Parks & Recreation

Bowman’s parks and recreation-oriented clients include public and private clients including municipalities, schools, private developers, playground associations and other community organizations. Our team of planners, engineers and architects are skilled at transforming recreational visions to reality by helping our clients work through complex land use regulations, environmental permitting and financial challenges.

From park master planning to construction management services, our teams have the experience to get projects completed on-time and on-budget. If our clients need help procuring grants to fund land acquisition and recreational development projects, Bowman can also provide expertise navigating that process. Additionally, with Bowman’s comprehensive in-house capabilities, we have the ability to design parks with minimal environmental impacts by implementing Low-Impact Development (LID) features, Best Management Practices (BMPs) and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) methodologies. 

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Capabilities

  • ADA Access Improvements
  • Athletic Fields including Baseball, Field Hockey, Football, Lacrosse, Soccer & Softball
  • All-Weather Track & Field Subsurface Drainage & Irrigation Systems
  • Sports Amenities: Synthetic Turf Fields, Tennis Courts, Volleyball Courts, Basketball Courts
  • Playgrounds
  • Multi-Use Trails
  • Parking
  • Fishing and Boat Access
  • Open Space & Passive Recreation

Experience

Los Altos Park Renovation

Albuquerqe, NM

Our team provided subsurface utility engineering, professional surveying, civil engineering, and UAV services to support the planning, design and construction of a major city park renovation to an approximately 40-acre existing public facility in Albuquerque, NM.

Town of Alburgh Recreation Trails Master Planning

Alburgh, VT

Our team worked with the Northwest Regional Planning Commission (NRPC) and the Town of Alburgh on concept planning and wetlands delineation for the Alburgh Recreation Master Plan.

Sports Complex at John Anson Ford Park

Bell Gardens, CA

The Bell Gardens Sports Complex is located at the John Anson Ford Park, a major regional park facility in the City of Bell Gardens. We were tasked with designing and managing the construction of the new sports facilities, which replaced an old park that was dilapidated and functionally outdated.

Moana Springs Recreation Complex

Reno, NV

The once vibrant and actively used ball park, known as the Moana Stadium, had become an eyesore in need of an overhaul. Thanks to the championing efforts of the Reno City Council, City staff and the Great Basin Youth Soccer League, the stadium was able to turn into a community asset.

South Valleys Regional Park

Reno, NV

Our team was responsible for the design (master planning and construction documents) and project management of an 83-acre park in the Southwest Truckee Meadows. The park incorporated parcels from different property owners. We assisted in the negotiations between the owners and Washoe County for the land dedication.

Downtown Beautification Project

Baldwin Park, CA

The scope of work included replacing existing streetlight and traffic signal infrastructure with new decorative infrastructure designed to identify and create visual points of interest that highlight and activate the Baldwin Park community.

Clemson University Football Operations Facility

Clemson, SC

Clemson University retained our team to perform an independent, third-party review of the performance-based design analysis. The team also assisted Clemson University with gaining the South Carolina Office of the State Engineer’s acceptance of the performance-based design.

Arizona State University Gammage Auditorium

Tempe, AZ

Provide code consulting and fire protection design services for this 3,000-seat auditorium designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1964. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and, as the last publicly commissioned building designed by Wright, it is architecturally and culturally significant to Arizona.

James Bland Pocket Park

Alexandria, VA

Bowman worked with city staff, community stakeholders and an archaeologist to develop a design that integrates a community gathering space, an active play area for children 2-5 years old, and the history of the site.

Frying Pan Farm Park

Farifax, VA

Frying Pan Farm Park is located in western Fairfax County and preserves and interprets a 1920’s through 1950’s farm, agricultural process, and rural community life. The farm serves as a landscape for educational, cultural and recreational enrichment for citizens and visitors of Fairfax County.

Pohick Stream Valley Park – Burke Station Trail

Burke, VA

Bowman provided planning, engineering, surveying, and environmental consulting services for development of the 2,800 LF of stream valley trail within the surrounding Burke Station Park. Development included design of the eight-ft. wide multipurpose trail, pedestrian bridge crossing, culverts and associated improvements.

Ken Lawrence Park: Athletic Fields & Stream Valley Trail

Tysons, VA

As part of the 2.5 million sq. ft. redevelopment project known as Arbor Row, located within the heart of the new Tyson Urban Center, Bowman provided full service engineering, environmental, surveying and construction administration services for the first two synthetic turf fields in Tysons, VA.

Nottoway Park Ballfield Retrofit

Vienna, VA

Bowman provided survey and civil engineering services for the conversion of Diamond Field #1 from a natural turf to a synthetic turf field. The project included a stone galley stormwater management reservoir and structural controls as required to meet local and state regulations.

Restaurant Row Park

San Marcos, CA

Bowman was contracted to perform landscape architecture services for Restaurant Row Park in San Marcos, CA. The park’s design “paid tribute to the legacy of Restaurant Row” with repurposed vintage materials and similar color schemes.

