Spring Cove School District, Blair County
The Spring Cove School District constructed three new athletic fields at their elementary campus. The project site is a 13.8-acre parcel and includes one baseball field, two new softball fields, and a parking lot. For future development, Keller Engineers’ was asked to include, in the Master Plan, accommodations for press boxes, dugouts, bleachers, and a concession building. Three bioretention basins were designed and installed to manage runoff and future additional impervious.
Project Uniqueness/Challenges: Significant amounts of off-site runoff from the north and south needed to be conveyed around the site to avoid an unnecessary increase in detention. With no defined watercourse in which to discharge, Keller Engineers modified the stormwater approach to incorporate a set of stilling fore-bays and level spreaders to dissipate velocity before the water reaches the neighboring property.
[The] entire staff did a wonderful job! We truly appreciate all the hard work in making our bridge project a success and something we can be very proud to have in our township. Bev Sherwood Burns, Supervisor Blacklick Township