Parlin Field is a general aviation airport that has historically relied on maintaining financial self-sufficiency through revenue generated from airport leases, aviation fuel sales, aircraft storage fees, volunteerism, and grants from the New Hampshire Bureau of Aeronautics. The town recently applied with the FAA to become an obligated NPIAS airport and accept federal funds, which…
The Glencliff Home is an off-the-grid assisted living facility whose primary purpose is to provide adults with mental health care. The campus includes residential, care, office, and maintenance spaces and uses a combination of renewable energy systems, including a hydroelectric facility, as well as fossil fuels to supply power and heat. For many years, D&K…
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. Sites range from locations in buildings, on farm silos, and at other urban locations or in remote rural, mountain, and wooded…
To address the evolving needs of US service members, the VA is committed to maintaining and renovating its facilities and campuses. For over a decade, D&K’s civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers and other professionals have served in a lead role in renovating VA medical centers, developing campus-wide energy efficiency projects, and leading the design…
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…
The Town of Swanzey sought to revitalize a river access park in a neighborhood. D&K provided design and permitting assistance for improvements to the park, including new landscaping, stormwater drainage improvements, a new shelter, a rooftop boat launch, and other new site elements. Our project team engaged with the Ashuelot River Local Advisory Committee, Town…
The Gray Farm needed a new waste storage facility and leachate collection system. D&K visited the site and conducted field survey and mapping, soil investigations, preliminary engineering, final design, and construction phase services while following the requirements of the NRCS EQIP program.
The New Hampshire Army National Guard (NHARNG) prepared the New Hampshire National Guard Training Site (NHNGTS) Site Development Plan to analyze how best to meet training objectives. Preparation of an Environmental Assessment (EA) was necessary to satisfy NEPA requirements for implementing the Site Development Plan. D&K performed the EA, assessing the individual and cumulative effects…
The North Attleboro National Fish Hatchery is a pond complex consisting of large rearing ponds supplied and drained by a network of water pipes and valves, which are equipped with concrete water control structures (called kettles) that control the pond water levels, manage the water between ponds, and drain the ponds. The USFWS required selective…