SPK New Employees

SPK is very pleased to announce that we have two new people who joined the SPK team!

Chase Simmons – Land Surveyor. 2020 Glenville State College graduate with a 4 year degree in Natural Resource Management and Land Surveying. Hometown is Franklin WV. Chase started with us on Monday October 26th.

Ryan Idler – Water Resources Engineer. 2020 West Virginia University graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. He lives in Morgantown WV. Ryan started with us on Monday November 2nd.

Please join us in welcoming Chase and Ryan to the SPK family!

S.R. 4099, Section EMR

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$2.204 million
Client: PennDOT District 12-0
Contact: Gary Ferrari (gferrari@pa.gov)
Construction Start: May 4, 2020
Construction finished: October 15th, 2020

East Vandergrift Emergency Slide - Westmoreland County - This project was the emergency stabilization of the steep S.R. 4099 roadway/sidewalk. The slope and sidewalk had been a recurring maintenance issue for many years. SPK along with EI prepared an emergency construction plan utilizing a 650’ long staggered dowel system developed by EI. The system is comprised of a drilled concrete-filled casing capped with a cast-in-place concrete cap which doubled as the new sidewalk. Due to the narrow roadway, traffic was detoured throughout the duration of construction. Also, due to the emergency nature of the project, the contractor was immediately brought on board to collaborate on means and methods, material procurement, access, etc. The Advanced Notice to Proceed was issued March 13, 2020 and the Final PS&E was developed April, 29, 2020. The project is completed and was opened back up to traffic on October 15th, 2020.

S.R. 3020, Section 350

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Cost: $887,020
Client: PennDOT District 10-0
Contact: Eric Buchan, P.E. (724-357-2971)
Project Letting: October 2016

Alum Rock Bridge - This project consisted of a 55’ span total replacement bridge over Turkey Run in Richland Township, Clarion County. The SPK team was retained to expeditiously complete the Final Design initiated by others.