IN THIS ISSUE

Van Wert Combined Sewer Overflow, Pump Station

and Retention Basin

Poggemeyer Hosts Grants Workshop

PDG Highlights

Owen’s Ark Veterinary Clinic

Opens New Facility

Planning Pays Off Big For Miami County

Parks District

4CG Regional Strategic Workforce and Economic

Development Strategy

I-11 Boulder City Bypass Wins 2019

Public Works Project of the Year

WINTER 2020

O V E R 5 0 Y E A R S O F H E L P I N G C O M M U N I T I E S G R O W

PDG was hired to provide environmental engineering, electrical engineering and survey planning and design services to intercept and store combined sewer overflows for subsequent treatment at the wastewater treatment plant as required by the Ohio CSO policy. Design services were completed in 2016, with final project construction finished in 2018.

PROJECT ELEMENTS

∙Submersible storm water pump station

∙3–6,100 GPM pumps ∙30” diameter force main ∙20” diameter basin drain line ∙Water cannon basin cleaning system

∙1–750 KW standby generator ∙6–25Hp floating aerators ∙15 million gallon concrete-lined equalization basin with aerators

VILLAGE OF VAN WERT COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW, PUMP STATION AND RETENTION BASIN

This project was chosen as the NW Ohio Concrete 2018-2019 Industrial Concrete Project of the Year.

BRIAN BARTOSEnvironmental CAD Designer

As part of the Environmental Department, Brian focuses on water and wastewater treatment plant design work. He comes to PDG with 20 years of CAD experience with his previous focus being on piping and glass design.

JOHN BROWNDesign Technician

John is a past PDG employee and re-joins us in our Environmental Department as an AutoCAD Design Technician.

JESSICA COLLERTFront Desk Receptionist

Jessica is our new Front Desk Receptionist for the Bowling Green main office and her responsibilities include being the first face or voice of the company by answering the phone and welcoming clients.

LEO B. CONKEL, JR., P.E.Senior Project Manager

PDG welcomes back Leo, a Senior Project Manager in our Hilliard Office. His responsibilities include the coordination of projects including plans, specifications and construction administration services. He has many years experience with numerous funding programs and oversees the project from initial application to final design and construction.

JOHN DEITRICKSurvey Technician

John works as a Field Surveyor, currently focusing on gas line utilities.

M. ALAN KOHART, P.E.Project Manager, Electrical Engineer

Alan joined PDG as a Senior Project Manager in the Electrical Department. Mr. Kohart serves as the Electrical Department’s main quality checking engineer. He serves as electrical engineer on projects and establishes creative strategies for optimizing operations with a focus on safety, risk management, and value-added customer service.

ADAM KROUSETransportation Department Project Manager

Mr. Krouse is a Project Manager with seven years experience. Prior to joining PDG, Adam worked as a GIS Planning Aide for the City of Grand Rapids where he worked to improve the City’s GIS system.

TYLER LANDISStructural Design Engineer

Tyler is a Structural Design Engineer working in our IFD department. He aides with drawings, models, and documentation for structural and architectural projects.

DUSTIN O’NEAL, P.S.Professional Surveyor

Dustin leads the gas line utilities crew as a Professional Surveyor.

STACY STULPINEnvironmental Project Coordinator

Stacy joins us as a Project Coordinator in our Environmental Department. Her responsibilities include project budgets, project schedules, attending project meetings, action item steps and integrated communications between disciplines.

BRONSON STURT Environmental Department Engineer-in-Training

Bronson Sturt has joined our PDG team as an Engineer in Training in our Environmental Department. He has assisted with Asset Management Plans, Water System Modeling, along with AutoCAD design on a variety of environmental projects.

BRENT TIDD, P.E. IFD DepartmentElectrical Controls Engineer

As part of IFD, Brent is working to grow our Electrical Department by supporting projects in the Electrical and Control Systems Technology.

