Services We Offer
Engineering and Construction Solutions
Erdman Anthony offers a range of services to fulfill client needs.
Services
Bridge and Structure Design
Erdman Anthony provides innovative bridge design solutions that prioritize structural integrity and constructibility. Our expertise includes analysis, permitting assistance, and construction management for new, reconstructed, rehabilitated, and historic projects.
Services Include
- As-built planning with certification of bridge rating
- Bridge inspection
- Bridge/culvert hydraulic studies
- Design for new, reconstruction, and historic projects
- Environmental permitting
- Erection and construction-phase engineering
- Hydrology and hydraulics
- Large culverts
- Load ratings
- Noise barriers and retaining walls
- Open-channel hydraulics
- Painting/coatings
- Preventive maintenance
- Rehabilitation design
- Scour analysis
- Seismic, fatigue, and vulnerability assessments
- Specialized bridge structures
- Superload evaluations
Building Control Systems Design
Erdman Anthony delivers cutting-edge building control systems that prioritize efficiency and data integration.
Services Include:
- Adjustable-frequency drives (AFD)/variable-frequency drives (VFD)
- Building management systems (BMS)
- Energy management systems (EMS)
- HVAC systems’ control design
- Instrumentation design
- Lighting control (LEED, NYSERDA, etc.)
- Metering and historical data collection
- Networked systems (LON, BACnet, ModBus, Profibus)
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Erdman Anthony’s expertise in BIM streamlines collaboration, visualizes projects, and enhances design quality.
Services Include:
- 2D to 3D conversions
- 360-degree photo documentation/imaging
- 3D visualizations
- Exterior elevations
- Floor and ceiling plans
- Floor plans and interiors
- High-definition 3D laser scanning and surveying
- Implementation of 4D models
- Model sharing and collaboration between disciplines
- Point cloud datasets for information-rich models
Related Projects
Hobart and William Smith Colleges Gearan Center for the Performing Arts
Commissioning and Energy Modeling
Geneva, NY
Central Plant Design
Erdman Anthony’s central plant design solutions emphasize energy efficiency, safety, and sustainability. We design electrical and mechanical systems to optimize performance, meet emission standards, and deliver reliable power while minimizing environmental impact.
Services Include:
- Boiler economizers
- Boiler plant controls
- Boilers
- Breechings
- Chemical and non-chemical water treatment systems
- Chiller performance optimization
- Chillers
- Cogeneration
- Compressed air
- Cooling towers
- Feedwater economizers
- Flue stacks
- Generators
- High-pressure steam
- Scrubbers
Commissioning
Commissioning (Cx) is key in improving a building’s operations and maintenance efforts and can also help lower costs. That’s why verifying your building’s systems are working for you, not against you, is at the foundation of Erdman Anthony’s Cx services.
Including Cx in your next project, or as part of your facilities operational plan, can help you realize:
- Fewer construction change orders
- More facility up-time and fewer occupant complaints
- Quicker project closeout with fewer contractor callbacks
- Reduced energy consumption/cost
- Reduced maintenance costs
We provide Cx services for building owners and facilities managers in the educational, municipal, health care, industrial, correctional, retail and commercial markets. As a dedicated, experienced advocate, we provide:
- Backup and emergency power generators
- Building enclosure Cx
- Electrical and lighting system Cx
- Existing building Cx
- Fire pumps and sprinkler systems
- Geothermal well field Cx
- Green and renewable system Cx
- HVAC and control system Cx
- New construction Cx
- Ongoing Cx
- Pre-design Cx – Owner Project Requirements (OPR) and Basis of Design (BOD)
- Refrigeration system Cx
- Special systems Cx – fire alarm, security
Erdman Anthony is a member of multiple industry organizations and our engineers have obtained the following accreditations:
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Related Projects
Hobart and William Smith Colleges Gearan Center for the Performing Arts
Commissioning and Energy Modeling
Geneva, NY
Condition Evaluation and Planning
Erdman Anthony’s condition evaluation and planning services identify structural needs and maintenance strategies.
Services Include:
- Bridge inspection and load rating
- Emergency inspections
- Short- and long-term maintenance programming
- Track- and right-of-way condition assessment
- Track-reactivation studies
- Quiet zones
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Buffalo Large Water Main Rehabilitation
Water Main Design and Construction Inspection
Buffalo, NY
Construction Inspection, Observation, and Documentation
Erdman Anthony provides inspection, observation, and documentation through the whole project, from preconstruction activities to closeout.
