Utility Engineering and Coordination – METRO Utility Coordination, Houston, Texas
TLC provided services for the Houston METRO Light Rail project in Houston, Texas, by serving as a liaison between Washington Group International, METRO, and utility companies for issues pertaining to utility data and the relocation of utilities.
Contract Size: $215,000 Contract Year: 2008
Southwest Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Improvement for City of Houston, Texas (Phase II)
TLC provided Phase II services for the project, which included preparing structural designs and details for installing two new mechanically and one manually cleaned bar screens in the existing influent channel to the Wastewater Treatment Plant’s Headworks facility in Houston, Texas. TLC prepared the structural drawings showing support systems (as required) for screenings, wash/dewatering conveyors and collection systems, and prepared the structural design and details for constructing a bypass around the existing bar screens.
Additional Phase II Services included performing an evaluation of conditions in the existing concrete headwork’s influent channels and a visual inspection of the existing concrete structures. TLC prepared memorandums summarizing the results of the concrete evaluation and developed a design for constructing a new corrosion- resistant lining for the influent channels that would restore potentially damaged concrete and protect the concrete from future corrosion. TLC coordinated with a crane inspection/service firm for evaluating the condition of two existing overhead monorail/hoists inside the headwork’s facilities. TLC provided surveying services as required, tying existing plant elevations to the City's current data.
Contract Size: $150,000 Contract Year: 2008
Contract Size: $150,000 Contract Year: 2014
City of Hempstead Wastewater Treatment Plant, Texas
TLC provided surveying and structural design services for the City of Hempstead’s 1.0 million gallons per day (MGD) Wastewater Treatment Plant to accommodate the city’s future needs. The plant was built on a greenfield site located adjacent to the existing plant and designed for a population of 10,000. The City anticipated an average flow of 0.98 MGD and a peak flow of 4.0 MGD. The delivery method was Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR), and the prime contractor was Camp Dresser and McKee (CDM), now known as CDM Smith. The facility was completed in October 2012.
Contract Size: $200,000 Contract Year: 2012
City of Laredo Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion, Texas
As a subcontractor, TLC designed the effluent pipe and outfall for the City of Laredo Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion in Laredo, Texas. TLC researched documentation, conducted an onsite visit to evaluate the alternative routing solutions, and produced the technical memorandum presenting evaluation results. TLC proposed the alternate routing and was responsible for designing the 42-inch effluent pipe, which runs parallel to the existing 36-inch effluent piping, and redesigned the headwall and outfall.
Contract Size: $182,000 Contract Year: 2014
ATO Global ENT LLC
TLC teamed with ATO Global and provided plans and specifications necessary to locate and install backflow preventers on 74 sites in Shreveport, Louisiana, for the City of Shreveport. TLC provided technical support and CADD services to generate these plans and specifications.
Contract Size: $75,000 Contract Year: 2006
Galveston Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) and Conroe San Jacinto River Authority, Texas
TLC provided construction inspection services for the prime contractor (CDM Smith) at the Galveston, Texas, WWTP and provided construction inspection services at the San Jacinto River Authority Surface Water Facility (SWF) in Conroe, Texas (Phase I). Phase I of the project included the design, construction, operation, maintenance, and administration of a new Surface Water Purification Plant that treats raw surface water to meet or exceed drinking water standards. The project also included transmission lines. The plant delivers 30 MGD of treated water to cities and utilities within Montgomery County in the most cost-effective manner. The project is part of the San Jacinto River Authority Ground Water Reduction Plan.
TLC’s inspector duties included preparation of daily reports, monitoring contractor and subcontractor activity, and assuring that construction installation conformed to plans, specifications, and local code regulations. TLC inspectors were charged with directing effective team communications and task execution to help facilitate project delivery.
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EJES, Inc. – Light Rail, Shreveport, Louisiana
As a subcontractor to prime contractor EJES Light Rail, Inc., TLC provided design services for two projects: the Riverline and Benteler Rail Improvements Projects for the CADDO/Bossier Port Commission in Shreveport, Louisiana. TLC provided drawings (plan and profiles, details, cross-sections, and specifications) to meet Railway Standards. AutoCAD® Civil 3D® civil engineering design software was used for this project.
