Wi-Skies, LLC Engineering Consultants

02/18/2022

Excited to announce an incredible new addition to our team! Wi-Skies Announces New Lead Field Engineer – Welcomes Illinois Tolling/ITS Manager, John Falcone

02/18/2022

Proud to again sponsor the SFEEF Gator Chase, coming this Sat., to the causeway!!

01/31/2022

WiSkies Engineering, to provide lighting for SCDOT’s Carolina Crossroads “Malfunction Junction”

Wi-Skies Engineering Consultants, based out of Spanish Fort, AL has been selected for lighting the largest construction venture in South Carolina transportation history!

Wi-Skies has partnered with Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering and have won the first two phases for this massive design-build effort, the largest construction venture in South Carolina transportation history! This five-phase project will improve fourteen miles of I-20, I-26 and I-126 that incl...

06/17/2021

Iowa Dept. of Transportation on-call lighting

Wi-Skies serves as the roadway lighting subject matter experts for Iowa Department of Transportation (IADOT). We are reviewing and revising their lighting policy, standards, specifications and pay items to bring them more current. We provide design reviews from other firm designs and development of lighting master plans and retrofit projects. We have provided several large-scale LED retrofit designs, developed the LED specification and evaluated many short tunnels for experimental installation stemming from our work with short tunnel research. We share our experiences with other state agencies and municipalities to assist the Iowa DOT lighting program move to the front of the line on many relevant issues, such as high mast tower lighting deployment, among other issues.
https://wi-skies.com/uncategorized/ia-dot-on-call-lighting/

06/03/2021

Tennessee DOT on-call lighting

Wi-Skies holds a key role with Tennessee Department Of Transportation, where we are in the process of overhauling the Department’s lighting policy manual, specifications and standard drawings! Much of this work is essential due to evolving technologies and national recommended practice, but also due to debatable language and directive within the existing policies that put the Department at risk for design-build efforts.

Wi-Skies experience on the other side of the table provides invaluable insight to improved contract language, which would be difficult to debate in the future. This work also includes adding several standard drawings in an effort to streamline the design and construction work throughout the state.

06/22/2020

Langford Parkway Lighting Replacement
https://wi-skies.com/projects/langford-parkway-lighting-replacement/

Langford Parkway is a major thoroughfare which connects I-285 to I-85 north of the Atlanta airport in the southwest side of the city. The corridor was originally built as an urban collector, but over time has become an access control freeway with entrance and exit ramps.

However, urban curb still exists in portions of the roadway and the lighting was installed based on the original urban collector setting and subsequent setbacks. Because of this, most of the lighting installed on the outside of the roadway is within unprotected clear zone and subject to frequent knock-downs. As the entire 6.5 mile corridor is continuously lit, this results in a lot of maintenance. To properly address this situation, coupled with inadequate lighting, the recommendation was made to provide a new lighting system through the corridor which will increase pole setbacks coupled with barrier protection as warranted. This new lighting system will also replace and upgrade the existing lighting along the median wall, where applicable.

As the corridor was untouched for decades, full survey, LIDAR and SUE is necessary, which we are coordinating the effort on through our sub-consultant. The entire electrical system, including service point locations, cabling and conduit except for that within the barrier walls for the lighting system will be replaced as part of this project as well.

Langford Parkway is a major thoroughfare which connects I-285 to I-85 north of the Atlanta airport in the southwest side of the city.  The corridor was originally built as an urban collector, but over time has become an access control freeway with entrance and exit ramps.  However, urban curb stil...

06/10/2020

Wi-Skies Designs Lighting of Pedestrian Bridge, Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA
https://wi-skies.com/projects/wi-skies-designs-lighting-of-pedestrian-bridge-mercedes-benz-stadium-in-atlanta-ga/

As part of a design-build project, Wi-Skies designed the lighting for a pedestrian bridge to safely allow pedestrians to cross the busy six-lane roadway immediately adjacent to the new Atlanta Falcons stadium (Northside Dr).