Services Include:
- Assistance with change order review and finalization
- Construction closeout
- Documentation of construction activities relative to design plans and specifications
- Environmental monitoring
- Evaluation of completed work for acceptance and payment
- Job-progress reporting
- On-site observation during construction
- Preconstruction site documentation
- Punch list creation and monitoring
- Record drawings
- Traffic monitoring
Construction Management, Engineering, and Administration
Erdman Anthony offers comprehensive management and engineering solutions to verify projects stay on schedule and within budget.
Services Include:
- Bidding assistance
- Bridge erection and demolition plan reviews
- Claims avoidance, mitigation, and dispute resolution
- Constructibility reviews
- Construction scheduling and review
- Cost estimates
- Project administration
- Shop-drawing reviews and approvals
- Structural analysis and load rating evaluations
- Submittal review
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I-83 Exit 4, Shrewsbury Interchange
Construction Management and Construction Inspection
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PA Turnpike NB 391 Bridge Replacement
Construction Management and Construction Inspection
Lehigh County, PA
PA Turnpike MP 242-245 Total Reconstruction
Construction Management and Construction Inspection
York County, PA
Dam Support
Erdman Anthony offers dam services focused on safety, rehabilitation, and functionality. We provide assessments and design solutions to address structural integrity, environmental impact, and regulatory compliance for the protection and longevity of dam infrastructure.
Services Include:
- Dam-breach analysis
- Emergency action plans
- Engineering assessments
- Hazard reclassification studies
- Inspection and maintenance plans
- Inundation analysis and mapping
- Permitting
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MEP Design and Construction Services
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Electrical Power and Distribution
Erdman Anthony’s power and distribution solutions focus on coordinated and cost-effective designs while considering the safety of maintenance personnel.
Services Include:
- Alternative energy source interface behind the meter
- Arc flash studies
- Building distribution systems
- Cogeneration systems
- Distribution-class aerial lines
- Emergency and backup generation systems
- Fault, load flow, and coordination studies
- Medium-voltage system design
- Protective relay programming
- Substation design for client-owned facilities
- Utility coordination
- Low-voltage systems
Energy Efficiency Consulting
Achieve better efficiency, performance, productivity, and occupant comfort at your facilities through energy efficiency optimization. Erdman Anthony provides energy consulting expertise to owners and operators of new and existing buildings across markets, helping them with a building’s operating costs, system operations, and energy consumption.
Services Include:
- Building energy simulation modeling
- Energy audits and capital improvement studies
- Financial incentives and tax benefits guidance
- Green building certification consulting
- Ongoing commissioning
- Third-party design review and analysis
Existing Building Surveys and Planning
Erdman Anthony’s facilities experts conduct in-depth surveys of existing buildings and provide informed planning for any stage of rehabilitation, retrofit, or renovation.
Services Include:
- Building MEP system surveys
- Documentation of existing conditions
- Evaluations of existing systems
- Identification of short- and long-term maintenance and/or replacement strategies
- Recommendations for upgrades/expansions to meet new program requirements
- Recommendations related to code compliance
Fire Protection and Life Safety
Erdman Anthony emphasizes fire protection and life safety systems to meet regulatory standards and prevent hazards.
Services Include:
- AFFF foam systems
- Analysis of building and fire codes
- Automatic sprinkler systems
- Carbon-monoxide building assessments
- Computer/server-room fire protection systems
- Construction-related risk assessment
- Explosion prevention
- Facility and campus master planning
- Fire, intrusion, smoke, and hazardous gas detection and alarm systems
- Fire-risk assessments/performance-based design
- Fire pump design
- Hazardous material storage and classification
- Independent-expert investigations
- Site-plan and water supply system evaluation
- Smoke management
- Special-hazard fire suppression
Related Projects
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HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, and Fire Protection Design
Various Locations
Reid III Office/Retail Building
Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Design
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SUNY Geneseo Bailey Hall
Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Design, and Construction Assistance
Geneseo, NY
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Erdman Anthony’s GIS solutions facilitate precise data analysis, conversion, and management for infrastructure projects.
Services Include:
- Data collection, conversions, and maintenance
- Dataset creation
- Utility cataloging
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National Telecommunications Provider Services
Telecommunications System Expansion – Microcell Site Design
Various Locations
Grant Implementation, Monitoring, and Reporting
Erdman Anthony is experienced in guiding clients through the entire process when grant funding is part of their projects.
Services Include:
- Creating report documentation to meet grant compliance requirements
- Developing implementation plans for client grants
- Providing site visits and field evaluations, and monitoring risk
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
Erdman Anthony’s HVAC system designs deliver tailored solutions for temperature control, air quality, and energy efficiency.
