Gartley & Dorsky is proud to have been chosen to provide civil engineering, structural engineering, survey, wetland delineation and municipal permitting services for the new Educare Central Maine school in Waterville, Maine. When completed, this grand project will provide the children of Waterville with a first-class early childhood education facility. Educare operates on the premise that the first few years of a child's life are critical to his or her development. Educare also seeks to help disadvantaged children and help break the cycle of poverty. The Educare Central Maine facility will be the first in New England and one of eight in the U.S. Construction of the $9.4 million early-childhood-education facility, located next to the George J. Mitchell School, has been in the planning/design stage since 2008. The ground breaking ceremony was held on June 25, 2009. Construction of the 35,638-square-foot school has begun, and the school is planning to be open in September 2010. Approximately 200 children in the greater Waterville area will be served by the facility, which will also serve as an early-childhood-education training location for area colleges. Gartley & Dorsky has provided all work on an expedited schedule, from contract award in February 2009 to ground breaking in June 2009. A summary of each of our service groups is presented below.
Gartley & Dorsky secured all necessary permits for this project. These permit included municipal Site Plan Review, the state MDEP NRPA wetland impact permit, the state Stormwater Management permit and the federal Army Corp of Engineers Programmatic General Permit. We were able to bypass the extensive state Site Location of Development Law permit requirements by limiting the new impervious surface to less than 1.0 acre (this took extensive interaction between our permit group and the civil design group). We obtained all permits within a very aggressive design/construction timeline. Select photographs of the wetlands and streams at the site are available for viewing (click slideshow).
After contract award, Gartley & Dorsky responded immediately with a survey crew to begin the topographic survey of the development area. We provided this valuable information, including wetland boundaries, on an expedited timeline so that the civil site design process could begin. The topography was surveyed in difficult site conditions (heavy snow cover). A full boundary survey was also completed on the entire 27-acre parcel. A survey plan is available for viewing (click slideshow).
Gartley & Dorsky provided complete civil engineering services on this project. This included all aspects of site planning and design, facility infrastructure, roadways, parking, and utility design. We coordinated the traffic study and MDOT issues with a traffic consultant, and worked cooperatively with other specialty consultants (M/E/P). All work was coordinated through RDG Planning & Design of Omaha, Nebraska which required extensive electronic interaction. Numerous design changes were incorporated into the final site design. Select civil engineering site plans are available for viewing (click slideshow).
Gartley & Dorsky is providing complete structural engineering services for Educare central Maine. We are working closely with architect RDG Planning & Design, based in Omaha, NE to design a structure which meets the programmatic needs of the Educare within an aesthetically pleasing, economically viable and structurally sound building facility. Although the structural engineering documents are not complete at this time, preliminary design development and pricing documents have been issued. Selected plans are available for viewing (click slideshow).
