Projects

DelDOT Statewide Pipe Replacement Design Build Project

The State of Delaware has more than 200 locations throughout the state where bridge-length corrugated metal pipe culverts are corroding and are in need of replacement. In most of these locations, the corrugated metal pipes are at or beyond their expected life. DelDOT decided to use the design/build method to expedite replacement of a group of these culverts with new reinforced concrete pipes. With the design/build method, a team comprised of a construction firm and an engineering firm agrees to perform all the work necessary to complete the...

S.R. 0422, Section M1B ROADWAY, PLEASANTVIEW AND PARK BRIDGES

N&W provided the winning bid for this PennDOT Engineering District 6, S.R. 0422, Section M1B Roadway, Pleasantview and Park Bridges, design project in June of 2017. This was our first successful bid in this District. The project included forty‐six (46) roadway and structure borings, twenty (20) test pits and three (3) pavement cores. The total drilling footage was 973 feet and consisted of 428.9 feet of continuous SPT sampling, 20.8 feet of unsampled footage and 523.3 feet of rock coring. Most of the borings required maintenance and...

Elizabethville Borough Paving Project

Having served as the Borough Engineer since 2003, Jack Raudenbush and the Navarro and Wright team has assisted the Borough Council and maintenance personnel in developing various roadway and drainage repair and maintenance projects. From standard mill and overlay projects, to Full Depth Reclamation, we have assisted in the design and implementation of various cost effective projects to keep this northern Dauphin County Borough roads in the best shape possible. This year’s paving improvement project implemented a two-inch overlay along with...

The Old PA Pike Trail

Navarro & Wright Consulting Engineers, Inc. (N&W) is leading a multi-disciplinary team to update an existing Master Plan Report from 2006 and also update an associated Economic Analysis for repurposing an abandoned section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike into an eight and a half (8.5) mile linear recreational trail/corridor known as The Old PA Pike. This segment includes the Rays Hill Tunnel, Sideling Hill Tunnel, and the former Cove Valley Service Plaza and was abandoned by the PA Turnpike Commission in 1968. The revised Master Plan...

Baltimore Avenue Corridor Study

This project analyzed and addressed community needs for revitalization in order to enhance mobility, safety, and the economic development of the Borough of Mt. Holly Springs in Cumberland County, PA. A major aspect of the plan focused on safety improvements and traffic flows on the “Main Street” Baltimore Avenue corridor and required proactive land use planning, transportation planning, economic development planning and implementation strategies. The design process included a series of public meetings with very engaged, standing room only...

Cherry Hill Elementary School

The Cherry Hill Elementary-Middle School was built in two phases in 1945 and 1959. Navarro & Wright Consulting Engineers, Inc. (N&W) participated in a feasibility study that was performed for this facility, recommended the retention and renovation of the 1945 wing and demolition and replacement of the 1959 wing. Retention of the 1945 wing was also assessed to be more environmentally-friendly, requiring less new resources. N&W provided site civil and geotechnical engineering services to the architectural design team for this...

Defense Distribution Center (DDC)

Navarro & Wright Consulting Engineers, Inc. (N&W) is completing a Boundary Survey and establishing a Ground Control Network of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Defense Distribution Center, Susquehanna, located in New Cumberland, York County, Pennsylvania. The site consists of approximately 855 acres with 35,000 linear feet of boundary line. The adjoining properties are mainly comprised of public highways and the Norfolk Southern Railroad (NSR). Another significant adjoiner is the Capital City Airport which is part of the...

Lock Haven University Foundation Fields

N&W came to the aid of Lock Haven University when an unforeseen permitting issue endangered the timely completion of plans to install improvements to an athletic field complex on University grounds. Permitting issues required completion of Phase I archaeological fieldwork and report production on a singularly aggressive schedule. While in the field, N&W coordinated with PA-SHPO to amend the Phase I work plan after it came to light that the project was located on a deflated terrace where pre-Holocene deposits lay immediately beneath...

Western Electric Company, Point Breeze Plant Historic District

N&W’s Cultural Resources Group completed a Determination of Eligibility for the Western Electric Company Point Breeze Plant Historic District along the Broening Highway in Baltimore, MD. The site is now owned by the Maryland Transit Authority (MDTA). N&W has photodocumented the plant’s buildings and infrastructure, and has researched and written a history of the plant, considering its contributions to the development of telecommunications technology and its role in the development of the City of Baltimore. The former...

WSSC Visitor’s Center/Staff Support Facility

Navarro & Wright Consulting Engineers, Inc. (N&W) has completed numerous assignments in support of Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) projects since 2012. N&W is part of the design team selected to design a new $6.4 million visitor’s center/staff support facility to be constructed on the grounds of WSSC’s existing Brighton Dam public recreation area in Montgomery County, Maryland. A longtime champion of environmental stewardship, WSSC offers public recreation opportunities at the Brighton Dam watershed where the...