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Volunteer Program

Sat, 29 Aug 2020 19:57:44 GMT

AVI team members donate their time every Monday volunteering for Meals on Wheels of Cheyenne. They enjoy delivering hot meals to those with the greatest physical, nutritional, social and economic needs.

http://www.mealsonwheelsofcheyenne.com/

AVI Sponsor the St. Joseph School in Fort Collins, CO

https://stjcsch.ejoinme.org/Spirit

AVI has been involved in the Larimer County Natural Resources Volunteer Program since 2014, the last event was on August 29, 2015.

Volunteers range in age from the very young to the still young at heart and everyone in between, all sharing one thing in common — a love for Colorado’s natural landscapes and protected areas.

If you would like to help Larimer County care for the parks and open lands, join their volunteer program

If you would like to help Larimer County care for the parks and open lands, join their volunteer program at http://www.larimer.org/volunteer .

Larimer County Natural Resources Volunteers

High Plains Road Corridor Study

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 20:07:32 GMT

The Cheyenne Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) a long range transportation planning entity in coordination with the County and WYDOT have contracted with AVI, a local Cheyenne engineering and planning firm to study potential alignments for a future High Plains Road Corridor.

The need for an east west connector between College Drive and Terry Bison Road has become more evident in recent years as adjacent developments on I-25 and U.S. 85 (South Greeley Highway) have built up like the Cheyenne Logistics Hub at Swan Ranch and Stubbs and Stubbs Oilfield Construction, respectively. Steady development at the Rail Park and growth in a number of industrial companies has also been accompanied by high tech industries that are also moving into the Laramie County the Cheyenne LEADS Business Parks. This growth has increased pressure to complete the South Cheyenne road network to alleviate congestion on the other major roads and accommodate growth and future development in southern Cheyenne.

The Street Network Master Plan, South Cheyenne Streets completed and adopted the City and County Governing Bodies in 2004, recommended that a conceptual High Plains Road connect at a future interchange on I-25 which is now in place. It was also recommended that this future roadway follow the terrain and section lines and then intersect with the other collectors or arterials including Parsley, Division, South Greeley Highway and Avenue C. Subsequent adopted plans including the County and City version of Long RangeTransportation Plan in PlanCheyenne 2006 and update in 2014 identify the need for High Plains Road to serve future development.

The primary purpose of the project is to create a comprehensive and realistic planning document that is sensitive to the current function and property owners, serves all transportation users, and is adaptable to future developments in the area. The end result of this project will include the following goals:

Development of a 35% conceptual road design for High Plains and recommendation on a preferred alignment and future “footprint” of the corridor
Accommodate the needs of the existing landowners and future roadway users
Provide a safe roadway of all users.

Your ideas and comments are important, as they will have a direct impact on the decisions made about what future development will occur and what the roadway network will look like. Thank you very much for your time and comments. Online comment card available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HighPlainsInitial

Fossil Creek Trail

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 20:10:50 GMT

AVI provided surveying services for the Fossil Creek Trail – Shields to College project . Please click link for more information.

Larimer County’s new Loveland building pays tribute to its past

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 21:59:02 GMT

A building that has been touted as the future for southern Larimer County also celebrates its history.

A bronze of Mariano Medina will greet residents as they approach the door of the new Larimer County Loveland Campus, opening in late September, while historic photos from around the county are featured in the design of the lobby for the new building at First Street and Denver Avenue.

Wyoming Contractors Association

Mon, 18 Jun 2018 20:15:23 GMT

Chris Lovas, (Harvey) and Trey Rinne took second place for the morning hunt.

AVI is a associate member of the Wyoming Contractors Association. http://www.wca-agc.org/

AVI participated in the 2018 Pheasant Hunt

Whitney Road Corridor Study

Thu, 08 Mar 2018 21:59:02 GMT

Write about something you know. If you don’t know much about a specific topic that will interest your readers, invite an expert to write about it.

