UF Newins-Ziegler Park Pedestrian Trail

Began 2025-07-23
Designed 2025-09-18
Completed 2025-12-18

The University of Florida has several maintenance items and improvements to be completed at and adjacent to the Newins-Ziegler Park. The improvements consisted of 275ft of concrete pedestrian walkway through the park with concrete pads for park benches and trash cans along with a central circular plaza for picnic tables adjacent to the wetland sink and the GREBE Garden for Birds. Two new bus stop shelters were installed and maintenance items included the spot repairs of pavement with root damage and sinking curbs, and a manhole frame that split and was sunken below the pavement. The pedestrian walkway was within the buffer to the wetlands and was permitted with the SJRWMD.

Duval Park Trail and Parking

Gainesville Duval Park Trail and Parking

The City wanted to add improvements to the east end Duval Park, a large wetland park with walking trails in east Gainesville. The improvements consisted of a parking lot instead of grass parking, playground equipment, and a concrete walking trail along the berm of the wet stormwater management facility. The additional impervious area required the design and permitting of a remote dry stormwater pond that would treat the stormwater runoff from an old neighborhood that freely discharged to the wetlands. The dry pond compensates for the new impervious and provides needed pre-treatment for the wetlands. We saved on design costs by re-using survey and design plans from 2008 as the base for the design. We also added a water line for a water fountain. To facilitate the project, GmuerEng subcontracted for soil borings for the new dry stormwater pond, designed the site plan, designed a minimal landscape plan, permitted the site plan with the City of Gainesville, GRU, and the St Johns River Water Management District.

EquipmentShare Rental Lake City Price Creek Rd

We were happy to design and permit the new EquipmentShare rental facility in Lake City. We designed the 6.0 acres with a wet stormwater pond, package lift station, and gravel outdoor storage for the equipment. We completed permitting with Columbia County, Lake City Utilities, FDOT Utilities, FDEP Wastewater, SRWMD, and FDOT Drainage.

Lonestar Jacksonville Mini-Storage

A ±3.63 acre project located at on Chaffee Rd north of W Beaver St in Jacksonville. It proposed a mini-storage facility a mix of climate controlled and non-climate controlled storage units with associated office, parking, driveway connections, wet stormwater management facility, and utility service connections (water, fire sprinkler, septic). Gmuer Engineering completed due diligence, developed a conceptual plan, designed the site plan, permitted the site plan with regulatory agencies (City of Jacksonville, JEA Utilities, and the St Johns River Water Management District), and supplied site plans for construction.

Morlynn Subdivision

Gainesville VAMC Tunnel

The VA needed to replace the underdrain system associated with their tunnel running Archer Rd to the University of Florida College of Dentistry. To install the replacement system and to complete other maintenance tasks for the tunnel, surface replacement of pavement, sidewalk, etc. were required in addition to rerouting shallow utilities in the vicinity of the work and maintaining access to the stairwells down to the tunnel.

Snappys Express Wash Starke FL

Zip at Haile Quarry

Dunkin Barberville

Peoples Choice Storage High Springs

Located on US27 in High Springs, FL on 8.13 acres. The initial phase in 2017 was the RV and Boat Storage. And then planned the expansion in 2021 for the remainder of the storage facilities and site with drainage to a larger stormwater management facility. Gmuer Engineering supplemented the design plans for the drainage around the proposed buildings and aided in construction.

Hawthorne Branch Library

Hawthorne Library

UF McCarty Drive Repaving

The University of Florida (UF) needed to perform a significant maintenance reconstruction of McCarty Drive, 1,350 linear feet, while also performing strategic upgrades in critical locations to improve pedestrian accessibility and support the significant transportation loads. The project utilized Full-Depth Reclamation for the base for cost-management while reviewing geotechnical cores. GmuerEng assembled an existing conditions map from the available historical project data, prepared Roadway Construction Plans, and also addressed ADA improvements, mass transit (bus) traffic, pedestrian, and bicycle paths / lanes. Design was completed in early 2024 with construction in mid 2024.

Hyperlapse video of the UF McCarty Drive during construction in March of 2024

Levy County Courthouse Addition

Levy County needed a building addition on the Levy County Courthouse in Bronson, FL of approximately ±1400 sf to the southwest side with stairs to the front sidewalk, associated parking lot expansion to the west of the building addition and a sidewalk. GmuerEng designed the site plan, permitted the site plan, and supplied site plans for construction.

Ellianos Ocala Maricamp Rd

This Ellianos coffee is proposed on a ±1.56 ac property located east on Maricamp Rd in Ocala, FL. The project includes an ±800 sf free standing dual drive through building with associated parking lot, driveway connection to Maricamp Rd SR464, stormwater management facility, and utility service connections (meter for potable water, wastewater lateral) only minor off-site utility extensions. GmuerEng designed the site plan, permit the site plan with regulatory agencies (City of Ocala, Ocala Utilities, FDOT Driveway, FDOT Drainage, and the St Johns River Water Management District), and supplied site plans for construction.

Whittles Mini Storage

The project proposed to expand the existing mini-storage facility located in Newberry, FL by constructing three mini-storage buildings with drive isles and stormwater management facility. GmuerEng designed the site plan, permitted the site plan with regulatory agencies (City of Newberry and the Suwannee River Water Management District, FDOT Drainage, FDOT Driveway), and supplied site plans for construction.

Miller Electric Gainesville

Miller Electric wanted to start a Gainesville warehouse and remodel an existing building located at 4800 SW 13th St, Gainesville, FL 32608. In order to use the site, a rezoning of the property to a planned development was required with approval by the County Commission. Site improvements consisted of a loading dock addition to the building, a drive isle to and around the loading dock, turn-around accommodations for a semi-truck and associated minor stormwater management facility modifications. Gmuer Engineering, LLC (GmuerEng) completed the design of the site plan, permitting of the site plan with regulatory agencies (Alachua County, GRU, and the St Johns River Water Management District), and supply site plans for construction.

Dunkin Sorrento