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East Coast
Directional Drilling:
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Contract/Location:
Force Mains Using Horizontal
Directional Drilling (HDD) Technology
Jacksonville, FL
Details:
This effort involves designing and permitting new force
mains (ranging in size from 20 in. to 36 in.) to serve
planned development in the northern portion of Duval County
(along S.R. 115) extending to Nassau County.
Gannett Fleming assisted with obtaining easements and
secured permits from several sources.
The overall project length is 6.75 mi.
Two project phases utilized HDD.
Technology:
HDD is a trenchless technology used to install pipelines
under rivers, swamps or ecologically fragile areas. Pipelines as
large as 48-inches in diameter (up to 6,000 feet long) have been
installed utilizing this method.
HDD
Experience:
Gannett Fleming designs include:
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2,000 ft of 48-inch welded steel pipe crossing under a
freshwater swamp with up to 60 feet of cover at the center
of the swamp, serving a vital link in the interceptor
force main system of the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD),
VA
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1,250 ft of 30-inch ID (36-inch OD) HDPE
force main crossing the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River in
Norfolk, VA, for the HRSD
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1,200 ft of 24-inch ID (30-inch OD) HDPE
water main crossing the Intracoastal Waterway in Atlantic City for the
Atlantic City, NJ, Municipal Utilities Authority
Subaqueous pipeline crossing expertise not only
includes HDD design, but aerial and cut-and-cover installation.
Tom Hawk, PE, manages the
Florida Force Main Project.
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Staff
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Lifetime Achievement:
Water/Wastewater
Thanks to his more than 30 years of participation with the
organization,
Fotios Papamichael, PE, was inducted into the New York
Water Environment Association (NYWEA) "Hall of Fame."
Last year, Fotios received the Arthur Sidney Bedell Award from the Water
Environment Federation (WEF), recognizing his extraordinary
personal service to the NYWEA...
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Promotions:
Environmental Management
Possessing more than 20 years of experience,
Steve Rowley, CHMM, directs and manages Gannett Fleming’s
Environmental Management System (EMS) and
environmental-related regulatory compliance services. Steve
also integrates management system consulting and
environmental data and information management system
development, including database and Web-based applications.
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Steve has been instrumental in implementing
WebEMS Manager.
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Geotechnical
Arizona
John Niedzielski, PE, has been named a senior
geotechnical engineer based in the firm's Phoenix, AZ, office.
John brings over 23 years of experience to Gannett Fleming. He
oversees subsurface explorations; reviews laboratory testing
assignments and data; authors and reviews project reports; and
provides quality control.
Pennsylvania
Recently
recognized senior associate, Terry Downs, PG, manages the
firm’s Pittsburgh, PA, Geotechnical Services Group. Also possessing
more than 23 years of experience, Downs provides report quality
assurance oversight and project drawings and contract
documents.
Terry managed the reconstruction of "The Boulevard of the
Allies," involving unique geotech challenges . . .
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Geographic Information Systems
Recently named Senior Associate,
Chris
Krebs, PE, CFM, is the Environmental Resources Division’s
manager of geographic information systems (GIS) services. His 15
years of experience includes integrating GIS into engineering and planning projects.
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Chris' water
resources expertise includes NFIP expert testimony,
flood hazard studies, watershed master plans and flood
protection design.
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As a professional engineer and Certified
Floodplain Manager (CFM), Chris applies his knowledge of
surface-water hydrology and hydraulics and the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP) while managing the company's FEMA Map
Modernization services.
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Technology Corner:
Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) and Engineering Modeling
History:
Formulated
in the 1960s, geographical information systems provided a means
of storing and organizing spatial data. Following the
trends of the computer industry, GIS has become a mainstream
tool in recent years. Rapid industry growth continues
to create new and improved applications.
Hydrology:
GIS has emerged as viable tool for modeling hydrologic
processes that has a specific application to dam engineering.
There are numerous benefits, disadvantages and cost scenarios to
consider when using it to determine spillway design flood hydrographs;
or for various hydrologic applications.
Chris Krebs, PE, CFM, regularly integrates GIS into
dams and hydraulics engineering
practice. He also co-authored a paper entitled, "A GIS Primer for
Hydrologic Modeling."
