Engineering Consultant:High River Commercial / Business Park

Located north of the Town of High River, Alberta within the Municipal District (MD) of Foothills No. 31, the High River Commercial & Industrial Business Park Subdivision Development consists of 102.4 acres of developable areas to be subdivided into 33 total lots that will be developed in two phases. Phase I of the development is expected to be completed by 2021 while phase II is anticipated to be developed between 2021 and 2036.

The challenges, the unique features and or the project deliveries including but not limited to:

• Multi-traffic scenario evaluations considering the Existing, the Interim, the Future Background and the Future Total traffic conditions.
• Intersection control mitigation evaluations based on signalization and roundabout alternatives, as well as intersection lighting warrant analyses per Alberta Transportation’s requirements. 

Scopes of work and project deliveries: 

• Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) Study and the Report; Intersection control and geometric configuration evaluations including signal warrant analysis and roundabout evaluations; 
• Evaluations of additional short-term and long-term roadway and transportation improvements to ensure acceptable traffic operations as result of the proposed development. 

Located on the southwest quadrant of the intersection of Highway 16 (Yellowhead) and Range Road 21 in the County of Vermilion River, Alberta, the proposed Reklaw Industrial Subdivision development consists of a total of 57.8 acres of land further subdivided into eleven lots. Ten of the eleven lots will be developed as industrial park and the remaining one lot will be utilized as a self-storage facility. The industrial park land use typically includes combinations of buildings housing small office/shop spaces and general yard areas for storage of equipment and materials. The Consultant was retained and completed a traffic impact assessment (TIA) in support of the proposed development.

The challenges, the unique features and the project deliveries including but not limited to:

• Review of future major highway improvements in the development vicinity including Highway 16 realignment project that would create a directional split Interchange of Highway 16 to provide the future Lloydminster Bypass as planned by Alberta Transportation in relation with the transportation and traffic impacts of the proposed industrial subdivision development.
• Identifying and evaluating needed short-term and long-term roadway improvements in the development vicinity to ensure acceptable traffic operations that would satisfy both the County of Vermilion River and Alberta Transportation’s requirements.

Scopes of work and project deliveries 

• Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) Study and the Report; Future Traffic Demand Forecast / Projection; 
• Traffic operation evaluations and Synchro modeling/level of service analyses for the site accesses and the off-site study intersections; 
• Traffic signal warrant evaluations; Intersection lighting warrant analyses; and 
• Additional short-term and long-term roadway improvements evaluations in the development vicinity to mitigate potential transportation and traffic impacts of the proposed development. 

Located in Lethbridge County, Alberta, the proposed residential development consists of a total of 219 residential lots of which 141 are for campground lots and the remaining 78 lots are to be developed as regular single-family homes. 

• The Consultant was retained by the project owner/developer to undertake a Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) study in support of the proposed residential development.

The scope of work and the project deliveries including but not limited to:

• Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) Study and the Report; Traffic Operation Evaluations, Level of Service (LOS)/Capacity Analysis for the site accesses and the study intersections; and Intersection Lighting Warrant Evaluations.

Located in Cold Lake, Alberta, the Northshore Marketplace Outline Plan (OP) consists of 87.13 acres of developable area and includes heavy industrial park, light industrial park, neighbourhood commercial and multi-family land uses. The Northshore Vista Area Structure Plan (ASP) consists of 94.12 acres of developable area and includes multi-family, low and medium density residential, mixed use and neighbourhood commercial land uses. Each of the developments will be developed in multi-phases with the ultimate buildout year in 2036. The Consultant was retained and completed a Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) study in support of both the Northshore Marketplace Outline Plan and the Northshore Vista Area Structure Plan developments.

The challenges, the unique features and the project deliveries including but not limited to:

• Both of the mixed-use developments are expected to generate high number of site trips that would potentially cause significant traffic impacts to the surrounding roadway network systems. 

1. Internal capture and pass-by trip reductions to be considered for the trip generation analysis and the traffic impact evaluations as result of the proposed mixed uses developments under the Northshore Marketplace OP and the Northshore Vista ASP. 
2. · Trip generation forecasting for the additional background developments in addition to the proposed developments.

• Multi-traffic scenario evaluations considering the Existing, the  Interim, the Future Background and the Future Total Traffic Conditions. 

