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St. Lawrence/FDR Power Project Instrumentation Rehabilitation

Location

Massena, NY

Client

GZA Environmental of NY

Owner

New York Power Authority

Summary

This project involved the rehabilitation of geotechnical instrumentation of the earthen dikes at the New York Power Authority St. Lawrence/FDR Power Project in Massena, NY.

Services

ATL provided subsurface investigation services, and replaced and decommissioned the earthen dam instrumentation.

Project

Mirror Lake Dam

Location

Herkimer, NY

Client Name

Bergmann Associates

Services

ATL provided subsurface investigation services, rock coring, well monitoring, piezometer installation, and laboratory analysis.

Project

Trenton Falls Dam

Location

Barneveld, NY

Client

Brookfield Power

Services

ATL advanced concrete cores at the crest and toe of the dam, and installed vibrating wire piezometers in each core hole.

Project

Albany Capital Center

Location

Albany, NY

Client

Jersen Construction Group

Owner

Albany Convention Center Authority

Summary

This project involved the construction of the new Albany Capital Center, an 80,000 square-foot glass-accentuated convention, ballroom, and meeting space with on-site parking and direct connections to the Empire State Plaza, The Egg performing Arts Center, the Renaissance Hotel by Marriott, and the Times Union Center arena via enclosed walkways.

Services

ATL provided dynamic pile testing, construction materials engineering and testing, vibration monitoring, and pre-condition building survey services.

Project

LaGuardia Airport

Location

East Elmhurts, NY

Client

TRC Solutions (CALTROP)

Services

ATL provided prestressed concrete quality assurance/quality control services, as well as Rapid Chloride Ion testing of concrete specimens.

Project

Gilboa Dam Reconstruction

Location

Gilboa, NY

Client

HAKS

Owner

Schoharie Reservoir

Summary

Projects consisted of the first, second, and third phases of reconstruction of the Gilboa Dam for the Schoharie Reservoir, a New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) watershed in the Catskill District.

Services

ATL provided construction materials engineering and testing services, nondestructive testing services, and concrete mix design verification.

Project

Rochester Station

Location

Rochester, NY

Client

Popli Design Group

Owner

Amtrak

Summary

This $29.8 million project included the design and construction of a new larger rail station at 320 Central Ave. in Rochester, NY.

Services

ATL provided construction materials engineering and testing and dynamic pile testing services.

Project

US Military Academy West Point MacArthur Barracks

Location

West Point, NY

Client

Lupini Construction

Owner

US Military Academy West Point

Summary

This $50,000,000 project consisted of the strengthening of the elevated slabs in the MacArthur Long Barracks.

Services

ATL provided ground penetrating radar (GPR) services and construction quality control services during the installation of post-installed punching shear reinforcement elements.

Project

Dick’s Sporting Goods Distribution Center

Location

Conklin, NY

Client

H&M Design

Summary

This project consisted of the construction of a 923,000 square foot state-of-the-art distribution center in the Broome Corporate Park in Conklin, NY. It is Dick’s Sporting Goods largest distribution center serving the entire north east.

Services

ATL provided geotechnical engineering, piezometer installation, HMA density testing, stormwater monitoring, and special inspection of soils, concrete, and steel.

Project

Lago Resort & Casino

Location

Tyre, NY

Client

Wilmorite

Owner

Wilmorite

Summary

This $425 million project off the New York State Thruway (Exit 41) included a 94,000 sq.ft. casino, 207-room hotel, 10,000 sq.ft. spa, 40,000 sq.ft. indoor pool area, and multiple restaurants and lounges. The casino features 2,000 slot machines and 85 gaming tables.

Services

ATL provided geotechnical engineering, ultrasonic steel testing (NDT services), post-tensioning inspection, and special inspection and testing of soils, concrete, masonry, steel, and fire proofing.

