USFS Supervisor’s Office

Mendon, Vermont | USDA Forest Service

The US Forest Service sought to expand their supervisor’s office and relocate from downtown Rutland to be closer to forest resources in the Green Mountain National Forest. Under successive contracts, D&K worked with the Forest Service, regulators, and other stakeholders to develop site design concepts, survey the area, identify natural resources, secure permitting, and provide final civil and site electrical design for a new facility serving 65 employees. Tucked into a narrow, sloped parcel between private properties along US 4, the undeveloped site presented challenges of topography, geometry, and drainage. D&K designed access paths and drives, conducted field visits, research, and analysis to develop a drinking water source, and designed utility, green stormwater, parking, and site features.

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Project Elements

• Site supporting new office building for 65 employees
• Parking, storage facilities, lighting
• Green stormwater practices, including bioretention