Valve Houses at Houston Ship Channel

A condition assessment performed in 2014 identified two valve houses on either side of a below grade crossing of the Houston Ship channel by three 60-in. steel water lines in need of improvements, as well as some other issues with the existing water lines. Lockwood, Andrews, and Newnam, Inc. (LAN) was tasked with preparing a design to rehabilitate the raw water line, and structures. Rehabilitation included asbestos abatement and demolition of both valve houses, installation of new valve houses, rehabilitation of above grade pipe coatings, encasement of deflected pipe segments, and installation of sacrificial anodes. With the project reaching completion in 2019, the City of Houston now has two new structures to house the above grade valves and pipelines, rehabilitated coatings, and restored a 60-in. water line to service that had remained out of service for over 15 years.