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Franklin Surveys Helps Improve Fish Passage at the Winchell-Smith Dam, Farmington
Our client, Princeton Hydro provides Nature-based Solutions for Watershed Management and Ecological Restoration. Since 1998, they have led 10,000+ water resource projects for over 2,000 clients, producing award-winning environmental solutions from concept to construction. The survey was performed in the middle of winter, which came with the benefit of improved sightlines but also with difficulties …
New Haven Greenspace Project | Existing Conditions Survey
Franklin Surveys was hired by Save the Sound to provide the existing conditions survey that was used as part of the base map for planning and designing a greenspace project which is currently moving forward in New Haven. Save the Sound has been developing the Mill River Trail and have completed the northern leg. The second …
Survey & Stake Out for Waterford Parc Luxury Apartments
Waterford Parc Luxury Apartments, a new 72-unit community located on the Waterford / New London boundary, is open for new residents. Franklin Surveys was the project surveyor from start to finish. We began our contribution by providing existing conditions mapping which served as the project base plan for the planning and design phases. Once the development was approved, our …
Establishing a Base Map and Cross Sections of the Farmington River in Barkhamsted, CT
In support of a local hydro engineering firm, Franklin Surveys mobilized to an idyllic section of the Farmington River in picturesque Barkhamsted, Connecticut. Our crew worked alongside a fluvial geomorphologist and his crew and independently to establish a base map for the project. Natural river forces, combined with the proximity of the adjacent river road, created …
Updated Lease Area Exhibits for Telecommunications Company
Franklin Surveys was tasked by a major telecommunications company to provide updated lease area exhibits in support of their updated operating agreements. This utility project involved visiting nearly two dozen existing cellular facilities, in an area encompassing all 8 of Connecticut’s counties. This work afforded us some excellent views of the state, as many of the …
Site Survey in Glastonbury, Connecticut
From 2019 – 2020, we served as surveyor-of-record for a Site Redevelopment on Naubuc Avenue in Glastonbury. The project was conducted in the shadow of the Putnam Bridge, and was in support of the plan to convert an existing residence to commercial use as an attorney’s office. Our work included survey of the FEMA flood hazard boundary …
Springhill Suites Survey in Cromwell, CT
Summer 2020 – We completed professional services for the construction of the new Springhill Suites by Marriott. It is now open for guests at 76 Berlin Road (Route 372) in Cromwell. Survey work began in 2018 with an existing conditions survey to map the property boundaries and the locations of existing utilities that were installed prior for …
Property Survey on Station Road in Scotland, CT
For one of our recent projects, we had the pleasure of walking the grounds of a property on Station Road in Scotland. Station Road is located just to the northeast of the four corners of the towns of Windham, Scotland, Franklin and Sprague, not far from the Shetucket River. The uniquely rural and truly pristine …
