Parks

Governors Island Park and Public Space Project

West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture
New York, New York

Governors Island

Part of this 170-acre island in New York Harbor is a designated national landmark and part was home to the largest US Coast Guard facility in the world. Hart Crowser is working with West 8 on the design to create a destination park. Hart Crowser’s work includes detailed geotechnical engineering for steep slopes, broad fills, buildings, shoreline protection, storm water infiltration, utility construction, paved access, and long term performance predictions.

Image courtesy of West 8 / Rogers Marvel Architects / Diller Scofidio + Renfro / Mathews Nielsen / Urban Design +

Foothills Trail—Stream 5 Bridge Crossing

Huitt-Zollars/King County
Enumclaw, Washington

Hart Crowser is providing geotechnical design recommendations for a bridge over Stream 5. The project will ultimately include the evaluation of subsurface conditions along a 4,800-foot trail on a steeply sloping hillside, and subsequent design recommendations for pavement, retaining walls, slope stabilization, and rockeries. Wetlands present additional challenges for the alignment, geotechnical exploration, and construction of the Foothills Trail.

 

Olympic Sculpture Park

Museum Development Authority
Seattle, Washington

Our work for this major park facility included geotechnical and seismic design for the park, two major overpasses, and an offshore buttress. Early on, we also came up with an environmental strategy that allowed the Seattle Art Museum to take on this project at this breathtakingly beautiful site.

 

Harborside Park and Heritage Museum

City of Bremerton
Bremerton, Washington

Hart Crowser is providing geotechnical engineering for a planned park and museum on waterfront land next to the ferry terminal, given to the City of Bremerton by the Navy. The project involves incorporating an existing historic naval shipyard building into a new museum. A walkway and stairs will highlight sculptures and waterfront views.

 

Soos Creek Trail

Huitt-Zollars/King County
Near Kent, Washington

This Project involved geotechnical design of several miles of bicycle and equestrian trail designed to "float" over soft, compressible, organic silt and peat. Also included were several bridges where the trail crosses Big Soos Creek. Our experienced field staff conducted hand explorations in areas of difficult access.