McAdams helped municipal staff and elected officials bring to life a community vision for city hall and its surroundings by assisting with master planning, rezoning and site design. Streetscape design was integral to this effort to make the downtown area attractive and accessible; our team carefully designed traffic calming measures, active transportation facilities, parking, enhanced pavements and intersection improvements.
We are a collaborative and vision-focused group of professionals who are passionate about providing unique, meaningful and engaging experiences - both for our clients and the end users who will explore and travel the places and corridors we help create. Our project teams blend creativity with pragmatic considerations in design, budget and constructability to bring to life the collective vision for project success. We provide a comprehensive array of services in planning, design and field services, and strive to be true experts and trusted advisors in the markets we serve.
Our capabilities include:
› Transportation Planning + Design
› Civil Engineering
› Stormwater
› Stream + Wetland Design
› Landscape Architecture
› Land Planning
› Urban Planning + Design
› Geomatics
› Field Services
› Funding + Grant Assistance
McAdams worked closely with Mecklenberg County to deliver a critical section of the Carolina Thread Trail system to create key east-west connections across southern Charlotte. McAdams provided planning, environmental, design and construction services for 2.5 miles of greenway including two bridge crossings, several sections of boardwalk with concrete decking and additional parking at a new trailhead.
At McAdams, transportation is about more than just moving cars, it is about moving people. Our talented transportation planners can help you create well-connected, multi-modal communities where people love to live, work, play and prosper.
Typical services include:
› Comprehensive Transportation Plans
› Collector Street Plans
› Pedestrian / Bicycle Plans
› Small Area Plans
› Downtown Master Plans
› Corridor Studies
› Greenway Plans
› Feasibility Studies
› Traffic Impact Studies
› Traffic Operations Studies
› Parking Studies
› Transit Planning
› Visualization
› Public Engagement
› Transit Oriented Development Plans
› Geospatial Solutions / GIS
› Mobility Hub Planning
› Sustainable Transportation Studies
› NEPA / SEPA Process Compliance
McAdams led the study of this 17-mile corridor connecting Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, Durham and Chapel Hill, including extensive stakeholder and community outreach: feasibility-level planning and design; GIS services; detailed cost estimates; video simulations; and technical recommendations. More information available at trianglebikeway.com.
Genesis / Durham, NC
McAdams is providing multidisciplinary professional services for the development of this brownfield industrial campus in Research Triangle Park, including subsurface utility engineering (SUE); surveying; civil engineering services; landscape architecture; graphic support and visualizations; and construction administration. These services are integral to planning efforts for planning efforts to provide two efficient access roads and robust stormwater design features.
Our engineers and designers are experts at considering all modes of travel when designing transportation facilities. At McAdams, we have the relationships and technical expertise to bring your projects to life. Typical design services include:
› Roadway Design
› Greenway Design
› Streetscapes
› Drainage / Hydraulic Design
› Green Stormwater Infrastructure
› Landscape Architecture
› Utility Design + Coordination
› Transit Facilities + Multi-modal Centers
› Traffic Engineering
Inside Wade is multi-generational authentic neighborhood located in proximity to I-40 in Raleigh. McAdams provided civil engineering, design, permitting, surveying and construction administration services, including the design of public and private streets; alleys for garage access and trash collection; terraced grades to minimize earthwork costs; and parking along tree lined streets.
Walnut Creek Greenway + Bikeway / Cary, NC
McAdams worked with the Town of Cary to design two greenway sections in conjunction with the Fenton mixed-use project. The McAdams team provided greenway design, surveying, civil engineering and water resources support to enhance bicycle and pedestrian connections between the Fenton development, Cary Town Center mall property and adjacent parts of Cary, while accommodating future extensions coordinated with new development and redevelopment projects along the route.
Located near Uptown and South End neighborhoods in Charlotte, Junction 1504 is an 11-acre site with 250 residential units. McAdams provided civil engineering, due diligence, surveying and site planning and worked closely with the City to achieve a seamless 1,500 foot addition to the Charlotte Rail Trail including lighting, landscaping and ornamental features to create a buffer between the active rail line and the greenway.
Wake Technical Community College, Southern Loop Road / Raleigh, NC
Located along the southern edge of the Southern Wake Campus, the new Southern Loop Road will serve as one of the main entries into campus with the completion of I-540. McAdams is providing multidisciplinary planning, design, surveying, SUE and environmental services including the design of the two-lane access road and associated sidewalk; addition of a stop light at the entrance to campus from US 401 as well as turn lanes, median improvements and drainage improvements; and full depth pavement repair and replacement of existing broken curve and sidewalk in parking areas.
Our multidisciplinary team of planners and engineers have a comprehensive understanding of available infrastructure funding, and the importance of funding projects that improve the safety, mobility, health and sustainability of local communities. Our team of experts can help you develop a funding strategy that considers your capital improvement program and priorities, holistically, and develop grant applications that maximize the chances of winning federal, state, local and even private grant awards.
Integral to our strategy is helping you to identify the projects that would be most compelling and competitive for identified funding programs, identifying opportunities to use multiple funding sources leveraging our relationships at the state, regional and local levels to develop strong project partnerships to build support for these projects.
