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Transportation
Projects
I-40/Coors Interchange Environmental Assessment (EA), Bohannan-Huston, Inc. for NMDOT and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Albuquerque, NM, 2000-2004 REPORT
TEC participated in the alignment study and prepared the project EA for a complex urban interchange design in Albuquerque, NM. In keeping with the NMDOT’s and FHWA’s focus on “context sensitive design,” the project involved extensive public involvement to resolve business and neighborhood conflicts and integrate the input of stakeholders into the design. The EA involved a visual simulation showing how the multi-level interchange would look in the future, development of noise wall designs, and a detailed evaluation of social and economic impacts. After six public meetings and numerous presentation to neighborhood groups, local businesses, public officials, and other members of the community, a design was developed that successfully balanced the transportation needs in the interchange and community’s need to maintain access and improve the capacity of the local street system.
Noise Projects
Interstate 40 Barriers, Uptown Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT and FHWA, 1992
This project involved design and implementation of noise walls adjacent to I-40 in Albuquerque’s Uptown area. The walls utilize a two-tiered system, with 12-foot-high (3.7-meter-high) post and precast panels at the right-of-way line, a landscaped buffer strip, and concrete wall barriers at the shoulder of the highway. These barriers have been in place for more than eight years and are by most accounts a popular, cost-effective solution to the neighborhood’s previous noise problems.
Interstate 40 Noise Barrier Design, Unser Boulevard to Second Street, Albuquerque, NM, Bohannan-Huston, Inc., for the NMDOT and FHWA, 1992-97
Initially this project involved a complete Environmental Assessment (EA) for eight miles of I-40, resulting in up to 10 travel lanes in the downtown area of Albuquerque, NM. Noise wall design concepts were developed during the EA and public involvement process. Following the release of the finding of no significant impact (FONSI), TEC developed noise wall specifications for the final design process. The design was complicated by the interchanges, elevated sections, bridges, and on/off ramps along this section of I-40.
Air Quality Projects
Air Quality Plan: Mesa del Sol, Albuquerque State Land Office, 1997
The Mesa del Sol Community Master Plan provided unique opportunities to enact transportation-related policies and land-use strategies that would reduce travel in single occupancy vehicles, thus making the street system more efficient and reducing air pollution. An air-quality analysis was prepared to explore these opportunities for the 13,000-acre Mesa del Sol plan area in Albuquerque, NM. The analysis evaluated neighborhood design concepts and a variety of other multimodal transportation strategies that reduce travel and related emissions, including a highly interconnected street system, pedestrian and bicycle facilities, mixed-use development, concentrated activity centers, transit-oriented design, and optimum connections to the regional road system.
Air Quality Analysis: Albuquerque International Airport, Coffman Airport Consultants for City of Albuquerque Aviation Department, 1994-1997
TEC prepared an air-quality analysis for the expansion of the Airport, in conjunction with the FAA. The project required implementation of the FAA's air-quality EDMS model, which resulted in estimates of existing and future emissions from aircraft operations. The analysis showed a net improvement in air quality because aircraft queuing time and related high emissions would decline with multiple runway operations. The project was controversial and involved lengthy testimony before the Albuquerque City Council; however, the analysis stood up to careful review. Subsequently TEC performed an additional air analysis of the landside transportation system, including taxis, rent-a-car facilities, buses, and the multilayered ramp system for arriving and departing passengers.
Air Quality Impact Analyses (AQIAs): Albuquerque, NM, Private developers for City of Albuquerque Environmental Health Department, 1994-99
TEC has performed numerous AQIAs for development projects in the Bernalillo County CO “maintenance” area. These projects were performed for the City of Albuquerque Environmental Health Department to comply with the City’s zoning code. Projects were conducted according to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines for CO "hot spot" analyses using EPA’s most recent mobile source emissions model (MOBILE) and CO dispersion model (CAL3QHC). Several studies also included inventories to estimate quantities of emissions.
