Land Planning
Landscape Architecture
Civil Engineering
  Highlights
2011 Envision Award Winner
Deer Run
Derry Township, Dauphin County, PA

RGS assisted the developers in securing the approvals necessary for the construction of 242 townhomes clustered on 102.41 acres. Fifty-two percent of the site is retained in common open space. The open space has been designed to enhance the riparian buffer area of an existing stream corridor and to provide a greenway connection to the adjacent Swatara Creek. RGS prepared an open space management plan for the maintenance of the common areas for use by the homeowners' association. The site also required the relocation and rehabilitation of approximately 700 lineal feet of stream to relieve flooding concerns and accommodate public roadway improvements.

RGS Associates provided the following services:
  • Site analysis and conceptual design
  • Floodplain delineation and hydraulic analysis
  • Conditional use representation and approvals
  • Traffic study coordination
  • Box culvert design
  • Site planning, design and engineering
  • PA DEP/Army Corp. of Engineers joint permitting for stream relocation, habitat restoration, box culvert placement and utility crossings
  • Open space management plan preparation
  • Maximum Price Management: value-engineered design solutions
  • Land development/site engineering