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District
8-0 HOP Contract Awarded
TPD was selected
as the prime consultant by PennDOT Engineering District 8-0 (Dauphin,
Lebanon, Perry, Cumberland, Lancaster, York, Adams, and Franklin Counties)
for a three-year Open End Highway Occupancy Permit (HOP) Review Assistance
contract.
This contract
is especially important to TPD, in that it will accelerate the planned
opening of a Harrisburg office to provide the best possible service and
responsiveness to the District. Site selection for the office is underway
and arrangements will be finalized by the end of the year.
Click here
for information about our HOP Review Contract.
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Scranton Signals Contract Signed
TPD recently
signed a contract with the City of Scranton to design a closed loop traffic
signal system for 49 traffic signals in the Central
Business District. TPD will be involved in all aspects of the project
from initial design through construction.
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City of Philadelphia
TPD was selected
by the City of Philadelphia to prepare Traffic Signal Construction and
Interconnect Plans for 8 traffic signals along Belfield Avenue in the
Olney section of Philadelphia.
This project
will consist of several tasks, including Traffic Signal Warrant Analyses,
Accident Analyses, Traffic Signal and Interconnect Designs, and Preliminary
Plans, Specification, and Cost Estimates (PS&E) Plans.
TPD is no
new comer to the Philadelphia area. TPD recently completed Roadway Improvements,
Signal Design, and Maintenance and Protection of Traffic (MPT) Plans for
the Rising Sun and Adam's Avenues corridors
in Northeast Philadelphia.
TPD Announces
Plans For Lehigh Valley Office
This month,
TPD announced its plans to open a satellite office in the Lehigh Valley
to better serve the transportation needs of the area. When opened, TPD
will be the only engineering company located in the Lehigh Valley that
is exclusively dedicated to transportation and related environmental services.
The TPD Lehigh
Valley office is located in Center Valley and will service the Lehigh
Valley region as well as the rest of Northeastern Pennsylvania, New York,
and Northern New Jersey.
Traffic
Signals Unit Restructured
September,
TPD reorganized its Traffic Signals Unit. The restructuring began
with the hiring of Robert G. Stone as Traffic Signals Operations Manager
in. Bob is a 30-year PennDOT veteran from District 5-0 (Berks, Carbon,
Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, and Schuylkill Counties) where he served
as Traffic Control Specialist.
At PennDOT
District 5-0, Bob worked on the U.S. Route 22 (22/renew) Ramp Metering
and Signal Design/Coordination in Lehigh and Northampton Counties. At
TPD, he will oversee the daily operations of the Traffic Signals Department
and assist on major projects such as the design of a 49 signal closed
loop system in Scranton’s Central Business District. Over the course
of his employment with PennDOT, Mr. Stone worked extensively with municipalities
and private developers. Now, he looks forward to the challenges awaiting
him as both a project manager and a mentor at TPD.
Assisting
Bob is Wayne Droesser as Manager of Traffic Signal Permitting and Vince
DeFlavia, Manager of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Over
the course of Wayne's five years at TPD, he has been involved with the
management and preparation of the firm's largest and most complex state
(PennDOT), municipal, and private traffic signal design projects. Through
his experience, Wayne has developed an excellent understanding of public
concerns regarding safety issues associated with traffic control.
During his
4 years at the Streets Department prior to joining TPD, Vince was involved
with the preparation, review, and supervision of hundreds of traffic signal
design and upgrade projects. In his role at TPD, Vince is directly responsible
for the major Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) initiatives, including
closed loop traffic signal systems, that have established TPD as experts
in the field.
Area Newspapers
Take Notice of TPD
During 1999,
TPD has received a great deal of exposure from area newspapers. The Philadelphia
Inquirer, The Pottstown Mercury, The Philadelphia Business Journal, The
Route 422 Business Advisor, and most recently, The Norristown Times Herald,
have all published stories about TPD. The Times Herald article was perhaps
our biggest hit yet. This marked the first time that TPD made the business
section. Previous newspapers covered TPD as a human interest story. The
Times Herald article, published on July 30, 1999, included a color photo
of President, Kevin Johnson, on the front page of the business section,
and a smaller picture on the front page of the paper indicating where
this story could be found.
