At Fuss & O’Neill, we are more than just engineers, landscape architects, scientists, planners, and environmental consultants; we are partners with our clients from project
Professional, safe, responsive, and fiscally
Energy
Construction
Manufacturing
Facility
Community
Infrastructure
Environment
inception to tenant move in and beyond.
responsible solutions are the cornerstone of our professional services, particularly around transit-oriented development. Whether it’s ground up new construction for affordable senior housing, the adaptive reuse of a former office building into apartments, or
the re-purposing of an existing historic building on a Brownfields site, Fuss & O’Neill understands the sequencing and planning necessary for successful projects. Our team works collaboratively to develop smart, integrated site/civil, survey, landscape architecture, master planning, and transportation engineering solutions. Environmental engineering and life-safety investigations of asbestos, lead, PCBs, radon, and indoor air quality (IAQ) are expertly identified and monitored throughout the project.
Housing Experience Understanding and meeting specific goals for a variety of housing types sets Fuss & O’Neill’s planners and engineers apart. We have successfully planned, designed, and engineered residential projects for: •
Brownfield Redevelopments
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Public Housing Authorities
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Student / University Housing
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Private Development
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Senior Living
Graduate Student Housing, University of New Haven
Highlighted Projects
Mill at Hop Brook Mixed-Use Development, Simsbury, CT
616 New Park Avenue, West Hartford, CT
• Within walking distance of downtown, this mixed-use
• The West Hartford Housing Authority leveraged the location
development contributes to and promotes walkable
of the CTfastrak Station (seen in the background) and
connectivity to downtown.
transformed an adjacent Brownsfield site into a vibrant,
• This project won an Implementation Award from the Connecticut Chapter of The American Planning Association
transit-oriented mixed use development. • Our team of civil, environmental, and transportation
(CTAPA) “for a planning project or initiative of unusually high
engineers collaborated on the design to perform a wide
merit for which there are demonstrated results.”
array of technical services including flood management
• The project also won the HOBI Award (Home Builders &
and storage evaluation, wetlands analysis, drainage design,
Remodelers Association of CT, Inc.) in five categories.
traffic and parking impact analysis, and site plan design and permitting.
Crescent Crossing, Bridgeport, CT
Montgomery Mills, Windsor Locks, CT
• As part of a public/private partnership between Park City
• Beacon Residential Properties are developing housing in a
Communities (Bridgeport Housing Authority) and a private developer, we led the master planning effort to re-purpose a neglected post-war public housing project into a vibrant
long abandoned Brownfields manufacturing site to support the goals of town-wide transit-oriented development. • Fuss & O’Neill has been a planning and development
mixed-use transit oriented development neighborhood.
partner for soil and site remediation design, the site plan
• We provided public outreach, development alternatives
approval process, and we prepared and were awarded a
and program development for this multi-site urban redevelopment. • We provided landscape architecture and civil and environmental engineering support for the phased project.
Brownfields funding application grant. • With funding secured, we are currently providing site civil, landscape architecture, traffic and soil remediation services.
Environment
Creating Works of Life
North Eagleville Road Utility Upgrade Soil Management University of Connecticut – Storrs, CT Fuss & O’Neill provided daily soil stockpile inspection, soil sampling, soil characterization, waste profile/manifest preparation, and tonnage tracking services for a total of approximately 80,000 tons of excess soil generated by the North Eagleville Road utility upgrade project. Fuss & O’Neill performed characterization for 80,000 tons of excess soil and coordinated the loading, transportation,
Stockpiles - We worked with the construction contractors to maintain clean and orderly stockpile areas. Soil stockpile layouts and methods were modified to optimize the available space and reduce the potential for cross-contamination.
and disposal of approximately 40,000 tons of soil from the North Eagleville Road utility project, providing a true turnkey approach to soil management. This approach resulted in a significant cost savings primarily due to prevention of double handling the soil, selecting the disposal facility based on the characterization, and streamlining the soil management process. Characterization - Soils were separated by utility type (water, sewer, storm, duct bank, etc.) to determine if utility type and excavation depth was correlated to characterization.
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Environment
Creating Works of Life
Soil Management Support
The Metropolitan District Commission - Hartford, CT Fuss & O’Neill provided soil characterization and management oversight for various Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) water and sewer main installation/replacement projects.
Services began in July 2018 with a pilot study to compare two methods for soil management. Pilot A involved pre-characterization soil sampling along the project route to establish excavation zones where soil was anticipated to be clean, polluted, or contaminated. Fuss & O’Neill conducted daily field visits to assist the contractor and MDC inspector with determining how best to classify soil as it was removed from the ground, compared to the “default” classification of the soil to reduce the potential for clean soils to become mixed with contaminated soils during excavation. Soil was stockpiled based on field classification and sampled for final characterization. Significant savings in project cost related to disposal of spoils was realized. This approach saved a significant amount of time needed to process change orders submitted by contractors for managing excess soil. Pilot B involved limited precharacterization and no field classification of the soil as it was excavated. Soil was stockpiled with no consideration of whether the soil was clean, polluted, or contaminated, except where clear signs of contamination were observed. www.fando.com
Fuss & O’Neill is currently providing soil characterization and management services for a number of MDC water and sewer main installation/replacement projects. Fuss & O’Neill works with the soil staging facility to process Bill of Lading (BOL) forms and track tonnage in each soil staging bin. Bins are sampled after reaching 750 tons (~500 cy). Most projects are managed using a Pilot B approach, while Pilot A and hybrid approaches are used for some project types and locations. Fuss & O’Neill performs soil stockpile sampling, and reviews laboratory data prior to issuing soil characterization reports which are reviewed and signed by an LEP.
Segregating Oils - Remnants of a former oil and stone road were identified approximately 4 feet below grade. Fuss & O’Neill worked with the contractor, MDC inspector, and soil staging facility to segregate soils impacted by the former oiled road.