Current demographic and economic trends are pushing a New Urbanization, with an entire generation of people moving back into our urban centers in numbers not seen since the early 1900's. Our urban centers are being re-developed into 24-7 live/work/play destinations, offering the full range of services and amenities required by the new urban population. A key component of the re-building and re-inventing of our cities; our urban planners and municipal leaders are creating new and exciting streetscape environments to compliment the new and renovated built environment.

As a major element of the concept of “walking urbanity”, pedestrian friendly streetscapes mean more than just wider sidewalks; streetscape design becomes an integral part of the new Urban Plan. Our streetscapes define how we live in, and interact with, our community. The streetscape is more than just a plan to facilitate our pedestrian, personal and mass-transit requirements as we go about getting to our work and leisure activities. The streetscape brings an aesthetic appeal and an identity to our urban centers. Streetscape can have significant effect on how people perceive and interact with their community.

As a provider of infrastructure construction services for the urban environment, W.L. Hailey has an extensive corporate resume in the construction of the utility systems that support the redevelopment of our cities. Among many, this list includes the extensive utility tunnel systems that underlie downtown Nashville, large-scale combined sewer separation projects in downtown Nashville, Knoxville and Richmond, as well as numerous urban water main installations and water main rehabilitation projects.

More recently, Hailey has added the Church Street and Capitol Avenue Streetscapes project to our corporate resume, building upon previous experience on similar projects within Nashville and elsewhere.

Hailey can tackle complex projects in our urban centers, working as a team with city planners, developers and engineers. Building upon our past experience, we can solve your construction problems while causing minimal disruption to your neighborhoods.

For more information, contact Andrew Swank at 615-255-3161 ext. 115