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		Kimball Project Recognized by Professional Organization   Kimball was awarded the 2008 Diamond Honor Award in the Environmental category by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Pennsylvania for its work on the Bedford Springs Transportation Improvement Project in Bedford, PA. ACEC/PA is the largest statewide organization of engineers engaged in the practice of consulting engineering. The award was presented on February 7, at the Hershey Hotel in Hershey, PA. The project, for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) Engineering District 9-0, involved complex historical preservation and environmental challenges, including compliance issues with its National Register Historic District/National Historic Landmark designation, preservation of high-quality trout waters, and its location in a 100 year-old floodplain. Kimball’s transportation engineers moved Business Route 220 out of the floodplain and placed it behind and to the west of the Bedford Springs Hotel, taking through-traffic away from the front of the property and eliminating dangerous curves. Because of an aggressive design and construction schedule, the project was successfully completed on July 11, 2007, meeting PennDOT’s goal of having the roadway available for use before the renovated Bedford Springs Hotel’s opening on July 12, 2007. With this project, Kimball became the first company in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to complete the Federal Section 4(f) project evaluations that are necessary when working on a federal transportation project in a national historic district.
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