Currently,
Civil Engineering (CE) News magazine is preparing to run a feature story
on TPD, marking the 5th time in 1999 and the 6th time in the past 12 months
(Morning Call, 1998) that we’ve received significant media attention.
TPD Lands
Major Transportation Planning Job In Delaware
AstraZeneca
has awarded TPD a contract to prepare a traffic impact study for the new
Headquarters Building in Delaware.
Astra Pharmaceuticals L.P. initially awarded TPD with the contract for
the traffic study for their new headquarters in August 1998. But,
as John Hendricks and his team were preparing the traffic impact study
for the planned relocation of Astra Pharmaceuticals’ US Corporate
Headquarters for Chesterbrook in East Goshen Township, Chester County,
PA., they merged with Zeneca. Newly conjoined AstraZeneca scrapped
the Pennsylvania Headquarters building and decided to adjoin the new headquarters
building to the existing Zeneca building in Fairfax, DE.
AstraZeneca
retained Chuck Manula (of Astra) as Facilities Manager, who was in charge
of the original relocation project. Impressed with TPD’s work
on the Pennsylvania project, Chuck requested TPD’s services for the
Delaware project.
TPD will
do the traffic work for the planned expansion which may include over 2
million square foot of office and laboratory space. Furthermore,
TPD has an excellent chance to win the contract for the design of associated
road improvements and site access driveways. But most important
is the exposure that TPD receives from this project. The State offered
an incentive package to AstraZeneca to build in Delaware instead of Pennsylvania,
and hence this project will have the attention of Delaware Governor Thomas
Carper.
Area
Media Focuses on TPD President, Kevin L. Johnson, P.E.
Recently,
TPD President/Founder Kevin L. Johnson, P.E. was featured in both the
Philadelphia Business Journal and the Morning Call. Kevin (as he is called
at TPD) appeared in the Philadelphia Business Journal’s CEO Portrait
Feature in the March 5-11, 1999 edition. In this article Kevin talks about
his business philosophies (which he has used to make TPD one of Philly’s
fastest growing private companies), his best and worst decisions, and
reveals some personal information about himself.
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In the article
that appeared in the Morning Call on June 1, 1999, Kevin Johnson was praised
for his courage and diligence. This story entitled “Traffic Planner
on Road to Success” tells of Kevin's audacious spirit which prompted
him and a partner to start their own civil engineering company in 1989
with a staff of only six employees. The story goes on to tell how Kevin
made this small business grow to a booming enterprise which is now home
to 61 employees.
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TPD Attends 88th Annual Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs
On June 20-23,
TPD representatives, Matt Malozi, Robyn Hall, Tim Hendricks, and Bob Stone
(retired from PennDOT Engineering District 5-0) will be attending the
88th Annual Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs (PSAB) Convention
at the Adams Mark Hotel, Philadelphia, PA. Mayor Rendell, Governor Ridge,
and Lt. Governor Schweiker have been invited by PSAB to attend. TPD’s
exhibit will showcase the company’s qualifications and experience
for signal design with special emphasis on closed loop signal systems.
TPD will also raffle tickets for a penthouse luxury suite for the Pirates
vs. Phillies game on June 22 at Veterans Stadium.
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Recent PennDOT Jobs
Open-End
Contract:
District
6-0 awarded one of four separate open-end contracts for engineering services
to Michael Baker Jr., Inc.
Team on which TPD is a major sub consultant. TPD was chosen by Baker due
to our expertise in traffic engineering, highway design and environmental
(noise, air quality, and wetland) studies. An open-end contract means
that Baker and TPD are pre-approved for work and PennDOT may use them
for jobs without accepting formal letters of interest and proposals.
Union Ave
Bridge Project, Bala Cynwood:
TPD (as a
sub consultant) will work with Frederic
R. Harris, Inc. (prime consultant) on the River Road Bridge project.
TPD will be responsible for Maintenance Traffic Protection (MTP) and end
treatment. MTP consists of roadway design for work area through traffic
and detours; the end treatment portion of the project includes designing
links between the road and the bridge.
HOP
Contract Awarded
On Wednesday,
May 19, 1999, TPD was named the prime consultant on District 6-0’s
Highway Occupancy Permit (HOP) Review Assistance Contract. A HOP is necessary
any time a company or individual desires to install a driveway on a state
road. TPD will share the work and revenue with sub consultant, McMahon
Associates.
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