St. Michael’s College chose to expand its housing and student life facilities with two new four-story buildings that use a one-story connector link. Architectural design requirements included extensive use of glass, non-load-bearing walls, and minimal columns in large rooms. D&K was responsible to provide structural design for the building’s complex framing systems, as well as…
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…
D&K’s MEP team developed construction drawings and specifications and performed site visits and construction administration services for this $12M project. The project consisted of reception areas, waiting rooms, exam rooms, dilation spaces, procedure rooms, lab spaces, nurse pods, offices, conference rooms, break rooms, staff lockers, restrooms, and building support spaces. The electrical design consisted of…
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…
For more than 15 years, D&K has served as an engineer-of-record for structural, mechanical, and electrical projects to renovate, maintain, and upgrade historic and contemporary classroom, laboratory, residence hall, office, and athletic facilities in addition to general campus infrastructure, such as steam tunnels, standby power, fall protection systems, and electrical vaults.
At the Gorge Hydroelectric facility, power transmission lines cross the Winooski River close to the dam spillway presenting a substantial icing issue (from spillway spray) for the conductors. The facility’s staff regularly used a nearby utility bridge to stage ice removal activities, and the client was interested in modifying the transmission line to reduce or…
The goal of the Crescent Connector project was to provide a bypass of the congested Five Corners intersection for south-to-east travelers. The project included complete streets enhancements, parking, an 850-ft segment of new roadway, and 500 ft of roadway enhancement around the east side of Five Corners. D&K served as the lead consultant, designing the…
Located in the downtown core, adjacent to the Village Green, the Fair Haven Park and Ride lot consisted of lightly marked spaces with no separation from the roadway on either side. The large contiguous area of paved surface, lack of pedestrian facilities, and minimal striping provided a low level of service. Frequently used by residents…
D&K designed seven energy efficiency measures to lower operating costs in six of the Northern State Correctional Facility’s eight buildings totalling 156,000 SF. These measures included: