D&K’s resident project representatives (RPRs) operate as a supporting points of contact for the owner, design team, contractor, and appropriate stakeholders, such as regulators. Our staff observe the contractor’s activities on a full-time basis or periodically on highway, bridge, streetscape, dam, water and wastewater facility, airport, stormwater, site improvement, building, and other project types. D&K…
DuBois & King provides construction contract administration for projects designed by the firm and for projects designed by others to support municipal, federal, state, institutional, and commercial clients. We operate as liaison with the owner, design team, and contractor to obtain contractor adherence to the project design, schedule, and budget. Our construction administrators monitor project…
The Alburgh Village Water System (WSID 0005316) uses a surface water intake from Lake Champlain, a water treatment facility, and water mains to supply approximately 400 service connections and a population of 576. The water system included an elevated painted steel storage tank constructed in 1988 that served Alburgh’s Designated Village Center, South Alburgh Fire District No….
Weidmann Electrical Technology, a producer of electrical transformer insulation material, initiated a 38,000–SF expansion to house Board Machine 2 (BM2), a 2,000,000-lb hot press that supplements production capacity. To meet schedule goals, the project was fast-tracked and construction-managed. D&K provided conceptual, preliminary, and final design services, as well as bid/negotiation assistance and construction phase services…
To comply with contemporary FAA safety regulations, the Vermont Agency of Transportation needed to install a 60-ft runway safety area and 300-ft runway extension to Runway 19 at Rutland-Southern Vermont Regional Airport. Constructed on a small promontory, the airport had already maximized the use of available length, and a retaining wall was constructed to support…
The Town of Brandon needed to efficiently implement a wide range of improvements while minimizing the total duration of disturbance to a vital and distinctive downtown core that sees a high volume of passenger vehicle and heavy truck traffic. This US 7 Segment 6 project—a National Highway Performance Program project—replaced sidewalks, lighting, water, sewer, and…
Rutgers University developed a bridge deck testing system consisting of mounting hardware for experimental decks and appurtenances and a motorized, loadable, and wheeled reciprocating sled that mimics a tractor-trailer crossing the bridge deck. The BEAST is designed to expose full-scale bridge specimens to rapid-cycling, changing environmental conditions, and extreme traffic loading to induce accelerated deterioration…
DuBois & King leads a five-year on-call contract to provide civil, geotechnical, structural, and MEP engineering; environmental documentation and permitting assistance; land survey; landscape architecture; and construction phase services. The contract serves Coast Guard Units located throughout the Coast Guard First District, including Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Eastern New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont, and…
The Town of Proctor was issued an Assurance of Discontinuance (AOD) by the state, mandating the water system comply with the Stage 1 Disinfection Byproduct Rule (DBPR). Prior to DuBois & King’s involvement, the town embarked on a multi-year upgrade design project. The bids to bring the system into compliance came in 25% above the…