Reston-Based Bowman Consulting Working On Strathmore Square Project

BETHESDA, MD — Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. is working with Fivesquares Development to provide engineering consulting for Strathmore Square, an eight-acre mixed-use community at the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro Station in Bethesda.

Bowman Consulting is providing civil engineering design and survey development and arborist services for the project’s first three phases. Bowman also developed site plans for each phase, including constructing three residential buildings, including senior housing and a 1.25-acre park.

The project aims to turn the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro Station into a 2.2 million square foot mixed-use development, including affordable housing, arts and cultural venues with the Music Center at Strathmore, and a new public park.

Strathmore Square will be the first project to benefit from Montgomery County’s recently adopted 15-year real estate tax abatement program for high-rise residential development at Metro stations.

Site work for the phases includes design of a new walkable shared street; water, sewer, gas, power and storm infrastructure design; construction of a reconfigured Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority park and ride loading area; and design and construction of a new WMATA garage entrance and exit driveway.

“The Strathmore Square project is a true collaboration between our team, Fivesquares Development, Montgomery County and WMATA to successfully navigate the site’s challenges,” said Scott Delgado, executive vice president at Bowman. “From the outset, we recognized the importance of providing extensive design and permitting support in phase one, which has enabled us to lay a strong foundation for the entire multiphase site build-out.”

Headquartered in Reston, Bowman has more than 1,700 employees in more than 75 offices in the United States.

"On the Strathmore project, the Bowman team delivered permits for early construction activities in a timeline only achievable through constant attention to detail and communication with permitting groups and WMATA," Paul Sowter, senior vice president with Fivesquares, said in a statement.

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