Water System Hydraulics:
The number of water resource GIS
applications is daunting, ranging from hydrologic to
hydraulic modeling.
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ACEC/PA Recognizes Ned Smith Center:
Bridge and Trail Project
The Ned Smith Center for Nature & Art (NSCNA) Pedestrian Bridge and Trail
Project in Millersburg, PA, has received an Honor Award in the American Council
of Engineering Companies of Pennsylvania’s (ACEC/PA’s) Small Projects category.
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NSCNA Executive Director, Jerry Regan,
exclaimed that Gannett Fleming was "a first-class operation!". |
In order to assist the NSCNA with meeting project funding requirements, Gannett
Fleming prepared a Categorical Exclusion Evaluation (CEE) and provided
environmental services in support of a Joint Permit
Application. The CEE documented the project’s potential NEPA
environmental impacts.
This project was managed by Gannett Fleming Vice President and Environmental
Management Practice Leader, Rich Pugh.
Adaptive Reuse/Neighborhood Revitalization
Rhode Island Award
Gannett Fleming, TerraSure and Gannett Fleming Project Development
Corporation (GFPDC) were recognized by the Providence Preservation Society of
Rhode Island with the 2007 Adaptive Reuse/ Neighborhood Revitalization Award. The
award was presented for a brownfields project known as "The Plant" - a mixed-use
development assignment located in Providence, RI. The project team was honored
for providing remediation support and assisting the developer with creating
live/work, office, commercial and event space in the historic mill complex.
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As noted in the award, The Plant
represents the growth of a new and vibrant community from the ashes of one of
the area's oldest buildings. |
The site of The Plant, in use since the late eighteenth century, has held an
important place in Providence's rich history of industry. Jonathon Puliafico,
Arul Ayyaswami, and
Don Morosky, attended the Society's
Annual
Meeting to accept the award.
Best Public Works Project
New
York Kudos
New York Construction Magazine selected the Gilboa Dam Interim Fast Track
Stability Improvements as "Project of The Year" in its Best of 2007 Public Works
Category. The assignment was a joint-venture (Gannett Fleming-Hazen and Sawyer).
An April, 2007, ACEC/NY award-winning project, the Gilboa Dam Interim Stability
Improvements Project focused on improving the dam's structural stability prior
to a major reconstruction project . . .
Infrastructure Advantage
Avant IMC was chosen because of its unique
expertise in change management, organization development, inter-government
cooperation, public-private partnerships and strategy not commonly found in
engineering/ architectural/planning firms.
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Avant IMC [profile] was selected to lead South Central Pennsylvania's Regional
Action Plan (RAP) project. RAP was formed by the South Central Caucus of County
Commissioners (SCC) as a way to identify and prioritize cooperative strategies addressing land
use, transportation and economic development between Lancaster, Lebanon, York,
Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry, Adams and Franklin counties.
Internationally Recognized Quality Certification
Gannett Fleming has demonstrated that its quality management system is in
compliance with ISO 9001:2000. Gannett Fleming is one of only 14 Engineering
News-Record Top 100 Firms to achieve this certification...
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Chesapeake Bay Initiatives
Managing Raw Water
The Baltimore, MD, water system has been supplied by the Loch Raven and Liberty
Reservoirs for the past 50 years. Withdrawal from the Susquehanna River has occurred
only on an emergency basis. Utilizing the Susquehanna on a regular basis
requires a treatment plant to meet the regulatory requirements, as well as
produce water
that is aesthetically acceptable.
The planned 120 mgd Fullerton Water Filtration Plant is being designed to meet the following objectives:
- Facilitate greater use of the Susquehanna River
- Raise total regional filtration capacity
- Increase overall system dependability
- Achieve compliance with current and upcoming drinking water regulations
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An alternatives treatment evaluation was performed early in the
related pilot plant study to screen viable technologies and develop a short list of
three alternatives that will comply with these goals. The pilot
plant was constructed to allow the alternative technologies to operate on the
Susquehanna water for an extended period to prove viability.
