Annual Review 2008 - (Page 6) Empowering Regional Economies Helping Communities Transition and Grow During a time when the term “economic crisis” has been used on a daily basis, Dewberry continues to support its clients’ opportunities for economic growth. In multiple locations around the country, the firm is lending its engineering and architectural design expertise to assist communities with transition and growth. In order to connect major business areas and communities in Maryland, Dewberry is providing lead design services, as well as construction administration and inspection services, for Contract C of the InterCounty Connector (ICC) project for the Maryland State Highway Administration. This $513million, design-build project includes 3.8 miles of the six-lane ICC roadway, over 20 bridges, an interchange at Briggs Chaney Road, and three-level interchanges at Route 29 and I-95. Contract C is the second of five contracts that will create the 18.8-mile ICC thoroughfare from the I-270/I-370 corridor in Montgomery County to the I-95/US-1 corridor in Prince George’s County. (Dave Mahoney, PE, Project Manager) The opening of the Peoria NEXT Innovation Center, a 50,000-square-foot business and technology incubator and commercialization facility, will leverage the $1 billion dollars in research and development that occurs annually in the Central Illinois economy. PSA-Dewberry designed the center, strategically located between Bradley University and Peoria’s Medical Complex, to include individual tenant suites, wet and dry lab spaces, shared-tenant conference rooms, shared common areas—such as a business center and a scientific equipment room, and administrative office space—in order to facilitate start-up companies. (Paul Reardon, AIA, Project Manager) Infrastructure improvements, designed by Dewberry, are allowing North Carolina State University in Raleigh to achieve its expansion goals. In 2004, the university began construction of a new multi-story apartment complex, which soon revealed the limitations that low water pressure was placing on campus growth. Dewberry was tasked with designing the construction of booster pump and pressure reducing stations to benefit the main campus in its entirety by providing adequate water pressure and supply for domestic and fire demand. The permanent booster pump consists of four parallel pumps with one rotating variable frequency drive as well as the ability to expand the system to six pumps in order to accommodate future campus growth. (Mary Brice, PE, Project Engineer)
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