Contracting and Jobs

Dam and Spillways

• Engineer: Freese & Nichols, Inc. www.freese.com

• Contractor: Granite Construction Company

• Scope Includes: Dam; spillway; emergency spillway; outlet/intake structure; intake valves, piping and structure; dam and borrow area clearing

• Point of Contact ( for craft workforce):

  • Esther Gilmore

  • esther.gilmore@gcinc.com

  • 972-874-8724

• Point of Contact (for subcontractors / vendors):

  • Jay Simms

  • jay.simms@gcinc.com

  • 972-874-8724

Roads and Bridges

• Design Builder: Flatiron Constructors, Inc.

• Scope Includes: SH 34 & FM 1550 relocations; improvements; adjustments and terminations of county roads; demolition of four bridges; removal of abandoned paving on SH 34, FM 2990 and FM1550; and clearing in roadway construction areas.

• Construction, Engineering & Testing: Anticipate selection and award of engineering firm at June 2021 Board of Directors meeting.

• Point of Contact (for employment & subcontracting):

  • Samantha Ferez

  • https://www.flatironcorp.com/careers/

  • 512-781-7416

Environmental Improvements

• Status: Mitigation plan finalized and includes preliminary design of environmental improvements

• Mitigation Design, Construction and Monitoring: On-Going

• Procurement/Contracting Method: Requests for Pre-Qualification for Full Service Mitigation Services has been posted to CivCast.

• Scope Includes: Final design, construction, monitoring, maintenance, and adaptive management of environmental improvements through acceptance by USACE

Clearing and Demolition

• Status: Clearing and demolition requirements not yet defined

• Reservoir Area Engineer: Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. www.jacobs.com

• Construction Procurement Anticipated: 1st Quarter 2022

• Procurement/Contracting Method: CMAR or Conventional Design-Bid-Build

• Scope Includes: Clearing and Demolition

Conveyance Elements

• Status: Conceptual design completed for pipeline alignment, system hydraulics, balancing reservoir site & pump station site

• Preliminary Design: General Engineering: LAN www.lan-inc.com

• Scope Includes: Finalizing pipeline alignment, ROW survey and instrument preparation, mapping, preliminary design for pump station, balancing reservoir, and flow control station at Irving Pipeline, system hydraulic design (including surge), controls conceptual design, coordinate final design

• Pipeline Final Design: Procurement anticipated Spring 2021

  • Procurement/Contracting Method: RFQ

  • Scope Includes: Developing plans and specifications for pipeline procurement and construction

• Pump Station Final Design:

  • Engineer: Freese & Nichols, Inc. www.freese.com

  • Scope Includes: Final design of station, System SCADA, Irving Control Station

• Balancing Reservoir Final Design: Procurement anticipated Spring 2021

  • Procurement/Contracting Method: RFQ

  • Scope Includes: Final design of balancing reservoir, access roads and on-site piping

• Pipeline Construction: Procurement anticipated Fall 2022

  • Procurement/Contracting Method: CMAR or Conventional Design-Bid-Build

  • Scope Includes: Pipeline construction

• Pump Station Construction: Procurement anticipated Fall 2022

  • Procurement/Contracting Method: potential CMAR Request For Qualifications in February 2021

  • Scope Includes: Pump Station and Control Station for Irving Pipeline

• Balancing Reservoir Construction: Procurement anticipated Fall 2022

  • Procurement/Contracting Method: CMAR or Conventional Design-Bid-Build

  • Scope Includes: Balancing reservoir and access roads, on-site piping

Support Facilities

• Status: Site for Lake Headquarters selected; site for operations/maintenance near dam tentatively selected; amenities sites and scope not defined

• Facilities Planning and Design: Consultant SOQ anticipated June 2021

• Procurement/Contracting Method: RFQ

• Scope Includes: Programming and design for Lake Headquarters, operations/maintenance facilities, amenities

• Facilities Construction: Procurement anticipated 4th Quarter 2022

• Procurement/Contracting Method: Competitive Sealed Proposals/Conventional Design-Bid-Build

Quality Management & Assurance Team

• Engineer: Kleinfelder, Inc. www.kleinfelder.com

• Scope Includes: Supports UTRWD’s management of Lake Ralph Hall program and capital program capabilities, program maintenance deployment, miscellaneous planning, design and engineering services, inspection and other construction management staff augmentation.

• Point of Contact (for employment & subcontracting):

  • CP (Chandraprakash) Nawal, P.E.

  • cnawal@kleinfelder.com

  • 972-868-5900