To understand existing conditions and evaluate opportunities to upgrade the facility, D&K supported Patriot Hydro by providing an evaluation and designing upgrades of the 1.6MW Hooksett Hydroelectric Project. The team assessed existing conditions, including civil-structural, equipment, hydrologic and hydraulic, and natural resources. D&K also completed an electrical generation study that identified ways to optimize the…
The Town of Chester needed to address hydraulic capacity and condition issues associated with a 165-ft-long by 15.5-ft-high earthen dam with a concrete spillway impounding a small recreation pond. The site was constrained and funding for the project was limited. As Town Engineer, D&K evaluated the dam, watershed, and natural resources, developed alternatives, and provided…
The Town of Swanzey needed to improve the stability and safety of an earthen dam serving an 80-acre pond. The pond supports recreation and enhances the value of the homes located along its shoreline. The dam had seepage issues and did not meet current dam safety standards. Using articulated concrete blocks as overtopping protection, DuBois…
Since 2018, DuBois & King has provided planning, design, and construction phase services for projects at LRU. Projects have focused on adding and upgrading commercial service, reconstructing runways, improving taxiways, enhancing terminal and landside elements, and conducting improvements that aim to reduce maintenance needs, facilitate enplanements, reduce operating costs, and improve safety.
As the result of a fire that partially engulfed a 45-room, wood-framed hotel building, the Bluenose Inn required substantial repairs. D&K supported the owner and the architect by providing fast-tracked survey, site design, permitting assistance, and coordination with municipal officials, as well as mechanical and electrical engineering for 21 suites and parking for 88 vehicles….
Illig Dairy Farm needed to replace an undersized earthen manure pit with a new concrete waste storage facility. D&K advanced the design and engineering, prepared plans and specifications, and observed the construction of a structure with an access ramp and a manure transfer channel.
The Conan Eaton/Auburn Star Farm is located in a significant bendway (oxbow) along the Connecticut River. The preexisting waste storage facility (WSF) was an unlined, open manure pit located on the southern side of the farm within several hundred feet of the river. The existing WSF had inadequate volume to support operations and the number…
Located near Moosehead Lake, 3B1 is served by a 4,000-ft-by-75-ft runway and a 3,001-ft-by-75-ft crosswind runway, hangars, tie-downs, a fuel farm, and a terminal. Since 2017, D&K’s aviation planners and engineers have served as the lead consultant team at the airport. Recent projects have focused on the addition of taxiways, general enhancements to the terminal…
DuBois & King has served as MVM’s planning and engineering consultant since 2020. In this time, our team has worked closely with the airport and the FAA to update the airport’s master plan and provide planning, design, and construction phase services for a new fuel farm and taxiway. The State of Maine identified the Machias…