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The Loma Alta Water Treatment Facility was built in Brownsville Texas for $2.2M. One of the principals of DAC served as the on-site Superintendant with direct responsibility for a work force of up to 25 workman and foremen.  Also responsible for coordination and payment of electrical, plumbing and masonery subcontractors. Lead the crews that provided all civil, piping and equipment installations. The facility was built for the Port of Brownsville to provide city water to the businesses in the port and nearby community. |
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The Valley Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility set a new standard as part of a $14,000,000 (1976 dollars) facility owned by Jefferson County, Alabama. The plant provided primary and secondary treatment and stored menthane gas from the digesters to supplement the gas powered air blowers for the primary and secondary aeration facilities. One of the Principals of DAC served as the Office Engineer (2nd in charge) in the on-site office for the general contractor, Blount Brothers Construction, Inc. The project was built using a federal grant with the remaining funding from state and local agencies. |
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One of DAC's principals served as the Coordinating Engineer of the on-site construction management team of 35 managers, administrators and inspectors. The 69th Complex was built by 23 seperate contracts on only 44 acres near downtown Houston on the banks of Buffalo Bayou. The plants capacity is 200 MGD and 400 MGD peak hydraulic flow. The construction cost was $245,000,000. The contracts were built using three federal grants with the remaining funding from state and local agencies. Unique features of this project included: - an on-site oxygen generation plant;
- enclosed aeration basins to contain the oxygen rich air space;
- mix-media final effluent filtration;
- sixteen 180-foot diameter clarifiers;
- sludge drying facility;
- barge loading dock for dried sludge; and a
- distributed digital control system.
 69th St. Facility on Buffalo Bayou |
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The orginal terminals A & B at Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston were renovated after asbestos abatement and installation of high efficiency environmental systems.
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The grass-roots 69th Street Treatment Facility includes an an award winning office and laborary facility that provided conference rooms, special climate controled computer and process control rooms and a laborary with advance testing equipment.  The grass-roots 69th Street Treatment Facility includes an an award winning office and laborary facility that provides conference rooms, special climate controled computer and process control rooms and a laborary with advance testing equipment. The single level structure was on the third level over two levels of process tanks. Cost - $15,000,000 plus computer, Honeywell process digital controller, furnishings and lab equipment. The project was built using a federal grant with the remaining funding from state and local agencies.
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Process Plants