Project

Onondaga Lake Remediation

Location

Syracuse, NY

Client

Parsons

Summary

Over the past 125 years, the sediments and waters in and around Onondaga Lake in Syracuse have been contaminated with a wide variety of industrial contaminants and municipal sewage waste, including mercury, PCBs, pesticides, heavy metals and VOCs. Parsons Engineering was contracted by Honeywell to design and implement their remediation project. ATL has in turn been subcontracted by Parsons from 2005 through the present to perform a multitude of tasks in assistance with the remediation.

Services

ATL provided water-based investigations, vibracore sampling, subsurface investigations, and carbon content verification by thermal destruction.

Project

Hudson River Sediment Sampling

Location

Fort Edward, NY

Client

General Electric

Summary

ATL supplied three sediment sampling vessels and crews to collect approximately 5,000 sediment samples from the bed of the Hudson River, extending from Fort Edward, NY to Troy, NY.

Services

ATL provided water-based investigations and vibracore sampling.

Project

Grasse River Remediation

Location

Massena, NY

Client

ALCOA

Services

ATL provided water-based investigations and subsurface investigations.

Project

Watkins Glen

Location

Watkins Glens, NY

Client

AJAX Paving Industries

Services

ATL provided quality control testing of hot mix asphalt placement, compaction testing of soil and aggregate subbase, and laboratory analysis of construction materials.

Project

NYSTA Utica to Verona Paving

Location

Utica, NY

Client

Hanson Aggregates

Owner

New York State Thruway Authority

Services

ATL provided hot mix asphalt density testing, coring of hot mix asphalt, surface smoothness testing, and concrete testing.

Project

SUNY Purchase Big Haus Phase V

Location

Purchase, NY

Client

DASNY

Owner

SUNY Purchase

Services

ATL provided asbestos project monitoring, asbestos bulk sampling, and mold project monitoring.

Project

SUNY Albany

Location

Albany, NY

Client

Cannon Design

Owner

SUNY Albany

Services

ATL provided asbestos project monitoring, asbestos bulk sampling, and PCB sampling and analysis.

Project

Schenectady City School District Central Park MS Phase 1B

Location

Schenectady, NY

Client

Turner Construction

Owner

Schenectady City School District

Services

ATL provided asbestos bulk sampling and analysis.

Project

Whiteface Mountain Lodge Expansion

Location

Wilmington, NY

Client

Olympic Regional Development Authority

Owner

Olympic Regional Development Authority

Services

ATL provided subsurface investigations, laboratory analysis, and a geotechnical evaluation and report.

Project

Big Lift Warehouse

Location

Port of Albany, NY

Client

Albany Port District Commission

Owner

Albany Port District Commission

Services

ATL provided subsurface investigations, laboratory analysis, and a geotechnical evaluation and report.

Project

Central NY Welcome Center

Location

Auburn, NY

Client

nArchitects

Services

ATL provided geotechnical evaluation, subsurface investigations, and laboratory analysis services.

Project

Exit 36 Tower Ultrasonic Evaluations

Location

Syracuse, NY

Client

Patriot Enterprises

Services

ATL performed weld and structural steel testing.

Project

Arconic Petroleum Aboveground Storage Tank Testing

Location

Massena, NY

Client

Arconic

Owner

Arconic

Services

ATL performed magnetic particle testing in accordance with ASTM E 709-08, and pulse-echo ultrasonic testing in accordance with ASTM E 797-10.

Project

Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Testing

Location

Greece, NY

Client

LCS

Services

ATL performed a tank tightness test on one 300-gallon underground storage tank.

Project

NYPA Smart Path Transmission Line

Location

St. Lawrence & Lewis Counties

Client

Burns & McDonnell

Owner

New York Power Authority

Summary

The New York Power Authority contracted to engineer, design, and permit the rebuild of the 86 mile long Moses Adirondack transmission line. The design will replace the over 800 wooden transmission towers and provide system reliability.

Services

ATL provided geotechnical investigations to support the design of the replacement transmission towers. ATL performed 850 soil borings to depths of 30-50’, and performed soil resistivity testing at each boring location. ATL also provided soil laboratory analysis from the samples obtained during the investigations.

