solution: Public Works
Lake Tabor is a reservoir located near Tabor City, in Columbus County, NC. Lake Tabor is retained primarily by an earth and concrete dam on the south end of the Lake. The dam includes steel sheet piles and a concrete dam and spillway structure. Portions of the steel sheet piles are exposed on the downstream […]
SKA performed a condition assessment on the Lake Junaluska Dam Bridge project and subsequent replacement and repair design. The bridge over the dam closed in 2016 due to steel support beams which needed to be repaired. The project took two years and was completed ahead of schedule and under budget.
SKA was the structural engineer of record for design of the abutments for the new single lane pre-engineered bridge that spans over the Swannanoa River and connects Gashes Creek Road and Azalea Road East to the abutment walls. SKA furnished design and construction drawings for the reinforced cast-in-place concrete abutment walls. Due to the poor […]
Mitchell Water Treatment Plant has the ability to produce about 24 million gallons of water per day. The filter house, sedimentation basins and mixing chambers were mainly constructed in the 1950’s with additions in the early 1960’s. The primary structural system in the filter house is reinforced concrete columns, beams and slabs and concrete encased […]
SKA completed the authorized condition assessment of the pedestrian bridge for Lincoln Financial Group (LFG). The bridge spans across West Friendly Avenue between the fifth floor of the LFG precast concrete parking structure and the third floor of the LFG office building, formerly Bank of America (BOA). The assessment was initiated due to the failure […]
SKA was selected initially in 2000 by the state of North Carolina to perform a condition assessment and prepare construction documents for repairs of the pedestrian bridge connecting the Salisbury Street department of administration campus parking decks, including 64/66, 75 and 76. These repairs were tabled in 2000. In 2008, the state of North Carolina […]
SKA provided structural, waterproofing, roofing & MEP design services for this three phase renovation project for Reynolds American International. The project scope included a new pedestrian bridge, new waterproofing on exterior elevated courtyard, extensive skylight replacements with framing retrofit, mechanical system improvements, and new MEP design for interior renovations.
SKA provided prime design, bidding, and construction administration services for a new pedestrian bridge connection at the fifth level over an alley between two adjacent parking decks. One parking deck is owned by the City of Greensboro and the other is owned by Lincoln Financial Group (LFG). The bridge side rails and deck were precast […]