› Funding Scans
› Funding Strategy
› Grant Narratives + Application Materials
› Cost Estimating
› Schedule + Scope Development
› Benefit-cost Analyses (BCA)
› Public Outreach + Consensus Building (Citizen Involvement)
› Advocacy
› Grant Administration
McAdams prepared the successful 2021 RAISE Grant application for this project, resulting in a $9 million award from USDOT. Our application successfully captured the project’s potential for creating good-paying jobs; improving safety; applying transformative technology; and explicitly addressing climate change and advancing racial equity. McAdams worked closely with City staff across several departments to coordinate the extensive range of information required, including new RAISE guidelines for areas of persistent poverty.
Successful projects start and end in the field. McAdams has the expertise to ensure your projects begin with a solid foundation and end with exceptional support through the entire construction process. Typical services include:
› Construction Administration
› Construction Engineering Inspection
› Surveying
› Subsurface Utility Exploration
› Utility Coordination
› Easement Acquisition Support
00436 Multimodal / Bike-Ped / Transit Visualization
00467 Low Impact Division Managed Roadway Design
00498 Public Involvement - Transit / Transportation Planning / Public Transportation Div.
00499 Marketing, Publications + Graphic Assistance
00501 Multimodal Facilities Planning / Public Transportation Div.
00514 Multimodal / Bike-Ped / Transit Constructibility Expert
00547 Stormwater / NPDES Monitoring + Assessment, Roadside Environmental
00555 NPDES Stormwater Program - BMP Retrofit Site Selection + Design
00570 Professional Services 00572 General Engineering Services 00575 Environmental Services
00801 Construction Surveying
IONA THOMAS AICP
Vice President, Strategy + Public Client Development / 32+ Years Experience
B.A. Government, University of South Carolina; Warwick Fellow, Warwick University, United Kingdom
919. 287. 0758 thomas@mcadamsco.com
WILL LETCHWORTH PE
Vice President, Transportation / 19+ Years Experience
B.S. Civil Engineering, NC State University; M.S. Civil Engineering, NC State University
919. 287. 0839 letchworth@mcadamsco.com
MICHELLE PODESZWA PE
Transportation Design Lead / 25+ Years Experience
B.S. Civil Engineering, Clemson University
980. 221. 9002 podeszwa@mcadamsco.com
NATE BOUQUIN PE
Traffic Engineering Lead / 7+ Years Experience
B.S. Civil Engineering, NC State University
ANDREW HICKLING PE
Bicycle + Pedestrian Lead / 15+ Years Experience
B.S. Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech State University
ALLISON ANOLIK
Funding Advisory Services Lead / 17+ Years Experience
B.A. in Geography, University of Mary Washington
919. 287. 0741 bouqin@mcadamsco.com
980. 206. 4389 hickling@mcadamsco.com
919. 287. 0758 anolik@mcadamsco.com
Tyler Huggins
Transportation Analyst / 5+ Years Exp.
B.S. Civil Engineering, NC A&T State University; M.U.P., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tucker Fulle EI
Transportation Analyst / 2+ Years Exp.
B.S. Civil Engineering, Transportation Systems, NC State University
Graham Bruns PE
Senior Bicycle + Pedestrian Project Manager / 16+ Years Exp.
B.S. Civil Engineering w/ Transportation Concentration, NC State University
Zachary Hallock PE, AICP
Bicycle + Pedestrian Engineer / 8+ Years Exp.
B.S. Civil + Environmental Engineering, University of Central Florida; M.S.P. Urban + Regional Planning, Florida State University
Jimmy Prestwood EI
Bicycle + Pedestrian Designer / 6+ Years Exp.
B.S. Civil Engineering, Auburn University
Brian Bernard EI
Designer II / 6+ Years Exp.
B.S. Civil Engineering Tech., Rochester Institute of Technology
Jeromy Wegrzyn
Designer III / 4+ Years
B.S. in Biology, State University of New York College at Oneonta;
M.L.A., State University of New York College of Environmental Science + Forestry
Kathryn Zeringue
Senior Bicycle + Pedestrian Planner / 11+ Years Exp.
B.A. Political Science, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; M.S. Community + Regional Planning, UT Austin
Haley Naffisi AICP
Bicycle + Pedestrian Planner / 7+ Years Exp.
B.S. Environmental Science, Bridgewater College; Master of Urban + Environmental Planning, University of Virginia
Christopher Normile
Bicycle + Pedestrian Planner / 1+ Years Exp.
B.S. Community + Regional Planning, East Carolina University
Nia Rodgers RLA, LEED® AP, EI
Bicycle + Pedestrian Project Manager / 19+ Years Exp.
B.S. Civil + Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; M.S. Landscape Architecture, University of Virginia
David Smith PE
Senior Roadway Design Engineer / 35+ Years Exp.
A.A.S. Civil Engineering Technology, Wake Technical Community College; B.S. Psychology, Liberty University
Michala Jerome PE
Roadway Design Engineer / 4+ Years Exp.
B.S. in Civil Engineering, Mississippi State University, Bagley College of Engineering
Zack Engle PE
Roadway Design Engineer / 5+ Years Exp.
B.S. in Engineering (civil concentration), Messiah University
