Category: Transportation

Tiger 7 – High Ore Line Connector

Birmingham, AL LIGHTING PLANS: Hyde Engineering LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: Nimrod Long and Associates GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES: Birmingham Engineering and Construction Consultants (BECC) CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY: Panamerican Consultant Sain Associates performed a survey and design for the Tiger 7 – High Ore Line Connector Project for the City of Birmingham. The project objective included constructing a 12′ wide…
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Mountain Brook Sidewalk Master Plan

Mountain Brook, AL CLIENT: City of Mountain Brook GRANT FUNDING: Transportation Alternative Program (TAP) In 2017, Sain prepared the Mountain Brook Sidewalk Master Plan under the Regional Planning Commission’s APPLE program. The City desired to have a master plan to use for planning additions to their already robust sidewalk system. The plan identified routes for…
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Carvana Distribution Center

Bessemer, AL CONTRACTOR:  Catamount Constructors LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: Robert P. Kirk & Associates, PC STRUCTURAL SLAB DESIGN: Barnett Jones Wilson In April 2020, Carvana, a cutting-edge leader in online automotive sales, contracted Sain Associates to perform surveying, civil, and traffic engineering services for a distribution facility in Bessemer, Alabama. Although non-disclosure agreements required the project to be…
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I-59/20 Central Business District Bridge Replacement

Birmingham, AL CLIENT: ALDOT TRAFFIC VOLUME COUNTS: Quality Counts What the locals refer to as Malfunction Junction is the area in Birmingham, Alabama at the I-59/20 interchange between I-65 and the Red Mountain Expressway. True to its nickname, Malfunction Junction has become a monster of a problem not just because of its bumpy roads, wrecks,…
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Dunnavant Square Pedestrian Tunnel

Mt. Laurel, AL GEOTECHNICAL EXPLORATION: Building and Earth Sciences STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF RETAINING WALLS AND FOOTERS: Structural Design Group LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: Nimrod Long and Associates SANITARY FORCE MAIN DESIGN: Engineers of the South The Dunnavant Square Cooperative District contacted Sain Associates to review the feasibility of installing an underground tunnel across Shelby County Road 41…
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Redland Road / Firetower Road Intersection

Elmore County, AL ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL STUDIES AND GEOTECHNICAL REPORT: TTL Inc.  CULTURAL RESOURCES STUDY: Panamerican Consultants, Inc. In 2012, Sain was contracted by Elmore County to review several intersections, including Redland Road (CR-8) and Firetower Road/Dozier Road (CR-59). The crash data obtained for a three-year period from 2009-2011 at Redland Road and Firetower Road/Dozier Road…
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Cahaba Road Transportation Enhancement

Birmingham, AL LANDSCAPING DESIGN: Nimrod Long and Associates LIGHTING DESIGN: Hyde Engineering RETAINING WALL RECOMMENDATION: CTL, Inc. COORDINATION TO OBTAIN US FISH & WILDLIFE ENDANGERED SPECIES CLEARANCE: Saber, Inc. COORDINATION TO OBTAIN HISTORICAL COMMISSION CLEARANCE: A.G. Gaston Engineering Cahaba Road serves as a connector to three municipalities in the Birmingham metropolitan area. This road is…
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