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  • North Tonawanda BOA – Step 2 & 3

    Giving North Tonawanda’s Waterfront a Future Worth Investing In North Tonawanda once called itself the Lumber City. For more than a century, Tonawanda Island and the Niagara River waterfront powered the local economy through lumber production and distribution. When that era ended, it left behind 546 acres of underutilized land, vacant brownfield sites, and a…

  • Norfolk Southern Portageville Bridge

    235 Feet Above the Genesee, the First Railroad Arch Bridge in 70 Years For 142 years, a 19th-century iron trestle carried rail traffic 235 feet above the Genesee River Gorge in Letchworth State Park. Train crews called it “Old Shaky.” Weight restrictions, 10 mph speed limits, and single-train crossings had turned this stretch of Norfolk…

  • Michigan Avenue Lift Bridge and Ohio Street Lift Bridge Rehabilitation

    Keeping Buffalo’s Waterfront Connected The Ohio Street Lift Bridge has served as a key connection along the Buffalo River since the 1960s, linking Canalside and the Outer Harbor through one of the city’s most active and evolving corridors. As the surrounding waterfront continues to transform, maintaining this connection became critical to both mobility and ongoing…

  • Harmony Lake Dam

    Harmony Lake Dam: Quiet Infrastructure That Can’t Afford to Fail Most people who live near a dam never think about it. That’s the way it should be, and keeping it that way takes sustained, disciplined engineering. Harmony Lake Dam is a Class B Intermediate Hazard earthen fill embankment with a concrete core and weir structure….

  • City of Rome Brownfield Opportunity Area Plan

    Reconnecting the Waterfront and Revitalizing Underused Land Along the Mohawk River and Erie Canal, the City of Rome has an opportunity to reconnect its downtown with surrounding neighborhoods and underutilized waterfront land. The Brownfield Opportunity Area Plan focuses on a 575-acre study area made up of former industrial sites and vacant properties, creating a path…

  • City of Rome – Centro Bus Shelter

    Elevating the Everyday Transit Experience In downtown Rome, even small improvements can play a big role in how people experience the city. Through the Downtown Revitalization Initiative, the opportunity emerged to replace outdated bus stops with a space that better serves riders while contributing to the character and energy of the surrounding area. Our team…

  • Syracuse Waterfront Revitalization Program

    Reconnecting the City to Onondaga Lake For Syracuse, the waterfront along Onondaga Lake and the Inner Harbor represents both a legacy and an opportunity. The Local Waterfront Revitalization Program is focused on strengthening that connection, creating a clearer vision for how these areas can support recreation, economic activity, and everyday use for residents and visitors…

  • South Lake Dam Emergency Repairs

    South Lake Dam: Emergency Response Where There Are No Roads Some dam emergencies happen where help can get there in minutes. This one required a 2.5-mile hike along a snowmobile trail or a boat across the lake. South Lake Dam is a 30-foot-high, 440-foot-long high-hazard earth dam constructed in the mid-19th century, located at a…

  • University Of Rochester 3D-Geospatial Information System Virtual Campus Model

    Turning Complex Utility Data into a Smarter Campus Tool At the University of Rochester, decades of utility plans and as-built drawings existed across thousands of documents, making it difficult for facilities staff to quickly access accurate information when it mattered most. For a campus with ongoing construction and maintenance activity, improving how this data was…

  • University of Rochester Transit Loop

    University of Rochester Transit Loop: Rethinking Access Across Campus Serving the combined University of Rochester Medical Center and Collegetown Campus requires more than a single point of arrival. With destinations spread across a dense and active district, the challenge was to create a transit solution that meets people where they are and makes getting around…

  • Reconnecting a City: Reimagining Rochester’s Inner Loop North

    Reconnecting a City: Reimagining Rochester’s Inner Loop North For decades, the Inner Loop expressway carved a physical divide through Rochester’s urban core, a remnant of Eisenhower-era highway policy that disproportionately disrupted neighborhoods of color and severed the connections between them. Now, the City of Rochester is writing a new chapter, one rooted in equity, accessibility,…

  • Castleton Bridge: Inspection, Rating & Rehabilitation

    CSX Castleton Bridge: A Century-Old Hudson River Crossing Gets Its Next Chapter Stretching 5,255 feet across the Hudson River near Castleton, New York, CSX’s Bridge at Milepost QG 8.48 is the kind of structure that doesn’t have an easy replacement. Originally constructed in 1921, the bridge features 602-foot and 409-foot truss main spans, 52 approach…