water storage tanks for emergency vehicle…
Located on 4.5 acres in Randolph Village, Salisbury Square is an affordable and sustainable housing development that includes three four-unit, low- and median-income apartment buildings. The development also includes an office building and space for the addition of up to nine single-family homes. D&K provided survey and civil engineering and D&K’s electrical engineers designed the…
The Neshobe River crosses through the heart of downtown Brandon, and the historic stone masonry bridge carrying Central Street/US 7 and numerous utilities had a history of substantially inadequate hydraulic capacity. As a demonstration of this issue, the town opened the front and rear doors of the adjacent town offices during a large storm event…
Heavy rainfall and substantial snowmelt from a storm event combined with insufficient drainage systems to wash out 2,800 LF of a vital roadway crossing a mountain. The steep and winding road serves approximately 1,400 vehicles per day and connects VT 100 and VT 12. The Town of Rochester applied for and received FHWA-ER funding to…
Two dams in a park owned by a community association were damaged by storm flows. The lower dam was breached and required design alternatives for its removal; the upper dam had to be evaluated for repairs. D&K reviewed the structural elements of both dams, the retaining wall, and the stream character upstream and downstream. Our…
The 40-year-old wastewater treatment facility, originally designed for a 20-year service life, was past due for a total treatment process change and facility upgrade. The project objectives included: utilize a state-of-the-art treatment process, design capacity for nitrogen removal, consider operational efficiencies and long-term operating costs, address issues with the location in a floodplain, and develop…