The bridge spans a total of almost 1000’ of walkable path, including a 140’ long covered portion as it crosses Northside Drive. All of the pathway is being lit to high pedestrian traffic lighting design criteria, including vertical illuminance design criteria, which is being accomplished with a combination of pedestrian scale LED fixtures for outside of the covered portion and architectural ceiling mounted fixtures inside the covered portion.

The sidewalk areas along the perimeter of the west loop are also being lit to ensure good visibility of fellow pedestrians while not providing a glare concern to the drivers along Northside Dr.

In addition to the pedestrian lighting, Wi-Skies was also responsible for designing the impressive architectural lighting features on, in and around the bridge. Both sides of the bridge have continuous multi-color rope lights which span a total of over 2000’. Additionally, accent lights are provided at crucial areas, such as the bridge decorative columns and outer aluminum skin of the bridge as it crosses Northside Dr. All of the decorative features are centrally controlled for the client to have the ability to change the colors freely, depending on the venue.

While the architectural features of this bridge will mesh well with the new stadium’s architectural features, as it is immediately adjacent to the new stadium which will be aerially viewed often to show off both the stadium’s architectural features, the lighting on the bridge really sets the bridge and its features apart from the stadium.

06/04/2020

New Lighting Design of Two Interchanges and WIM System for Interstate 26 South Carolina, by Wi Skies Engineering

Sixteen miles of I-26 is being expanded to accommodate an additional lane in each direction from mile post 85 to 101 north of Columbia, South Carolina. As part of the project, two interchanges are being revised which include full lighting design which Wi-Skies is responsible for designing. Additionally, Wi-Skies will design and implement a new state of the art Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) system in the northbound direction.

Lighting Design of Two Interchanges and WIM System for Interstate 26 South Carolina

05/28/2020

I-285 at SR 400 Interchange Lighting and ITS Power (Atlanta, GA) https://wi-skies.com/uncategorized/i-285-at-sr-400-interchange-lighting-and-its-power-atlanta-ga/

As part of the largest design-build effort the state has ever taken on, Wi-Skies designed the entire lighting and electrical ITS work for the interchange, which comprised of several hundred devices.

This interchange is the busiest and fastest-growing interchange in the Atlanta area, subject to traffic volumes of over 250,000 vehicles daily. The overall design intent is to provide collector-distributor (CD) lanes throughout the project limits for a total of 8.3 miles along both SR 400 and I-285, which will eliminate much of the congestion in the area due to a poor existing interchange layout.

Throughout the design process, several lighting and ITS design alternatives were designed and considered.

As part of the largest design-build effort the state has ever taken on, Wi-Skies designed the entire lighting and electrical ITS work for the interchange, which comprised of several hundred devices. This interchange is the busiest and fastest-growing interchange in the Atlanta area, subject to traff...

05/22/2020

Iowa DOT On-Call Lighting Services

Wi-Skies serves as the roadway lighting subject matter experts for Iowa Department of Transportation (IADOT).
https://wi-skies.com/uncategorized/iowa-dot-on-call-lighting-services/

We are reviewing and revising their lighting policy, standards, specifications and pay items to bring them more current. We provide design reviews from other firm designs and development of lighting master plans and retrofit projects. We have provided several large-scale LED retrofit designs, developed the LED specification and evaluated many short tunnels for experimental installation stemming from our work with short tunnel research. We share our experiences with other state agencies and municipalities to assist the Iowa DOT lighting program move to the front of the line on many relevant issues, such as high mast tower lighting deployment, among other issues.

03/10/2020

Wi-Skies welcomes well-known Illinois Electrical Engineer, Mark Seppelt, to the team!!

Please join us in welcoming Mark Seppelt to the Wi-Skies team! Mark recently retired as the Electrical Unit Chief at Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) in Springfield, IL.
http://www.wi-skies.com/wi-skies-welcomes-well-known-illinois-electrical-engineer-mark-seppelt-to-the-team/