Services Include:
- Air filtration and emissions control
- Building HVAC systems
- Central campus steam, HTHW, MTHW, and chilled water distribution systems
- Central heating and cooling power plants
- Cleanrooms and mini-environments
- Close-tolerance temperature and humidity-control
- Cogeneration plants
- District heating and cooling systems
- Dust collection and industrial ventilation
- Feasibility and life-cycle cost analysis
- High-pressure steam distribution systems
- Humidity control strategies for precise moisture control management
- Kitchen exhaust and makeup air systems
- Laboratory ventilation and pressurization
- Specialty and hazardous exhaust systems
- Systems assessment (functionality and performance)
- Thermal energy storage and recovery
Highway and Street Design
Erdman Anthony delivers highway and street design solutions tailored for safety and efficiency. We emphasize community impact, traffic flow, and environmental considerations.
Services Include:
- Accident analysis and evaluation
- Bicycle and pedestrian trails and facilities
- Capacity analysis and traffic-signal design
- Environmental permitting
- Erosion and sediment management analysis and design
- Highways on new alignment
- Interchanges (high-speed, local-access, diverging-diamond)
- Intersection improvements and safety enhancements
- Interstate and expressway reconstruction
- Lighting systems
- Main street revitalization
- Pavement evaluation, life cycle, and design
- Planning and corridor studies
- Public participation
- Roundabout design
- Signing and sign-structure design
- Stormwater quantity and quality planning
- Traffic-control plans
Related Projects
SR 7 from Palm Beach/Broward County Line to Glades Rd.
Lighting and Signal Improvements
Broward County, FL
Laser Scanning
Erdman Anthony uses high-resolution laser scanning to deliver accurate 3D modeling and precision mapping for various applications.
Services Include:
- High-resolution laser imaging
- Horizontal and vertical mapping
- Precision 3D modeling
- Terrestrial/mobile applications
Lighting Design
Erdman Anthony provides lighting design solutions with energy-efficient lighting controls for interior and exterior applications.
Services Include:
- Emergency lighting systems
- Luminaire selections
- Photometric calculations and renderings
Related Projects
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Design, Survey, and Environmentally Friendly Lighting
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Park Infrastructure Design
Erdman Anthony has longtime experience in providing designs for park infrastructure that are sensitive to community and environmental needs.
Services Include:
- Drainage and stormwater improvements
- Roadways and highways
- Utility upgrades
- Waterfronts, shorelines, and trails
Parking Lot Design
Erdman Anthony’s expertise in site engineering includes designs for parking lots that meet the property owner’s requirements for safety and maintenance – and users’ need for convenience.
Services Include:
- Efficient, accessible, safe layouts
- Lighting, markers, signage, and barriers
- Pavement factors, including durability
- Stakeholder considerations
Peer Review
Erdman Anthony’s team of engineers provides an independent and unbiased peer review throughout a project’s design process.
Services Include:
- Code compliance
- Collaborative assessment and review
- Safety and efficiency
- Verifying the efficacy of innovative designs
Process Piping and Plumbing Systems
Erdman Anthony provides piping and plumbing systems for efficient fluid transport and storage.
Services Include:
- Central utility piping systems
- Compressed-air plants and piping
- Cross-connection control
- Domestic water systems
- Process and specialty fluid piping and pumping systems
- Medical and laboratory gas services
- Pipe-stress analysis
- Process chemical storage and delivery systems
- Pure water systems
- Sanitary, storm, and specialty drainage systems
- Steam and condensate piping
Rail Freight Transfer Facilities Design
Erdman Anthony’s freight transfer facilities optimize bulk handling, storage, and transfer systems for maximum efficiency.
Services Include:
- Conveyance and bulk transfer systems
- Loading and storage areas
- Track scales
- Transload and intermodal terminals
Rail Planning and Design
Erdman Anthony delivers railroad planning and design services that prioritize safety, efficiency, and environmental sustainability.
Services Include:
- Bridge and culvert rehabilitation/replacement
- Conveyance and bulk transfer systems
- Drainage improvements, scour evaluation, and washout repair
- Emergency inspections and repair recommendations
- Grade crossings and warning devices
- Load capacity and clearance improvements
- Locomotive and car maintenance facilities
- Long-term maintenance programming
- Mainline, side track, and spur construction/rehabilitation
- Passenger and freight facilities
- Quiet zones
- Track and right-of-way condition assessment
- Track-reactivation studies
- Track scales
- Transload and intermodal terminals
- Yard and interchange reconfiguration
Rail Station and Platform Design
Erdman Anthony’s station and platform designs focus on safety, accessibility, and code compliance.
Services Include:
- Barriers and security improvements
- Condition inspection and code compliance
- Mobility improvements
- Platform extension and rehabilitation
Rail Track and Bridge Design
Erdman Anthony specializes in the design and rehabilitation of track and bridge structures, enhancing capacity and safety.
