The United Methodist Retirement Community at Givens Estates in Asheville, North Carolina is planning to construct a five-story, 300,000 square foot (sf) independent living apartment building, 59 cottages, and a new perimeter roadway on an approximate 187-acre site located east of NC 25A/Sweeten Creek Road in Buncombe County, approximately seven miles south of Asheville, North Carolina. When Hurricanes Ivan and Frances blew through Western North Carolina they created havoc on waterways.  At the Givens Estates a step-pool complex was blown out on the stream.  AES was hired to restore many reaches on Dingle Creek.  On this particular reach an excavator was used to place the cross-veins.  A crane was also used to lower the rocks used down into the streamway.  The thalwag was relocated to improve storm flow capacity and to protect eroding streambanks.  A series of rock vein structures were constructed to transition the new channel to the existing grade and to dissipate energy.  Streambanks were lined with coconut fiber blankets and planted with native riparian vegetation.

Services Offered:  Stream Mitigation Construction and Construction Management

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