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Wadsworth Lake Dam Removal Permit

Washington Township, Gloucester County, NJ – CES provided engineering services to prepare a New Jersey Dam Safety Permit Application and supporting documents for the removal (breach) of the Wadsworth Dam, currently listed with the NJDEP Dam Safety Section as an ‘unsafe’ high hazard dam.

A previously prepared Hydrologic Analysis for upstream Kandle Lake Dam was used to obtain inflow hydrographs and routings to show the downstream impact of the Wadsworth Dam removal. Also, the Gloucester and Camden County Soil Conservation Districts previously performed an assessment and characterization of the Upper Mantua Creek, which was used to develop inflow data from the watershed. This analysis also included information on the Wadsworth Dam and will also be used to develop downstream information and modeling of the dam removal. Last, NJDOT recently performing road improvements to the Delsea Drive and East Holly intersection area. As part of its design and permitting process, a hydrologic and hydraulic analysis was performed to size the bridge replacements under Delsea Drive and East Holly. All of these studies will be included in the Wadsworth Dam removal calculations and stabilization design.

 

Services:

  • Hydrology Analysis
  • Investigation
  • Construction Documents
  • Design Analysis
  • Dam Safety Permit Application
  • Environmental Permitting
  • As-Built

 

Kennedy Health – Cherry Hill Replacement Hospital

Cherry Hill Township, Camden County, NJ – In 2017, Kennedy Health’s Cherry Hill Division completed a magnificent Atrium Entrance and five-story medical office building (MOB) at the Cherry Hill Hospital Campus. Phase II of the plan recently received preliminary and final planning board approval.

CES was honored to design, provide permitting services and Planning Board testimony for a six-story replacement hospital building that will join the new Atrium/MOB. The project is approximately 250,000 square feet with a helicopter pad on the roof. It will include a new surgical suite, medical lab and support facilities, and move to a private hospital bed model. New cherry trees were added to the site and County Road landscaping plans to reflect Cherry Hill Townships tradition.

Services:

  • Preliminary and Final Site Planning
  • Permitting
  • Traffic
  • County Road
  • Planning Board Representation

 

Scotland Run Golf Course

Client: Scotland Run Golf Course

Services:

  • Surveying
  • Site Planning using Stephen Kay’s Design
  • Storm Drainage
  • Clubhouse Site Plan and Parking
  • County Road Widening
  • Water and Sewer Main Extensions

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, NJ – Designed by Golf Course Architect Stephen Kay, Scotland Run is one of the premier golf courses in New Jersey. This course was reclaimed from a past gravel pit and transformed into a unique course with three different looks: wooded, open field (a former farm field), and links (former gravel pit).

 

The 26,000 square feet clubhouse has one of the nicest restaurants and banquet facilities in the region. CES designed a storm water management system that avoided long and costly environmental permits, provided site planning for the clubhouse, and obtained County road permits for over a half mile of County road.

 

 

North Camden Water Pump Station

Services:

  • Design, Specification
  • Bidding Assistance
  • Construction Surveillance
  • Construction Management and Administration
Camden City, Camden County, NJ – CES designed, specified, and provided bidding assistance and construction management for renovations to the North Camden Water Pump Station. This existing 40-year-old water booster station serves a major portion of Camden City and was upgraded to handle a fire flow demand of 2,800 gallons per minute.

Mechanical improvements included replacement of split case centrifugal pumps. Old valves and pneumatically operated switches were replaced with new solid state electric operators. Additionally, CES professionals upgraded the adjacent five million gallon at-grade storage tank’s cathodic protection system, monitoring system, and the City’s SCADA system.

Electrical improvements included retrofitting the entire interior electrical system, including MCC, control panel and telemetering, replacing interior wiring, conduits and grounding, design of a new 480V – 3 phase natural gas standby generator with an automatic transfer switch, and replacement of all interior and exterior lighting.

Radium Removal Treatment Wells #14 & #15

Services:

  • Survey
  • Site Plan
  • Building Layout
  • Approvals
  • Soil Erosion Permitting
  • System Design
  • Construction Management
  • Contract Administration
Gloucester Township, Camden County, NJ – Gloucester Township needed improved water for Wells 14 and 15 and CES provided the solution. CES designed the equipment containment buildings and coordinated with the radium removal contractor regarding all design aspects, such that the new radionuclide removal system and existing IPMP Filter/Treatment System installed in the proposed treatment buildings.

CES coordinated and designed the necessary treatment, electrical, and instrumentation systems. CES and WRT coordinated with Aqua NJ the exact SCADA system requirements. The design included hardware requirements for the SCADA system as well as the I/O wiring required to and from the various field devices.