Services Include:
- Bridge and culvert rehabilitation and replacement
- Drainage improvements, scour evaluation, and washout repair
- Grade crossings and warning devices
- Load capacity and clearance improvements
- Sidetrack and yard construction
Refrigeration Engineering
Erdman Anthony provides refrigeration engineering solutions tailored for diverse cooling needs.
Services Include:
- Air- and water-cooled condensers
- Ammonia systems
- CO2 refrigeration systems
- Trans-critical refrigeration systems
- Direct expansion systems
- Secondary coolant systems
- Water-side economizers
- Refrigerant evaluations
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HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, and Fire Protection Design
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Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Refrigeration Design
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The Fresh Market – Flagship Store
Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Refrigeration Design
Greensboro, NC
Right-of-Way Structures
Erdman Anthony designs right-of-way structures that prioritize safety and durability, enhancing transportation infrastructure.
Services Include:
- Fences and noise barriers
- Light mast, catenary, and sign foundations
- Retaining walls
- Tunnels and shafts
Sidewalk, Trail, & Bicycle Path Design
Erdman Anthony has longtime experience in providing pedestrian-sensitive design for sidewalks in urban, suburban, and rural communities.
Services Include:
- ADA compliance
- Complete Streets and active design approaches
- Master-plan fulfillment
- Proficiency with municipal codes and requirements
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Superstructure Replacement and Roundabout Design
Amherst, NY
Site Planning/Land Development
Erdman Anthony provides site planning and development services, delivering efficient layouts and achieving regulatory compliance.
Services Include:
- Drainage system analysis and design
- Efficient site layouts
- Fire protection and hydrants
- Green design applications
- Highway-entrance permitting and design
- Permits and approvals
- Potable water system design
- Site lighting and electrical system design
- Stormwater management analysis and design
- Stormwater permitting and regulatory compliance
- Stormwater pollution prevention planning and inspection
- Stormwater quantity and quality planning
- Signage and way-finding
- Streetscape design
- Traffic-flow solutions
Stormwater Management
Erdman Anthony’s stormwater management services prioritize flood mitigation and regulatory compliance to safeguard communities. We meticulously analyze drainage systems and develop hydrological models.
Services Include:
- Drainage and flooding-issue studies
- Drainage system analysis and design
- Erosion and sediment pollution-control planning
- FEMA Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) preparation
- FEMA Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) preparation
- Flooding mitigation
- Floodplain/floodway modeling, including 2D
- Runoff hydrology development
- State and federal floodplain regulatory permitting
- Stormwater management analysis and design
- Stormwater pollution prevention planning and inspection
- Stormwater regulatory permitting during and after construction
- Watershed delineation
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Survey and Mapping
Erdman Anthony’s survey and mapping services use cutting-edge technologies to provide precise, comprehensive data. We offer solutions for legal, engineering, and construction needs.
Services Include:
- 3D modeling
- ALTA/NSPS land title surveys
- Boundary/right-of-way/acquisition
- Cadastral mapping
- Construction layout
- Forensic/accident surveys
- Hydrographic monitoring
- Post-construction as-built record
- Subsurface utility
- Topographic mapping
- Volume/quantity
Traffic Engineering
Erdman Anthony’s traffic signalization designs improve traffic flow, enhance safety, and reduce congestion. We use the latest technology to design and implement solutions that integrate seamlessly with existing infrastructure.
Services Include:
- Crash history investigations
- Intelligent transportation systems
- Intersection control evaluations
- Isolated and interconnected traffic signal systems
- Road safety audits
- Traffic impact studies
- Traffic simulation models
Value Engineering
Erdman Anthony is highly attuned to client needs, providing a systematic approach to engineering design solutions that balances functionality, quality, and cost.
SERVICES INCLUDE:
- Communication with contractors during the construction phase
- Consistency, from design concept to design completion
- Maximizing efficiency when confronted with change orders
- Optimizing designs for performance, quality, reliability, and safety
Wastewater Collection Systems
Erdman Anthony offers wastewater collection system design and optimization, with a focus on hydraulic efficiency and regulatory compliance.
Services Include:
- Force mains
- Gravity systems
- Green design
- Hydraulic analyses
- Inflow and infiltration studies
- On-site treatment systems
- Pump stations
- Septic design
- Sewer flow optimization
- Special structures
- Transmission mains
Related Projects
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Sanitary Sewer Design
Red House, NY
Water Distribution Systems
Erdman Anthony’s water distribution system solutions emphasize precise design, efficient flow, and sustainable infrastructure improvements.
Services Include:
- Distribution systems
- Flow testing
- Hydraulic analyses and pipe sizing
- Hydrologic evaluations
- Large-valve repair and replacement
- New systems and rehabilitations
- Planning studies
- Transmission systems