RYAN TIMMERSurvey Technician

Ryan works as a Field Surveyor, also focusing on gas line utilities.

BRIAN WEDDELMAN Transportation Engineer

Brian joined PDG as a Transportation Engineer. Before coming to PDG, Brian interned for the Henry County Engineers Office, Gilbane Building Company, Choice One Engineering, and Bockrath and Associates.

PDG is GrowingWELCOMING OUR NEWEST EMPLOYEES TO OUR EASTERN REGION TEAM!

POGGEMEYER IS OVER 185 STRONG!

The I-11 Boulder City Bypass Phase 2 Design-Build is part of the first new interstate construction to occur within the United States since the completion of the I-70 Glenwood Canyon segment in the 1990s. Overall this piece of Interstate 11 is comprised of almost fifteen miles of new interstate construction within two different construction phases, providing a new highspeed transportation route around the City of Boulder City. US 93 has served as the main route from Phoenix, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada.

Prior to the bypass, over 3,000 trucks per day were coming through the heart of Boulder City and creating

2 Approximately 1 mile was constructed as Portland cement concrete paving (PCCP) with the other 11 miles consisting of asphalt paving. Over 6 million cubic yards of rock and soil were excavated with 5.2 million requiring blasting. 380,000 tons of asphalt was placed along Phase 2. Eleven bridges were constructed on the project including a pre-cast arch structure solely to be used as a wildlife crossing over I-11. Overall, over 850,000 man-hours were put into the project through design and construction with almost 70,000 apprentice hours.

The WAPA and Boy Scout Canyon bridge structures occur traveling northeast on the new I-11 bypass at

significant safety and congestion issues. The overall bypass connects into the existing I-515 mainline, Hoover Dam Bypass, and US 95 interchange.

The project includes ten (10) overpass and underpass bridge structures for travel over existing roadways and wildlife migration corridors. Poggemeyer Design Group’s scope and responsibilities for the project include the structural engineering and design for the WAPA, Boy Scout Canyon, Intertie, and Big Horn Crossing bridges, in addition a 24’x10’ reinforced concrete box culvert and other head and retaining wall design elements defined above. The structural bridge elements, retaining walls, drainage culverts, barriers, sign, signal and lighting were designed in accordance with the requirements of the Contract Documents and Performance Specification.

The 12-mile, 4-lane Phase 2 Design-Build was administered by the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC). Upon completion and final acceptance of Phase 2, the right-of-way and all constructed facilities were turned over to NDOT for maintenance and ownership.

stations 410+00 and 560+75. Both the WAPA and Boy Scout bridge crossings have been reprofiled and reconfigured to provide a continuous single long span bridge in each travel direction. The bridge crossings have 17’-1/2” and 20’-6” minimum clearance to road surface below. Both bridges use conventional cast-in-place post-tensioned box girder concrete construction and are classified as Short Bridges with integral diaphragm abutments.

The Intertie road access crossing Bridge (Bridge #4) structure occurs traveling further northeast on the bypass located just before the scenic drive portion of the roadway. The bridge provides a 16’-10” minimum clearance over the existing Intertie access road and includes one bridge only for both northbound and southbound roadway travel lanes. The Intertie Bridge also uses a conventional cast-in-place post-tensioned box girder concrete construction with either an open seat or integral diaphragm abutment type.

The Big Horn Arched Overcrossing (Bridge #5) is located at the scenic drive portion before the overlook turnout. The bridge structure provides for wildlife overcrossing and includes two (2) 75’-0” precast

I-11 BOULDER CITY BYPASS WINS 2019 PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT OF THE YEAR

concrete arched bridge spans over the new roadways. The precast concrete wall panels articulated with Big Horn Sheep aesthetics are fastened to the sides of the overcrossing. End abutments are integrated into the existing topography and terrain, with mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) approach walls. Wildlife migration corridors were maintained during construction of the Bypass such that the precast arched bridge was constructed first to minimize migration interruption.

