ATANE provided design, environmental permitting and construction management services for a $6 million stormwater best management practices project that used a relatively new approach of constructing subsurface gravel wetlands to improve water quality for runoff that discharges into Barnegat Bay. The overall program called for retrofitting seven stormwater management facilities with underground wetlands to reduce nitrogen loading to the bay.
ATANE was assigned one of these facilities, which involved analyzing and redesigning an existing stormwater facility to function as a subsurface gravel wetland. The modified facility stores rainfall and routes it through flow control components to clean and remove nitrogen before discharging it. The result was a substantial water quality improvement to each facility while maintaining the flood control capabilities of the basins.
ATANE, as a team member, is providing environmental and civil engineering services to the Staten Island Economic Development Corporation as part of an effort to improve the economic future of Staten Island’s West Shore through a variety of initiatives, including effective stormwater management, drainage planning, road restructuring, and infrastructure resiliency.
We are helping to prepare a stormwater engineering study and flood resiliency plan that will identify and address the constraints to growth on the West Shore—home to the largest collection of undeveloped land in New York City. Tasks include identifying and prioritizing the construction of new green infrastructure; evaluating and determining strategic sites for green infrastructure projects; developing an annual maintenance program focused on scheduled, preventive, and corrective maintenance; and recommending future strategies to upgrade and construct stormwater facilities.
ATANE performed asbestos and community air monitoring during the demolition of three former office buildings located at 106, 108 and 110 Corporate Park Drive in Harrison, NY. Following demolition, Wegmans Family Markets plans to construct a two-story premium supermarket with a cafe and 736 parking spaces, plus an 8,000-square-foot retail building on the 2-acre site. The entry road to the store will be converted to a roundabout.
The town has promoted the project as the latest step to retool older, underused office properties along the I-287 corridor, often referred to as the Platinum Mile.
The three 1970-era office buildings, as well as a maintenance garage, were demolished over an approximate 6-month period. The community air monitoring program monitored whether airborne and dust particulates were migrating off site and their potential effect on the surrounding community, including an adjacent day care center.
ATANE provided environmental engineering services for the remediation of 23,500-square-foot sites at Tenth Avenue and West 13th Street in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District, next to the elevated High Line park, due to the presence of petroleum-related volatile organic compounds in groundwater. This 12-story mixed-use commercial space, to be called Solar Carve, will be approximately 160,000 square feet of two floors of luxury retail and ten floors of office space.
Work included excavation down to 18 feet from the ground surface level. Soil was excavated to accommodate the proposed cellar and building foundation elements to about 14 feet below grade surface (bgs). The proposed elevator and sump pit excavations were extended to about 16 feet bgs. ATANE is also providing consulting services on an as-needed basis for water sampling, soil sampling, environmental oversight, soil disposal tracking, and a waste characterization study.
ATANE provided design, environmental permitting and construction management services for a $6 million stormwater best management practices project that used a relatively new approach of constructing subsurface gravel wetlands to improve water quality for runoff that discharges into Barnegat Bay. The overall program called for retrofitting seven stormwater management facilities with underground wetlands to reduce nitrogen loading to the bay.
ATANE was assigned one of these facilities, which involved analyzing and redesigning an existing stormwater facility to function as a subsurface gravel wetland. The modified facility stores rainfall and routes it through flow control components to clean and remove nitrogen before discharging it. The result was a substantial water quality improvement to each facility while maintaining the flood control capabilities of the basins.
