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US 17 and 6th Avenue South North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Mead & Hunt provided engineering design and construction services required for utility conversion and intersection improvements at 6th Avenue South and US 17 in the City of North Myrtle Beach. The utility conversion consisted of relocating overhead electric and communication lines to an underground conduit system along US 17 from 3rd Avenue South to 7th South and along 6th Avenue South in conjunction with the intersection improvements. Once constructed, approximately 108,446 linear feet of conduit, along with associated structures, equipment pads, pedestals and decorative street lighting, was installed along the project corridor. The utility conversion included undergrounding three overhead electric main feeders which intersected at 6th Avenue South and US 17. Our design used three 10-foot-by-10-foot underground switchgear vaults at the intersection. Due to limited right-of-way and numerous utility conflicts, the main conduit trench was placed under the outside northbound travel lane of US 17. Since North Ocean Boulevard is a South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT)-maintained roadway, this installation required close coordination with SCDOT concerning the specification of the pavement restoration and traffic control. Peer Review of Utilities Undergrounding Master Plan Palm Beach, Florida P&D was retained by the Town of Palm Beach to provide an independent, technical peer review of the “Town-Wide Undergrounding of Utilities Master Plan” with the intent of improving the overall project cost, schedule, and/or quality. The goal of the current undergrounding project is to convert approximately 45 pole miles of overhead electric and telecommunication lines to an underground conduit system throughout the Town. Our peer review included examination of the project’s approach, the Master Plan, planning and engineering design, program management and delivery method, costing and applicability of opinion of probable cost, scheduling and sequencing, traffic impacts, and the overall plan for executing the project. Our approach for this project was to partner P&D’s in-house expertise with outside specialty firms, Erdman Anthony and NewGen Strategies & Solutions, to provide a seamless team of professionals to perform the peer review for the Town. We analyzed the project’s documents, data, and drawings provided by the Town, and then we conducted interviews of the Town’s staff, the design team, staff from FP&L, Comcast, and AT&T, the Phase 1 CMAR contractors and Phase 1 electrical subcontractors, as well as electrical subcontractors whose bids for work were unsuccessful. Our findings centered around administrative procedures, phase structuring, cost estimate confidence, contract quantities, as well as technical details. Erdman Anthony acted as a subconsultant on this project.