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10 THE DAVEY BULLETIN | January/February 2020 The addition of 27,000 interment spaces at Arlington National Cemetery – extending the useful life of the memorial park through 2050 – was made possible in part thanks to several Davey operations. Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc. (WSSI), a Davey company, was part of the design team that started in September 2012. Construction of the 27-acre Millennium Project started in 2014. One of the first elements involved WSSI, which designed and oversaw construction of a stream restoration encompassing about 1,500 linear feet within the expansion. Davey Commercial Landscape Services (CLS) crews, along with employees from teaming partner GreenLeaf Services, Inc. (GLS), were among the last crews working when, in 2019, they finished soil reconstruction and sod installation. Scott Petrey, director, Maryland office, WSSI, said the stream – surrounded by a forested area – had become highly eroded. The restoration protected the stream valley, addressed stability and erosion, and improved water quality. "The stream runs the entire length of the expansion project with inward-facing columbarium overlooking the stream valley," Petrey said. "It was designed to serve as a place of reflection, and the stream and forest are central components of the reflection space." Cemetery officials were able to dedicate the Millennium Project in September 2018, but CLS and GLS crews put the finishing touches on the landscape in 2019. James Sampson, vice president of GreenLeaf Services and site manager of Arlington National Cemetery, said Davey CLS and GLS crews faced imposing deadlines of Memorial Day and Veterans' Day – the cemetery's two busiest service days – to finish separate phases of the work. That included a complete soil restoration, hauling in truckloads of soil amendments, to reach an optimum soil pH level. Crews then laid 8 acres of sod. Jose Flores, project manager, Davey CLS, said the employees committed to a lot of nights and weekends to get the work done on time. "There's a sense of pride and patriotism that comes with working at Arlington that can't be matched, and we used that as our driving force to complete these projects," Sampson said. MISSION DAVEY WORK ON ARLINGTON BURIAL EXPANSION SPANS FROM START TO FINISH OF PROJECT Above: Along with the design and construction oversight of the stream restoration, WSSI performed the natural and cultural resource studies, procured permits for the work through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, and designed a storm water retention component that mimics the runoff processes of an undeveloped, forested site. The overall Millennium Project won a 2019 DESIGNArlington Award of Excellence. Left: Davey CLS and GreenLeaf Services crews partnered to restore the soil and plant sod for the Millennium Project. Brad Winemiller, president of GreenLeaf, is a service-disabled U.S. Navy veteran and helped educate the nearly 20 employees who worked on the project on the value and importance of their labor. Employees who contributed included: Jose Bonilla, sod crew leader; German Contreras, supervisor; Jonathan Nagelvoort, turf applications supervisor; Rafael Ordaz, quality control manager; and Christian Lizama and Manual Ordaz, irrigation leaders.

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