Local Government Projects
DC Evidence Facility
Washington, DC
WMC key staff provided the design team with civil engineering and surveying services for this 30,000 sq ft facility which is comprised of 10,000 sq ft of administrative area for Metropolitan Police Department and 20,000 sq ft of storage space.
This state of art new evidence control facility includes features such as computer-automated inventory, tracking system, video security surveillance, and refrigerated units for storing DNA samples. The facility was design to meet LEED Gold standards.
Commmunity of Hope
Washington, DC
WMC is currently providing surveying and civil engineering services for this 4-story, 50,000 gsf health and resource center located on a nearly half-acre site in Ward 8 of Washington, DC.
The new health and resource center will provide space for primary medical and dental care, mental health services, social services, and office space for administrative staff. The building is being design to meet LEED-certification requirements and will have state-of-the-art equipment including electronic health records.
Walter Reed Community and Senior Center
Arlington, VA
WMC participated in the design for the development of a newly constructed Walter Reed Community and Senior Center in Arlington, Virginia. The 30,000 sq ft community and senior center included a new recreational facility, basketball courts, community gardens, extensive green roof system, tennis courts, and expansion of the parking area. The center’s concept design was designed to service the surrounding neighborhoods and includes a unique feature of services for the citizens of the community, including senior adults, with a broader draw than the immediate communities. The community was involved in the design process for this project which included coordination from WMC.
Old DC Courthouse Modernization
Washington, DC
The Old DC Courthouse is part of Washington’s Judiciary Square Master Plan and is one of the oldest public buildings in the District of Columbia requiring renovation and restoration back to its original historic grandeur and function as a modern court building. WMC is participating in this renovation project and providing civil engineering and survey services to expand and modernize an existing historic building, as well as design and build a two-level underground parking garage.
Barry Farms Recreation Center
Washington, DC
In result of a citywide initiative to renovate and construct recreation centers and public parks District of Columbia’s Department of Parks and Recreation is adapting the former Birney Elementary School to house an improved 8,000 sq ft Barry Farm Recreation Center.
WMC key staff is assisting the team with surveying, civil engineering and landscape architecture, and exterior lighting services. Specific tasks include boundary, topographic, and utility surveys; civil engineering services from schematic design to construction documents; playground design, and EISF coordination.
This project is still in progress and is estimated to be complete in the 3rd quarter of 2011.
DC Water – Division C – CSO 019 Overflow and Diversion Structures
Washington, DC
WMC is part of the architectural/engineering team slated to provide design and related services to be performed for Division C – CSO 019 Overflow and Diversion Structures. DC Water is implementing its Long Term Control Plan (LTCP) to control CSOs to the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers and Rock Creek
The purpose of the overflow structure is to provide for discharges from the combined sewer system to the Anacostia River when conditions exceed the capacity of the CSO tunnel system. The diversion structure will divert combined sewer flow in the existing Northeast Boundary Trunk Sewer (CSO 019) into the tunnel system. The overflow and diversion structures will be connected to the tunnel system through drop shafts on the tunnel system. The tunnel system, drop shafts and final connections from the CSO 019 overflow and diversion structures to the tunnel system are part of future facilities to be designed by others.
WMC is currently providing surveying and landscape architecture services. The project is currently being designed.
DC Water – Final Dewatering Facilities
Washington, DC
WMC is assisting the team with professional engineering design and related services to provide Final Dewatering Facilities at the Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant at Blue Plains and modifications to existing lime stabilization system. The Final Dewatering Facilities are part of a larger overall Biosolids Program that includes three other projects: Site Preparation, Main Process Train (thermal hydrolysis/anaerobic digestion), and Combined Heat and Power. DC Water’s goals for this work include the reliable and effective dewatering of digested bio-solids from the new thermal hydrolysis/anaerobic digestion process and continued use of lime stabilization for quantities of solids beyond the capacity of the new thermal hydrolysis/anaerobic digestion system.
WMC is providing surveying and civil engineering services for this project. The project is currently being designed.
DC Water – M Street Diversion Sewer (CSOs 015, 016 and 017)
Washington, DC
WMC is part of the design team for services relating to DC Water's Division E – M Street Diversion Sewer (CSOs 015, 016 And 017).
This project is intended to address Consent Decree requirements to control overflows from CSO 015 and to consolidate CSOs 016 and 017. Overflows will be intercepted at the existing combined sewers by constructing diversion chambers and diverted flows will be conveyed to the Anacostia River Tunnel (ART) by a series of diversion sewers and microtunnels constructed under M Street, SE. Diversion chambers will be constructed under M Street to intercept CSO’s 015, 016 and 017 at 9th, 12th, and 14th Streets SE, respectively. A 36” diameter microtunnel will convey flow from CSO 015 to CSO 016, and a 96” microtunnel will convey flow from CSO 016 to CSO 017. The combined flow diverted from CSOs 015, 016, and 017 will be delivered to the ART via a vortex drop and deaeration facility to be constructed near the intersection of Water and M Streets SE. The vortex drop facility, deaeration tunnel, and final connections from the M Street Diversion Sewer to the ART are part of future work to be designed by others.WMC is providing extensive surveying services for this project.
Fairland Regional Park and Aquatic Center
Laurel, MD
Fairland Regional Park includes approximately 150 acres of parkland that was developed for recreational use. Facilities on site include recreation facility with swimming area, The Gardens Ice House, four lighted softball fields, outdoor playground, and a stormwater management demonstration project area. WMC assisted the design team by providing surveying and extensive civil engineering services in support of this recreation center.
Laurel Fire Station
Laurel, MD
WMC provided complete design and review of 20,000 cy of fill material, utilities, fuel tanks and pumps, parking, road improvements, infiltration trench for stormwater control. Bank stabilization included hydrographic analysis of upstream conditions, establishment of floodplain and use of temporary and permanent check dams to reduce velocities of water entering basin.
Kensington Fire Station
Kensington, MD
This new facility located on sloping site included a 600 foot extension of Connecticut Avenue in order to provide access to the station. Significant earthwork and soil stabilization was required on this project. Stormwater management requirements were met by the design and construction of a stormwater management pond in accordance with the Maryland Department of the Environment. Heavy pavement design was necessitated by the use of the facility as a fire equipment training site. Substantial excavations were mounded and stabilized to create landscaped berms. Underground storage tanks and fuel delivery systems were designed for this facility.
George Mason Regional Library
Annandale, Virginia
WMC submitted site design for a proposed addition to a 27,000 sq ft public library in northern Virginia. Design included additional parking for expansion, storm sewer structures and lines, alterations to existing sidewalk, median islands, repaving and landscaping, and stormwater management waivers.
Chantilly Regional Library
Chantilly, VA
Complete civil engineering services were performed by WMC for the development of a 25-acre site for a 52,000 sq ft library and related public street improvements. The design included widening a 2 lane public road to a mediated four lane highway, a 300 car at-grade parking lot, a large stormwater management & water quality control facility serving this and several adjacent public construction projects, and planning for future road and utility connections within the site. The design and subsequent inspection of the 1 acre stormwater management pond incorporated best management practices for water quality improvements serving this and several upstream projects. Our hydrologic analysis identified inadequate existing storm sewers downstream of the pond. The pond outflow was controlled to discharge no more than could be conveyed by the existing downstream system.