Martinsville Ohio Street Roundabout

by Toni Takacs | Feb 10, 2025

Martinsville, IN

Ohio Street Roundabout

HWC provided survey and design services for this INDOT LPA project to add pedestrian facilities (sidewalk and path) through a residential neighborhood and a school bus route in Martinsville, Indiana. The project also converted an all-way stop intersection to a roundabout. The purpose of the project was to improve operational conditions of the intersection and update pedestrian mobility in the area to coordinate with the completion of I-69 construction that connects Indianapolis to Evansville.

Surveying

New Albany Silver Creek Trail + Kayak Launch

by Toni Takacs | Feb 10, 2025

New Albany, IN

Silver Creek Landing and Walkway

HWC provided survey, design, and construction inspection services for the new Silver Creek Landing and Walkway facilities. Historically a popular gathering spot for over 100 years, the project provides additional safety for existing area users through bank stabilization. Providing connectivity between the trailhead on Providence Way and the Ohio River Greenway near the Loop Island Wetland Park, the approximate half-mile, shared-use concrete walkway opens accessibility to the waterway for all users. Located along the existing Ohio River levee, the project provides safe access for various uses including the new kayak/canoe launch point and the overlook for Ohio River/Silver Creek scenic viewing.

Permits required included IDEM 401/USACOE 404, USACOE 408, IDNR Construction in Floodway, and IDEM CSGP.

Surveying

Avon Comprehensive Plan

by Toni Takacs | Feb 7, 2025

Avon, IN

Comprehensive Plan

The Avon Comprehensive Plan is a strategic planning effort between Town leadership and staff, nonprofits, local businesses, emergency services, utility providers, and the broader community to guide future growth and development in the Town of Avon. The project is a response to present opportunities and changes that have occurred since the Town’s current Comprehensive Plan, Activate Avon, was adopted in 2017. Sustained residential, commercial, industrial growth and progress made towards implementing the Town’s current plan indicate that it is time to update this important document.

This plan will cover land use, transportation, economic development, government capacity, utilities, and other topics vital for sustainable growth throughout the Town. Existing conditions research and analysis will lay the foundation for a set of planning goals and action strategies that Town officials and other community leaders will use to inform decision making. However, the Avon Comprehensive Plan is not solely meant for elected officials and Town staff but should serve as a reference document for the entire community.

Over the course of the planning process, residents, business owners, employees, and visitors will be invited to participate in engagement opportunities to provide insight into their lived experience in Avon. This input not only assists local leaders in identifying priorities for the Comprehensive Plan, but also helps lay a foundation of community support, which is key to successful implementation. Online surveys, stakeholder meetings, public workshops, and pop-up events are all part of the plan’s engagement and outreach process.

economic development/planning

River Ridge Water System Improvements (Elevated Tanks)

by Toni Takacs | Oct 15, 2024

Jeffersonville, IN

River Ridge Commerce Center Water System Improvements (Elevated Tanks)

HWC provided the design and inspection services for water system improvements for the River Ridge Development Authority, which included two new elevated water storage tanks and water main project at the River Ridge Commerce Center in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

The previous water system lacked enough storage for the water system’s existing and projected demands prior to HWC working on the project. A single 0.75 MG ground storage tank located adjacent to a booster pump station (located just east of SR-62 along Paul Garrett Avenue) and three older elevated tanks with a combined capacity of 0.50 MG provided a total of 1.25 MG of storage. Two pressure zones (north and south) existed in the system with most of the development and water demand in the system being in the southern zone. The pressure zones were separate, and the booster pumping station pumped water to both zones using a pressure reducing valve (PRV) to supply different pressures to each zone.

Given the proposed increase in capacity of the water treatment plant and well field as part of a separate project, it was desired to provide additional storage to equate to a total volume, which was equivalent to the projected short-term average demand, or approximately 4.0 MG. Accordingly, two elevated tanks with a capacity of 2.0 MG each were installed, and a hydraulic model was completed to determine the tank locations. Ultimately, a location along 8th Street in the northern pressure zone, paired with a site at International Drive in the southern pressure zone, was recommended as the best alternative. The $8 million project was completed in 2022.

water resources

Zionsville The Towns at Appaloosa

by Toni Takacs | Oct 15, 2024

Zionsville, IN

The Towns at Appaloosa

HWC worked with Pulte Group to provide site engineering and survey services for the 113-unit residential townhome project located in at the southeast corner of US 421 and CR 300 S behind the Appaloosa Crossing Commercial District in the Town of Zionsville, Indiana.

Development components include:

22 Townhome Buildings
Design of a private Street, alleyway, and sidewalk
Extensions of public infrastructure for storm sewer, sanitary sewer, and water mains
Drainage, detention, and water quality design
Landscape, amenity pocket park, and monument sign plans
Construction staking

Land Development