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Navigating the NYS Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative Together.
It’s time to harden the infrastructure and strengthen the economies along Lake Ontario’s waterfront. Many of these communities depend on summer tourism to remain viable, and with water levels at a “new normal”, it’s time to do something about it. LaBella is primed to support these efforts, and with such an array of expertise, we can jump in at any phase.
We can help with grants and funding, environmental permitting, GIS, and civil and structural engineering for shorelines. Boardwalks, parking lots, and park design can also be upgraded. Our team also provides construction administration & management. Edgewater Resources is a firm that specializes in marina and waterfront design and is one of LaBella’s valued partners. Together, we can get your community ready.
grant FUNDING & ADMINISTRATION
LaBella helped the Town of Perinton obtain $551,000 to implement Canal waterfront improvements.
Supporting local communities has long been a priority at LaBella. We have been serving municipalities since our inception in 1978, and are constantly on the lookout for programs that will help achieve your community goals with as little financial impact as possible. We help communities with a variety of community and economic development funding opportunities including grants for waterfront improvements, infrastructure, downtown revitalization, economic development and planning from multiple state and federal funding sources.
Our team has obtained over $465 million in aid on behalf of our clients for a variety of waterfront, infrastructure, and economic development projects. But, we don’t stop at obtaining the funding. We also assist the grantees in administration of approved grant projects by providing hands-on guidance to help with implementation of the
lwrp This program provides funding towards the completion of Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) projects and could be used to supplement the CLEAR Program.
grant and to ensure compliance with program requirements. We also have long-term .relationships with state and federal funding agencies that helps to facilitate effective grant management.
shoreline restoration
Michael Kopy, the Governor’s Director of Emergency Operations said, “We need to start looking at this flooding as the new normal”. Our civil and structural engineering teams work together to ensure your shoreline is restored and able to withstand these new conditions.
public outreach
In order to restore your shoreline, we assess the soil composition, determine the velocity and wave action of the specific body of water, evaluate the structural and/or vegetative armorment techniques, and then take all of that information to design a new, hardened shoreline that complies with regulations set for the “new normal” water levels. Existing utilities such as public water, sanitary sewer, septic systems, roads, sidewalks, and culverts will all be evaluated and restored, if necessary.
GIS ANALYSIS
We provide water quality testing and monitoring, and erosion and sediment control design and can perform repairs to any damaged flood walls.
GIS is a dynamic way to record, store, and view a variety of information about infrastructure facilities. Our team can provide infrastructure inventories, mapping services, and GIS Viewers for your community’s public website.
LaBella and Edgewater partnered to design the Port of Rochester Marina, completed in 2016.
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municipal infrastructure Communities need a strong foundation to run smoothly. We work diligently to ensure that every system or structure that supports your community is in good order.
Whether you are upgrading an older system or starting from scratch, we can help analyze potential routes, permitting needs, and capacity requirements.
Our team designs entire new sewer & water districts and pump stations, along with their associated treatment plants.
Infrastructure that is damaged during these flooding events can require a total upgrade to handle increasing water levels.
We make sure you have clean water to drink, safe roads to drive on, places to park, bridges to cross, and trails to walk.
Once design is complete, we can be your partner through construction. Our team provides construction administration and management including soliciting bids, and teaming with contractors.
bridge analysis Bridges and structures can also be affected by the high water levels. Our team can rehabilitate or replace bridges, design retaining walls and slope stabilization, hydraulic analysis, and do culvert analysis & design. Successful bridge projects do not merely provide safe crossing—they minimize impact to the environment, the public, and the taxpayer. We keep public and private roads high and dry, from small, single-span structures to complex multi-span bridges on the interstate system. Our engineers are equally adept at working with small municipalities on innovative rehabilitation as they are at completing full highway interchanges under heavy traffic conditions. Our practice has encompassed historic truss bridges, changeable rivers, and pedestrian thoroughfares.
PHASE I & II Environmental site assessments (ESAs) Environmental professionals at LaBella can complete both Phase I and Phase II ESAs on potential project sites. Phase I includes a thorough review of a property’s past and present usage to identify contamination or other causes for concern. After a Phase I is complete and indicates there is a likelihood of site contamination, a Phase II will be undertaken. Phase II ESAs are investigations which collect original samples of soil, groundwater or building materials to analyze for quantitative values of various contaminants.
