Parks and Recreation Projects

Complete project management, site engineering and construction observation services for all earthwork and infrastructure improvements for a 350-acre, 36-hole golf course built atop a landfill at Lake Calumet for Illinois International Port District.

Provided engineering services for the development of a 230-acre site into a 18-hole golf course. Services included design of parking for 200 vehicles, an entrance road, full utility service (water, sewer, power) and an irrigation pond and pump station. Permitting included a Joint Permit Application for wetland work as well as a Lake County Stormwater Management Control Permit. Included full wetland delineation survey and a Phase I - Archaeological survey. A project goal was to achieve an Audubon Signature designation for the site.

Kudrna & Associates was awarded a contract by the Chicago Park District, to provide various renovations to various sites on a task order basis. Task orders may include parking lot renovation, park renovation, landscape architecture, baseball/softball field renovations, athletic field improvements, site design, and location specific repairs and/or modifications. Kudrna provides management over multiple MBE and WBE owned firms to provide additional services such as landscape architecture, electrical engineering and lighting, and construction management.

Task orders to date include:

• Crescent Park Ballfield Renovation - Kudrna prepared contract plans for the renovation of an existing multi-use baseball field including re-grading the existing infield, new sod, new fencing for warmup areas and team benches, and a customized brick memorial wall. Plans were prepared for construction by multiple job order contract (JOC) contractors. Additional plans were prepared for the installation of a new acorn light fixture by Chicago Park District employees. Construction observation was included.
• Jessie Owens Park Athletic Field Renovations - Kudrna provided a schematic design outlining potential locations for a combined football and soccer field to be located at Jesse Owens Park in the outfields of four existing baseball fields. Kudrna is preparing contract plans for the installation of the football/soccer field including a French drain, seeding, grading, and a water service for hose connections. Construction observation is included.
• District Wide Fencing Details - Kudrna updated and prepared fencing details for softball, baseball, and junior baseball fields to be used as standards for the Chicago Park District projects.

Kudrna & Associates, Ltd., led a design team in the development of conceptual design plan for 3.2-acre park honoring Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable. The park, located east of Lake Shore Drive between Ogden Slip and the Chicago River in Chicago, will include paths and open space in a natural setting with landscape that features native plantings typifying the period of DuSable.

North Point Marina, Illinois Beach State Park, Winthrop Harbor, Illinois - Kudrna & Associates, Ltd., prepared complete site engineering plans for the 140-acre, $36 million North Point Marina in Lake County for the State of Illinois Capital Development Board/Illinois Department of Conservation. Site development for the marina and recreational facilities included: breakwaters, site grading, roads, 12 acres of parking for 1,500 vehicles, multi-lane launch ramp, floating docks and piers, dredging, drainage, sanitary sewers, water mains, permits (IEPA and Section 404), lighting, landscaping, and wetland mitigation.

Pre-design activities included feasibility studies, preparation of a dredging plan, archaeological investigation, subsurface investigations, modeling and environmental assessment, including prairie and wetland mitigation and traffic impact.