Loai F. El-Gazairly, Ph.D., P.E., Whitman, Requardt and Associates, LLP, Richmond, VA and Rex L. Pearce, P.E., VDOT Staunton District Bridge Section, Staunton, VA, presented “Interstate Delta Frames: Structural Steel Retrofit and Restoration to Essentially Infinite Fatigue Life, Part II - Structural Response under Service Loading Conditions and Rehabilitation Monitoring," to ASCE-Richmond.

WRA’s Baltimore office enjoyed a night at the ballpark on September 14th. The event included a pregame dinner in the Banquet Room on the 6th floor of the B&O Warehouse.

WRA received the first Corporate Legend Award by The Maryland Society of Professional Engineers last night at Engineers Club of Baltimore for excellence in leadership and the advancement of professional engineering in the State of Maryland. Partners Dennis Hasson, Joe Makar, and Walt Miller were on site to accept the award on behalf of the company. (Photo credit: Karen Moran, Maryland Society of Professional Engineers board member and Senior Vice President at WRA)

The Fairfax Office Softball Team had a grueling 3 month schedule with a ton of rainouts and rescheduled games, and still finished with a winning record of 7-4. Not having any forfeits was a great success itself, but earning a first round playoff bye was a cherry on top…by far WRA’s most successful season to date!

WRA was recently awarded its 3^rd consecutive CMI services contract with the City of Baltimore’s Department of Public Works -  $5 million / 4-year On-call Construction Project Management Services. The City’s Board of Estimates approved the contract on August 29th and task assignments will commence later this year. 

WRA used an inclusive public process to help DelDOT develop the Blueprint, which has the guiding principle of promoting locally-based bicycle planning within a coordinated statewide framework. WRA led DelDOT and key stakeholders in establishing a community-supported vision and goals and recommending a series of innovative strategies for planning, design, coordination, and communication. The Blueprint specifies 66 recommended actions, ranging from revisions to internal DelDOT processes to preparation of comprehensive bicycle facility design guidance.

WRA began by assessing existing conditions. 17 miles of sidewalks can be found within newly developed neighborhoods in the Township, but they rarely connect outside of the individual neighborhoods themselves. This makes walking to destinations difficult and sometimes unsafe. WRA developed and evaluated fourteen sidewalk alignments, investigated land use and right of way impacts, and developed concept cost estimates for each segment. To ensure meaningful stakeholder involvement, WRA led an ambitious public involvement program.

Under DelDOT’s Transportation Alternatives Program, and at the request of the City of Newark Department of Parks and Recreation, WRA provided the conceptual design and construction documentation for a 230-foot single-span prefabricated truss bridge over White Clay Creek. Constructed in 2022, the bridge is a separated walking and bicycling connection parallel to the west side of the existing Paper Mill Road bridge. It provides a direct local, low-stress connection for all ages and abilities to walk and bicycle between Paper Mill Park and Olan Thomas Park.

WRA visits universities annually to recruit new individuals to join our team. Please stop by and learn more about the opportunities for full-time employment,
internships, and co-ops.

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The Delaware Department of Transportation and Sussex County joined forces to tackle transportation and land use issues at the gateway to the Delaware beaches. Given the controversy surrounding past transportation projects in the area, a consultant team led by WRA developed and facilitated an inclusive stakeholder engagement process to build a broad base of support. Monthly meetings of a 16-member working group, along with ample opportunities for participation by the general public, formed the core of that plan.