The widening of the I-66 westbound lanes and the associated bike/shared use path required the construction of multiple retaining walls. Due to the required wall heights and existing right of way constraints, a double post and panel wall was designed. The wall system...
Phase 2 of the Metrorail’s Silver Line is part of Washington D.C.’s metro system and extends the Silver Line from Wiehle Avenue Station to Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia. Qamar Kazmi, PE, F.ASCE served as the Technical Reviewer for the civil design packages for...
Project manager for the geotechnical investigation and construction phase services for the Holy Cross Hospital's expansion, including the new seven-story, 232,000 square-foot South Building (Patient Tower) and the associated four-story parking garage addition. The...
Center and Morgan Boulevard. The design-build project also included two parking garages, access roads, and Project Manager for the geotechnical investigations for an approximately seven-mile-long, large (up to 90-inch) diameter combined sewer overflow pipeline along...
Construction-phase consultation was provided on an as-needed basis for the Nationals Stadium. Qamar Kazmi served as Project Manager for the geotechnical investigation and design for a new 41,000-seat baseball stadium along the Anacostia River waterfront, in southeast...
The Intercounty Connector (ICC) or Route 200 is an approximately 18-mile long, six-lane, divided toll highway that connects I-370 in eastern Montgomery County to US 1 in northwestern Prince George’s County, Maryland. The highway provides a safer and faster alternative...
As part of the MBTA program to improve ADA accessibility for their stations, Kleinfelder, the prime consultant for implementing such upgrades at the Downtown Crossing Station (DTX) engaged Reliance Engineers for participation in the development of an alternate station...
This project involves a proposed utility crossing over MBTA’s historic Red Line tunnel in Cambridge, MA. Reliance is the Prime Consultant through our Mini-GEC contract for this review work on behalf of MBTA. The review resulted in the rejection of the originally...
Reliance is part of the Owner’s Technical Advisory Team providing services to Metrolinx, as a sub-consultant to HDR on a major urban rail expansion project. The proposed Ontario Line Urban-Rail Extension project involves the construction of approximately 12.8 km of...
Harvard Square Station marks the first use of slurry walls as part of a permanent transit structure. Due to the historic buildings of Harvard University abutting the new station slurry walls and the extent of the open excavation up against the many commercial...
Post Office Square Parking Garage is an award-winning design of a 1,400-car, seven-level, underground structure in the heart of Boston's financial district. Construction of the garage employed the top-down method and required extensive monitoring of the perimeter...
The North Dorchester Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Tunnel is a 17-ft-diameter soft ground tunnel for the MWRA to provide storage and pumping capacity for the collection of overflows from seven combined sewer outfall pipes into North Dorchester Bay within the Boston...