[Davis Pond Fact Sheet]
Davis Pond Freshwater Diversion Structure
Construction Contract Information

 

PUMPING STATION

 

Contractor: C.R. Pittman Construction Company Inc.

Contract amount: $6,804,494 Award date: November 4, 1996
Project started: December 10, 1996 Estimated completion: October 1998

Description of work: The work consists of clearing and grubbing; channel, canal, borrow pit and structural excavation; levee construction; placing structural backfill, bedding and riprap; furnishing and driving prestressed concrete piles and steel sheet piling; placing reinforced concrete; installing precast concrete bridge deck units; installing staff gages; installing a 60 feet by 30 feet preengineered building; installing an aluminum sluice gate; furnishing and installing structural steel form suction intakes, trash racks and bulkheads; installing and removing a bypass road; utility installation; modifications and relocations; fertilizing and seeding; and furnishing and installing pumps, motors and appurtenant mechanical and electrical equipment.

 

FRESHWATER DIVERSION STRUCTURE

Contractor: Maharrey-Houston Construction Company Inc.

Contract amount: $12,945,861 Award date: March 10, 1997
Project started: April 15, 1997 Estimated completion: April 2000

Description of work: The work consists of the constructing a pile-supported culvert structure passing under the mainline Mississippi River levee and consisting of reinforced concrete box culverts with prefabricated cast iron sluice gates, structural steel bulkheads and hydraulic gate operators. Construction will also include a railroad and a two lane highway; earthen cofferdams; dewatering system; braced excavation of an inflow and outflow channel; clearing and grubbing; driving steel sheet piles. timber piles and prestressed concrete piles; fertilizing and seeding; electrical work; constructing outflow guide levees, stone slope and channel protection; rebuilding the main line Mississippi River levee.

 

U.S. HIGHWAY 90 BRIDGE

Contractor: River Road Construction Inc.

Contract amount: $8,484,218 Award date: June 5, 1997
Project started: July 10, 1997 Estimated completion: August 1999

Description of work: The work consists excavating a small segment of the Davis Pond Diversion Structure Outfall Channel (approximately 1,500 feet) and constructing a simple span concrete bridge at the existing U.S. Highway 90 roadbed (354 feet long with six spans). The work includes constructing and removing a detour road and preloading a portion of the new approach ramps. The bridge construction includes testing and installing precast, prestressed, concrete piles; channel excavation and riprap placement; fabricating and installing Type III precast, prestressed concrete girders; constructing cast-in-place abutments, T-walls, bridge deck, and barrier walls. Roadwork includes placing an embankment and asphalt and concrete approach slabs; installing roadway appurtenances; and drainage work.

 

EAST GUIDE LEVEE AND ROCK WEIR

Contractor: Weeks Marine Inc.

Original contract; $3,127,865
Revised contract: $3,057,114
Project started; July 25, 1997
Award date: June 18, 1997 Estimated completion: October 1998

Description of work: The work consists of clearing and grubbing, closing five canals, including a geotextile separator blanket and shell plug, placing uncompacted embankment, fertilizing and seeding and constructing a weir by placing a gabion mattress on a geotextile blanket.

 

WEST GUIDE LEVEE

Contractor: J. Caldarera and Company Inc.

Contract amount: $2,199,720 Award date; July 2, 1997
Project started: August 9, 1997 Estimated completion: January 1999

Description of work: The work consists of clearing and grubbing, closing pipelines, degrading an existing ridge, placing uncompacted levee embankment, fertilizing and seeding, constructing a ramp crossing and constructing a drainage system consisting of culverts, sluice gates and flap gates.

 

BURLINGTON NORTHERN - SANTA FE RAILWAY BRIDGE

Contractor: Souter Construction Company

Contract amount: $6,846,330 Award date: August 14, 1998
Project started: Sept. 10,1998 Estimated completion: August 2000

Description of work: The work consists of clearing and grubbing; constructing a double track detour for the railroad; constructing storm drainage improvements; performing pile load tests and driving precast, prestressed concrete piles; fabricating and installing precast, prestressed girders; placing reinforced concrete for bridge deck, and abutments; excavating a segment of the outflow channel and placing stone riprap under the bridge; constructing guide levees for outflow channel; removing railroad detour when bridge is complete; and fertilizing and seeding levees and work area.

 

As of October 1998

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New Orleans,LA
504-862-2201
Kathy.Gibbs@usace.army.mil

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