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Los Patrones Parkway is a rural secondary highway in Southern Orange County, California. The toll-free roadway is approximately 4.5 miles in length and has four lanes, two in each direction. Los Patrones Parkway provides increased mobility throughout the region as well as easier access to major freeways and toll roads. The first phase of the roadway connects Oso Parkway to Chiquita Canyon Drive, in the north and south directions.

Cortesa at Esencia features 72 high-density detached single family homes within the master planned community of Rancho Mission Viejo. The homes are clustered in a four-plex arrangement around a common motor court. The development is adjacent to a number of neighborhood amenities including clubhouses, parks, trails, and miles of scenic corridors for hiking, biking, and leisurely walks. Homes are all single-level and designed exclusively for those 55 years old and above.

Huitt-Zollars is currently involved in the planning efforts for PA3, which will be a 7,000-home master planned community of over 2,000 acres. Our role is to assist the planners in preliminary engineering that will result in an earthwork analysis and a land use matrix to tract buildable pads for a financial feasibility study. We are also involved in planning level modeling to better understand the final product.

Huitt-Zollars prepared the plans, specifications, and estimates and right-of-way documents for this 3.7-mile roadway project, which eliminated a gap and added a connection in the County’s arterial highway system. Combining critical elements aided in: the operation within a landfill and the design of controlled access, widening an existing roadway section from three to five lanes, and pioneering a new roadway through undeveloped mountainous terrain with final roadway grades up to seven percent. Additional elements involved landslide remediation, bridge and tunnel construction, and the reloca

Huitt-Zollars developed a Master Plan, prepared Construction Documents, and coordinated with a variety of state and federal agencies, for a new 500-acre national cemetery. Located southeast of Bakersfield, interments include veterans from World War II through the War on Global Terrorism. The cantilevered Committal Service Shelter is architecturally elegant and a unique structural challenge due to its thin profile, long span and the wind & seismic loading. The cemetery design reflects environmental sensitivity to the region’s natural resources, topography, geology and vegetation.

Huitt-Zollars prepared on-site civil construction plans and horizontal control plans for this 50-acre retail commercial outlet center. Plans were prepared for precise grading, storm drainage, signage and striping, retaining walls, guard rail barriers, erosion and sediment control. Additional plans were prepared for domestic water and sanitary sewer systems. Project design included 21,000 LF of storm drains; 8,800 LF of domestic water pipes; and 6,700 LF of sewer pipes. Project challenges included (and were not limited to) designing an off-site sewer main down a 70-foot-high 2:1 slope.

With the goal to provide families with the opportunity to experience what they refer to as “Ranch Life,” Rancho Mission Viejo set out to create a robust community that would connect homeowners with the natural environment and landscape of California. As the Rancho Mission Viejo Company moves forward in executing their “Ranch Plan” to construct nearly 14,000 homes for future residents, Huitt-Zollars was chosen to assist in the process.