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Kyle Taylor, PE

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Kyle Taylor

KYLE TAYLOR, PE, is a Senior Project Manager focusing on ecological restoration projects, green infrastructure (GI), stormwater management, and flood resiliency. Kyle’s work includes managing multiple projects that involve planning, designing, and managing the construction of GI, habitat restoration design, and H&H flood modeling. Kyle has previously worked as a consulting engineer on large-scale buried infrastructure rehabilitation projects performing both engineering design and construction management services. She holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Florida.


SELECTED EXPERIENCE


Habitat Restoration Design and Construction Management in Ferry Point Park, Bronx, NY. Project Engineer.* Ms. Taylor served as a Project Engineer for a salt marsh design and upland habitat restoration in Ferry Point Park. The 1.6 acre salt marsh was designed as a low energy system to protect the marsh from erosion by grading to eliminate any concentrated flow into the marsh and dissipating the wave action and tidal movements. The salt marsh, which serves as mitigation for the Floating Lady Pool, was planned considering sea level rise projections over the next 50 years. The salt marsh and upland area provide habitat for native plants and animals and has become a valuable ecological resource.


Greenpoint Industrial Environmental Improvement Program, Brooklyn, NY. Project Engineer.* Ms. Taylor served as a Project Engineer for the development of plans for environmental improvement projects for industrial business sites across the Greenpoint neighborhood in Brooklyn. In partnership with Evergreen Business Exchange, she selected business locations for in-depth feasibility analyses. The analyses determined project cost, environmental impact, technical feasibility, maintenance requirements and ongoing costs. Ms. Taylor assisted in completing a full project design of green infrastructure projects including permeable pavement, treatment wetlands, and stormwater reuse for the selected sites. The project design work consists of bid solicitation and review, contracting, and shop drawings.


Land Use and Climate Change Response Plan, Captiva Island, FL. Project Engineer.* As Project Manager, Ms. Taylor worked on climate change and sea level rise resiliency master planning for the Robert Rauschenberg Artist Residency. The work focused on water resources, stormwater management, and habitat. Ms. Taylor’s conducted feasibility evaluations including plant surveys, groundwater monitoring planning and instrumentation, and groundwater level analysis. The feasibility evaluations were used to inform hypotheses and designs related to land, plant, and water systems. Pilot project designs were developed for water conservation goals, including rainwater reuse and low-flow plumbing. Ms. Taylor managed the design and implementation of a centralized wastewater system allowing the campus to break its dependency on failing septic systems. Ms. Taylor also led the design of a 3-acre wet meadow intended to reintroduce the natural landscape to the campus while also providing flood mitigation benefits.


GI-Parks: Stormwater Infrastructure Design in NYC Parks, Citywide, New York Citywide. Project Manager.* Ms. Taylor serves as a Project Manager in the development, planning, and construction of green infrastructure in over 15 NYC Parks and Playgrounds. Her work includes oversight of consultants and geotechnical drillers, site analysis and feasibility, geotechnical reporting and site selection, preparation of construction drawings, and deliverable QA/QC. Designs include subsurface practices with stormwater chambers, bioretention, and infiltrative turf fields. Additionally, Ms. Taylor manages the on-going schedule, task-based budgets, and coordination with partner consultant teams and NYCDEP to ensure adherence to design principals within the project’s timeline and budgetary goals.


Trust for Public Land: Public School Playgrounds – Green Infrastructure Design and Construction, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Manhattan NY. Project Engineer.* Ms. Taylor serves as an Assistant Engineer in the development of green infrastructure installations within New York City public school playgrounds. Ms. Taylor’s goal is to create green infrastructure projects that increase playground functionality for the students while maximizing removal from the combined system. Ms. Taylor works with public agencies, historical documentation, and the schools to prepare drawings and specifications for the construction and geotechnical investigations at each site.


Green Infrastructure Retrofit on Private Property, Manhattan, NY. Project Engineer.* Ms. Taylor served as a Project Engineer in the development for the planning and construction of green infrastructure retrofits across private property in partnership with the NYC Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD). The projects detain and retain stormwater through vegetative and hydraulic components. Ms. Taylor managed the construction of a stormwater management system directing water from roof downspouts into planted systems that allow for slow release to the combined sewer thereby reducing contributions to combined sewer overflows.


West Street Stormwater Design Project, Brooklyn, NY. Project Engineer.* Ms. Taylor serves as the Project Engineer in siting and designing right-of-way green infrastructure throughout Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Working with the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative (BGI) and New York City agencies, including NYCDEP and NYCDOT, she developed desktop analysis and soil testing protocols to identify risk of contaminant mobilization through green infrastructure. The project, which consisted of two phases, identified over 80 potential bioswale or greenstreet locations throughout Greenpoint. Ms. Taylor coordinated the geotechnical and soil contaminant testing of each potential location and provided recommendations on the results of these tests.


Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG): Water Recirculation Modeling & Design. Brooklyn, NY. Assistant Engineer.* Ms. Taylor serves as Assistant Engineer for the planning and construction of renovations to Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s stream corridor and water garden. She assisted in the development of water quality and quantity models and preparation of construction drawings. Ms. Taylor provides on-going construction oversight to ensure that contractors adhere to all plans and specifications.


Flood Modeling and Mitigation and Community Planning in San Juan, PR. Project Manager.* Ms. Taylor managed a project team team working on the flood modeling and mitigation of a low lying, densely populated community along the Cano Martin Pena (CMP) channel. Ms. Taylor coordinates with the larger, interdisciplinary project team and clients while directing Auroran modelers to achieve project goals. The final Hydrologic & Hydraulic (H&H) model will depict existing community flooding conditions and the reduction in flooding achieved by design team interventions such as grey infrastructure, bioswales, and water plazas. Ms. Taylor and the larger project team will use the model output to convey high priority flood areas to the client and community and apply for grant funding.



*Projects complete at previous films


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