The New Greenwich Plaza/The Greenwich Transportation Center

This is the redevelopment of the Greenwich train station. Over the past several years, we has performed the overall site research and analyses of drainage, grading, sanitary sewer and stormwater systems in preparation of designing the overall site plans. We designed the overall site plan and produced the necessary documents for site plan approvals which included the property and topographic survey, site development plan, site grading plan, the site utilities plan and the sediment and erosion controls plan. A new train station is to replace the more than 50-year-old facility in central Greenwich. New retail space, a new movie theater complex, pedestrian and commuter pathways and a privately owned public park are to be part of the $45 million project, which is led by the Ashforth Company, the owner of Greenwich Plaza, the multi-use development on Railroad Avenue that includes the train station. Much of the plaza is slated to be redone. The project will include a public-private partnership between and Town of Greenwich and The Ashforth Company, Metro-North and the Connecticut Department of Transportation.

Greenwich Academy – Main Campus

33-acre campus serving a K-12 student population of 800. Since 1994, Redniss and Mead has provided engineering design of site improvements and infrastructure serving a variety of new and renovated campus buildings as Greenwich Academy continues to implement its Master Plan. Work has included the Wallace Performing Arts Center with its 400-seat Massey Theater, The Raether Athletic Center and outdoor Athletic Field Complex, the Upper School and Library and renovations to the Middle School, Young Dining Hall Facility and Historic Ruth West Campbell Hall. Services include site grading, stormwater management, parking and drop-off design, sanitary sewer connections, utilities, construction administration survey mapping and layout. Permit approvals included Planning and Zoning Commission, Inland Wetland and Watercourses Agency and Department of Environmental Protection for coverage under the NPDES Stormwater Discharge Permit. With given site constraints, design solutions focused on stormwater management, wetland/watercourse protection and maintaining parking operations during and after construction while allowing full operation of the school.

The Mianus River Boat and Yacht Club Marina

We performed surveying services including sub-marine topographic conditions and design of boat slips for this 46-slip municipal marina with launching ramp.

We were also involved with the processing of Municipal, State and Federal permit applications in conjunction with the Greenwich Parks and Recreation Department. Construction services included stakeout, final location and contract negotiations with marine contractors.

Greenwich Skating Club

The Greenwich Skating Club, Inc. demolished and reconstructed an existing facility on their 2.3 acre property in Greenwich, CT. For several decades, the Club has operated as a privately owned facility that offers organized competition, practice and instruction in hockey and figure skating as well as general skating time. The project entailed the construction of an approximately 9,000± square foot, two story clubhouse building that has a viewing room, locker rooms, gathering space, a kitchen and cafeteria, lavatories and miscellaneous rooms for coaches, skate sharpening, etc. Construction also included a separate building to house a zamboni and other mechanical equipment. We performed related site work such as grading, drainage improvements, utility services and reconfiguration of an existing service drive. The existing, full size outdoor hockey rink remained. We also introduced drainage improvements, Low Impact Development (LID) measures and new, state of the art mechanical/refrigeration equipment. The site is located near East Brothers Brook and is within a Special Flood Hazard Area making it necessary to design the project to comply with FEMA and local Flood Hazard Overlay Zone requirements as well as providing compensatory storage of flood waters.

Greenwich Hospital

Modernization of the hospital included demolishing most of the existing facility and building a new hospital. Evaluated the sanitary sewage flow and the existing infrastructure to accept flow and designed new sanitary sewers. Designs of offsite road improvements were required as were State and Local permits. Construction phasing was critical.

National Audubon Society – Greenwich

The Audubon Center in Greenwich opened in 1942 and is the National Audubon Society’s first environmental education center. The reconstruction of the Nature Education Center on 287 acres included improvements to site infrastructure, parking, and drives in a manner that protected this sensitive site and showcased low impact development techniques to reduce the project footprint and potential impacts on stormwater runoff. Redniss & Mead’s design responsibilities included: several septic systems; restoration of Indian Spring Pond; conventional and grassed parking; stormwater management collection and conveyance systems for quantity control and quality mitigation including a water quality outlet, water quality swale, and stormwater pond; and sediment and erosion control plans and construction monitoring. The project required approvals from the Planning and Zoning Commission, Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency, and Army Corps of Engineers.