Site/Civil Infrastructure Projects

DGS 417-44 Phase 1 Technology Center, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

Navarro & Wright is providing civil and structural engineering services as a subconsultant on this contract. This project involves the demolition of several existing armory buildings and construction of new buildings and additions to existing buildings for technical training in HVAC/Refrigeration, Machine Tool Technology and Metal Fabrication/Welding programs. Project consists of four single-story additions totaling 50,000 SF and renovations to two existing buildings totaling 19,000 SF. Building superstructure is steel-framed. Existing...

1200 Block Mulberry Street

The project is a public/private venture between the Harrisburg Housing Authority and a privately owned housing corporation. The project consists of three structures of various sizes located in Harrisburg’s Allison Hill neighborhood. Mulberry East is a four-story residential development with 27 multi-family units with retail space on the ground floor and 18 reserved parking spaces located in a below-grade garage. Mulberry West is a three-story residential development located over 20 at-grade parking spaces. Derry/Thompson is a one-story...

Seven Sorrows Educational Center

The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Educational Center involved the construction of a 3-story classroom wing addition, a connecting corridor between the new and existing buildings, a new singlestory classroom building between the addition and existing building, and an elevator tower servicing the original structure. The project totaled approximately 20,000 SF of demolition, 8,000 SF of renovations, and 36,000 SF of new construction. The design required parking reconfiguration, property acquisition, underground stormwater management...

Allegheny College North Village II Housing Complex

The North Village II housing complex is the newest of Allegheny College’s on-campus student dormitories. The 4-story building is located on an 1.5-acre site and can accommodate 230 upperclassmen in 81 double and quad units. Allegheny College has made a commitment to sustainability, with a goal that all new construction on campus will attain a minimum of LEED Silver certification, and that 100% of the campus’s electricity will be produced by wind power. The North Village II complex is a certified LEED Gold facility, featuring: Forest...

515, 555, & 565 East Chocolate Avenue Development

This 5-acre multi-parcel development involved the construction of a 5-story, 200 room hotel and a 12,000 SF office building. An adjacent building was demolished to construct parking facilities serving the two properties. The new development required municipal zoning approvals and the design of a new left-turn lane on SR 0422. The following services were provided for the project: Survey. Land development plans. Zoning variance assistance. Municipal approvals. Floor area ratio analysis. Design of underground stormwater detention facilities....

Benedictine Sisters Convent

The Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh desired to build a new convent that would provide improved accessibility and more efficient use of space than their old, multistory facility. The new 27,000 SF, one-story facility contains living quarters, an activities room, a cafeteria, offices and a worship center. The new convent is located on a steeply sloped, 11.8 acre hilltop property and includes sustainable features such as a geothermal heating and cooling system and a rain garden to handle some of the stormwater runoff from the site. The...

University of Pittsburgh — Salk Hall Addition

Salk Hall, built in 1941, originally housed the Pittsburgh Municipal Hospital before being acquired by the University of Pittsburgh in 1957. The University constructed an 80,000 SF research tower addition in the parking area behind the original structure to house laboratories and support space. In addition to the 4-story building, site improvements now include parking, walks, and stormwater management. The following services were provided for the project: Site grading and layout. Storm sewer layout and design. Stormwater management analysis....

Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building

This project involves the renovation of, and addition to, the Educational Activities Building (EAB) on Penn State’s Harrisburg campus. The renovations will maximize classroom space in the existing building, and the 51,500 SF addition will consist of engineering laboratory and classroom space. Several exterior improvements are intended to illustrate current engineering technologies, including: Pervious paving demonstration area. Interpretive rain garden. MEP equipment demonstration area. On-site stormwater management demonstration facilities....

New Middletown Area High School

Construction began in June 2014 for a new $40 million high school to replace the Middletown Area School District’s 50 year old building. The new school is being built on the District’s campus adjacent to the existing high school, which will later be demolished. The new school is expected to be opened for classes in the fall of 2016, and will serve approximately 700 students in grades 9 through 12. The phased project began in 2013 with the relocation of athletic fields which would be impacted by the new building. Sustainable design features of...

DGS 251-57 Phase 1 Construction of New Stockpile Facility District 9-7

This project, located on a 5-acre site, involves the construction of a new facility which will contain the new State Route 219 winter maintenance and roadway supplies and equipment. The buildings include salt storage sheds, with tanks for liquid de-icing fluids, an additional storage building for construction materials such as stone and asphalt, a construction laydown area and an office building. The following services were provided for the project: NPDES. Erosion and sediment control. Stormwater management. Municipal permitting through...