CGA partnered with InVision Architects to complete the site design for the new $10 million dollar Cedar Falls Police and Fire Headquarters on the south side of Cedar Falls in the Prairie Business Park. The project includes a 22,000 SF addition onto the existing fire station, a 20-stall visitor parking lot, 67-stall access controlled employee…
CGA provided planning, survey, design, and construction services for three connective projects which contained federal funds and followed the Iowa DOT’s Project Development Schedule. Two of the projects were 10-foot wide trail segments constructed of 4” thick asphalt with 2-foot wide grass shoulders. The first phase connected two segments of the trail system within the…
CGA provided survey, design and construction services for three phases of the Grinnell Area Recreation Trail system spanning from the City of Grinnell west to Rock Creek State Park. All three projects followed the IDOT’s Project Development Schedule and contained federal funds. Phase I of the Rock Creek Trail is an eight-foot-wide shared use path,…
CGA provided project management for a private commercial development planned for an undeveloped area consisting of open farm fields in Cedar Falls. In planning and design for the 50-acre commercial development, the City requested that the area is accommodating to all future development within the watershed. In total, CGA studied 105-acres and developed a comprehensive…
The Ackley Library Board determined that the existing sidewalk and parking lot were severely deteriorated. In addition, neither were ADA compliant, which is always a concern for any facility. Based on this, the Board applied for grants to fund the replacement. After receiving one, we designed ADA compliant sidewalk and parking lot to accommodate library…
The Arbors, located on Viking Road, one-half mile north of Hudson Road in Cedar Falls, Iowa needed stormwater management from scratch due to a new residential development being built. The project included extensive site grading, construction of stormwater management areas, PCC pavement as well as water and utilities. CGA has provided the layout for Public…
CGA provided survey, design, plan preparation, permitting, bid assistance, and help in meeting State Rec Trail grant fund requirements for paving a trail in an old railroad right-of-way northwest of Marshalltown. In order to minimize environmental impacts of the project, CGA designed the elevation of the trail to lower the embankment grade of the railroad…
CGA partnered with Landscape Architect Zach Heitzman to complete site design and landscaping for two multi-use student housing developments in Campustown, Ames. The team created a site design to complement the twenty-foot elevation change from north to south while accommodating pedestrian pass-through traffic using a combination of sidewalks, stairs, and ramps for an aesthetically pleasing…
