Travel speeds in the village were a concern for the wide variety of modes and users in the area, including commuters, logging vehicles, maple sugaring equipment/vehicles, visitors, pedestrians, and bicyclists. D&K visited the village to understand existing conditions while considering potential constraints and opportunities for traffic calming measures and crosswalks. Our project team reviewed on-street…
The Tri-Park Cooperative Housing Corporation forms the largest mobile home entity in Vermont and serves a significant role in affordable housing. Located at the confluence of Whetstone Brook and two other waterways, homes within the cooperative were damaged or removed as a result of flooding in 2005 and 2011. D&K developed a flood hazard mitigation…
Since the Base Realignment and Closure program’s closure of the air force base, Loring International Airport has been operating as a private airport (publicly accessible with prior permission to land). Current operations include military training; general aviation; emergency response support; vertical launch to low orbit; hypersonic testing; maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services; and operational…
The City of Burlington wished to enhance bicycle connectivity along Colchester Avenue, which crosses the University of Vermont education and medical center campuses. The project area was heavily used by vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians, and the city wanted to alleviate congestion by constructing an off-street, 2,150-ft-long by 10-ft-wide concrete multiuse path to provide an active…
The City of Providence undergoes chronic and damaging flooding in the urban center. D&K is developing a Watershed Plan Environmental Assessment document to identify flood mitigation strategies along the Woonasquatucket River. The plan considers the potential impacts of alternatives on environmental and social resources. Alternatives include lowering the grade of some floodplain areas to allow…
For more than 25 years, D&K has served as an integral partner in the development of Gifford Health Care campuses throughout central Vermont. Working collaboratively with Gifford staff, architects, specialty consultants, and stakeholders, our team’s designs have led or supported the construction of new hospital buildings, independent and assisted living communities, medical office buildings, dental,…
The Las Cruces International Airport (LRU) required a Master Plan to tie the airport’s use to the Las Cruces Innovation and Industrial Park and Spaceport America. In developing the Plan, D&K held multiple meetings with airport users, local businesses, and commercial space operators. LRU’s needs included the addition of a hotel, special-use space launch areas,…
To manage the development of ancillary highway and safety projects in scoping, design, and construction phases, the Vermont Agency of Transportation engages on-call consultants to provide engineering evaluation, design, permitting, and appurtenant professional services. D&K provides services under a statewide contract developing projects that enhance traffic control and signing, intersections, slopes, rail crossings, park-and-rides, rest…
Three small municipalities had to find a solution to maintain Lake Fairlee, a regional recreational resource with numerous lakefront properties that make up a substantial component of these towns’ grand lists. The logistics and politics of rehabilitating the Lake Fairlee Dam were complex: the dam is privately owned, and the dam’s concrete auxiliary spillway, which…