Harriman-based engineers assess damage

HARRIMAN — Four engineers from C.V. Associates NY of Harriman were dispatched last week to assess the damage to large culverts in Long Island, particularly on Montauk Highway, Sunrise Highway and Ocean Parkway.

The state Department of Transportation wanted the firm to assess the damage caused by the hurricane and to verify if the roads were passable safely or not.

The C.V. Associates NY engineers started work on Nov. 1, checking submersions, erosions, upheavals, cutting of channel and blockage of openings due to deposition of berm sand or debris.

C.V. Associates NY was established in 1995 as a multi-disciplinary consulting engineering firm providing a broad range of consulting engineering and management services to both public and private sectors. Those services include bridge inspection, construction inspection, construction support services, hydrologic and hydraulic evaluations, new and rehabilitation design of bridges, culverts and highways, planning, feasibility studies, site investigations, structural integrity evaluation, industrial facilities, buildings and other infrastructure components.

The Harriman-based firm was also called to inspect overhead sign structures. Two engineers are conducting damage assessments in Bronx, Manhattan and severely hit Staten Island.

Although personnel and equipment were ready and functioning by last Friday, gas was a major issue for the engineers since none of the gas stations were operating in the affected areas. In its press release detailing its efforts, the company noted that the Citgo Gas Station (A&B Citgo Service) at the intersection of 17M and Harriman Heights Road “was very helpful in providing gas to all of CVA’s inspection vehicles and keeping the teams functioning.”