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MCADAMS OUR SERVICES The services we offer at McAdams are comprehensive and unique. We provide a full array of services which can be utilized on a project as the project, client and consulting team requires. These capabilities include: › Landscape Architecture › Land Planning › Urban Planning + Design › Stormwater › Stream + Wetland Design › Civil Engineering › Transportation › Geomatics › Construction Administration
Operations Center / Garner, NC
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EXPERIENCE SERVICES
Projects Within Nuclear Facilities
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McAdams is known for its attention to detail and quality design work throughout the Carolinas and Florida and we specialize in working directly for energy clients. With this dedicated focus on the energy sector, our team has significant experience supporting many different types of projects for energy companies. Such experience allows us to act on your behalf and in your best interest while anticipating problems and overcoming challenges before they become obstacles. Our experience with energy companies includes: › Planning, design and surveying services for substations; › Route surveying for transmission and distribution lines; › Support services for distribution projects including easement negotiation and acquisition, route exhibits, etc; › Planning, design and permitting for multiple operations facilities; and › Planning, design and permitting for training facilities to support energy companies.
GEOMATICS SERVICES At McAdams, our field crews and office staff are focused on accuracy and timeliness to help our clients achieve their vision. Our team of Professional Land Surveyors are all equipped with the latest field equipment and software to produce extremely accurate plats, legal descriptions and maps. Our Geomatics department is knowledgeable about the historical and legal aspects of surveying, working with our other departments to proactively handle a property’s past so that the future vision can be realized. These capabilities include: › Preliminary Design Surveys › Construction Staking › SUE › Laser Scanning › Hydrographic Surveying
SUBSURFACE UTILITY ENGINEERING SERVICES Our Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) team locates and identifies visible and underground utilities early in a project’s design process to avoid costly conflicts and dangerous safety hazards. Our SUE capabilities include: › Designating: Horizontal Location of Underground Utilities; › Locating: Vertical Location of Underground Utilities; › Ground Penetrating Radar; › Electronic Locating Markers; and › Quality Levels A, B, C + D.
SUBSTATION + SWITCHYARDS SERVICES We have worked with the largest Energy Company in the State on over 50 electrical substations and switchyard projects throughout the Carolinas. While each project has challenges that arise along the way, our experienced staff takes great pride in our ability to coordinate with multiple project team members to keep the project on-schedule and on-budget. Typical services we provide include: › Site Design + Design of Access Roads, including: – Entitlement + Site Plans – Grading + Erosion Control Plans – Tap Line Plan / Profiles – Platting – Landscape Screening Plans › Siting Studies, including – Evaluation of Ingress + Egress – Impact of Adjacent Properties – Preliminary Grading – Preliminary Cost Estimating › Surveying Services, including: – Boundary / ALTA-NSPS Land Title Surveys – Topographic Surveys – Easement + Right-of-Way Acquisition – Construction Staking › Construction Administration
Fuquay - Wade Nash Substation / Fuquay-Varina, NC
Asheville - Patton Avenue Substation / Asheville, NC
Renderings by: MHAworks
OPERATIONS CENTERS + TRAINING FACILITIES SERVICES McAdams has over 42 years of design, engineering and surveying experience with a diverse clientele including large energy companies, local municipalities, gas companies, universities and private developers throughout the Carolinas. This experience includes design and permitting of multiple operations centers, training facilities and real estate support services for energy companies. Typical services includes: › Due Diligence Services – Surveying Services (ALTA, Boundary + Topographic) – Concept Planning › Site Planning + Entitlement – Zoning Services – Site Plan Development › Construction Drawing Development + Permitting › Bidding + Contract Administration › Construction Administration – Weekly Site Visits + Inspection Reports – RFIs + Bulletin Drawings – Pay Application + Change Order Review – Project Close-out Services
Operations Center / Henderson, NC
TRANSMISSION + DISTRIBUTION SERVICES McAdams provides a number of support services for transmission and distribution projects. Our typical scope of work includes: › New Line Design, including: – Field Surveying Services – Erosion Control Design + Permitting – Stream Restoration Engineering Services to Protect Existing Transmission Line Structures from Erosion › Siting + Routing Selection, including: – Plan + Profile Surveys (using PLSCADD) – Right-of-Way Acquisition Surveys › Right-of-Way Services: Similar to siting and routing selection, McAdams has significant experience creating right-of-way exhibits that consist of a metes and bounds description and graphic exhibits to be included in recordable documents for use in right-of-way acquisition in support of new transmission and distribution lines.
230kV Transmission Line Replacement / Raeford, NC
Fuquay Transmission Line Removal / Fuquay-Varina, NC
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