Talladega, AL CLIENT: City of Talladega The City of Talladega contracted with Sain Associates to develop a pavement maintenance plan. The two primary components of the project were to evaluate the current pavement conditions and then develop recommendations for best managing and maintaining the City’s pavements. Approximately 160 miles of roadway were evaluated. Sain field…
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Various Counties, AL CLIENT: Jacksonville State University FUNDING: Sweet Trails Alabama Initiative Sain is providing professional planning, engineering, and public engagement services for the Sweet Trails Alabama initiative. Sweet Trails Alabama is a statewide effort to develop a connected trail network linking all 67 counties and major destinations across the state. As part of this…
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Jasper, AL CLIENT: Jasper Industrial Development Board FUNDING: SEEDS and Growing Alabama Sain Associates supported the Jasper Industrial Development Board (JIDB) in advancing the Whitehouse Road Prepared Site through Alabama’s SEEDS and Growing Alabama programs. The project focuses on transforming a 94-acre industrial property into a development-ready site through strategic planning, engineering, site preparation, and…
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Etowah County, AL CLIENT: ALDOT North Region FUNDING: Federal and State This project includes engineering design services for ITS deployments located in the Gadsden area covering over 38 miles of roadway along segments of I-59, I-759, AL-77, AL-291, AL-759, US-411, and US-431. The design scope was based on functional and system requirements developed by ALDOT…
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Knoxville, TN CLIENT: TDOT Sain Associates conducted a review of the TN-162 at Hardin Valley Road interchange to develop recommendations to address extreme queuing from the surface street signalized intersection including exit ramp back-ups affecting traffic flow on the high speed facility of TN-162. The analysis pinpointed several operational and geometric design issues that result…
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Walker County, AL CLIENT: ALDOT – West Central Region CONSULTANT: Marr Traffic Data Collection Sain Associates provided traffic and transportation planning and engineering services for an access management study along AL-5 in Walker County, Alabama. The study corridor extended approximately 3.3 miles from just west of Filter Plant Road to just west of Sipsey Road….
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Hoover, AL CLIENT: Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham FUNDING: APPLE Program SUBCONSULTANT: Marr Traffic Data Collection; Skipper Consulting, Inc. The Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham (RPCGB), in conjunction with the City of Hoover, completed a feasibility study for the Lorna Road corridor through the APPLE Program. The study evaluated pedestrian accommodations, street lighting,…
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Homewood, AL CLIENT: City of Homewood Sain Associates was contracted to develop an ADA Transition Plan for the City of Homewood focusing specifically on pedestrian elements located within public right-of-way. Our scope of services for this project was separated into 4 primary tasks: We performed an inventory of Homewood’s current pedestrian elements with the public…
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Oxford, AL CLIENT: East Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission Client: City of Oxford Sain Associates partnered with the East Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission (EARPDC) and the City of Oxford to evaluate opportunities for bicycle and pedestrian connections along all local roadways and to prepare a comprehensive Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan called “Oxford…
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Blount County, AL CLIENT: ALDOT PARTNER: Blount County Sain Associates completed the design process for a three-series roundabout at the intersections of SR-160, US-31, and I-65 near Hayden, Alabama. The client for this project was ALDOT East Central Region, and we partnered with Blount County throughout the design process. The roundabout series provides much-needed safety…
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