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Avocet Tower, Montgomery County, MD

  • GTA provided geotechnical and environmental consulting services.
  • 22-story, 520,000-GSF mixed-use building with 220-key AC Hotel by Marriott, 370,000-SF office tower, and 2-story underground parking garage.

The Edge Apartments, Montgomery County, MD

  • GTA provided environmental consulting, underslab drainage system design, and construction observation and testing (COT) services.
  • 15-story, 154-unit luxury apartment tower with two levels of underground parking, located on 1.65 acres and within walking distance to the Bethesda Metro station.

Bowie Army Reserve Center, Charles County, MD

  • 79,795-SF ARC training facility, 5,703-SF organization maintenance shop, and 5,163-SF storage building, and infrastructure, several parking lots, associated infrastructure, and SWM.
  • GTA provided geotechnical consulting services including seismic site classification.
  • GTA also provided construction observation and testing services during construction.

The Uplands Retaining Walls, Prince George’s County, MD

  • Subsurface exploration, laboratory testing, geotechnical analysis, retaining wall design, and construction observation and testing services for the Uplands’ site at National Harbor.
  • Designed a two-tier and a three-tier gravity retaining wall. The lowest tier’s maximum height is 16 feet high. The middle tier has a maximum height of 10 feet. The upper tier has a maximum height of 6 feet high.

Highway 274 Force Main Replacement, York County, SC

  • Geotechnical engineering and natural resource services for the replacement and expansion of approximately 7.0 miles of force main.
  • GTA obtained authorization from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control to install the utility line beneath state navigable waters.

Yard 56, Baltimore City, MD

  • Geotechnical engineering, environmental consulting, and construction observation and testing services for the 20-acre, award-winning mixed-use redevelopment of the former PEMCO Industrial manufacturing plant to include retail, office, and residential facilities.
  • GTA worked to develop foundation and earthwork recommendations for structures supported in the native clayey soils, and an up to 40-foot-deep industrial landfill along the western portion of the property.
  • Named “Best in Real Estate” by Baltimore Business Journal.

Avalon 555 President, Baltimore City, MD

  • Geotechnical engineering, environmental consulting, and construction observation and testing services during construction of the foundation of the 23-story, 550,000-SF, 380-unit apartment building with ground level retail space, and seven-story parking garage.
  • Geotechnical services included design of the drilled pier deep foundation system for the structure. GTA oversaw the installation and performance of over 100 drilled piers ranging from 2.5 to 5-foot diameter, and 50 to 120 feet.

Plantation Lakes, Sussex County, DE

  • Geotechnical engineering, environmental consulting, wetland delineation, hydrogeologic services, and construction observation and testing services for the 664-acre, 2,510-unit Residential Planned Community (RPC), 18-hole Championship Golf Course, and 22,000-SF award-winning clubhouse

Ronald McDonald House, Baltimore City, MD

  • Environmental services, subsurface exploration, and installation of borehole inclinometers for the new six-story, 60,000-SF Ronald McDonald House structure in Historic Jonestown
  • Provided recommendations for construction of the two-story, below-grade garage which would be in close proximity to historic buildings, originally constructed in the 18th and 19th centuries
  • Construction observation and testing services
  • Named Best in Real Estate by Baltimore Business Journal. Received Award of Excellence by MBIA, LDC and NAIOP, MD Best Community Impact