WRA Ranks Among Top 50 Trenchless Engineering Firms.
WRA ranked #49 on Trenchless Technology Magazine's annual list of Top 50 Trenchless Engineering Firms. Rankings are determined by North American trenchless revenue for the previous year or the company’s last fiscal year
WRA Ranks Among Top Design Firms.
WRA ranked #112 on Engineering News-Record's list of Top 500 Design Firms. The annual rankings are based on the previous year's revenue.
WRA Ranked #1 by BBJ.
WRA ranked #1 on the Baltimore Business Journal's 2022 list of Largest Engineering Firms in the Greater Baltimore Area. Rankings are recognized and published annually by the BBJ.
Kelly Ambrose, P.E. Named 2021 Young Engineer of the Year.
Kelly Ambrose was named 2021 Young Engineer of the Year by ASCE Maryland Section. This award is given to a civil engineer who is 35 or under and demonstrated superior achievement and dedication to his or her profession. Read more about her achievement here.
Kelly Ambrose Named President of ASCE MD Section.
Kelly Ambrose, in the Bridge Group, was named President of ASCE Maryland Section. Kelly has been an active member since 2012 and served as the co-chair of the Younger Member Group, the Younger Member appointed Director on the Board in 2015-2016, Director in 2017-2018, and Secretary for the past two years.
I-95 Express Lanes - Southern Terminus Extension. .
The primary feature of this project was to provide safety and operational improvements along the I-95 corridor, which included the design and construction of a 2.2 mile reversible lane from the current southern terminus of the I-95 Express Lanes.
Services Performed
Fall Hill Avenue Widening and Mary Washington Boulevard Extension. .
The roadway project was situated along a major east-west connector linking residential and commercial areas with a need to improve pedestrian and bicycle access. The extension of Mary Washington Boulevard provided new access to the medical campus at Mary Washington Hospital.
Services Performed
Route 29 Solutions – Berkmar Drive Extension. .
The Berkmar Drive Extension project element, valued at $34.6 M, is a 2.5-mile urban connector roadway on new alignment. The project was one of three project elements that were part of the Route 29 Solutions Design-Build bundle. The extension provided a context sensitive, curvilinear alignment that avoided impacts to several cultural resource sites and minimized impacts to wetlands and stream crossings.
Services Performed
I-64 Widening Exit 200 to 205. .
WRA led development of the final engineering documents for this roadway widening project. The project included widening two existing bridges over the Chickahominy River that blend with the original 1960s structure. Structured work packages were developed to accelerate the start of construction activities, and innovative design approaches were used in addressing box culverts that minimized wetland impacts.
Services Performed
I-64/US 15 Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI) Zion Crossroads. .
WRA prepared an Interchange Modification Report (IMR) to determine recommended improvements that addressed existing safety deficiencies and accommodated planned development and future traffic volume increases. VDOT selected the DDI alternative as the most efficient way to address safety and capacity needs. It also provided a solution within the existing right-of-way and did not require reconstruction of the Route 15 bridge over I-64, costing less than half compared to other alternatives under consideration.