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VICKREY is committed to economic, social and ecological sustainability.

VICKREY has an excellent reputation in the community for our innovative approach to environmental engineering and sustainable engineering improvements to provide quality air, water and other resources for a livable and sustainable community.

We are committed to economic, social and ecological sustainability. Our engineers are focused on energy efficiency, resource conservation, and low-impact designs for industrial, institutional, medical and commercial facilities, residential developments and public works projects. We have multiple LEED® AP Professional Engineers, a LEED® Green Associate, and a Geomorphologist on staff. Our engineers develop innovative and environmentally sensitive designs for civil site improvements. VICKREY was the engineer for the City of San Antonio's first LEED® Gold Certified Building---the Parman Library in Stone Oak.

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Mission Branch Library

Parman Library - LEED® Gold

Hilltop Park at the "Y"

Mission Branch Library

VICKREY provided civil engineering and surveying services for the conversion of the Mission Drive-In Theater into a 16,400 square foot library designed to LEED® Silver standards.

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Parman Library - LEED® Gold

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The City of San Antonio’s new Parman Library is a 17,000 sq ft facility located on 10 acres of wooded property near the intersection of Blanco Road and Wilderness Oak in Northern San Antonio. The development incorporates meandering nature trails, an outdoor amphitheater and abundant green and sustainable design elements.

VICKREY provided civil engineering and surveying services for development of the Parman Library, including:

Due Diligence Analysis
Site Dimension Plan with a 102-space parking lot and 6-foot sidewalks
4-acre Grading Plan and Drainage plan including concrete interceptor channels and underground storm drains
Utility Plan including 6- and 8-inch water and sewer service, domestic and irrigation water meters, gas service and electric service
Water Pollution Abatement Plan (WPAP) submittal of a partial sedimentation and filtration basin and vegetative filter strips to TCEQ for approval permit.
Fire protection Plan including fire flow analysis, fire access lanes, fire water main and two fire hydrants
Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP)
Boundary, Topographic and Tree surveys of the 10.29-acre tract

LEED Design

VICKREY’s drainage design achieved LEED® credit for Stormwater Design: Quality Control. The design incorporated vegetative filter strips and a partial sedimentation filtration basin which work together to capture and treat more than the required 90% stormwater runoff. This allows for significantly less sediment and fewer pollutants enter the surrounding streams and creeks.

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Hilltop Park at the "Y"

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This site development project to support three retail pads is located on a 9.66 acre site in the City of Austin’s full purpose jurisdiction. The site is on the south side of Highway 290 West at the intersection of Highway 71, known as the “Y” in Oak Hill. The project required construction of over 1000 linear feet of 8-inch wastewater line along and within the US 290 Right-of-Way (ROW), 190 linear feet of 12-inch water line in the Wolfcreek Pass ROW, and 195 linear feet of 8-inch water line within the site in a public easement. These public pipelines became part of the water and wastewater system of Austin Water Utility. Additionally, 1835 linear feet of reclaimed water line ranging in size from 1-1/4-inch to 3-inch was designed for the re-irrigation system that pumps water to irrigate the hillside from storm water contained in a water quality pond on the site. This was the first project permitted by the City of Austin under the new Commercial Design Standards. One of the retail pads features a Starbucks with a 6,500 gallon capacity rainwater collection system that provides water for the site’s irrigation system. A second pad for Prosperity Bank has a 14,000 gallon rainwater collection system and a 13,500 gallon rainwater system is planned for the third pad. When construction of all three retail pads is complete, the total rainwater collection storage on the site will be 35,000 gallons.

VICKREY provided engineering services for site plan design, storm drain design, utility plan design, amending the plat to reconfigure existing lots lines, extensive property and title research, and expertise in various zoning regulations pertinent to the site plan. Several corrections were made to the site plans to show changes in the structural design of the walls on the site, enlargement of the detention/water quality pond to include runoff from improvements to the adjacent Wolf Creek Pass Public ROW, changing the paving from concrete to asphalt, plat processing, re-irrigation plans and pump design, lot layout alterations, pad site changes, and site plan calculations. These services included deliverables such as PS&Es (plans, specifications, and estimates), preparation of a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) for Wolfcreek Pass, site plan permit & plat processing, Austin Water Utility and Industrial Waste sign-off, preparation of a Service Extension Request for Water and Wastewater for AWU, and construction phase services. VICKREY worked with TxDOT and the City of Austin for design of a temporary and permanent driveway, and closely coordinated with these agencies for driveway closures and traffic control at the signalized intersection. The utility design consisted of utility alignment layout connecting to the existing system, location of new manholes to provide future wastewater connection capabilities, and vertical profile design in compliance with the Austin Water Utility standards for peak wet and peak dry conditions, fire hydrant layout location, valve placement, irrigation lines, pump designs, backflow preventer sizing, and sprinkler head locations

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