about redi Governor Cuomo announced $300 million in funding over the course of the next 1-3 years for Lake Ontario resiliency and economic development projects and purposes. Funds are for services and expenses, loans, grants, and costs of program administration related to restoring and strengthening the regions’ local economies and infrastructure along the Lake Ontario waterfront. LaBella’s team of grant writers and engineers are ready to assist your community in the restoration process for long-lasting solutions. Our valued partner, Edgewater Resources is on hand for assistance with your marinas and coastal engineering projects. Five CLEAR (Coastal Lakeshore Economic and Resiliency) planning zones have been established along the coastline. $300,000 has been designated by the state per each of the five identified regions/counties to repair shoreline areas along Lake Ontario. For QUESTIONS OR more information on LaBella’s service offeringS contact: Tom pavone, PE (585) 295-6217 tpavone@labellapc.com
permitting & compliance LaBella provides a wide range of permitting and compliance services for a diverse customer base across New York State. We are uniquely qualified to provide an array of services associated with utility, renewable energy, and general heavy civil construction projects which are required to obtain permits as part of a local site plan approval process. Our in-depth permitting experience includes federal, state, and local regulatory agencies. We also maintain a deep knowledge base associated with the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR).
This includes environmental reviews and Joint Permit Applications to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Our staff members are experts at providing both application assistance and technical support.
We have extensive experience providing New York State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) and National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) services.
seqr/NEPA & shpo LaBella Associates has extensive experience providing New York State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) and National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) services to institutional, municipal, agency and industrial clients across upstate New York. We assist a variety of clients in carrying out required environmental reviews for small and large projects. Some projects are controversial, requiring coordination between multiple agencies, complex impact studies and extensive efforts to involve and inform the public.
In addition to our SEQR/NEPA expertise, we have led many projects through the historic and archaeological review process. We are familiar with both Section 14.09 and Section 106, and State and Federal agencies which are required to engage in a formal consultation with the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). We utilize the latest technology to conduct and evaluate technical studies, analyze data and to communicate project information and alternative scenarios.
WATERFRONT & MARINA DESIGN Edgewater Resources’ expertise includes the complete range of technical skills needed to make your waterfront vision a reality. Coupled with our marine engineering experts, we can design the most effective shoreline protection strategy and see that it is built to last within your budget. Our coastal engineers understand water levels, wave dynamics, circulation, and sediment transport. We provide detailed desktop modeling of wave climate and propagation to determine the most cost effective design strategies, and we have developed some of the most innovative shoreline armoring systems and channel modification strategies to passively redirect sediments to greatly reduce dredging demand. We are internationally recognized for our knowledge and experience in nearshore hydrodynamics, arctic and ice processes, harbor tranquility, breakwaters, fixed and floating marine structures, dredge material disposal, shore protection, port planning, marina design, and risk analysis. Our coastal engineering team is led by Jack Cox, PE, D.CE, D.PE, D.NE, who has authored more than fifty coastal and marina related technical publications and is an inaugural Diplomate in the Academy of Coastal, Ocean, Port, and Navigation Engineers.
Our team of coastal engineers offers decades of experience in the design, modeling, and permitting of wave attenuation structures for shorelines, marinas, ports, and harbors.
Edgewater Resources was founded with the goal of enhancing communities and their waterfronts, with a focus on planning, design, and development solutions based in economic reality. We consider the built environment to be our final deliverable, with the work not complete until the project is built and open to the community. Our core skill set goes beyond traditional design, planning, and engineering expertise to include development finance and economics based on real world experience to create successful mixed-use waterfront developments.
At LaBella Associates, our job is to create – structures, plans, ideas, results. As a nationally recognized Design Professional Corporation, that’s a given, right? But here’s what really drives us: creating partnership between our team and our clients. So much so that we become one team, unified in the unrelenting pursuit of exceptional performance on each and every project. Reliability. Accountability. Collaboration. Respect. Not skills we went to school for, but innate in LaBella team members. The pursuit of partnership is embedded in our culture—has been since our inception in 1978. And it affects client outcomes in profound ways. It means we’re built to expertly execute projects from start to finish. That we have the talent and resources to take on any challenge. That projects are completed on time, on budget, and beyond expectations. And that we win awards – not just for our talent, but also for our ethics, employee culture, and growth. Today, our wheelhouse is broad, with four key service offerings: Buildings, Energy, Infrastructure, and Environmental. Our staff of over 750 team members is spread across more than 20 office locations. We’re headquartered in Rochester, NY—but our impact is seen, felt, and experienced around the world.
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Transportation Engineering
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Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing Engineering
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Site Development Hazardous Building Materials
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Electric & Gas Transmission and Distribution
Environmental Remediation & Compliance
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Renewables
Air Permitting
Program Management
Environmental Contracting
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Pipeline Recycling
Visit us at www.labellapc.com to get a glimpse of some of the things we’re working on right now. But don’t let us do all the talking tell us about your goals by calling (877) 626-6606.
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