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This program installed large diameter surface water lines and pump stations across Houston to transfer water from Lake Houston to areas on the west side of the City. The water lines ranged in size from 96" diameter high pressure water lines to thousands of residential and commercial service taps from 12" distribution lines.Image

Installation of large pipes in the streets often requries relocation or temporary removal of other utilities including: storm and wasterwater collection lines; natural gas lines; and overhead utility poles and and the array of lines supported by those poles. 

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Sage Rd. at Galleria III

Restoration of the work area required reconstruction of all or a large portion of the streetscape that included restoration of any landscaping, signage, traffic and street facilities, intersection signals and all the other components of a neighborhood, commercial or urban environment.

This program installed large diameter surface water lines and pump stations across Houston to transfer water from Lake Houston to areas on the west side of the City. This allowed for the decommisioning of wells installed as Houston grew but that are now causing subsidence.

The construction phase of this program was overseen by one of the principals of DAC while with another firm.

 
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