DDS ENGINEERING,
PLLC is
prepared the Master Plan, Construction Drawings
and Specifications for pedestrian and vehicular
success in an area bounded by a three acre
parking lot and five student dormitories and a
new food services building. The client's goal
was to create a more comfortable and secure
pedestrian experience for outdoor recreation,
entertainment and dinning areas, while
maintaining fire and service access to all
buildings from existing access points. Specific
attention was being paid to improving the
aesthetics and anticipated function of this
large area, which has at its center, twenty
seven story Pearce Ford residential tower.
The plans are based on site and user
analysis, as well as the perceived use of the
new food services building by as many as five of
the largest dormitories on the campus of over
19,000 students. The Master Plan calls for
amenities such as seat walls, new sidewalks and
plaza areas, an (outdoor) entertainment venue,
inclusion of campus signature furnishings, storm
water bio-swales, new plantings and preservation
of 93% of all existing large healthy trees.
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Agency:
Student Life Foundation, Western Kentucky
University
Dates: 2008
Project Area: Nine (9) Acres
Rural and/or Urban: Urban
Type of Improvement: Plan Pedestrian
and Vehicular use areas in conjunction with new
food service building and several existing
dormitories
Project Management:
Project Manger
Elinor Markle, RLA
Principal-in-Charge
Dennis D. Smith, PE, PLS
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