Birdsong Development Corp. planned to develop a several hundred-acre subdivision in Orchard Park, New York. Lake Louise, an approximate 8-acre lake existed on the site. Development plans include lowering the lake level about seven feet and removal of the embankment and reconstructing this embankment to a lower crest elevation.
Birdsong Development Corporation planned to develop a several hundred-acre subdivision in Orchard Park, New York. Lake Louise, an approximate 8-acre lake existed on the site. Development plans include lowering the lake level about seven feet and removal of the embankment and reconstructing this embankment to a lower crest elevation.
Birdsong Development retained McMahon & Mann to:
* Collect subsurface information including borings and groundwater monitoring wells and completed groundwater level measurements and hydraulic conductivity testing in the monitoring wells,
* Work with the project designer, Pratt & Huth Associates, LLP to develop design plans and specifications for the revised Lake Louise Dam,
* Collect samples and complete laboratory tests on selected samples during construction, and
* Monitor construction in 1997 and 1998 and prepared a report documenting construction to obtain acceptance from the NYSDEC.
