Civil/Municipal
BDM’s civil / municipal engineers work across disciplines of engineering to bring a holistic and multi-faceted approach to managing city services. Our team of experts helps municipalities and municipal managers navigate the complex task of coordinating city networks and services. Our areas of specialty in municipal engineering include:
- Street Horizontal and Vertical Alignments
- Pavement Design
- Water and Sewer Design and Analysis
- Storm Sewer Design and Analysis
- Plan and Plat Review
- Construction Observation
- Feasibility Studies
- Assist and Pursue Grant Funding
- Developer Plan Review
Example Project: City of Newport - Glen Road Improvements
The City of Newport was awarded TEA 21 High Priority Project Funds to reconstruct local collector street Glen Road to State Aid standards. Before the project, the roadway was a rural section with a pavement width of 24-26 feet. In order to serve as a direct interconnection to the new Glen Road Interchange to be constructed on TH-61, the existing roadway needed significant improvements.
BDM Consulting Engineers and Surveyors, PLC provided design services and identified property acquisition was required for the project. Additionally, BDM constructed a trail system on the north side of the roadway, funded in part by a TEA 21 Enhancement Grant.
BDM Consulting Engineers and Surveyors, PLC took on several challenges with this project. This roadway was a land surveyor’s nightmare. The eastern half of the project lay in an area defined by metes-and-bounds descriptions. The existing roadway did not follow the centerline as identified by the properties’ metes-and-bounds description. Also, there was a mix of defined right-of-way and prescriptive rights.
BDM prepared a new right-of-way plat for the roadway, which solved the City’s right-of-way problems and helped define titles for the adjacent property owners. The roadway now serves as a main artery to the Glen Road Interchange.
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Funding of the local cost participation on the TH 61/I-494 projects was accomplished in part using a 1.75% interest PFA Loan.
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