Stormwater Pump Station & Treatment Upgrade
A 120 MGD flood-protection pump station and treatment upgrade, built inside a working plant across two hurricane seasons.
- Owner
- Confidential
- Location
- U.S.
- Market
- Water & Environmental
- Delivery
- EPC
- Scale
- 120 MGD
- Completed
- 2023
A flood-protection pump station and treatment upgrade built inside a working plant during two hurricane seasons.
The station protects a low-lying district, so it had to stay ready to pump at any hour while it was rebuilt. Two hurricane seasons fell inside the schedule. Deep excavation for the new wet well sat beside live process structures, and every tie-in carried the risk of flooding the work, or the neighborhood.
The approach.
- 01
Storm-season holds in the schedule
Risky tie-ins were banned during peak storm months, and the schedule carried float to absorb the lost weeks.
- 02
Temporary pumping on standby
Rented pumps and bypass piping stood ready during every connection, with a written plan to restore full capacity within hours.
- 03
One EPC team for process and build
Process engineers and field crews resolved pump and piping changes together, without waiting on a handoff between firms.
- 04
Pumps proven at full flow
Each new pump was run at rated capacity and logged before the old units were retired.
The outcome.
“A pump station is judged on one night a year. We made sure that night could come any time and find it ready.”
Project manager, GilbertLanham
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