Ephrata Performing Arts Center - Playhouse Expansion
Harbor Engineering, Inc. was fortunate to work with Ephrata Performing Arts Center and Schillaci Architects, Ltd. on their Playhouse renovation and expansion project in Ephrata Borough. Some of the challenges encountered with this project included ensuring that the design was compatible with the Grater Park Master Plan. Pervious Pavement and the use of Bio-Swales were also incorporated into the design to manage stormwater in a innovative manner.
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Two Cousins Family Restaurant
Harbor Engineering was pleased to be the Land Development Consultant for the conversion of an existing residence into a family restaurant just outside of Manheim in Penn Township. Because space was at a premium, and because of the Client’s desire to minimize impacts to the adjoining properties, innovative stormwater approaches were required. Harbor Engineering responded by designing the majority of the parking lot to set upon a stone bed that allowed stormwater to accumulate prior to being released at a controlled rate through a perforated pipe and associated outlet structure. Stone edges at the parking edge serve to collect the parking runoff into the stone bed. The result is a development with no real signs of stormwater management but that still meet Township and county requirements. A Highway Occupancy Permit and Township Zoning Approvals were also necessary to make this project a success.
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Henry Mearig Kia
Harbor Engineering had the opportunity to work with Mearig Kia on their dealership expansion project located at 5240 Main Street, East Petersburg, PA. The scope of this project was to renovate an existing beer distributor building into a state of the art dealership. Harbor Engineering redesigned the land to meet their parking needs while being environmentally sensitive and meeting the requirements of East Hemphield Township through the use of pervious pavement and bio-cell retention. Discuss Bio-cell and no inlets, etc… The new Henry Mearig Kia had its Grand opening in Janbuary, 2005.
(see the associated newspaper article...)
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Shawn Pierson Property
Harbor Engineering was pleased to be the Land Development Consultant for this conversion of a residence to a law firm office location in Manheim Township. In an effort to save the lawn areas and keeping with the aesthetics of the surrounding area, three underground seepage pits were proposed for the site to collect and infiltrate a large portion of the runoff created by any additional impervious surfaces. A few zoning modifications were necessary to make this project a success.
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Oak Tree Road Culvert
Harbor Engineering had the opportunity to work with Rapho Township to upgrade an existing culvert with perennial flooding along Oak Tree Road. This project included the design of approximately __ feet of storm sewer and the replacement of an inadequate bridge. HEI worked closely with Rapho Township and the permitting authorities to ensure a successful project. See the finished product below.
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Palmyra Bank
Harbor Engineering was pleased to have been contracted by Matthew & Hockley Associates, Ltd., of Lebanon, PA, to complete the site grading, stormwater management and Erosion & Sedimentation control portions of the Lebanon Valley Farmers Bank project located in the southeast corner of the Palmyra Shopping Center. Several different options for managing stormwater were investigated but the final layout was chosen because it decreased the overall amount of impervious surface, it used vegetative swales to help with additional pollutant filtration before reaching “offsite” storm sewer systems rather than curbing directly to the “offsite “system and it created an additional above ground infiltration area. All these approaches were combined to decrease the existing runoff considerably from the existing property that was almost completely impervious.
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Shumaker Bridge
Harbor Engineering was fortunate to work with Rapho Township in the replacement of an existing bridge spanning Back Run. The project included the design and permitting of a cast in place concrete frame structure. Handling the bid….. See process photos.
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