Gannett Fleming is completing the study and preliminary design portion of the
Fullerton project under the direction of Vice President and Environmental
Facilities Design Manager, Steve Gerlach, PE.
Reducing
Nutrients and Sediments
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) released
Pennsylvania’s current Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy (CBTS) in January,
2005. The CBTS addressed the state’s commitment for Chesapeake Bay Watershed nutrient and
sediment reductions under the 2000
Agreement, intended to remove the Bay
from the federal Clean Water Act’s list of impaired waters prior to 2011. The USEPA would
then establish a bay-wide Total Maximum Daily Load.
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Pennsylvania's Legislative Budget and
Finance Committee is currently studying the costs for state wastewater treatment
plants to comply with the CBTS. |
The CBTS focuses Pennsylvania efforts to meet legalities associated with Bay impairment, including new water quality standards enacted by
Maryland. The CBTS consists of various initiatives
(see papers/presentations) to
cost-effectively meet these nutrient and sediment reduction requirements.
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AWWA Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE)
Georgia World Congress Center
Gene Koontz, PE, [bio] will discuss the design professional's
point-of-view on the design-build (D-B)process during June's ACE in Atlanta, GA. Gene's presentation will be part of a workshop
entitled, "Avoiding Capital Punishment By Using Best Practices and Best
Sources," which will also be facilitated by Marlay Price.
Geo-Technologies:
Louisiana
E.J. Barben presented his master thesis title, "Slump
Evaluation of Soil-Bentonite Backfill Amended with Activated," at GeoCongress 2008 in New Orleans, LA. An annual congress of
the American Society of Civil Engineers GeoInstitute, this year's event focused
on "The Challenge of Sustainability in a GeoEnvironment."
New York
Kessi Zicko, PE, and Robert Kline, PE, co-wrote a
paper entitled "The Stabilization of Gilboa Dam, NY, Using High Capacity Rock Anchors: Addressing Service Performance Issues."
They describe each step in the project's assessment, design, construction and testing
evaluation process while providing a comprehensive case history.
Pennsylvania
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detection survey. |
Richard Lee [bio], Founder and President of Gannett Fleming's Quantum Geophysics
Division, will deliver a presentation on "Multi-channel Analyses of Surface Waves (MASW),
Microgravity and Other Geophysical Methods for Geotechnical Exploration" at the
Central PA Geotechnical Conference in Hershey, PA. Other topics at this year's
event include "Innovative Tools and Techniques for Low Cost Landslide Repair" [related
D-B soil nailing article].
Wastewater Treatment
Chesapeake Bay
Strategy
More than 85% of Pennsylvania’s nutrient
loads, specifically
nitrogen as the limiting nutrient for the brackish and saline waters of the Bay,
originate from non-point sources. |
Vice Presidents and National Water and Wastewater Practice Leaders, Ed Woyden,
PE, and Jim Elliott, PE, discussed the Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy
(regs/programs) at a recent Pennsylvania
State Association of Boroughs Conference. Their presentation, offering various
strategies for state wastewater treatment plants, analyzed Pennsylvania's new
comprehensive approach to nutrient reduction. Topics ranged from policy
summaries and compliance schedules to nutrient trading concerns and municipal
treatment facility action.
Connecticut Sludge
Dewatering
Civil Engineering and Environmental Vice President, Stephen Hadjiyane, PE,
delivered a presentation during the New York Water Environment Association Annual Conference on the
rehabilitation of the Town of Greenwich, CT, sewage treatment plant’s sludge
dewatering facilities. He also discussed the conversion of the plant's old digesters
into a storage space.
Pennsylvania Plant Tour
Senior Process Engineer, Fred Updegraff, PE, delivered a presentation
entitled, "East Pennsboro Township WWTP Past, Present and Future," during a
recent Central Pennsylvania Water Quality Association Meeting. The event also
featured a tour of the WWTP, which provides regional wastewater treatment to
East Pennsboro Township and portions of Wormleysburg Borough and Hampden
Township.
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» AWWA Conference and Exposition (ACE)
» Chesapeake
Bay Program
(PADEP)
» Brownfields
2008
(Michigan)
» The New York Water
Environment Association (NYWEA)
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"The Plant"
(Rhode Island)
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