Wangard identified and leveraged raSmith’s breadth of services and experience to overcome significant project challenges. These included initial complex property ownership and assemblage hurdles; site planning; construction phasing to allow access and utility service to existing businesses and residents during construction; assessment and determination of required public infrastructure improvements; and an accelerated project schedule to hit key project opening dates.
As part of the redevelopment work, a number of environmental concerns throughout the development have been addressed. These include the removal of petroleum storage tanks, asbestos removal during building demolition, the addition of bioretention basins to improve stormwater runoff quality, planting of native tree species to replace dying and diseased non-native varieties, rehabilitating a large pond to address bank erosion and enhance water quality, replacement of deteriorating stormwater drainage systems, and replacement of aging watermain and sanitary sewer systems that were originally privately built.
“The team at raSmith has been instrumental in assisting Wangard and the City of Oconomowoc in overcoming the technical site design and entitlement challenges unique to the overall Olympia Fields redevelopment project," said Matt Moroney, President and Chief Operating Officer of Wangard Partners. "Their expertise and leadership on complex technical issues, typical of redevelopment projects, allowed project stakeholders to make key and timely decisions. This ultimately resulted in our ability to maintain overall construction schedules, budgets, and the timely delivery of improvements required by the broad mix of tenants in support of their targeted opening dates.”
raSmith is currently providing site planning, site design, landscape architecture, and surveying services support to Wangard team members as the development continues to be built out.
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