Projects

To improve travel times on heavily used Interstate 77 between uptown Charlotte and Mooresville, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) undertook an ambitious highway expansion and conversion effort as part of a public-private partnership (P3). The I-77 Express project uses existing, underutilized high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes and a...

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Communities across Long Island are being transformed as part of the $150 million Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Enhanced Station Initiative (ESI). The program involves upgrading rail stations to enrich the customer experience and support the economic development of Long Island and the region. The village of Syosset, on the...

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With a strong focus on sustainability, the Southwestern Yard Maintenance Facility was built to efficiently service and repair light-rail vehicles (LRVs) for two Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) transit lines. The facility is part of the ongoing Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor project, which will connect downtown and the Westside...

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Chartered 300 years ago, the Port of Philadelphia (PhilaPort) provides commerce to a large percentage of the U.S. population. As container carriers have grown larger, however, the cargo shipping industry has trended toward ocean-friendly port development. The Delaware River journey to PhilaPort became a time and distance liability, eroding the...

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In support of the largest manufacturing investment in North Carolina history, a $40 million wastewater pretreatment facility in Johnston County promises to be a powerful economic driver for the region. The plant supports a $1.8 billion Novo Nordisk Diabetes Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (DAPI) manufacturing facility. When the wastewater pretreatment plant...

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Built in the 1930s, Pump Station EPS-1 had served the Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority (DELCORA) beyond its intended design life. It struggled to manage today’s wastewater flows from the City of Chester and trucked-in waste. As well, wet weather flows often caused combined sewer overflows, which discharged...

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The dormitory-style troop training quarters for the Pennsylvania Air National Guard 193rd Regional Support Group is located at the Fort Indiantown Gap National Guard Training Center. It is one of many World War II-era facilities at the center that were not designed for post-9/11 security and environmental standards. The client...

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As a leading provider of vegetable oils and fats for the bakery, chocolate, and confectionery industries, AAK is committed to advancing innovation by collaborating with its customers to create winning products. To support its co-development approach, the company needed the proper spaces and equipment to allow staff and customers to...

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Built as a solution to ease the notorious congestion north of Dallas, the Addison Airport Tunnel enables vehicular traffic to travel under the airport, thereby expanding traffic capacity on the heavily traveled east-west routes between Dallas and Addison. The tunnel was completed in 1999, and at more than 15 years...

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This fast-track, design-build assignment included 28 buildings in support of U.S. military and Afghan security forces in Afghanistan. Facilities included two vehicle maintenance facilities, a vehicle refueling point building, three administration buildings, three warehouses, generator building, laundry building, medical clinic, gym, dining facility, maintenance building, fire station, and guard facilities....

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Church congregations throughout Anne Arundel County, Maryland, participated in an ambitious program to protect the Chesapeake Bay from stormwater pollution. In partnership with the nonprofit Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay (ACB), they installed best management practice (BMP) features on church properties to naturally remove harmful nutrients from runoff before it...

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American Standard displays an extensive line of bathroom and kitchen products at its new product design center. Built to help visitors appreciate product design and engineering, the center showcases fixtures, faucets, and furniture that educate people about style and function. The center demonstrates how the end-user can experience the product...

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Amtrak’s 30-year incremental plan that started in 2010 will introduce more trains operating at higher speeds, improve infrastructure, and enhance safety for the vital component of the Northeast transportation system known as the Northeast Corridor (NEC). The NEC is the 457-mile-long main rail artery connecting Washington D.C., with Boston. It...

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The Market House in Annapolis, Maryland, is a gathering place for locals and tourists seeking good food and the historic vibe of this centuries-old market. But between the humid Maryland summers and the heat emanating from tenants’ appliances, the facility’s overpowered heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit failed to...

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To protect people and property from the disastrous effects of avoidable dam incidents and failures, Gannett Fleming’s nationally recognized thought leaders in dam safety and hydraulics teach technical webinars and seminars on a broad range of dam safety issues for the Association of State Dam Safety Officials, a national nonprofit...

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The Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in New York is the busiest of LIRR’s 11 branches. When it was time to build a new train wash facility between the station and the tracks leading to the Babylon Train Yard, a creative approach was needed – taking...

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Directly north of the City of Baltimore, Baltimore County is the state’s third most populous county and features many major highways connecting to the city. The Baltimore County Department of Public Works faced the challenge of evaluating multiple pumping stations and making the necessary improvements to the aging facilities.   As part...

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In order to meet rising demand, a leading manufacturer of animal food products needed to quickly expand its batch coating capacity at its North Carolina facility. Batch coaters are used to uniformly apply liquid or powder ingredients to a product without damaging it. At this plant, the batch coater sprays...

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The status quo is not good enough—that was the driving force behind the Nassau County Department of Public Works (NCDPW)’s initiative to update the grit removal system at its Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant (STP). Placed into operation in 1986, the existing system included three detritor tanks containing a complex...

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The Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant was constructed in 1949, with major expansions and upgrades during the 1960s and 1980s. The current permitted capacity is 70 mgd, although current average daily wastewater flow is 50 mgd. The plant serves a population of approximately 550,000.  The Nassau County Department of Public Works...

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