Estuary Residence, a coastal residence engineered by O'Connell and Associates, Northwest Florida.

Civil Engineering · Northwest Florida

Estuary Residence

Northwest Florida, FL

The work

The project consisted of a two-story, timber framed, single family residence and carriage house with a conditioned living area measuring approximately 3,500 sq. ft.

The project includes a 350 sq. ft. swimming pool, a 400 sq. ft. enclosed garage, a 550 sq. ft. carport, 1,120 sq. ft. of covered porch, 560 sq. ft. of open porch, a retaining wall around an open outdoor seating area and a stormwater exfiltration system under the driveway.

Location: Northwest Florida, FL
Market: Single-Family Residential
Disciplines: Civil Engineering

Scope performed

Each line below is a discipline our staff carried on this project. The description explains what that work involves and what the owner receives at the end of it.

Stormwater Design and Management

Sizing and routing the system that moves rainfall off the site at a rate the receiving system and the reviewing agency will accept.

Drainage calculations
Retention and conveyance design
Erosion and sediment control plan

Roadway and Access Design

Drives, turn lanes, and internal circulation designed to the standards of the agency with jurisdiction over the connecting road.

Geometry and paving plans
Signing and striping
Access connection exhibits

Land Development and Site Design

Turning a parcel into a buildable site. Grading, layout, utility routing, and a drawing set a reviewer can approve.

Site and grading plans
Utility layout
Construction details
Quantity basis for bidding

How an engagement like this runs

Work in Northwest Florida follows the same sequence at any size. Owners see the same four stages.

01
Scoping call
We ask what prompted the call, what documents already exist, and what deadline is driving the schedule. If the work does not need an engineer, we say so.
02
Field work and review
A licensed engineer or a staff member working under one goes to the site, documents conditions, and reviews the drawings and reports already on file.
03
Signed and sealed deliverable
Findings, drawings, and specifications go out under seal, written so a board can read them and a contractor can bid from them.
04
Contract Administration
During construction we review submittals, answer requests for information, perform Construction Observations, and review pay applications against work in place.

Questions about a similar building? Call the office nearest the site or send the address and the scope, and the discipline lead who owns that work will answer. Compare the Civil Engineering scopes we carry.