The Project That Wore Many Hats

The City of Houston retained Arcadis in 2012 for the design and construction oversight of a wastewater lift station elimination project. Two existing lift stations, Dairy Ashford Lift Station, and Harvest Moon Lift Station were to be eliminated by the construction of a new, larger capacity Harvest Moon lift station and approximately 4,200 linear feet of parallel sanitary sewer and force main. Five different methods were utilized for the construction of the flow diversion piping and lift station structure to accommodate the various right of way sizes, and to mitigate the adversity that was encountered during the construction phase. The success of this project is a direct result of the versatility of the project team, their ability to fashion the many hats of underground construction technologies, and to manage the ambiguity encountered throughout the project’s construction phase.