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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.

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.

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.

Services:

• Boundary Survey
• Site Plan
• Well Pump Hydraulics
• Contract Drawings and Specs
• NJDEP – SDW Application
• Mercer County Planning Board
• Mercer County SCS
• Electrical Subcontracting
• Geotechnical Subcontracting
• NJDEP – Wetlands
• NJDEP – Flood Hazard
• Construction Inspections

Lawrence Township, Mercer County, NJ – CES provides ongoing design, bidding assistance, and construction management services for our utility client’s many wells, treatment facilities, mains, and other infrastructure facilities. Our professionals help out utility client maintain and constantly improve the very reliable water system it owns and operates throughout New Jersey.

This project included rehabilitation of the existing Well #4 well house, and construction of Wells #4, 5, and 8, water treatment system building and appurtenances.

The new water treatment building is a 19-foot by 33-foot structure. Interior installations include air relief, sampling tap, pressure gauge, blow off, Harmisco media filters, and UV treatment. Wells 4 and 5 will have chemical treatment with an outlet for 120-feet of 48-inch contact pipe.

Services:

• Topographical Survey
• Concept Plans
• Preliminary Design
• Final Design and Quantities
• Specifications

Washington Township, Gloucester County, NJ – This project involved widening and resurfacing nearly a mile of single lane County road to provide two lanes in each direction with appropriate turn lanes.

This completed Gloucester County’s years-long effort to provide better traffic flow between Monroe Township and Delsea Drive. It also completed the connection from Monroe Township to Route 55 in Deptford by way of Egg Harbor Road (also a County road) and gave Kennedy Heath System’s local hospital better regional access.

The project included roadway widening, reconstruction and resurfacing, and design of horizontal alignment so that right-of-way acquisition was not necessary. Design included detailed grading, curb ramps, signing and striping, guiderail, soil erosion and sediment control and traffic control /staging, as well as underground infiltration system to accommodate stormwater runoff from new pavement widening.

Services:

• Highway Traffic Analysis
• Wetlands LOI
• Engineering Design

Traffic analysis and design for the 3.8 mile portion of an arterial road from the vicinity of County Route 610 to County Route 689, including existing future traffic analysis, future projections, traffic signal analysis, and accident analysis. Improvements were recommended to mitigate current traffic and safety issues, as well as to provide additional capacity for future growth.

The project was accomplished in 2 Phases

Phase I included:

• Traffic analysis (roadway and intersection movement capacity and levels of service)
• Existing right-of-way plans
• Survey control information
• Concept plans and intersection concepts
• Conceptual right-of-way acquisition requirements
• Conceptual construction cost estimates
• Identification of potential environmental impacts
• Identification of potential stormwater management facility locations
• Confirmation of existing and planned future utilities
• NJDEP Freshwater Wetlands LOI
• Recommendation of the preferred alternative scheme for further development

 

Phase II included:

• A preliminary depiction of road easement/right-of-way requirements
• Preliminary roadway improvement plans
• Preliminary construction cost estimates
• Definition of environmental impacts and permitting requirements
• Preliminary stormwater management plan and requirements
• Utility relocation requirements and conflicts to be resolved during final design

Services:

• Survey
• Design
• Permitting
• Bid Documents

Borough of Pine Hill, Camden County, NJ – CES completed surveying, design, and bid documents for a one-mile portion of Turnersville Road (CR 688) in the Borough of Pine Hill. The distressed roadway surface was in poor condition, and some portions of the roadway flooded during high rain events due to inconsistent profile slopes, a lack of collection points, and undersized existing storm water pipes. Pedestrian facilities were also of concern due to the high density residential development in the area, as well as a middle school and high school within the project limits.

The project included pavement reconstruction, milling and overlay, concrete curb, sidewalk, striping, and extensive storm sewer upgrades. The design plans also included specific constructions details for 30 curb ramps including dimensions, slopes, and detectable warning surfaces to ensure compliance with ADA/PROWAG requirements.

Services:

• Surveying

Elsinboro Township, Salem County, New Jersey – The NJ Department of Environmental Protection – Bureau of Coastal Engineering, hired CES to perform surveys of 13 parcels of land for the Oakwood Beach Replenishment Project on the Delaware River Bay. This was a long awaited project, funded by the Federal Government and NJDEP. Because of the eroded beachfront, residents had seen their properties take on flooding and damage during bad storms. The nearly $10 million project aimed to replenish the beach and better protect the properties associated with the waterfront.

CES surveyed individual properties so agreements could be formed between the homeowners and the State.

Services:

• Surveying
• Construction Stakeout
• As-Built Surveys

Princeton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey – Construction companies often choose CES to provide full construction stakeout and construction engineering assistance, as shown with the new $83 million Princeton University Lakeside Graduate Housing project.

The project included construction stakeout for 15 buildings, containing 715 beds of graduate student townhouse and apartment housing, and a 400 space parking garage. Surveying services included inspection of concrete levels, plumbness of steel structures and window elevations, as well as full site improvements stakeout, as-built surveys including electric services as-built.

Services:

• Control Survey
• Construction Stakeout
• As-Built Surveys
• ALTA Survey

 

Hamilton Township, Mercer County, NJ – Briad Construction Services chose CES to provide full construction surveying services for its latest Marriott Hotel on Route 130.

The initial efforts were to identify control points and lay stakes for initial grading.  Later surveying involved all aspects of the parking areas, utility lines, stormwater management, building, pool, and an imaginative multi-sport (pickleball) outdoor court.

While the surveying was hindered by the large amount of work vehicles on site at any one time, CES personnel worked with the site superintendent to assure all relevant points were available as needed.

Lastly, CES surveyed the final construction and prepared as-built surveys and an ALTA survey to the level required for permanent financing and release of any bonds.