Main link to MPO: http://www.plancheyenne.org/
Project Webpage: http://www.plancheyenne.org/mpo-project/whitney-road-corridor-plan/
MPO Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlanCheyenne/
Survey Monkey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WhitneyRd1

Larimer County Office Building

Thu, 29 Jun 2017 20:33:52 GMT

Construction will begin July 5 on the new Larimer County office building in Loveland, located at First Street and Denver Avenue. ( Special to the Reporter-Herald )

Click on Construction begins July 5th Larimer County office Loveland and read the article from Pamela Johnson: 970-699-5405, johnsonp@reporter-herald.com , www.twitter.com/RHPamelaJ .

Ground breaks on Larimer County offices in Loveland By Pamela Johnson Reporter-Herald Staff Writer

http://www.reporterherald.com/news/larimer-county/ci_31104217/ground-breaks-larimer-county-offices-Loveland

Horsetooth Reservoir information center was years in the making

Kevin Duggan , kevinduggan@coloradoan.com

http://noconow.co/2tvboer

Glen Haven Bridge

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:59:02 GMT

GLEN HAVEN — Nearly four years after the flood, members of the Glen Haven community gathered Tuesday to celebrate a new bridge over West Creek into the neighborhood behind the General Store.

Below is a link for the Glen Have Bridge opening celebration.

PRIMROSE

duda@jubjub.com (Lydia Chiu) — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 20:41:37 GMT

Congratulation to Primrose http://www.primroseretirement.com and FCI for the completion of the senior living facility at 1530 Dorothy Lane at the Pointe http://www.cheyennedreamhomes.com

Larimer County Road 31

duda@jubjub.com (Lydia Chiu) — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 20:39:32 GMT

Contractor began rockfall scaling using a pneumatic rock hammer mounted on a model 350 trackhoe and a 470G trackhoe with a bucket. Contractor removed rock outcrop located right of Sta 3+75 and began scaling unconsolidated rock from north to south from Sta 4+00 to 2+50. Contractor also placed plastic pedestrian fabric to restrict unauthorized personnel from the work zone.

AVI is excited to begin the construction of another Larimer County project.

http://www.reporterherald.com/news/larimer-county/ci_30758071/larimer-county-road-31-work-set-begin-Monday

Horsetooth Area Information Center

duda@jubjub.com (Lydia Chiu) — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:37:12 GMT

Ribbon Cutting Last Night For The Horestooth Admin Bldg.

Reporter Katie de la Rosa and photographer Austin Humphreys spent a day with a ranger on Horsetooth

Reservoir. Katie de la Rosa/The Coloradoan

http://www.coloradoan.com/story/sports/outdoors/2016/09/27/new-horsetooth-reservoir-information-center-opens/91166104/

Coal Creek Sediment Reduction and Bank Stabilization

Sat, 18 Jun 2016 20:28:01 GMT

AVI – Thanks much for helping get everything finally over the hump with Coal Creek stuff! It was a long journey, but with some willow plantings last month, we put the finishing touches on a project that at several times during the ~10 years it was batted around seemed like it was one that was destined to last for a long time. We’ll see how the runoff treats everything on the project, but I think we should be in really good shape once the vegetation starts to take hold out there. We’ve already received a ton of positive feedback from hunters and anglers that are using the roads out there and they’ve held up really well during the October rains we had out there.

I think I speak for everyone at Game and Fish when I commend you guys for sticking with this process through the years and remaining flexible right up to the very end with all of the challenges that came with the project. You guys did a great job of communicating what was going on and adapting designs to accommodate any tweaks from either permitting or with natural channel design principles. And it was a breeze for me to work with the contractors after you guys aligned everything that needed to occur with them. And at times it was just downright fun to work with you guys, which makes the process a heck of a lot easier.

Thanks much again for all of the assistance and I look forward to working with you again on future projects. Attached is a brief evaluation.

