SITE ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING WORK

Kraft-Mattis Avenue Truck Entrance, Champaign

This was a four-phase project developing and implementing a new truck entrance for the Kraft General Foods plant located in Champaign, Illinois. Phases I and II: Preliminary design work (designed entrance roadway and parking areas); preliminary sketch to IDOT and City of Champaign for review of Mattis Avenue intersection; performed design survey of roadway and parking areas along Mattis Avenue and within plant site; drainage plan (prepared analysis, calculations, and preliminary design); prepared typical cross sections and roadway plans showing both bituminous and concrete shoulders and addressing staging operations.

Phases III and IV: Final design work for entrance roadway, grading and drainage, paving, traffic signals, fencing, seeding and parking areas; new entrance and traffic signals at Mattis Avenue (submitted plan to IDOT and City of Champaign for review of Mattis Avenue intersection; obtained permit from IDOT and City of Champaign for new entrance); final construction plans and specifications; bidding documents; guard house design; scales (provided foundation design for two platform truck scales and showed locations on site plan); street lighting and parking lot lighting (design included street lighting system, pole foundations, control system, poles, fixtures and wiring); signs and signage (traffic control, directional, and instructional signs); railroad crossing (designed modular rail crossings and secured permits); right-of-way dedication plat for new Mattis Avenue entrance; project management; project administration; construction staking and layout; field observation of construction work; preparation of pay estimates; prepared "as-built" plans.

Parkland Courtyard Entrance, Champaign

This project involved redeveloping the Parkland College Courtyard and the multiple building entrances from this area. S&A provided the project engineering and construction supervision for this work. In addition to the site redevelopment, an upgrade in the lighting patterns and illumination was provided. A new control system was implemented to service and operate the additional courtyard lighting. Services provided included: field survey, topographic drawings with utilities and elevations, design plans, specifications, estimates and bidding documents, bid opening, construction administration, construction layout, pay estimates, construction observation.

Downtown Streetscape Project, Phases I & II, Champaign

Designing and building 12 blocks of improvements in the downtown area was the focus of this project. Improvements included: sidewalks with paved edging, curbs and gutters, ornamental lighting, landscaping, vault infill/support, street furniture, two plazas, sidewalk seating area, various pedestrian amenities. Engineering duties in the bidding phase included: preparing bid documents, bid document review, preparing construction cost estimates, preparing preliminary construction schedule, contractor pre-qualification, pre-award meeting, reporting to city council, pre-construction meeting.

East Side Streetscapes, Champaign

This is the next phase in the redevelopment of the aesthetics in the central business district of Downtown Champaign. Project encompasses University Avenue from the railroad tracks east to Wright Street, and First Street from Washington Street south to Green Street. It also includes the area bounded by University on the North, Springfield on the South, First Street on the East, and the railroad tracks on the West. Services currently include design, surveying, working with the landscape architecture, as well as public meetings to discuss the concept.

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