On April 7, 2014, the team of Spectra Engineering (Syracuse, New York) and Natural Systems Engineering was notified of award for RFP No. 13-3330-002 – Green Project Design Professional Services for Onondaga County, New York. The project will involve the design of “green streets” under the County’s award-winning “Save the Rain” program.
Photo Credit: September 2011 Onondaga County “Save the Rain” newsletter.
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We completed the design for an extensive green roof for the Onondaga Tower building (former HSBC building) located in downtown Syracuse. The project is currently being bid and construction is expected to begin this Spring!
Natural Systems Engineering has been retained by Zip Networks Inc. to design an extensive green roof for the former Inland Supply Building located on Wilkinson Street in Syracuse. The structural evaluation and design services were initiated in March 2014. Project completion scheduled for mid-Summer 2014.
Check out NSE’s blog post on Syracuse Urban Properties. We provide a local pictorial perspective on the recent NRDC report “The Green Edge: How Commercial Property Investment in Green Infrastructure Creates Value.”
Construction was completed in late 2013 of the Erie-Bruce Corp. “Save the Rain” green infrastructure project. Natural Systems Engineering designed the bioretention area, rain garden, porous asphalt, and pervious pavers to not only achieve Onondaga County’s Save the Rain objectives with respect to combined sewer overflows (CSOs), but to mitigate drainage issues at the facility, and improve the aesthetics of the site.
Site view pre-construction:
Post-construction:
Construction was completed in late 2013 on a green infrastructure project funded by the Onondaga County Save the Rain program. The project was designed by Natural Systems Engineering for the Short Enterprises/Onondaga Commons team to manage more than 700,000 gal of stormwater runoff annually.
Health Clinic/Slocum Porous Asphalt.
Construction of an extensive green roof at the Graham Millworks facility at 176 Richmond Avenue, Syracuse, New York was completed on October 28, 2013. The green roof was designed by Natural Systems Engineering, PLLC and was funded by Onondaga County’s “Save the Rain” program.
PEACE Inc. Porous Asphalt Lot
Construction of a porous asphalt parking lot at the People’s AME Zion Church was completed in September 2013. The project is a green infrastructure project funded by Onondaga County’s Save the Rain Green Improvement Fund (GIF).
People’s AME Zion Church Porous Asphalt Lot
As part of the Syracuse Local Waterfront Revitalization Program, NSE recently completed hydraulic modeling of Onondaga Creek for the proposed Kirk Park project to demonstrate that the project will not result in adverse impacts on the channel or floodway during a 100-yr recurrence event.