A. Knowledge of Agency Requirements – Rating: 4

Remarks: AVI was flexible throughout the many changes and long timeline of this project (>5 years), and also were able to make necessary changes to designs in light of ACoE permitting requirements. They also worked very effectively with WGFD bidding and billing requirements.

B. Coordination & Communication – Rating: 5

Remarks: Throughout the long time span of this project, AVI did a great job of communicating project changes, working between WGFD and the contractor, and facilitating permitting requirements with various federal agencies. Conference calls were initiated by AVI in a timely fashion during major events during the process.

C. Consultant Personnel, Supervision & Management- Rating: 4

Remarks: The AVI team worked well together to complete on-the-ground surveys, designs and design revisions, the permitting process, and on-site construction. They were particularly good working with the contractors. The skillset of the group was particularly strong with civil engineering and road/drainage designs, but not quite as strong in natural channel design principles

D. Work Schedules & Deadlines – Rating: 5

Remarks: Their ability and experience working effectively with the multiple facets of a project clearly helped them complete components of the project in a timely fashion, with high quality results

E. Data & Report Accuracy – Rating: 4

Remarks: All plan sets appeared to be of high quality and detail pages were either good, or they took suggestions from our team and implemented them in revisions.

F. Project Budget & G. Project Invoicing – Rating: 4

Remarks: AVI was aware of our budget concerns and situations and put forth effort to keep costs appropriate. We did have a single addendum to their contract to handle some extra design revisions related to permitting. AVI was thorough on their accounting, both with design and construction billings. If any questions arose with billing (which was rare), they were very quick to respond.

H. Overall Performance – Rating: 4

Remarks: AVI was a very good asset for us on the completion of this project, and demonstrated very good flexibility with timelines and the longevity of this project as a whole. While they had some limitations in their expertise of natural channel design, they were very open to recommendations and outside suggestions.

Many thanks!

Luke Schultz, Project Manager, WGFD

SCORE CRITERIA RATING

5 Consultant consistently exceeded expectations.

4 Consultant occasionally exceeded expectations.

3 Consultant consistently met expectations.

2 Consultant occasionally failed to meet expectations.

1 Consultant consistently failed to meet expectations.

Casper’s West Belt Loop Road Wins Wyoming Engineering Society Award

Sat, 18 Jun 2016 20:22:09 GMT

Wyoming Engineering Society (WES)

The Wyoming Engineering Society (WES) has recognized Wyoming Department of Transportation’s West Belt Loop project as the co-winner of its 2016 President’s Project of the Year award. WES gives this honor annually for outstanding engineering or surveying projects used by and benefitting people of the state.

The project applicants were Wyoming Department of Transportation (a project partner and Owner), and AVI Professional Corporation who completed the engineering design for the project.

Wyo. Highway 257 (West Belt Loop Road) connects Wyo. Highway 220 to U.S. Highway 20-26 and is approximately 7.5 miles in total length. The roadway consists of two (2) bridges and numerous box culverts and stock crossings. Construction for this bypass consisted of two (2) phases. Phase 1 construction began in 2013 and consisted primarily of roadway grading, bridge construction, and the re-alignments of both Robertson Road and Poison Spider Road. The entire road bed was prepared from the approximately three(3) million cubic yards of material excavated throughout the project with the majority of the material being generated from the “Big Cut” area just north of the Bridge spanning the North Platte River.

Phase 2 of the project began in the fall of 2014 and consisted of placing concrete surfacing along the constructed West Belt Loop roadbed, construction of the Oregon Trail Scenic and interpretive parking area, signing and striping, along with reconstruction of a small portion of US 20-26 to improve storm drainage. The construction cost for both phases of the Casper West Belt Loop project was approximately $36 million. The project was completed on December 1 st , 2016.

http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/casper-s-west-belt-loop-receives-engineering-award/article_0d6a7911-be9b-5d95-8963-66ffe23039af.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share