Creighton Manning Engineering
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Creighton Manning Engineering, LLP (CME) is a professional civil engineering
and surveying
firm located in Albany
, New York
. Originally established in 1965, the firm has been recognized across upstate New York for over 40 years for its expertise in local and regional transportation planning and traffic engineering.
Creighton Manning Engineering is one of the top 10 civil engineering firms in the Capital District. Creighton Manning Engineering was recently recognized as "One of the Great Places to Work in the Capital Region" through an independent survey conducted for the Capital District Business Review.
As of 2009, CME currently has approximately 50 employees. Employees are of the following positions: project manager
, civil engineer
, surveyor
, construction inspector and CAD drafters. Many of the firms engineers are professionally licensed as Professional Engineer
.
Site Engineering
Associations
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
and surveying
Surveying
See Also: Public Land Survey SystemSurveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them...
firm located in Albany
Albany, New York
Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. Originally established in 1965, the firm has been recognized across upstate New York for over 40 years for its expertise in local and regional transportation planning and traffic engineering.
Creighton Manning Engineering is one of the top 10 civil engineering firms in the Capital District. Creighton Manning Engineering was recently recognized as "One of the Great Places to Work in the Capital Region" through an independent survey conducted for the Capital District Business Review.
As of 2009, CME currently has approximately 50 employees. Employees are of the following positions: project manager
Project manager
A project manager is a professional in the field of project management. Project managers can have the responsibility of the planning, execution, and closing of any project, typically relating to construction industry, architecture, computer networking, telecommunications or software...
, civil engineer
Civil engineer
A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering; the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.Originally, a...
, surveyor
Surveying
See Also: Public Land Survey SystemSurveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them...
, construction inspector and CAD drafters. Many of the firms engineers are professionally licensed as Professional Engineer
Professional Engineer
Regulation of the engineering profession is established by various jurisdictions of the world to protect the safety, well-being and other interests of the general public, and to define the licensure process through which an engineer becomes authorized to provide professional services to the...
.
Notable Projects
Highway Engineering- Luther Forest Technology Campus: CME is the lead civil engineering consultant for the local Economic Development CorporationEconomic Development CorporationAn economic development corporation is an organization common in the United States, usually a 501 non-profit whose mission is to promote economic development within a specific geographical area. These organizations are similar to, and complementary to Chambers of Commerce.-For Further...
.CME is responsible for the highway design and construction inspection of the site. The site is being prepared for construction of a chip fab plant by AMD. - Slingerlands Bypass (New York State Route 85New York State Route 85New York State Route 85 is a state highway in Albany County, New York, in the United States. It is long and runs from County Route 351 and CR 353 in Rensselaerville to Interstate 90 exit 4 in Albany. It also has a loop route, NY 85A, which connects NY 85 to...
): CME was the lead civil engineering consultant for the NYSDOT responsible for the design of the bypass, along with four roundabouts in order to ease traffic congestion in the area. - NY Route 5 Bus Rapid TransitBus rapid transitBus rapid transit is a term applied to a variety of public transportation systems using buses to provide faster, more efficient service than an ordinary bus line. Often this is achieved by making improvements to existing infrastructure, vehicles and scheduling...
: CME is the lead civil engineering consultant on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project for CDTA. In early 2008, the CDTA announced that it was going forward with the Bus Rapid Transit line on Route 5, which will include twenty upgraded stations. CME assisted with the transportation planning study that identified Route 5 as a possible candidate for BRT service. As of 2008, CDTA carries nearly 15 million passengers per year, with 20% on the Route 5 corridor. - Centennial CircleCentennial CircleCentennial Circle is a five leg roundabout in downtown Glens Falls, a city in Warren County, New York. The circle is at the intersection of US Route 9 , NY Route 32 , NY Route 9L and Hudson Street...
, a five way roundaboutRoundaboutA roundabout is the name for a road junction in which traffic moves in one direction around a central island. The word dates from the early 20th century. Roundabouts are common in many countries around the world...
in Glens Falls, NY. CME inspected the construction of the roundabout, which was completed in 2007 at a cost of $9 million dollars.
Site Engineering
- Schenectady (Amtrak station)Schenectady (Amtrak station)The Schenectady Amtrak station is a train station in Schenectady, New York served by Amtrak. The station is built under the railroad tracks with an elevator and staircase leading to a railway platform between the two tracks. The station is a popular railfan site.The station was built in 1979 on...
: CME is a partner in a current study to upgrade the Schenectady Train Station. - High Sheldon Wind Farm: CME was responsible for the design of both the off-site intersection improvements and proposed access road improvements.
See also
- Civil engineerCivil engineerA civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering; the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.Originally, a...
- InfrastructureInfrastructureInfrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function...
- Highway engineeringHighway engineeringHighway engineering is an engineering discipline branching from civil engineering which involves the design, construction and maintenance of Highway Systems. Highway Engineering become prominent towards the latter half of the 20th Century after World War 2. Standards of highway engineering are...
- Structural engineeringStructural engineeringStructural engineering is a field of engineering dealing with the analysis and design of structures that support or resist loads. Structural engineering is usually considered a specialty within civil engineering, but it can also be studied in its own right....
- Construction surveyingConstruction surveyingConstruction surveying is to stake out reference points and markers that will guide the construction of new structures such as roads or buildings...
Associations
- American Society of Civil EngineersAmerican Society of Civil EngineersThe American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. ASCE's vision is to have engineers positioned as global leaders who strive toward...
- Institute of Transportation EngineersInstitute of Transportation EngineersThe Institute of Transportation Engineers or ITE is an international educational and scientific association of transportation professionals who are responsible for meeting mobility and safety needs. ITE was founded in 1930 as the Institute of Traffic Engineers and its first president was Ernest P...