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City Hall Plaza Accessibility Improvements
Under an on-call contract with the City of Boston, BSC provided design services to the City for accessibility improvements at City Hall Plaza. The project involved working with the Mayor’s Commission for Persons with Disabilities, and designing accessibility improvements to the large open space at Government Center that makes up City Hall Plaza. The plaza…Read More
Charles H. Barrows STEM Academy
BSC provided ecological, survey, civil engineering, and landscape architecture services for design of the new Environmental and Cultural Magnet School in Windham, CT. Situated on a wooded 20-acre site, the new school embodies the concept of an environmental responsibility, low impact design while serving a student population of approximately 600 students in grades pre-K through…Read More
Acorn Park
BSC has transformed a parking lot into a space to serve both its users and the natural ecology of the riparian corridor it occupies. Located along the Little River, Acorn Park includes a field, trails, a pond, and a conservation area. The wetland ponds and islands provide habitat and visual interest as well as a…Read More
Quincy Center Urban Renewal Plan
BSC Group worked with the City of Quincy to develop an Urban Revitalization Plan (URP). With guidance from a robust public engagement process and a detailed assessment and analysis of exiting conditions, including zoning, infrastructure, building conditions, parking and traffic, BSC developed a plan and strategy to achieve the revitalization vision. Beginning this transformation is…Read More
Connecticut Riverway Trail
BSC was retained by the Town of Old Lyme to provide planning services for the proposed Connecticut Riverway Trail system within the town's shoreline area. BSC planned a four-segment trail system that traverses approximately four miles of area and is a combination Greenway-Blueway that will embrace both inland features such as wooded areas and the…Read More
Forest Hill Cemetery Master Plan
BSC Group provided the City of Fitchburg with master planning services for the 42-acre Forest Hill Cemetery and completed a detailed cost/benefit feasibility analysis to construct a crematory within Forest Hill Cemetery. The study involved compilation of cemetery mapping, topography and boundaries, as well as available utility information. The study evaluated the existing maintenance building,…Read More
Glenwood Cemetery Master Plan
BSC prepared a highly detailed master plan for Glenwood Cemetery in Everett, a 130-year-old, 21-acre cemetery. At the commencement of the project the cemetery had no grave space available and limited open land to expand into grave space. The master plan included the compiling of various GIS data, a complete aerial topographic mapping of the…Read More
Evergreen Cemetery Master Plan
BSC Group prepared a detailed master plan for the City of Marlborough’s 68-acre Evergreen Cemetery. The master plan included the compiling of various GIS data including two-foot contour intervals and wetlands mapping, site observations, soil testing, and existing burial area documentation which was then used to complete a master plan for the remaining grave space…Read More
Flushing Cemetery Master Plan
BSC Group was retained by Flushing Cemetery to prepare a master plan for the remaining undeveloped portions of the 72-acre cemetery that had been established in the 1800’s. Most of its usable space has been consumed, so in preparation of the master plan BSC compiled digital copies of all section maps and available GIS data…Read MorePages: