Transportation

Lake Street Streetscape, Bridgman, MI

The project required multiple utility relocations and burials to extend the City’s progress on buried facilities throughout the Lake Street corridor.
  • Project included 0.6 miles of roadway and streetscape improvements including HMA milling and resurfacing, curb and gutter replacement, ADA sidewalk ramps, fire hydrant replacements, decorative stamped concrete sidewalks, LED street lighting,
    decorative benches, planters and trash receptacles, stamped concrete crosswalks, LED traffic signals with full span mast arm structure, plantings and elaborate block planters.
  • In order to develop a plan that was consistent with community goals, numerous stakeholder engagements were required. Meetings were held in a variety of ways, including as part of the regularly scheduled council meetings, special meetings specifically intended for this project, and also on-site meetings with the respective property owners to review full scale layouts of the proposed planters and locations. 

Services Provided:
Planning - Enhancement Grant Applications - Surveying - Traffic Engineering - Civil Engineering -
Structural Engineering - Landscape Architecture -
Presentation Renderings - Inspection & Material
Testing - Architecture Design - Contract Administration - Inspection Services - Street Lighting Design - Signal Design

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Andrews University - New Entrance Road, Berrien Springs, MI8
The new entry road builds an image for the University and improves traffic into the campus.
  • New entrance to the University is a consolidated access point for the campus. It involved abandonment of private and public roads and utilities to construct the entrance and direct traffic from other secondary entrances to the new entrance.
  • The new entrance location and configuration were coordinated with MDOT and provisions are being made for a future widening of US 31 and the installation of a traffic signal.
  • The design includes a four-lane boulevard with a curb and gutter, entry structures, a sign, gate house, building and architectural site lighting and cameras.
  • Water & sewer extensions were completed and stormwater will be collected and directed to an expanded infiltration basin.
  • The campus is an arboretum so minimum trees could be removed. Landscaping and irrigation were a part of the project.

Services Provided:
Project Management - Surveying - Traffic Engineering - Civil Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Structural Engineering - Landscape Architecture - Presentation Renderings - Material Testing - Architecture*

*WAI provided architectural services during construction. IN Architects and Planners provided architectural design services for the structures. Contact Mr. Tarik El-Nagger (219) 663-6046
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Maudlin & Hoder Roads Reconstruction, New Buffalo Township, Berrien County, MI

This project was completed in conjunction with the New Buffalo Township water and sewer project along the same project limits.  The Township has identified the US-12 corridor as an area prime for development due to the proximity of I-94 and will require water and sanitary sewer services.  The road, water and sewer work was performed in stages, allowing for one lane of travel throughout much of the duration of the project.
  • The project started at  Maudlin Road at the rear entrance of the Four Winds Casino, east to Hoder Road and along Hoder Road from Maudlin Road north to US-12.  This route had been used for casino construction traffic and experienced almost a 100% increase in traffic over a two year period. The roads were narrow with minor horizontal and vertical alignment deficiencies, and significant trees lining the route. 
  • The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) assisted funding the project through the Indian Reservation Roads program (IRR) and through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds.  The funding assistance totals $675,000 from the IRR program and $535,733 from ARRA. 
  • The project is 1.7 miles of road reconstruction with tree removals, pavement
    removal, horizontal and vertical realignment, ditching, culvert installations, concrete curb and gutter at the intersections, HMA paving, subgrade underdrains, restoration and pavement markings.

Services Provided:
Surveying - Design Engineering - Construction Oversight - Environmental TestingPermit Administration - Funding Administration

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Lovers Lane Improvements Portage, MI
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One mile of complete street reconstruction including critical coordination with MDOT.
  • The MDOT Kalamazoo TSC was concurrently completing the plans for the replacement of the Lovers Lane Bridge over I-94, which included relocating the bridge approximately 70 feet to the west and widening from two lanes to five lanes.
  • All WAI services were carefully coordinated so that the projects were aligned properly.
  • Additional specific items included 15-inch sanitary sewer replacement, storm sewer, concrete curb and gutter, concrete sidewalks, bituminous pavement, landscaping, and modernization of traffic signals.
  • Provisions were also made to transfer all overhead utilities underground.

Services Provided:
Design Engineering - Construction Engineering - Right-of-Way Acquisition - Surveying - Permitting
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Harmonia Road Reconstruction Project, Springfield, MI

This project involved approximately 7000 ft of road resurfacing.
  • The road was designed to utilize $330,000 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds (ARRA) .  Over the years, the road has been constructed over peat and lowland soils, due to the poor soil depth and 
    prohibitive costs to replace them.  Due to the funding amount, to maximize the length of the project, special care was taken to leave the base materials intact, including an old concrete road that lies beneath the existing asphalt surface. 
  • Specific items included were miscellaneous ditching, HMA base crushing and shaping, HMA paving, and trenching to provide adequate shoulders.  

Services Provided:
Design Engineering - Construction Engineering - Right-of-Way Acquisition - Surveying - Permitting - Inspection
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42nd /43rd Street Reconstruction Project MDOT Job # 76271A
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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

 

Work In Progress

Intersection of M-51, Broadway and 10th Street in the City of Niles, MI

M-51 has a six-leg intersection in Niles that has a high traffic accident volume. WAI is providing scoping and preliminary design services to improve operational deficiencies at this complex intersection. Several design alternatives will be prepared to address the safety deficiencies of the intersection as well as improving the road condition, improving the schematics, providing safe pedestrian crossing access, and enhancing traffic operations.

The design alternatives for the intersection will be evaluated for their benefits to safety and operational traffic flow. The documented safety benefits of each alternative and their related costs will be used to secure funding sources for additional phases of the project.

Village of Three Oaks Street Improvements

The Village of Three Oaks qualified for MDOT Small Urban roadways within the Village limits grant money through the Rural Task Force.  The $150,000.00 grant amount represents 80% of a construction project with an estimated cost of $187,500.  In order to obtain the funds, the Village had to match of 20% of this construction cost ($37,500), as well as the professional fees.  The project involves removal of pavement, storm sewer mprovements, sidewalk improvements at the intersections, placement of a 3” asphalt base and 1 ½” asphalt overlay of South Elm Street between Ash Street and Paw Paw Street.

Village of Baroda Streetscape Project

WAI provided design (2010) and construction engineering (2011) for the First Street Streetscape project from Church Street to Lemon Creek Road.  The
project is approximately 1,300’ long and includes decorative LED lighting with turn of the century style poles, new concrete curb and gutter, storm sewer modifications, HMA
resurfacing, decorative concrete crosswalks, decorative stamped sidewalks, ADA ramps, minor water main improvements, and irrigation for new trees and hanging baskets.

Our services include design engineering, topographic survey, grant assistance, landscape architecture, bid assistance and recommendation.  Services in 2011 will include contract
administration, payroll verification, construction staking, site representation,
pay estimates and

Traffic Study,
Niles, MI

traffic study

WAI is partnering with URS to prepare a traffic study for a $12 million infrastructure improvements project at Lakeland Community Hospital. The project involves closing a two-way street, St. Joseph Avenue, to "through" traffic by constructing a cul-de-sac just south of the road's current terminus at Main Street. This would improve pedestrian access and safety in front of the hospital property.

testing services.