Water and Sewer Systems Projects
South Valley Water System: Environmental Information Document and Preliminary Engineering Report, Bernalillo County, NM, HDR Inc. for Bernalillo County, 2002-04 REPORT
TEC worked with the design team to develop an evaluation of alternatives for water supply, storage, and conveyance systems for a 12-square-mile area of Bernalillo County with a population of 11,000 people. The team prepared a preliminary engineering report that evaluated system alternatives, water usage, population and water system demand, and costs. The project involved extensive public involvement, with a series of public and citizen advisory group meetings. Through a process of information sharing and addressing citizen concerns, the initially skeptical public came to support the project. An environmental information document (EID) was prepared in accordance with NEPA requirements. As part of the EID, TEC developed a series of GIS maps representing different environmental features of the area.
Airport Projects
Environmental Assessment: Double Eagle II Airport Access Road
The project involved a two-mile long access road at Double Eagle II Airport, which is located adjacent to Petroglyph National Monument. Significant public and agency controversy required consideration of a range of cumulative impacts. Analyses included consultation with Native American groups and the completion of an Ethnographic Assessment. TEC completed a detailed analysis of airport traffic-related noise and air emissions.
Cultural Resource Projects (2003)
NMCRIS No. 82482
Client: NMDOT
Name and Description of Project: Cultural Resource Survey of the Coors Road/I-40 Interchange Reconstruction Project, West Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
TEC Report No. 600-114, Author: Danny Gregory
Survey of approximately 14.1 acres with no cultural resources identified.
NMCRIS No. 83690
Client: Souder Miller & Associates
Name and Description of Project: A Cultural Resource Survey for Water System Improvements for the Green Ridge Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association Bernalillo County, New Mexico
TEC Report No. 600-127, Author: Harding Polk II
Survey of approximately 53.1 acres with no cultural resources identified.
NMCRIS No. 84339
Client: Kleinfelder, Inc.
Name and Description of Project: Cultural Resource Survey for a Proposed Commercial Development at Coors and Rio Bravo Boulevards, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
TEC Report No. 600-133, Authors: Christa Burrus and Gerry Raymond
Survey of approximately 30 acres with two small laterals of the Arenal Main Canal identified.
NMCRIS No. 84524
Client: Tetra Tech EM Inc.
Name and Description of Project: A Cultural Resource Survey for a Proposed Telecommunications Tower Facility at 12467 North New Mexico State Highway 14 in Sandia Park, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
TEC Report No. 600-138, Author: Kimberly Parker
Survey of approximately 0.10 acres with no cultural resources identified.
NMCRIS No. 84523
Client: Tetra Tech EM Inc.
Name and Description of Project: A Cultural Resource Survey for a Proposed Telecommunications Tower Facility at 9800 Benavides Road SW in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
TEC Report No. 600-139, Author: Teresa Hurt
Survey of approximately 0.25 acres with no cultural resources identified.
NMCRIS No. 84522
Client: Tetra Tech EM Inc.
Name and Description of Project: A Cultural Resource Survey for a Proposed Telecommunications Tower Facility at 3804 Ervin Lane SW in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
TEC Report No. 600-140, Author: Teresa Hurt
Survey of approximately 0.27 acres with no cultural resources identified.
NMCRIS No. 85172
Client: Tetra Tech EM Inc.
Name and Description of Project: A Cultural Resource Survey for a Proposed Telecommunications Tower Facility at 7007 Wyoming NE in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
TEC Report No. 600-151, Author: Teresa Hurt
Survey of approximately 0.36 acres with no cultural resources identified.
NMCRIS No. 85173
Client: Tetra Tech EM Inc.
Name and Description of Project: A Cultural Resource Survey for a Proposed Telecommunications Tower Facility Near Interstate 40 and Coors Boulevard in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, County, New Mexico
TEC Report No. 600-152, Author: Teresa Hurt
Survey of approximately 1.03 acres with no cultural resources identified.
NMCRIS No. 86209
Client: Molzen-Corbin & Associates
Name and Description of Project: A Cultural Resource Survey for a Proposed Air Traffic Control Tower at Double Eagle II Airport on the West Mesa in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
TEC Report No. 600-160, Author: Gerry Raymond
Survey of approximately 2.5 acres with no cultural resources identified.
NMCRIS No. 86015
Client: Tetra Tech EM Inc.
Name and Description of Project: A Cultural Resource Survey for a Proposed Telecommunications Tower Facility in the Paradise Hills Development in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
TEC Report No. 600-162, Author: Gerry Raymond
Survey of approximately 0.1 acres with no cultural resources identified.
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