Project

USACE Lock & Dam Concrete Investigation

Location

Minnesota & Wisconsin

Client

Agapito Associates

Owner

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Summary

The purpose of the USACE study was to investigate and evaluate the interior concrete condition of the upper guide walls within five hydraulic concrete lock structures (Lock Nos. 4, 5, 5A, 8, and 9) along the Mississippi River in Minnesota and Wisconsin within the St. Paul District, United States Army Corps of Engineers.  A total of 25 concrete core samples were submitted for this study; 10 for full petrographic and air void analysis (two of each from each Lock), and 15 for compression testing (three of each from each Lock).

Services

ATL provided petrographic analysis (ASTM C 457 and ASTM C 856) and compression strength testing (ASTM C 42/39) of the concrete cores that were obtained from the concrete lock structures.

Project

Tappan Zee Bridge

Location

Tarrytown, NY

Client

Tappan Zee Constructors

Owner

New York State Thruway Authority

Summary

NYSTA replaced the 3.1 mile Tappan Zee Bridge with a twin span cable stay bridge connecting Rockland and Westchester counties. The $3.98 billion bridge is one of the largest design build contracts for a transportation project in the United States. New approaches, toll plazas, state facilities, and a shared use path were also installed.

Services

ATL provided quality assurance testing of the concrete and soil materials that were utilized on the project. An AASHTO accredited lab was setup on site to provide immediate test results as requested.

Project

Oneida County Water Pollution Control Plant

Location

Utica, NY

Client

GHD Consulting Services

Owner

Oneida County Sewer District

Summary

The 60 year old Oneida County Water Pollution Control Plant began a 5 year improvement project in 2016. The project consisted of new anaerobic digesters, methane gas conversion, upgrades to several pump stations, and waste treatment process improvements.

Services

ATL provided hazardous material survey, abatement design, and project monitoring during the renovation phases of the project. ATL also provided construction materials testing and special inspections of soil, concrete, masonry, and structural steel during the new construction.

Project

St. Lawrence Health System Ambulatory Surgery Center

Location

Canton, NY

Client

St. Lawrence Health System

Owner

St. Lawrence Health System

Summary

This was a $23 million dollar Medical Office Building and Ambulatory Surgery Center.  Prior to starting construction the Canton drilling division was retained to perform subsurface investigation of the site, and continued performing duties as the geotechnical engineer of record during construction.

Services

• ATL provided geotechnical engineering for subgrade preparation. ATL also provided floor flatness testing, and special inspection of concrete, soil, steel, fireproofing, and masonry.

Project

Amazon Warehouse & Distribution Centers

Location

Clay, NY & Gates, NY

Client

TC Syracuse Development Associates & TC Rochester Associates

Owner

Trammell Crow Company

Summary

ATL worked on two Amazon Distribution Centers, one $350M dollar, 3.8 million square foot warehouse in Clay, NY and one $280M dollar, 2.6 million square foot warehouse in Gates, NY.

Services

ATL performed special inspection and construction materials testing services. Geotechnical services were performed to monitor the cut/fill operation, and to monitor the installation of the stone columns and bearing grade inspection at footing excavations.

Project

Computer Chip Fab Project

Location

Marcy, NY

Client

Private

Owner

Private

Summary

This project consisted of a new 458,000 square-foot FAB/ADMIN structure, a 98,000 square-foot CUB structure, and sitework including new sidewalks, access roads, and parking lots.

Services

ATL provided construction materials engineering and testing services and special inspection services including concrete, fireproofing, geotechnical, masonry, soil, and steel.

Project

Vassar Brothers Medical Center Patient Pavilion

Location

Poughkeepsie, NY

Client

Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Owner

Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Summary

This project consisted of a 696,000 square foot, eight story patient pavilion addition to the existing Vassar Brothers Medical Center.

Services

ATL provided special inspections and construction materials engineering and testing of soil, concrete, masonry, steel, and fireproofing. ATL also provided petrographic, mineralogic, x-ray, and chemical analysis of bedrock samples.