About Project
Our experience in various infrastructure-planning improvements for multiple agencies has provided our firm with the depth and expertise to provide creative solutions to infrastructure improvements. Our experience has varied from multiple alternative roadway alignments through sensitive environments and to the development of aesthetic multi-modal solutions in principal arterial corridors in urban environments.
Our training and experience in the use of a new project development process, “Context Sensitive Design” has allowed us to help our clients find solutions to diverse controversial transportation improvements. .
To supplement our technical capabilities in transportation planning, Skyline Engineering & Construction Inc. specializes in providing integrated public involvement and decision-making involving a process of building consent throughout the project development. Specific transportation planning services provided include:
- Corridor Studies
- Bicycle / Pedestrian / Trail Studies
- Circulation and Access Studies
- Preliminary Engineering / Design
- Streetscape design studies
- Corridor Design Guideline
Our Project experience with other firms includes the following:
SE 192 AVE PHASE 1, DESIGN GUIDELINES – CITY OF VANCOUVER, WA
This project consisted of developing Design Guidelines for the entire SE 192nd corridor, SEPA Checklist and the PS&E for Phase 1 of a three-phase design and construction of a Principle Arterial in east Vancouver. This project is a fast-tracked project including the SEPA Checklist, utility design, survey, right-of-way and PS&E developed in a 7-month time frame. Design Guidelines provided criteria for the development of 3 phases of continued development of a Principal Arterial providing for integration of multi-model transportation alternatives along the corridor.
ALBANIA – PLANNING STUDY – TDA
Led a team of planners and engineers in the development of a feasibility study of 3 major international routes in Albania, a road maintenance development program and reviewed the airport Master Plan. Two of the routes were through mountainous terrain and the third was a beltway or ring road around the Capital City Tirana. The projects have been prioritized and are currently awaiting funding approval for design. Project work involved 3 weeks in the country travelling along the corridors to assess the conditions and provide cost estimates for the routes.
LOCATION STUDY, GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, WY
This study consisted of a 1.2-mile location study on the relocation of the Moose to Jenny Lake Road and the Jenny Lake Loop Road. The purpose of the study was to study a range of alternatives to generate a new curvilinear alignment for the main park road, develop new viewpoints, waysides and visitor facilities that promote the recreation opportunities and visitor experience for the use of the Grand Tetons. With the project located at 6000 feet elevation a native revegetation study was required to ensure revegetation could be re-established when the existing road was abandoned and obliterated. The project included 3 material source reclamation and development studies for material sources in the Grand Teton National Park, seven scenic viewpoints, trailhead/picnic areas and an entrance station at Moose Junction.
LOCATION STUDY, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WY
This study consisted of a 27-mile location study on the relocation of the Southeast Entrance Road to Yellowstone National Park. The purpose of the study was to study a range of location and roadway width alternatives and generate a sustained curvilinear alignment, locate new viewpoints, waysides and visitor facilities that promote the recreation opportunities and visitor experience for the use along the southeast entrance road. With the project located at 7000 feet to 8500 feet elevation, minimizing newly disturbed areas and avoiding thermal pools and highly sensitive natural areas required careful coordination with Yellowstone Nation Park resource specialists. The project included the development of a material source reclamation and development plan for material removal from an existing talus slope at Sylvan Pass. The study included the location and improvement of fifteen scenic viewpoints, trailhead/picnic areas, and access points for unique features along the route. Skyline employees developed 3 complete alignment alternatives, coordinated field reviews, and refined the alignment based on NPS review.