Lippincott Jacobs Consulting Engineers

Lippincott Jacobs Consulting Engineers (LJCE) was retained by the Burlington Coat Factory to prepare a Major Site Plan for its new 730,000 sf Distribution Center on this 45-acre site located at the intersection of State Highway Route 130 and Coopertown Road, a County roadway. Challenges:A small shopping center existed on the site, which required de... molition. ith the construction of this large distribution center, we were converting a mostly permeable site to one that would be mostly impermeable. Solutions:A Major Site Plan was prepared by LJCE, and submitted to the Edgewater Park Township Planning Board, and testimony provided in this regard. s part of our efforts, we prepared a County Roadway Improvement Plan, State Highway Access Permit Plan & Application, as well as water and sewer extension plans. ecause of the maximum use of the site for the facilities, we designed a single dry 600' x 100' detention basin with the basin bottom at 5 feet above the groundwater table to recharge the stormwater from the entire site. he plan was approved and the facilities constructed. fter construction and six years of use, the normal water surface stabilized at 8 feet above the groundwater or 3 feet above the basin bottom. n 2009, we were again retained by the Burlington Coat Factory, this time to demonstrate the functionality of the basin in order for Burlington Coat to be released from its bond. hile the basin did retain some water, we demonstrated, through selected testing of soil infiltration and performance of a groundwater mounding analysis, that the basin met all the design criteria and continued to function. he Township accepted the analysis and our client was released from its bond. he basin continues to function to accommodate the stormwater needs.Read More