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Wilkinsburg Stormwater Resiliency Project

INDUSTRY:
Water and Sewer

SERVICES:
Surveying, Civil

LOCATION:
Wilkinsburg, PA

CLIENT:
Upstream Pittsburgh

This project received the 2023 SUSTAINABILITY AWARD from the American Society of Civil Engineers, Pittsburgh Section. The project provides climate resilient infrastructure in the center of an Environmental Justice Community and valuable greenspace in what was previously a sea of asphalt within an existing business district that shows great future promise. This project also won the Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence.

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Sci-Tek provided site civil design services for the Wilkinsburg Stormwater Resiliency Project (WSRP)— an effort to reduce stormwater runoff from public parking lots in the Borough of Wilkinsburg. Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) facilities were built at the Wallace Avenue and South Avenue Parking Lots. Sci-Tek’s scope of services included:

  • SURVEYING
    • Performed a topographic survey of the existing site conditions.
    • Performed a partial boundary survey of the Wallace Avenue and South Avenue Parking Lots to ascertain the location of the common boundary line between parcels.
    • Prepared an existing conditions survey drawing showing the features surveyed as well as information received as a result of the PA One Call notification.
  • SITE CIVIL DESIGN
    • Prepared a conceptual plan for each site showing existing conditions, planned improvements, and characteristics of the site such as utilities, access, area of disturbance, and staging areas.
    • Prepared stormwater flow diagrams and calculations for each site to show how stormwater is intended to move through and around the facility and to demonstrate how stormwater runoff and volume is controlled. A Stormwater Management Report was prepared summarizing all calculations and runoff controls.
    • Coordinated the client’s Landscape Designer’s Vegetation/Planting Plan with the proposed site plan to maximize stormwater capture, minimize maintenance, and ensure compliance with municipal codes.
    • Prepared construction drawings, details, and technical specifications to be included in the Request for Bid for construction of the facilities.
    • Prepared Erosion and Sediment Control Plans to be included with the Construction Documents.
    • Prepared budget construction estimates for the conceptual plan and construction documents.
    • Prepared visuals with the landscape designer for community outreach and meetings.
  • CONSTRUCTION
    • Conducted periodic observation site visits and weekly progress meetings throughout construction.
    • Assisted UpstreamPgh in bid review and contractor selection.
    • Prepared as-built drawings once construction is complete.