The City of New Castle began its Downtown Revitalization a decade ago with a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and much support from local investors. R.A.R. engineering group, inc. was on board from inception of the City’s Revitalization Plan and has continued to provide our engineering services for the numerous upgrades to this historic city’s downtown area.

R.A.R. Engineering Group, inc. has prepared Site Characterization Reports, Remedial Action Plans, and managed site cleanup activities through PADEP and BUSTR approval for more than 100 properties contaminated by releases associated with Underground Storage Tanks (UST).

R.A.R. Engineering Group, inc., provided preliminary design, final design, and engineering services during construction to complete the Ewing Park Bridge, which carries Sims Street over the Connoquenessing Creek in the Borough of Ellwood City.

Poverty Point Road is surrounded by fields and is at a low point in topography. Stormwater was trapped in the road corridor, compromising the road surface. In order to address these stormwater issues, existing culverts were replaced, new culverts were installed and approximately 500-feet of underdrain was constructed. The existing asphalt surface road on Poverty Point Road in Wilmington Township was milled and a specialized Driving Surface Aggregate (DSA) was placed as part of this Lawrence County Conservation District Dirt and Gravel Road Program.

R.A.R. Engineering Group, inc., was utilized by Veolia ES Alaron, LLC to perform engineering services related to the construction of a 6,400 SF pre-engineered steel building, 65-feet in height. The building houses a 20-foot square x 25-foot deep training pool. The primary use of the pool will be for the mock up and entry into the reactor vessel.

The New Castle Area Transit Authority (NCATA) retained R.A.R. to
design a Park N’ Ride facility for downtown New Castle. Until this
point, the NCATA did not have a central transfer facility for its
passengers. This project repurposed 3.5 acres of downtown
property to allow 25 buses per day to pick up and drop off
passengers from eight bus shelters designed for passenger
convenience. Due to the success of this facility, additional funds
from the ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) were
secured to develop a sister Park N’ Ride on the opposite side of East
Washington Street. An additional 56 parking spaces were created
with this phase. These projects encouraged ridership throughout
Lawrence County and even into the City of Pittsburgh.

R.A.R. Engineering Group, inc., in cooperation with the Lawrence County Conservation District and the City of New Castle, provided site development of the Cascade Quarry for the relocation of the existing parking area, restoration of the access road into the lake for trout stocking and installation of sustainable stormwater controls to facilitate use of the site for recreational fishing. All of the work completed at the site was intended to improve the safety, accessibility and highlight environmentally sensitive road maintenance and stormwater practices.

Whether a utility company is installing new distribution facilities,
upgrading booster stations, surveying existing assets, or making
improvements to better service their customers, RAR is continually
relied upon to provide engineering and design services. These services include the design of waterline projects from
inception, assisting in the determination of the distribution route,
through final design and engineering services through construction.

R.A.R. Engineering Group, inc. worked with Taylor Township, the township's Burg-Connect committee, the City of New Castle, and local businesses to design an ADA compliant playground equipped with accessible playground equipment, & wheelchair accessible walkways.

R.A.R. Engineering Group, inc. provided both preliminary and final design of the Ranger Station at Jellystone Park in Harrisville, Pennsylvania. The Ranger Station provides guests with easy accessibility to items when staying.

R.A.R. Engineering Group, inc. performs Aquifer Testing and Hydrogeologic Assessments of Public Water Supplies. These assessments are completed by in-house staff of Professional Geologists and field technicians, performing the field work, analyzing the data collected, and preparing all necessary reports.

The New Castle Sanitation Authority is extending its collection and
conveyance system further into Shenango Township. This project
involves the design of approximately 220,000 feet of low‐pressure
sewers, force mains, and gravity sewers. It also includes the design
of three new lift stations and upgrades to two existing lift stations.
With the completion of this project, the New Castle Sanitation
Authority will provide sanitary sewer services to more than 12,000
households in the New Castle Area.

R.A.R. Engineering Group, inc. provided preliminary design, final design, and engineering services throughout the restructuring of the Neshannock Township Elementary School's roof and building exterior.