Public / Civic / Recreation
DMA partners with public and civic organizations to design our cities, support regional strategic growth, and improve quality of life
We design libraries, museums, essential facilities, parks and public spaces for our communities.
Civil and Site Design Improvements
Bike Trail Surveying/Design
Site Planning
Structural Building Systems Design
Site Structures Design
GIS
3D Scanning
Surveying
ADA Design
Roadway Improvements
Bike and Pedestrian Trails
Parks and Recreation
Federal Buildings and Infrastructure
Regional Government Facilities
National Parks Projects
Waterways and Features
Golf Courses
Justice Facilities
Municipal Buildings
Playgrounds and Natural Playscapes
Turf Fields and Athletic Fields
Streetscapes
Historic Structures
DMA has extensive experience with parks, park districts, bike trail organizations, site development and outdoor recreational facilities. We have worked on many projects for numerous park districts representing the cities we serve. Projects include bike paths, turf and natural fields, bridges, playgrounds, trail head developments and athletic complexes. Our experience with many different stakeholders on these types of projects provides our team with unique perspectives that support our engineering consulting efforts.
The master plan of a community must address neighborhood facilities, recreation, open space and housing that showcase the community’s strengths and recommends how it should exist in the future. The success of these projects requires an integrated approach through which the team and stakeholder leadership work together in an engaged process.
Research/Planning
We at DMA are actively engaged in the research, planning and design of various parks that explore new ways to enhance the environment, optimize space utilization, and provide a high quality destination. DMA’s focus on a community’s infrastructure allows our partners to develop plans with full knowledge of opportunities and constraints.
ADA Compliance
In addition, DMA always puts particular emphasis on ADA accessibility and compliance with ADA Standards. DMA believes the rewards of ADA compliance come in many forms, not the least of which is establishing an accessible city that provides the public with access to open space, community facilities and independent mobility regardless of age or physical challenges.
Civil and Structural Engineering
Most recently, DMA served as the civil and structural engineer of record for the renovation and restoration of the Arch Grounds in St. Louis, MO. This large urban National Park is one that is oriented, physically and culturally, toward the life of the city, and one that pioneers new kinds of sustainable urban ecologies. Working with a private donor group, the National Park service and national landscape architect, Michael Van Valkenburgh, DMA helped transform this riverfront park and national monument into a desired destination for the public.
Research/Planning
We at DMA are actively engaged in the research, planning and design of various parks that explore new ways to enhance the environment, optimize space utilization, and provide a high quality destination. DMA’s focus on a community’s infrastructure allows our partners to develop plans with full knowledge of opportunities and constraints.
ADA Compliance
In addition, DMA always puts particular emphasis on ADA accessibility and compliance with ADA Standards. DMA believes the rewards of ADA compliance come in many forms, not the least of which is establishing an accessible city that provides the public with access to open space, community facilities and independent mobility regardless of age or physical challenges.
Civil and Structural Engineering
Most recently, DMA served as the civil and structural engineer of record for the renovation and restoration of the Arch Grounds in St. Louis, MO. This large urban National Park is one that is oriented, physically and culturally, toward the life of the city, and one that pioneers new kinds of sustainable urban ecologies. Working with a private donor group, the National Park service and national landscape architect, Michael Van Valkenburgh, DMA helped transform this riverfront park and national monument into a desired destination for the public.
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