Scenic & Visual Studies

TJD&A has developed a reputation as one of the leaders in visual impact assessment, scenic inventories, and mitigation planning in New England.

visual impact assessments

wind farms

• Record Hill Wind Power, Roxbury, ME
• Stetson Wind Farm, Washington County, ME
• Stetson II Wind Project, Washington County, ME
• Pinnacle Wind Farm at New Page, Keyser, WV
• Redington Wind Farm, Maine Mountain Power, Redington Mountain, ME
• Cape Wind Peer Review, Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, Hyannis, MA
• New England Wind Energy Station, Boundary Mountains, Western Maine

transmission lines

• Maine Power Reliability Program, Central Maine Power
• Downeast Reliability Project, Bangor-Hydro, Cherryfield, ME
• 345 kV Tie Line to New Brunswick, Bangor-Hydro, ME

transportation

• Sears Island Cargo Port, MDOT, Searsport, ME
• Mere Point Boat Launch, IF&W, Brunswick, ME
• Bath-Woolwich Bridge, Bath, MDOT, ME

industrial

• Downeast LNG, Robbinston, ME
• St. Lawrence Cement Peer Review, Hudson Valley Preservation Coalition, Hudson and Greenport, NY
• Juniper Ridge Landfill Expansion, MDEP, Old Town, ME
• Visual Impacts of Aquaculture Development on the Coast of Maine, Maine Coast Heritage Trust
• Pine Tree Landfill, Hampden, ME
• RWS Materials Recycling Facility, Gorham, ME
• Gold Mountain Gold Mine, Aroostook County, ME
• Poland Springs Bottling Plant, Kingfield, ME
• Stiles Road Quarry Expansion, Torrington, CT

communication towers

• ME Wireless Communications Tower, Freeport, ME
• US Cellular Communications Tower, Denmark, ME
• Sprint PCS Communications Tower, Yarmouth, ME

mitigation strategies

• Maine Power Reliability Program, Central Maine Power
• Land Level Transfer Facility, Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME
• AES Co-Generation Facility, Bucksport, ME
• Basin Mills Hydro Project, Orono and Veazie, ME
• RWS Balefill Closure Plan, Scarborough, ME
• Cousins Island Gas Pipeline, Yarmouth, ME
• Richmond Compressor Station, Richmond, ME
• Hinckley Park CMP Substation, South Portland, ME

scenic inventories

• Volunteer Training Classes, Maine State Planning Office, Washington and Hancock Counties, ME
• Scenic Assessment Handbook, Maine State Planning Office
• Scenic Inventory: Mainland Sites of Penobscot Bay, MSPO
• Scenic Inventory: Islesboro, North Haven, and Vinalhaven, MSPO
• Route 27 Scenic Inventory, MDOT
• Ripogenus Project and Penobscot Mills Relicensing, Great Northern Paper, Millinocket, ME
• Comprehensive Plan, Richmond, ME
• Scenic Inventory, Brunswick, ME

photosimulations

• Wiscasset Bypass Alternatives, MDOT, Wiscasset, ME
• Impacts of Saddleback Mountain Expansion on the Appalachian Trail, National Park Service
• St. Lawrence Cement, Hudson and Greenport, NY
• BIW Land Level Transfer Facility, Bath, ME

model building

• AES Coal-fired Co-Generation Plant, Bucksport, ME
• Basin Mills Hydro Project, Bangor-Hydro, Orono and Veazie, ME
• Basin Mills Power Houses, Orono and Veazie, ME
• Pine Tree Landfill, Hamden, ME
• Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Sandy Point, NH
• Casella Model