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Portfolio Category: Land Use Planning & Land Development

Black River Overlook Affordable Housing

Water System Upgrade and Manganese Treatment

Client: Housing VT, LLC
Location: Ludlow, VT

Black River Overlook, 28 affordable housing units constructed by Okemo Realty in 1996, had been plagued with water quality issues, excessive concentrations of iron, manganese, hardness, calcium since opening. The 1996 water treatment system was limited and vintage and desperately needed upgrade and replacement. The project scope included complete reconstruction of the water room, replacement of pumps, controls.

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Sanel Auto Parts

Warehouse Expansion

Client: Sanel Auto Parts
Location: South Main Street, Rutland

Pre-existing site constraints are a reality of the built environment, and for Sanel’s growing business, the challenge was how to expand their warehouse space on a very small lot with significant elevation differences, and a need to maintain site circulation for delivery vehicles.

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Central Vermont Eye Care

Commercial Development Project

Client: Drs. Praveen & Christine Keshava
Location: Rutland, VT
Project: Medical Center Development

From the project outset, special consideration was given to the site design and layout. To mitigate development impact within the Moon Brook Impaired Watershed and the need for an Operational Stormwater Discharge Permit, the aggregate newly created impervious area could not exceed the permitting threshold of 5,000 square feet of new impervious area. Simultaneously, another owner was proposing an addition of approximately 1,000 square feet of new impervious, reducing this project’s impervious area to 4,000 sf.

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Mettowee Community School

Water Supply and Wastewater Disposal

Client: Mettowee School
Location: Pawlet, VT

Mettowee Community School was a collaborative effort to meld four small rural schools, two in Pawlet, and two in Rupert, into a community school. We participated in the assessment of various sites, eventually settling on the site on VT Rt. 133, near VT Rt. 30, a portion of the former Hulett Farm.

Challenges with both water supply and wastewater disposal were expected. Wells within the Slate Valley are often high in several constituents. And, wastewater disposal is a challenge with a high seasonal groundwater table and poorly drained soils.

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