Lee District Park

Franconia, VA

Bowman provided landscape architecture, planning, engineering, surveying and environmental consulting services within the 120-acre Lee District Park which included the multi-phased development of the Family Recreation Area and Our Special Harbor Spray Park, Accessible Tree House, and Chessie’s Trail.

Laurel Hill Regional Park

Lorton, VA

Bowman provided landscape architecture, planning, engineering, surveying and environmental consulting services within Areas E, F, and G (aka the ‘Central Green’) within the 1,200-acre Laurel Hill Regional Park.

Baltimore Ravens Under Armour Performance Center

Owings Mills, MD

Bowman provided mechanical, electrical and plumbing design engineering for the interior renovation of the 113,237 sq. ft. training facility, as well as a 46,000 sq. ft., two-story addition to the Baltimore Raven’s Under Armour Performance Center.

Branch Brook Park and Yanticaw Park

Newark and Nutley, NJ

The softball field at Yanticaw park was an existing synthetic turf softball field with an all clay infield. Our task was to replace the clay infield with synthetic turf. Improvements included synthetic turf, stormwater system, and improvements to the existing scoreboard.

Kushner Academy Athletic Fields

Township of Livingston, Essex County, NJ

Bowman provided civil engineering, landscape architecture and surveying services to the Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy for the redesign of their recreational fields and playground areas. Kushner Academy is located in Livingston, NJ and is a K -12 facility. The school also serves as the location of a summer camp program.

San Diego State University, Snapdragon Stadium

San Diego, CA

Our team was selected to lead the design team for San Diego State University (SDSU) in building a world-class university campus, research center and multi-use stadium in Mission Valley. The project will serve higher education, the public good and the community’s goals and aspirations.

Harmony Grove Village South

San Diego, CA

Provided professional landscape architecture services for the County of San Diego Sheriff’s Firearms Training Center. Located in Otay Mesa, the Sheriff’s Firearms Training Center provides training and qualifications for our local police, sheriffs, CIA and FBI agents.

Dennery Park

Chula Vista, CA

Provided land planning and landscape architecture services for the bridging document design of the 9-acre neighborhood park located in Ocean View Hills. The project site is bound by Dennery Rd. to the south and Parkview housing development to the west and Otay Valley Regional Park to the north.

Petco Park

San Diego, CA

Provided civil engineering, construction survey, and environmental planning on the new Padres ballpark (Petco Park). As the lead civil engineer on the project, we provided a broad range of services including hardscape plans for the utilities to serve the ballpark and surrounding five plazas and streets; land use studies; cost estimates; construction-staking surveying; and construction management.

Fort Pickens Pedestrian Pier

Fort Pickens, FL

Our team of experts worked with the Army Corps of Engineers (COE) to perform a controlled topographic survey at Fort Pickens Beach to establish control points for the piles to accommodate the building of a pedestrian pier. The survey was controlled because artifacts had been discovered close to the proposed construction site.

Escambia County ADA Studies

Escambia County, FL

This project consisted of the evaluation of nine buildings and eight parks to determine if they meet current American Disabilities Act Standards for access by handicapped individuals. In addition to the nine building facilities, there were 28 buildings and 78 ballfields at the eight parks.

Rock Springs Park

Lawrenceville, GA

Park programming for this 120-acre park consisted of a three-field, sodded, lighted, fenced, irrigated soccer pitch area, dog park areas, and a large concession/restroom building and plaza area. The project also required the design and implementation of a new park entrance with all associated lighting.

E. E. Robinson Park

Sugar Hill, GA

A 67-acres park and nature area contained multiple streams, steep slopes, mature landmark trees and beautiful vistas. The county planned to program the park with a multi-purpose field complex, structured picnic area, nature trail with wayfinding and nature kiosks, multiple pavilions and a large playground complex.

Alexander Park

Lawrenceville, GA

Provided landscape architecture and civil design for this 91-acre park that included an informal terraced amphitheater, an 18-hole disc golf course, two miles of paved multi-use trails, a one-mile natural cross country trail, pedestrian plaza, playground, pond fishing piers, an outdoor classroom and multiple pavilions and buildings.

Discovery Park

Lawrenceville, GA

Gwinnett County Community Park’s master plan program includes a multi-use field complex, playground/splashpad complex, a play courts area with three-on-three soccer/basketball/volleyball, a four-square setup and outdoor ping pong. A 1.5-mile perimeter multi-use trail (for walking and bicycling) encompasses the park and connects all use areas.

Bernheim Forest Bike Trail

Clermont, KY

Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest is a 16,140-acre privately operated arboretum, forest and natural preserve. Located 25 mi south of Louisville, KY, this natural area is visited by more than 500,000 visitors annually.

Arthur K Draut Park

Louisville, KY

Arthur K Draut Park is an 18.9-acre park initially developed to be utilized for water retention during heavy rain. The new improvement added walking trails and open spaces with seating to create a more accessible space for the community. Elevated overlooks and bridges were also added to preserve the integrity of the existing wetlands within Beargrass Creek watershed.

