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Encinitas Coastal Rail Trail

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Encinitas Coastal Rail Trail

Location: Encinitas, California
Client: City of Encinitas
Completion Date: 2019

Awards

2021 “Engineering Excellence Merit Award” - ACEC
2020 “Project of the Year Award” - APWA
2020 “Outstanding Bikeways & Trails Project” - ASCE

Project Summary

Encinitas Coastal Rail Trail provides a vital bike and pedestrian link through Encinitas and promotes biking as a safe and sustainable transportation method. The project was approved by Coastal Commission in April 2017 and includes a Class I bicycle facility in the North County Transit District’s (NCTD) right-of-way. Infrastructure supporting the bikeway includes drainage facilities, franchise utility coordination, retaining walls, a prefabricated bridge, fencing, re-vegetation, and water treatment improvements. Green Street Elements on San Elijo Avenue include porous material in the parking areas and bioretention facilities while the Class I pathway includes a porous material edge and infiltration trench to meet the requirements of the MS4 permit. Nasland Engineering provided all design topographic and boundary surveying within the NCTD and City of Encinitas right-of-ways.

Bayside Fire Station

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Bayside Fire Station

Location: San Diego, CA
Client: Civic San Diego
Completion Date: 2019

Awards
2019 "Project of the Year Award" - APWA

Project Summary

Located in Little Italy, across from the County Administration Building, the Bayside Fire Station addresses a longstanding challenge for the local Fire Department by meeting life safety response times for the waterfront and residential areas west of the busy railroad tracks.

Nasland Engineering provided surveying, planning, design, and construction administration services for this project. Key challenges included evolving stormwater treatment requirements, limited site area, numerous existing utilities along Pacific Highway, and difficult site grading. Nasland worked closely with Civic San Diego and the design team to ensure the successful completion of the project and navigated the approval process with the City of San Diego Development Services Department.

Waterfront Park

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Waterfront Park

Location: San Diego, CA
Client: County of San Diego
Completion Date: 2014

Awards
2015 “Outstanding Community Improvement Project” - ASCE
2015 “Project of the Year Award” - ASCE
2015 “Project of the Year Award” - APWA
2014 “Orchid for Urban Planning” - San Diego Architectural Foundation

Project Summary

The San Diego County Administration Center Waterfront Park transformed two large 12-acre on-grade parking lots into a vibrant community and regional open space. The park features expansive civic greens, a children's play area, intimate garden rooms, and an interactive fountain. A 250-car underground parking garage was constructed off Ash Street to replace the former above-ground lots. The park’s amenities include a splash fountain, themed gardens like a Mediterranean garden and a children's play garden, as well as spaces for picnics, large events, sports, and lounging.

Nasland Engineering served as the civil engineering consultant, designing sustainable elements such as low-water irrigation, drought-resistant landscaping, low-energy lighting, and permeable ground surfaces to reduce stormwater runoff into the bay. Before construction, Nasland prepared a site preparation package, including the demolition of several buildings to clear the area for the park's construction.

Park to Bay Link

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Park to Bay Link

Location: San Diego, CA
Client: Centre City Development Corporation
Completion Date: 2007

2009 “TRANSIT Project of the Year” - California Transportation Foundation
2008 “Transit Oriented Development Project of the Year” - ASCE
2008 “Honor Award of the Year” - APWA
2007 “Award of Excellence” - ASCE

Project Summary

The Park to Bay Link is a corridor that follows Park Boulevard from Balboa Park and then 12th Avenue as it continues its way to the Bay through the East Village area of downtown San Diego.

This unique urban corridor ranges in width between 33 feet to 27 feet on the east side and 14 feet on the west side. Improvements consisted of upgrading substandard drainage facilities, paving, curb, hardscape, landscaping, roadway, traffic signals, MTS trackwork, catenary/lighting, and a new LRT station at Market Street and the “Smart Corner” at Broadway and Park. Phase 1 extended from Imperial Avenue to G Street, with Phase 2, including the Smart Corner Development extending from G Street to 11th Avenue. Public safety during construction of the project was paramount. To that end, a comprehensive traffic control plan was designed by the Nasland team and approved by the City of San Diego. The plan addressed the interaction of vehicular, pedestrian and light rail traffic through each phase of construction.

The Park to Bay Corridor provided significant amenities to the East Village Community including:
• Improved access to city college and San Diego High School
• Improved safety
• Transit friendly
• Promoted pedestrian activity
• Promoted business growth and helped spurred redevelopment in the East Village