MJ’s design team is reimagining the Craig Street corridor, transforming it into a safer, more accessible connector that unites neighborhoods, schools, and businesses.

MJ utilized mobile mapping technology to capture point cloud data along the project corridor. The data was incorporated into MJ’s digital twin viewer, MJ4D.

“The Craig Street project is a complex site with unique design challenges,” said Brian Cooper, MJ’s senior vice president of transportation. “The MJ4D digital twin has proven to be a powerful tool in analyzing existing condition information.”

The project is in a densely populated, vibrant urban setting. The MJ team is utilizing digital twin technology in the design of several elements of the project. The revitalization includes ADA-compliant sidewalks and features a 10-foot multi-use path and a 10-foot cycle track separated by a curbed buffer. The main challenge is to design a complete streets roadway in less space that the existing roadway.

MJ has used the digital twin to determine the roadway profile, analyze ADA conditions, determine utility clearances, and to pinpoint existing stair elevations along the project corridor.

The MJ4D digital twin has been a powerful tool, aiding in an accurate and efficient design process for the MJ design team, the City of Schenectady and multiple project stakeholders.