Contract Size: $82,565 Contract Year: 2013
International Airport of Houston (IAH) Chilled Water Lines, Texas
The George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston (IAH), Texas, contracted USA Comfort Systems (Prime Contractor) to design a $ 17 million dollar chilled water pipeline aerial loop to replace an existing underground chilled water pipeline, which was leaking approximately 10,000 gallons of treated water daily due to unknown cracks in the buried pipes. As a sub-consultant to this project, TLC handled constructability reviews, site logistics, storm water pollution prevention planning, permitting, document control, QA/QC inspections, weld mapping, structural and concrete inspections, and coordination of concrete testing. TLC also handled traffic control planning and provided traffic control equipment and personnel.
The design consisted of 5,600 feet of 36-inch diameter piping, with 0.5-inch thickness and 3-inch insulation. Also included in the design were foundations (some in concentrated utility conflicted areas), four bridges spanning highly traveled roads, an underground road transit, storm water prevention planning, landscaping design and implementation, constructability reviews of design, and construction management.
The urgency of the system start-up and the safety/environmental issues involved in this special project required specific actions, such as an accelerated procurement and construction schedule, FAA coordination, special safety and traffic maintenance considerations, and a fast-tracked design and construction schedule, with overlapping activities. All work was completed in seven and a half months, with minimal impact on airport operations and while maintaining airport security standards.
Contract Size: $584,112 Contract Year: 2011
Parsons Water and Infrastructure, Inc., Houston, Texas
TLC signed a Master Service Contract to evaluate conditions of identified lift stations for the City of Houston (COH) and provide recommendations for upgrades, improvements, and rehabilitation. During the preliminary phase of the project, TLC reviewed the proposed capacity of each lift station and performed an evaluation that included reviewing existing drawings/photographs and, if necessary, performing visual observations. Proposed improvements were based on the existing conditions evaluation. TLC prepared estimates of probable construction costs (plus or minus 5%) for the conceptual improvements, along with a write-up of the existing conditions.
Contract Size: $750,000 Contract Year: 2007
Trinity River Authority of Texas (TRA) - Denton Creek Regional Wastewater System - 25HC-3 Relief Interceptor, Fort Worth, Texas
The 25HC-3 Relief Interceptor is a 13,000 linear foot (LF) pipe of 24-inch reinforced concrete. It is located east of Highway I-35W and North of Keller Haslet Road in Fort Worth, Texas. This project in Roanoke, Texas, involved the final design services for the construction of a new 48-inch fiberglass reinforced pipe (FRP), located in a new TRA permanent easement. The 48-inch pipe runs parallel to an existing 24-inch pipe.
TLC provided plans, specifications, and opinions of probable cost for the new culvert design, erosion control and bank stabilization, traffic control plan, and junction box design for this project. Carollo Engineers, Inc. was the prime.
Contract Size: $70,000 Contract Year: 2013
City of Houston, Texas, Rehabilitation of Ground Water Storage Tank and Detention Pond
TLC provided construction management and inspections services to the City of Houston (COH). As prime contractor, TLC coordinated with stakeholders on all pre-construction and post-construction activities, including project budgeting, scheduling, pre-bid designs, reviews, pre-bid meetings, post-bid proposal reviews, and final proposal cost analysis activities. Inspection services were provided to monitor and to ensure that all documentation for this project was completed in a timely manner.
Contract Size: $250,000 Contract Year: 2006
City of Houston Open Ditch, Phase I & II Houston, Texas
Contracted by the City of Houston (COH), TLC teamed with Parsons Water and Infrastructure and JNE Green Team to map storm water utility assets within the COH. The project focused on roadside ditches along approximately 1,800 miles of roads within the City that have been identified as having open ditches. Relevant roadways for collection on this project were selected by Public Works and Engineering (PWE). The open ditch network connects to the City’s existing GIS layers for the subsurface closed system.
The project approach involved using survey grade global positioning systems (GPS) and custom data entry forms to capture the geographic location and visible attributes of storm water assets. The final deliverable was a geospatial dataset in a format that could be imported into the COH GIS database. This provided PWE with a tool to improve storm water asset management, mapping, modeling, analysis, operations and maintenance, and construction. Further, the project provided the COH a conditions assessment of outfalls, resulting in an additional database that allows the COH to plan improvements and develop maintenance programming opportunities.
