D&K structural engineers provide analysis, design, inspection, and evaluation of structural systems. We have conducted investigations of existing structural systems and provided structural analysis, design, and detailing assistance for industrial, institutional, and commercial clients. Our teams design new, contemporary, and historic structures that employ steel, concrete, timber, and masonry. We design for building and equipment…
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…
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…
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…
D&K provided engineering services for a new $17.5M LEED-Gold-certified five-story residence hall that houses up to 283 students, serving as a benchmark for new construction and renovation projects on campus. D&K provided civil/site design, permitting, topographic and boundary surveys, utilities, and cost estimates. Site improvements included grading, stormwater management system, access road/parking, pavement marking/signage, ADA…
PurposeEnergy, a nationwide renewable energy producer, sought to develop an anaerobic digester and food process treatment facility near Middlebury’s wastewater treatment facility (WWTF) in the heart of the town’s industrial district. The project accomplishes two significant goals: reduce loading from food-process waste to the municipal WWTF and maximize the reuse of waste products through a…