Weequahic Park Playground Improvements

Newark, NJ

Bowman provided various services for the design of a new children’s playground which included replacing the old playground and improvements to the existing pavilion building. The playground was designed to provide dedicated outdoor social play areas for children aged 2-5 and 5-12. The two play areas are separated by a walkway, and both include climbers and swings at the appropriate skill levels.

U.S. Naval Academy Hammer Throw Field Improvements

Annapolis, MD

Bowman provided surveying, civil engineering, site and landscape plans, and a forest conservation plan for this project at the U.S. Naval Academy in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Bowman’s scope of services included regrading and providing swales around the hammer throw fields to provide stormwater management through swale infiltration.

UT Tennis Center, UTGC Recreational Swim Center, and TWC Residential Casitas

Travis County, TX

This mixed-use project includes a tennis center with six indoor courts and four outdoor courts for University of Texas Athletics, a recreational swimming facility and concession building for The University of Texas Golf Club, and 20 residential “casitas” (condominiums). Bowman refined the land plan, designed the shared on-site and off-site infrastructure, and managed the site plan approval process.

Summers Corner

Dorchester County, CO

Bowman provided engineering and surveying services for this 400-lot community including construction plans, plats, field services, GIS-based exhibits and builder contract exhibits and services.

Ruby Hill Park

Denver, CO

Ruby Hill Park serves as a major active recreational resource for southwest Denver as well as for surrounding communities. This 80-acre park was planned and designed in multiple phases, and Bowman served as the owner’s representative providing civil design services for Phases I and II.

Parsippany Veterans Park

Parsippany, NJ

Bowman provided civil engineering, designing, and planning construction documents for Veterans Park in Parsippany. Working in conjunction with a landscape architect, Bowman provided all necessary civil engineering documents and obtained required permits.

Pohick Stream Valley Trail

Fairfax County, VA

Bowman has provided site engineering design, environmental reconnaissance and permitting, and topographic survey for the construction of five, 80 foot long, fair weather stream crossing structures, and 1,300 lf of new trail construction and rehabilitation of existing trail.

Martin County Aquatic Center

Martin County, FL

The project includes the site civil engineering for the County Aquatic Center consisting of four pools and associated recreational amenities. Design and permitting of site civil engineering features including pool decking and drainage, access roadways and parking, stormwater management conveyance facilities, stormwater storage and treatment, site grading, water and wastewater utilities.

Levitt Pavilion

Denver, CO

Bowman provided civil engineering for this 7,500 capacity amphitheater project in Ruby Hill Park with a 1,500 sq. ft. stage for Denver’s Department of Parks and Recreation.

Hutto YMCA

Hutto, TX

Bowman provided its core services including planning, layout, surveying, design and coordination, permitting, bidding and construction observation for this 4-acre YMCA facility. In addition, Bowman was tasked with the coordination of all approvals, permitting and platting with the City of Hutto, Williamson County, and the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality (TCEQ).

Ken Lawrence Stream Valley Trail

Tysons, VA

Bowman provided full service engineering, environmental, surveying and construction administration for the restoration of 800 lf of degraded stream valley, installation of 1,000 lf of new trails, and a 30 foot long pedestrian bridge crossing, as well as the first two synthetic turf fields in Tysons Virginia.

Fairfax Village Neighborhood Center

Fort Belvoir, VA

The Fairfax Village Neighborhood Center is part of the U.S. Army Residential Communities Initiative to upgrade, redevelop and provide market rate residential housing and amenities for the men and women of our armed forces. The project was awarded LEED-NC 2.2 Platinum Certification by the United States Green Building Council.

Disaster Recovery Services Great Gorge Golf Course

Sussex County, NJ

Bowman provided disaster recovery services on behalf of York Risk Services Group to assess the physical and financial damage to Great Gorge Golf Course as a result of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. Bowman services consisted of assessing damage through analysis of on-site mapping before and after conditions and preparing a report and photo documentation of findings.

Clarks Branch Bridge Riverbend Park

Fairfax County, VA

Bowman provided watershed analysis, preliminary and final engineering design, environmental investigation and permitting, surveying and construction documentation, for design and installation of the 90 foot span hiker/equestrian bridge span over the Clark’s Branch tributary.

Chessie’s Trail: Lee District Park

Fairfax County, VA

Bowman provided planning, engineering, surveying, landscape architecture, and environmental consulting services within the 120-acre Lee District Park as part of the Family Recreation Area Spray Park and Accessible Tree House and Chessie Trail development. The accessible trails and tree house project had significant topographic and tree preservation challenges.

Beaverdam Reservoir

Brambleton, VA

With this study, Bowman’s team prepared a schematic design for potential park features, developed base mapping to determine development constraints and the boundaries of environmental overlay districts using GIS data, and identified potential access locations and existing public utilities. The information was to be used for development of a conceptual facility layout.

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