Architectural aesthetic treatment of the bridges includes built out pilasters at the abutment approaches extending high above the roadway surfaces for dramatic effects, in addition to architectural sconces at the exterior of the bridge mid-spans. Pilasters, pilaster extensions, sconces and other architectural features and details are standardized between the bridges to provide cost effective construction and a consist appearance between the bridges.

The utility design and relocation portion of PDG’s responsibilities are mainly comprised of the encasement of existing water lines and the relocation and encasement of an existing reclaimed water line. There was a new reclaimed water system that replaced the existing infiltration channels that run through the existing Bypass Right-of-Way. PDG also located and noted two existing Fiber Optic Lines and one existing Southwest Gas main that must be labeled as protect-in-place. There were three potable water lines encased with 18-inch and 30-inch steel encasement. The encasement allows for future maintenance to be done without having to excavate in the drive lanes of the new freeway and ramps. The encasements also protect the roadways by helping to contain the water should the main burst. Poggemeyer also designed the electrical conduit runs for the three electrical connections needed for the major interchanges at US-95, WAPA, and US-93.

I-11 BOULDER CITY BYPASS PHASE 2 DESIGN-BUILD

Transportation Project More Than $75 million Award

SERVICES PROVIDED

∙Civil, Structural, Transportation Hydrology Engineering

SIZE

∙ 5 bridges

PROJECT SCHEDULE

∙Design: December 2015 ∙Construction: Fall 2018–2019

The I-11 Boulder City Bypass Phase 2 Design-Build is part of the first new interstate construction to occur within the United States since the completion of the I-70 Glenwood Canyon segment in the 1990s.

3Jack Jones, Chairman/Sr. Managing Principal, welcomed twenty clients to a Local Government Planning & Grants Workshop on October 24, 2019. The importance of developing a plan for capital improvement projects was stressed, as well as community involvement in the process. Funding opportunities were outlined and examples of successful projects were presented. Comments received from workshop participants were very positive. Some pitfalls when preparing grant applications include:

∙Waiting to the last minute (some projects require community participation, public notices, government resolutions, etc.)

∙Ownership of the process ∙Not having other required agency permits from OEPA Permit-to-Install, US Army Corp of Engineers, etc.

∙Not having all funding for project committed ∙Project doesn’t meet program requirements, type of activity, LMI percentage, meet objectives for CDBG

POGGEMEYER HOSTS

4CG REGIONAL STRATEGIC WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

In June 2019, PDG was retained by a partnership of four economic development organizations representing four counties in north central Ohio: Huron; Ottawa; Sandusky and Seneca.

4The four organizations include the Huron County Development Council, the Ottawa County Improvement Corporation, the Sandusky County Economic Development Corporation and the Tiffin-Seneca Economic Partnership. These four entities have been working jointly over the past six years to address the region’s workforce and economic development challenges. The group named itself the Four County Group for Collaborative Growth or 4CG. In early 2019, with the announcement of the potential closings of the Davis-Besse and Perry Nuclear Power Plants, the 4CG team applied and received a $110,000 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Rapid Response Grant to undertake and craft a regional strategic workforce and economic development strategy. After a request for proposals process by 4CG, Poggemeyer Design Group, in partnership with the Center for Regional Development of Bowling Green State University, were selected to undertake this study. The study will have six phases that will include an overview of existing plans and reports, a robust engagement process with key stakeholders, a comprehensive regional economic development strategy, a workforce development plan including talent attraction tactics and an implementation matrix for the 4CG organizations. To date, a SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat) Analysis, 8 Business Focus Groups, 28 Key Person Interviews and 5 Surveys have been completed. The Plan will be completed in May 2020 and it is anticipated that PDG will assist the 4CG with securing funding for implementation, bridging planning with results.

