At AIM, we specialize in providing comprehensive Project Development and Environmental (PD&E) services tailored to meet the unique needs of our clients. Our team of experienced engineers, planners, and environmental experts work diligently to ensure that projects are not only completed efficiently but also in compliance with all regulatory requirements.

As the prime consultant for the PD&E study, the AIM team evaluated and documented the proposed two-lane to four-lane widening of 9.1 miles of US 98 from W. Socrum Loop Road to CR 54 PD&E in Polk County. The preliminary engineering and environmental analyses included typical section development, alternative alignment evaluations, roundabout feasibility evaluations, access management plan development, preliminary drainage analysis, natural and physical environmental impacts analysis, preliminary construction cost estimates, identification of right-of-way requirements and public involvement. AIM recommended roundabouts at two of the existing unsignalized intersections to increase safety within the corridor. AIM was also tasked with preparing Phase 2 final design plans using the Open Roads Design (ORD) software and the production of final right-of-way maps for use in developing the Design/Build Request for Proposal (RFP) Package. AIM completed the PD&E study and the preliminary design plans within an accelerated 18-month schedule.

For almost two decades, AIM has provided PD&E and NEPA support services to FDOT, in many ways acting as an extension of FDOT staff. AIM’s initial involvement began on a district wide contract for FDOT District One valued at $1.5 million over five years. FDOT has awarded AIM with multiple renewals of the district wide contract. In 2015, AIM won FDOT’s first five-year/$5 million continuing services contract specific to PD&E/NEPA support services. In 2023, FDOT awarded AIM another five-year/$5 million continuing services contract to support District One’s Environmental Management Office on tasks that vary from developing original concepts and preparing project re-evaluations to reviewing concepts, reports, and cost estimates prepared by other companies. From engineering and environmental data collection to preparing improvement concepts, cost estimates, and project documentation, AIM has demonstrated its expertise and capabilities to assist FDOT and Florida’s local agencies in the disciplines of preliminary engineering, environmental analyses, public engagement, and project management.

An example of an assignment completed under a District One district wide contract is the I-75 Collector/Distributor Roadway Construction Staging Plan. AIM developed a financially feasible construction-staging plan for the implementation of the I-75 Collector/Distributor (C/D) roadway system between the Alico Road interchange and the Daniels Parkway interchange in Lee County. AIM created and evaluated six alternative construction staging plans. Each concept drawing identified the specific portions of the ultimate improvement concept that would be constructed during each individual construction phase, as well as the “existing” roadway improvements that would be present at the time of the next construction phase. AIM also prepared an overall construction staging summary graphic that denoted each of the individual construction phases with a separate color. AIM developed preliminary construction cost estimates for each individual construction phase associated with each of the six alternative staging plans. The team also estimated the total construction cost associated with each of the alternative staging plans.

AIM is supporting FDOT’s I-75 widening project, improving capacity and safety along 18.5 miles between Golden Gate Parkway and Corkscrew Road. Construction begins in fall 2027.