Surveying > Construction

Portage Road Bridge over Barton-Howard Lakes
Channel, Kalamazoo, MI, MDOT Job # 76306A

  • A single-span reinforced concrete culvert was removed. A 25 ft. single span pre-stressed, post-tensioned, concrete box-beam bridge was constructed.













Services Provided:

Surveying - Hydrological and Hydraulic Analysis - Scour Analysis - Design Engineering - Structure Engineering - Planning - Construction Engineering

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Stadium Drive Reconstruction MDOT Safety Project
Kalamazoo, MI


This project was constructed part width to maintain two lanes of traffic at all times.
  • 1.91 kilometers of roadway was expanded from two ,12-foot lanes to five, 12-foot lanes with concrete curb and gutter and storm sewer the full length.
  • Traffic planning included temporary lane construction and lane closures and shifts with advance, regulatory, and warning signs, lighted barricades, and flag control.
  • Signalization including mast-arm-mounted signals with video detection, internally illuminated street name signs, and uninterruptible back-up power system.




Services Provided:

Preliminary Engineering - Surveying - Design Engineering - Construction Engineering - Right-of-Way - Construction Inspection and Testing

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42nd /43rd Street Reconstruction Project MDOT Job # 76271A Kalamazoo County, MI

1.81 miles of road reconstruction with roadway realignment to correct existing substandard horizontal curves.
  • This road was constructed in three different pavement sections including HMA base crushing and shaping and HMA paving.
  • The selected road alignment required replacement of the peat soils in a wetland area with MDOT roadbed soils.
  • This project also required construction of a 10-acre wetland mitigation site to cover past and current mitigation requirements and provide
    for future wetland banking.

2004 NAPA/MDOT Award of Merit
for the Local Agency Project category.



Services Provided:

Design Engineering - Construction Engineering - Right-of-Way Acquisition - Surveying - Permitting - Construction Inspection and Testing

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Pipestone Road Relocation Project, MDOT Job #49238A Berrien County, MI

Relocation of Pipestone Road.
  • This project involved preparation of an environmental assessment, pavement design, storm sewer study, and plans, specifications and cost estimates.
  • An existing two-lane 1,800-foot-long roadway was removed and replaced with a five-lane curbed bituminous all-season road, and a new five-lane, 12,500-foot-long curbed bituminous road.
  • The project required curb and gutter, storm sewer varying in size from 12 to 72 inches, new traffic signals, diversion of a county drain into the proposed storm sewer system, and various other items based on the standards, specifications and procedures of both MDOT and AASHTO.

Services Provided:
Surveying - Site Design - Design Engineering - Construction Staking and Engineering - Right-of-Way - Contract and Bid Administration

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Carmody Road Bridge over Mill Creek, Berrien County, MI

Replaced steel beam bridge with concrete box-beam bridge.

  • A single-span steel-beam bridge was removed and a 10-meter single span pre-stressed, post-tensioned concrete box-beam bridge was constructed.
  • Also performed were topographical survey, hydrological and hydraulic analysis, scour analysis, and all design work including plans and specifications, structure design, programming, and cost estimates, and construction engineering.







Services Provided:

Surveying - Hydrological and Hydraulic Analysis - Scour Analysis - Design Engineering - Structure Engineering - Planning - Construction Engineering

 

Work In Progress

Four Winds North Casino, Hartford MI

Wightman & Associates is providing engineering, surveying, and inspection services for all aspects of this 35-acre project including ALTA/ACSM Land Title survey, topographical surveying, and site layout of the casino site, as well as designing the on-site and off-site utilities. The off-site utility work includes approximately 2.2 miles of water main, 3.4 miles of sanitary forcemain and a new lift station.

MDOT I-94 Battle Creek, MI

4.4 miles of paving, concrete approaches and bridge replacement

Sewer Line Extension,
Three Oaks Township, MI

Topo and construction staking

MDOT Local Agency Project on S. Elm Street, Village of Three Oaks, MI

Topo and construction staking