4CG Partners & Business/Community Stakeholders

Households 2010–2017

Over $1.2 Billion in Grant and Low-Interest Loan Assistance

Check out our list of upcoming funding opportunities to help you achieve your project goals at www.poggemeyer.com

Successful projects take planning… and that planning often pays off in dollars. Just ask the Miami County Park District.

The expansion of the recreational trail system was a goal of the Park District, but starting the process and garnering the much needed pubic support required a little extra effort.

To encourage the expansion of the Recreational Trail System, the Miami County Park District initiated a partnership to explore the development of an east-west trail connecting various existing trails, communities and historic sites in northern Miami County. Stakeholders, in addition to the District, included the City of Piqua, the Village of Bradford, the Village of Covington and the Johnston Farm and Indian Agency. The expanded trail would connect various existing trails as well as the Simon Kenton Trail in Champaign County to the east and the Tecumseh Train in Darke County to the west. In February 2015, the partnership received a $50,000 LGIF grant and hired Poggemeyer Design Group to complete the study.

With input from stakeholders, landowners and the public, the study was completed recommending the phased development of the Ohio to Indiana Trail which will eventually be incorporated into U.S. Bike Route 36. The early planning and public participation process was critical to securing $500,000 in Clean Ohio Trail Funds for the first phase of the overall route. The first phase will consist of signing 1.2 miles of shared use of Casstown-Sidney Road from Garbry Big Woods Reserve north to the abandoned railroad owned by the part district, and paving separated path 1.5 miles to the east to Lost Creek-Sidney Road, connecting the Village of Fletcher. Construction of this phase will be completed in 2020. Estimated total cost of this phase is $951,000.

This earlier planning was also instrumental in next securing $1,912,680 of CMAQ funding from the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission second phase Phase 2 will develop a paved trail on the remaining 3.5 miles of railroad roadbed between the Park-N-Bike lot at Troy-Sidney Road east to North Casstown-Sidney Road where it will meet the phase on segment connecting Garbry Big Woods Reserve. The total project cost will be about $2.68 million, and is scheduled for construction in 2024.

The timely completion of the Northern Miami County Trail System Master Plan led to the first two successful grant applications for phased implementation of the Miami County Park District Strategic Plan, Miami County Comprehensive Plan and the Miami Valley Bikeways Plan.

5 PLANNING PAYS OFF BIG FOR MIAMI COUNTY PARKS DISTRICT

6 OWEN’S ARK VETERINARY CLINIC OPENS NEW FACILITYPDG provided design services for the construction of a new veterinary clinic to replace an existing facility on an existing site near Genoa, Ohio. The owner desired the facility to look like a traditional gambrel roof barn while providing updated amenities to better serve their clientele. PDG worked closely with the Owner to develop a floor plan that promotes efficient operations and quality veterinary care.

Facility Accommodations ∙Large reception/waiting area ∙4 dog exam rooms ∙2 cat exam rooms ∙Ophthalmology room ∙X-ray room ∙Dental room ∙Surgery room ∙ ICU room ∙Kennel space for 5 dogs and 5 cats including wash areas, and two stalls for large animal care

∙Support spaces designed for storage, janitorial needs, laundry, and animal delivery

∙Staff areas for 3 enclosed offices, one larger open office area, restrooms, a shower area, and a break room with lockers

Services Provided

∙Architectural, Electrical, HVAC, Plumbing, Structural

Size

∙6,400 SFSchedule

∙Professional Services 2017 ∙Construction 2018

IN THIS ISSUE

Van Wert Combined Sewer Overflow, Pump Station

and Retention Basin

Poggemeyer Hosts Grants Workshop

PDG Highlights

Owen’s Ark Veterinary Clinic

Opens New Facility

Planning Pays Off Big For Miami County

Parks District

4CG Regional Strategic Workforce and Economic

Development Strategy

I-11 Boulder City Bypass Wins 2019

Public Works Project of the Year

WINTER 2020

O V E R 5 0 Y E A R S O F H E L P I N G C O M M U N I T I E S G R O W

PDG was hired to provide environmental engineering, electrical engineering and survey planning and design services to intercept and store combined sewer overflows for subsequent treatment at the wastewater treatment plant as required by the Ohio CSO policy. Design services were completed in 2016, with final project construction finished in 2018.

