Ingleside Equity Group

Trudell Consulting Engineers (TCE) has been involved with Ingleside Equity Group in the master planning for much of the (250 acre??) former Smith Farm located near Interstate-89 Exit 19. In 1999 TCE began designing the Milk & Maple Project, the first lot in an extensive Master Plan.

The project was originally planned as the new headquarters for the St. Albans Cooperative along with a new convenience store and gas station on the five acre lot at the corner of Route 104 and St. Albans State Highway. After many years of permitting, the project was ultimately approved by the Vermont Environmental Board as part of a Master Plan TCE developed for the southwest parcel. Lot 1 was recently purchased by R.L. Vallee and a Maplefields convenience store and gas station is now under construction. TCE is providing construction phase services for that project.

Halvorsen Holdings

Just across VT Route 104, TCE continues to work with Ingleside Equity Group and has also begun design and permitting on another 40-acre parcel for Halvorsen Holdings. Just minutes from downtown St. Albans, the site provides an ideal location for the proposed retail center within the Towns’ southern Growth Center.

Current development plans include a 70,000+ square foot Shopping Center with a grocery store and general retail lots. Future development may include a 115,000+ square foot home improvement store additional lots for further retail outlets. At least five acres are being reserved for a large stormwater detention area the design of which will be complicated by the impaired water status of both the Rugg Brook and Stevens Brook which the site drains to.

TCE’s involvement includes feasibility analysis, boundary and topographic survey, site design, permitting, traffic impact analysis, signal design and geometric improvement, as well as environmental services, and stormwater design.