CES performed an hydraulic review of the well pumps and the pressure drops from each system and recommended pump upgrades accordingly. We also provided all contract documentation and drawings for bidding purposes, and provided construction management services for both treatment plants. The building design consisted of a split faced masonry wall with masonry “A” frame wood roof construction.

Painting and Upgrades to Three Municipal Water Storage Tanks

Services:

  • Engineering Design and Specifications
  • Bidding Assistance
  • Construction Management
  • Construction Inspection
Camden City, Camden County, NJ – Over the years, CES has provided surveying, engineering design, construction management and construction inspection services to many road, bridge, sanitary sewer and water infrastructure projects for the City of Camden.

CES provided construction management services for the sand blasting and painting of the three city-owned potable water storage tanks. The storage facilities consist of two two-million gallon hydropillars and a five-million gallon ground level tank. Services included field observation of the blasting and painting activities, conducting the pre-construction meeting, review of shop drawings and contractor payment requests, issuing clarifications during construction, coordination with the client and contractor, conducting wage rate interviews, and more.

The City also awarded two change orders to CES’s contract to perform engineering design and construction management services for the rehabilitation of the altitude valves at the two hydropillars and the replacement/upgrade of the city’s SCADA data collection system for both the potable water and sanitary sewer facilities.

Central Ave., Pine Ave. and Clifton Ave. Water Main Replacement

Services:

  • Bid Plans and Specifications
  • NJDEP – SDW Permit
  • Traffic Control Details
  • Road Opening Permits
  • Camden County SCS
  • Bidding
  • Construction Administration
  • Inspection

Gloucester Township, Camden County, NJ – This project, located between the Black Horse Pike and Blackwood Lake, included over 4,000 linear feet of 8-inch water main, and over 1,300 linear feet of 1-inch water line to replace aging water mains in the Blackwood section of Gloucester Township.

The water main was carefully routed around trees and existing curbs to replace existing water valves and meters, home connections, and hydrants.

CES designed the project, obtained the required permits , assisted with bidding, inspected the work, and reviewed payment requests until completion.

Project cost was nearly $700,000.

  

Amherst Drive Main Replacement

Services:

  • Bid Plans and Specifications
  • NJDEP – SDW Permit
  • Traffic Control Details
  • Road Opening Permits
  • Ocean County SCS
  • Bidding
  • Construction Administration
  • Inspection

Berkley Township, Ocean County, NJ – Amherst Drive in Berkley Township is a long, dead end court with rear yard waterfront access to Barnegat Bay. As such, sedimentary soils are common under the streets and require water main operations diligence.

CES was hired to carefully plan and oversee the replacement of water mains on this street.

Open trench installation requested by the owner led to a contractor’s questions on the presence of “Corduroy Roads,” a historic common road building method that placed log roads over swampy areas. Soil replacement and proper compaction was a must for this waterfront area.

Project cost was well over $500,000.

 

Water Main Extension on High Hill Road

High Hill Road (County Route 662)

Services:

  • Design
  • Approvals
  • Water Main Extension Permit
  • Soil Erosion Permitting
  • Traffic Control
  • Contract Administration
  • On-Site Inspection

Woolwich Township, Gloucester County, NJ – To increase water distribution throughout the fast growing Woolwich area, our utility client required the addition of a new 16-inch Tyton Ductile Iron Pipe Water Transmission Main on High Hill Road. This main runs 5,953 feet from the Tri-County Regional Pipeline at Township Line Road in neighboring Logan Township, where it interconnects with an existing water main within a residential development.

The project included the location of an air relief valve at the highest point on High Hill Road, and the location of a meter pit as requested by the client.

Reports included information regarding sensitive environmental areas adjacent to the construction area.

Plans included traffic control and soil erosion measures. The mains were hydrostatically tested to ensure integrity and chlorination treated prior to being placed in service.

Seaview Harbor Water Improvements

Services:

  • Boundary Survey
  • Site Plan
  • Well Pump Hydraulics
  • Contract Drawings
  • Permitting
  • Construction Inspections

Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, NJ – This CES client required a review and redesign of its existing water treatment facility in Egg Harbor Township. As the facility is adjacent to a bay and located on sandy beach soils, special care was given during construction.

As the treatment facility lot was unusually large, a minor subdivision was proposed and approved to allow two new home building lots consistent with the community homes, while maintaining the water treatment facility.

In addition to significant internal updates, the building itself was enlarged and updated with cedar shingle, vinyl type siding and architecture similar to the surrounding community.