PROJECT ELEMENTS

∙Submersible storm water pump station

∙3–6,100 GPM pumps ∙30” diameter force main ∙20” diameter basin drain line ∙Water cannon basin cleaning system

∙1–750 KW standby generator ∙6–25Hp floating aerators ∙15 million gallon concrete-lined equalization basin with aerators

VILLAGE OF VAN WERT COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW, PUMP STATION AND RETENTION BASIN

This project was chosen as the NW Ohio Concrete 2018-2019 Industrial Concrete Project of the Year.

BRIAN BARTOSEnvironmental CAD Designer

As part of the Environmental Department, Brian focuses on water and wastewater treatment plant design work. He comes to PDG with 20 years of CAD experience with his previous focus being on piping and glass design.

JOHN BROWNDesign Technician

John is a past PDG employee and re-joins us in our Environmental Department as an AutoCAD Design Technician.

JESSICA COLLERTFront Desk Receptionist

Jessica is our new Front Desk Receptionist for the Bowling Green main office and her responsibilities include being the first face or voice of the company by answering the phone and welcoming clients.

LEO B. CONKEL, JR., P.E.Senior Project Manager

PDG welcomes back Leo, a Senior Project Manager in our Hilliard Office. His responsibilities include the coordination of projects including plans, specifications and construction administration services. He has many years experience with numerous funding programs and oversees the project from initial application to final design and construction.

JOHN DEITRICKSurvey Technician

John works as a Field Surveyor, currently focusing on gas line utilities.

M. ALAN KOHART, P.E.Project Manager, Electrical Engineer

Alan joined PDG as a Senior Project Manager in the Electrical Department. Mr. Kohart serves as the Electrical Department’s main quality checking engineer. He serves as electrical engineer on projects and establishes creative strategies for optimizing operations with a focus on safety, risk management, and value-added customer service.

ADAM KROUSETransportation Department Project Manager

Mr. Krouse is a Project Manager with seven years experience. Prior to joining PDG, Adam worked as a GIS Planning Aide for the City of Grand Rapids where he worked to improve the City’s GIS system.

TYLER LANDISStructural Design Engineer

Tyler is a Structural Design Engineer working in our IFD department. He aides with drawings, models, and documentation for structural and architectural projects.

DUSTIN O’NEAL, P.S.Professional Surveyor

Dustin leads the gas line utilities crew as a Professional Surveyor.

STACY STULPINEnvironmental Project Coordinator

Stacy joins us as a Project Coordinator in our Environmental Department. Her responsibilities include project budgets, project schedules, attending project meetings, action item steps and integrated communications between disciplines.

BRONSON STURT Environmental Department Engineer-in-Training

Bronson Sturt has joined our PDG team as an Engineer in Training in our Environmental Department. He has assisted with Asset Management Plans, Water System Modeling, along with AutoCAD design on a variety of environmental projects.

BRENT TIDD, P.E. IFD DepartmentElectrical Controls Engineer

As part of IFD, Brent is working to grow our Electrical Department by supporting projects in the Electrical and Control Systems Technology.

RYAN TIMMERSurvey Technician

Ryan works as a Field Surveyor, also focusing on gas line utilities.

BRIAN WEDDELMAN Transportation Engineer

Brian joined PDG as a Transportation Engineer. Before coming to PDG, Brian interned for the Henry County Engineers Office, Gilbane Building Company, Choice One Engineering, and Bockrath and Associates.

PDG is GrowingWELCOMING OUR NEWEST EMPLOYEES TO OUR EASTERN REGION TEAM!

POGGEMEYER IS OVER 185 STRONG!