Chisholm Trail Community Park – Phase Two
Fort Worth, Texas
Expertise
- Municipal
Services
- civil engineering
- landscape architecture
- electrical engineering
Size
- 10 Acres
BHB is providing civil and electrical engineering and landscape design services for phase two of Chisholm Trail Community Park. Our team is working with the City of Fort Worth and O’Flinn Design Group to install park amenities on 10 acres of undeveloped land. The community park will include a new parking area, sidewalk, hike and bike trails, a picnic shelter, skate park, soccer fields, and a playground with separate elements for 2-5 and 5-12-year-olds.
Civil engineering services include the addition of drainage lines around the playground and a water line connection for surrounding water fountains. Electrical engineers designed skate park lighting with the consideration of glare to nearby neighborhoods while providing safe illumination levels to meet IES standards and recommendations. To achieve this, light poles were placed in positions that provided multiple angles of light on skaters and park features to eliminate shadows.
A unique landscape design includes a curb-less parking lot that will allow water and chemical runoff to flow directly into the landscape. Grass and roots will then help cleanse the water before making its way into the adjacent lake. This method eliminates the need for a curb and gutter, making it more environmentally conscious and overall cost-saving.
Currently in planning phases, phase two is estimated to be completed in Spring of 2022.
Key People
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Tom Kellogg, RLA
Tom Kellogg, RLA
Project Manager | Senior Landscape Architect
As a Landscape Architect, Tom Kellogg has experience working in a project management position for both multi-disciplinary firms and landscape architecture design firms. His project history includes a wide variety of project types, including parks and recreation, commercial landscape design, streetscapes, single and multi-family developments, and multimodal recreation trails.
Living only a mile away from our Grapevine office, Tom discovered BHB while he was riding his bike and instantly wished he could work here. As it turned out, BHB was looking for a landscape architect at the time, and the rest is history.
Outside of work Tom enjoys bicycling, something he’s loved doing since he was a kid. He rides 80-100 miles a week on his road bike. Tom also loves playing tennis, reading, camping, traveling, and visiting museums with his son.
Tom has lived in a lot of places growing up and due to work, including Louisiana, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Maryland. His favorite place to visit is England, especially London. Tom has also traveled to Italy, Switzerland, and France. His favorite place for natural scenery is the Swiss Alps, and his favorite man-made sight is St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome.
Project Experience
Imperial Construction Office and Shop
Monterra Medical Campus
Park Hill Surgery Center
The Bowden: Event & Weddings
Education
University of Arkansas:
Bachelor’s Degree/1982/Landscape Architecture -
Paul Morris, PE
Paul Morris, PE
Associate | Electrical Engineer
In the early years of his life, Paul went through several intense experiences at the hands of nature: a severe thunderstorm in his hometown, a significant blizzard while in Virginia in second grade, an EF-4 tornado direct hit to his college dormitory, and a large typhoon while in South Korea where his family lived for eight years. These close calls led to an interest in meteorology—that is, until his Sunday school teacher shared with him about his career as an engineer. As he learned more about the profession, he felt it would be a good fit (he’s always enjoyed math and building things), and the rest is history.
Paul began working at BHB in 2013 as a graduate electrical engineer and works on many of the firm’s municipal, commercial, and hospitality projects. He is part of the core team here at BHB working to implement data-driven power systems such as Power over Ethernet (PoE) in facilities looking to simplify their low-voltage power systems.
Outside of work, Paul is an active member of his church and enjoys playing outdoor sports or board/card games with friends, drinking coffee, watching movies, and reading books. When given the chance, he loves escaping to Colorado to enjoy the peace and tranquility of the mountains and beautiful scenery.
Education
Union University:
Bachelor’s Degree/2011/Electrical Engineering
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Konstantine Bakintas, PE
Konstantine Bakintas, PE
Chairman of the Board | Senior Civil Engineer
Konstantine Bakintas has a passion for improving the landscape of our community by building innovative infrastructure and site improvements that will serve the public for decades. His extensive experience includes engineering design and project management for a wide variety of civil and environmental assignments. Konstantine also enjoys assisting small municipalities as a consulting city engineer.
He has been recognized as a Distinguished Engineer by the Texas Society of Professional Engineers, Engineer of the Year by the DFW Mid-Cities Chapter, and has presented technical papers to the Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Public Works Association. Konstantine has also been involved with the annual MATHCOUNTS competition to get middle school students excited about math.
He lives in Grapevine with his wife Stephanie, an educator, and he enjoys sailing, movies, and bikes.
Project Experience
Church Street
Glade & Pool Road Roundabout
Meadowview Estates Channel Improvements
Monterra Medical Campus
The Bowden: Event & Weddings
Education
University of Utah:
Bachelor’s Degree/1985/Civil Engineering
University of Texas at Arlington:
Master’s Degree/1990/Water Resources & Environmental