Scopes of work and project deliveries: Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) Study and the Report; Traffic operation evaluations of the site accesses and the off-site study intersections based the existing, interims, future background and future ultimate traffic scenarios; Traffic Signal Warrant Evaluations; and Development mitigation evaluations including identifying required intersection geometric configurations and improvements, signalization and other mitigation alternatives as well as any needed short-term and long-term roadway improvements 

Located in the Town of Bonnyville, Alberta, the proposed 1.55 acres development consists of a Shell Service Station with Convenience Store, Tim Hortons and additional future general retail/food establishments Bays. The engineering Consultant was retained and completed a Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) study in support of the proposed Tim Hortons / Shell Service Station Development.

The challenges, the unique features and the project deliveries including but not limited to:

• A total of seven background developments were included in the study due to their potential traffic impacts to the development area roadway systems. 

1. Pass-by trip reductions was considered for the trip generation analysis and the traffic impact assessments as result of the proposed service station development. 
2. Scopes of work and project deliveries – Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) Study, traffic control, parking studies and the Report; Development trip generation and the background trip generation evaluation and forecasting; 
3. Traffic Impact Assessments for the site accesses and the study intersection(s) on Alberta Provincial Highway AB 28/41 considering the multi-traffic scenarios of the Existing, Interim 2026 and 2031, the Future Background w/ and w/o Mitigation, as well as the Future 2036 Ultimate w/ Mitigation conditions; 
4. Traffic signal warrant analysis and additional signal improvements evaluations including phase upgrading; Roundabout operation evaluations and warrant analysis; and additional development mitigation evaluations of intersection layouts/geometric and lane assignments, divisional islands and roundabout installation and etc. 

Located in the Municipal District of Bonnyville, Alberta abutting the Town of Bonnyville municipal boundary to the southwest, the proposed New Haven Estates Area Structure Plan (ASP) development consists of a total of forty-six (46) single family country residential lots. The development site is accessible via local roads to and from Provincial Highway 28 both to the north and the west. The Consultant was retained and completed a Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) study in support of the proposed ASP development.

The challenges, the unique features and the project deliveries including but not limited to:

• A total of six (6) interim traffic operation scenarios were determined and required for the  evaluations of the intersection capacity and levels of service analyses as well as the traffic signal warrant evaluations. 
• Scopes of work and project deliveries – Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) Study and the Report; Traffic operation evaluations and Synchro      modeling/level of service analyses for the site accesses and the study  intersections based on a total of six (6) interim /future traffic operation scenarios as identified; Traffic Signal Warrant Evaluations; and Development Mitigation Evaluations including intersection improvements.

Located in Cold Lake, Alberta, the proposed residential and mixed use Colonial Estates Subdivision Area Structure Plan (ASP) development consists of 100 single family homes, 115 Mid-Rise Apartments units and 284 thousand square feet of commercial mixed-use retail. The development is expected to be fully built out by Year 2035. The Consultant was retained and completed a Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) study in support of the proposed Colonial Estates Subdivision ASP. 

The challenges, the unique features and the project deliveries including but not limited to:

• The mixed-use development is expected to generate large number of site trips that would cause the existing signalized intersection to fail. Alternative mitigation measures were considered and evaluated, and the proper intersection geometric improvements and traffic signal modifications were recommended. 
• Multi-traffic scenario evaluations considering the Existing, the Interim, the Future Background and the Future Total Traffic Conditions were performed. 

Scopes of work and project deliveries: 

• Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) Study and the Report; Traffic operation evaluations of the site accesses and study intersections based on the interim and various other traffic scenarios; 
• Traffic Signal Warrant Evaluations; and Development Mitigation Evaluations including intersection improvements, signalization and other mitigation alternatives. 

Ardmore Underground Civil Engineering Consultant Services required Road Upgrade  along Highway 892 (Main Street) in the Village of Ardmore required the development of Traffic Accommodation Strategy (TAS) to manage the closure of Highway 892 in the vicinity of Highway 28. Two strategies were developed, one for light traffic through a detour with a temporary road and the second for heavy traffic through township and range roads. Work included but were not limited to determining the TAS’s speed limits, sign  heights, locations and sign contents, and developed a traffic accommodation strategy/procedure to protect the workers.

Project consisted of 70 signalized intersections located in three different cities within Calhoun County,  Michigan. Work included data collection and management, data analysis, quality assurance/quality check (QA/QC) for all data entered into the Synchro models, managing Synchro network build up and data entry, developing coordination signal timing plans, and preparing the final project report.