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Dekalb County, Georgia center to host tours of the facility. General Engineering and Environmental Management Services 51 In 2004, DeKalb County selected HDR to be their solid waste consultant. One of the first assignments requested by the County was the design of new state -of- the -art transfer station to replace their existing transfer station and abandoned solid waste incinerator, located in the County administrative complex. HDR proceeded with the planning and the development of a 1700 ton per day transfer station and administrative services complex. This effort included the design of a new 40,000 square foot transfer station facility and adjacent 21,000 square foot administration /office building. The administrative /office building is also designed as a training and information HDR services included site evaluation, permitting, engineering, design, construction administration and construction monitoring activities. The project work included the demolition and remediation of an existing incinerator. Siting issues included stream buffer requirements and the removal of invasive plant species. Design was completed at the end of 2006, and construction completed in December 2008. Full operations were initiated in January 2009. Staten Island, New York On April 17, 2007, when New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg opened the Staten Island rail line, a local official dubbed the event a golden spike announcement. While the original 1869 golden spike event in Utah launched a new era of mobility for people, the opening of the Staten Island Railroad marked the beginning of a new era in waste management for the City of New York. The Staten Island Transfer Station is the first of several proposed new facilities owned and operated by New York City to become operational. A program for long term export of municipal waste was authorized as part of a comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP) developed for the New York City Department of Sanitation with assistance from HDR. Under the plan, a series of facilities will transport waste outside the area by rail, by barge or a combination of transportation options. As a key element of the New York SWMP, the Staten Island Transfer Station was designed by HDR to process up to 1,200 tons per day of Staten Island's residential and institutional waste. Waste delivered by the Department of Sanitation is processed inside the nearly 80,000- square -foot facility using compactors to load leak -proof intermodal containers. Four containers are loaded onto each flatbed rail car for transport to a landfill outside the area. As New York City's solid waste management consultant of choice, HDR supported construction of the Staten Island Transfer Station by preparing the permit application and detailed design documents for the facility, which included the transfer station itself as well as administration and maintenance buildings and an on -site rail spur. Additional HDR work included developing a wetlands mitigation plan for a rail bridge crossing, oversight of geotechnical and surveying work, construction monitoring and design support. Page 36 1 Lq