Contract Size: $2.4 million Contract Year: 2013
Open Ditch Phase II
Condition Assessments for 64,000.00 Outfall Structures. The scope of the project is to obtain Field Data consisting of the physical locations and configuration attributes of the Roadside & Major (Off-road) Ditches and Outfalls as well as Condition Assessment for the Major (Offroad) Ditches and Outfalls of the City of Houston (the “City”) storm water drainage system. The Engineer shall provide the location and asset attribute data for these assets in digital format which is completely compatible with the existing City Enterprise Geographic Information System (GIS) geodatabases, and with existing City relational databases which are used for the execution of the Storm Water Maintenance Branch (SWMB) Infrastructure Asset Management System (IAMS).
Contract Size: $2,725,853 Contract Year: 2015
City of Houston, Justice Center Complex, Houston, Texas (Phase I)
TLC Engineering was contracted by MOCA Systems to serve on the Program Management Team for the proposed Justice Center Complex in Houston, Texas. TLC assisted with ensuring that the final request for proposal (RFP), performance specifications, and project agreement were clear, complete, compliant, and served the City’s best interest.
Phase I entailed conducting documentation reviews, providing risk identification, and preparing the performance standards as well as the Operations and Maintenance Manual. TLC served as the engineering consultant and was responsible for developing various performance standards. This was an approximately five- year project
Contract Size: $523,650 Contract Year: ????
North Forest Independent School District, Houston, Texas, 2001–2006
This project included three scopes of work:
Project 1 Scope: The Project Manager was responsible for design and preparation of Phase I and II site assessments, asbestos, and lead abatement reports.
Project 2 Scope: TLC provided construction management and design engineering services. TLC worked with Johnson Controls to provide HVAC System upgrades, roof repair, and bathroom modifications to meet Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance and more.
Project 3 Scope: TLC worked with Johnson Controls to provide engineering and construction management services. Scope of work included the HVAC upgrades of nine schools in the North Forest Independent School District of Houston.
Contract Size: $150,000 Contract Year: Phase I was completed in 2014
ZICON Private Capital, LLC, Cleveland, Texas
TLC completed the conceptual site design for the Southeast Texas Biomedical Research Institute (SETBRI), which was proposed to be developed on a 100-acre site in Cleveland, Texas, adjacent to US Highway (US) 59/Interstate Highway (IH) 69. The proposed facility will house a research laboratory, professional clinic, medical school, dental school, auditorium, classrooms, dormitories, and an extended stay hotel. The budgeted cost of the project is estimated to be $300 million dollars and will take about 8 to 10 years to complete.
During the design and construction phases, TLC will be responsible for the programming and management of design and construction in all disciplines. With the developer recently obtaining funding, design development for the project is expected to begin in 2015. The project is scheduled to begin construction in 2018.
Contract Size: $5,700,000 Contract Year: 2015
The Retreat at Westlock, Ltd., Houston, Texas
This project in Houston, Texas, was for new construction of a three-story, energy star-rated, and 140-unit multi- family property. TLC worked with JRM Architects, Inc. (Prime) and provided structural engineering design services to complete the set of construction documents, including: roof and floor framing plans, shear wall bracing plan, post-tensioned slab-on-grade foundation plans, general notes and details, and structural supports for pool area. Construction began on July 1, 2014
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105 Sabine Street Water Treatment Plant in Houston, Texas
For this 2006 Houston, Texas, project, TLC provided HVAC system replacement, new entry doors, drinking fountains, curb ramp, sidewalk, and modifications to elevators and restrooms. TLC also provided architectural and engineering (A/E) design services and construction inspections and served as construction managers. This design-renovation project involved the contractors in the design process, thus allowing the budget to be negotiated, which alleviated excessive change orders. Responsibilities included conducting progress meetings, preparing budgets, scheduling, and bidding, reviewing proposals, and cost analysis.
Southern University Day Care and Administrative Parking Lot, Shreveport, Louisiana
TLC provided civil and electrical design for two new parking lots to accommodate the proposed daycare facility and to accommodate the new administration building. TLC provided structural and MEP design for the new daycare facility. The project included providing storm water management for a site with historic flooding concerns.
Jones & Carter, Inc., Houston, Texas
TLC provided quality inspectors to sub-consultants Jones & Carter in Houston, Texas, for their Municipal Utility District (MUD) projects. TLC’s inspectors integrated with the Jones & Carter staff to inspect water and sewer lines, lift stations, and storm sewers. The number of inspectors for this contract varied according to demand. For this contract, TLC staffed directly and there were no contract limits. The inspectors traveled to several different sites, for which Jones & Carter had maintenance contracts.
