AT A GLANCE
261 Cleveland Avenue
Highland Park, NJ 08904
OUR EXPERTISE
Civil engineering, landscape architecture, land planning, roadway design, environmental impact and wetland studies, permit and construction administration
OUR CLIENTS
Menlo Engineering’s (MEA) client base spans a broad spectrum — from large industrial developers to individual residential property owners. We proudly offer our design services to both the private and public sectors. Our portfolio encompasses mixed-use developments, large-scale and individual retail commercial projects, industrial properties, multi- and single-family developments, religious facilities, schools, municipal road improvement projects and recreational development.
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
Rutgers Preparatory School, one of the state’s premier K-12 private education schools, has a bucolic location along the banks of the Raritan River and the Delaware and Raritan Canal in Franklin Township, Somerset County. Menlo Engineering’s relationship with the school extends over three decades. We have been involved with many of the campus improvement projects, including multiple building expansions, circulation improvements and sports facilities. MEA collaborated with multiple professionals and school administrators to bring the projects to completion while developing a campus that functions and provides a tranquil learning environment.
The school is further expanding its instructional and educational experiences with the construction of a two-story, 14,520-square-foot multipurpose performing arts building addition. The project includes an outdoor classroom and seating and student gathering spaces, creating a new campus focal point. Similar to previous campus projects, the performing arts addition will be seeking LEED certification and incorporates unique stormwater management approaches to yield no net increase of volume to the canal. The Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission’s review included stormwater as well as a visual impact study to demonstrate the project would not impact the viewshed along the canal. The project includes disconnected impervious surfaces, porous pavements, underground storage and native landscapes.
ON THE HORIZON
The regional demand for housing through mixed-use redevelopment continues to expand. The desire for walkable communities and more urban settings is increasingly appealing to the younger generation. These settings lead to less demand for cars but an increasing demand for home product delivery, which, in turn, becomes an additional driving force for logistic centers and general warehousing space.
CREATIVE SOLUTION
Menlo Engineering recently completed design services for an industrial client’s redevelopment of a vacant manufacturing facility. The project’s stormwater management program included multiple bioretention basins, as well as a constructed wetland along with stormwater wet ponds requiring extensive New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Flood Hazard Area and Freshwater Wetland permits. The 655,000-square-foot (+/-) logistics center went from concept to certificate of occupancy in less than four years.
