This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy and cookie policy to learn more.
This Website Uses Cookies
By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to our cookie policy. Learn More
This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy and cookie policy to learn more.
search
cart
facebook twitter linkedin youtube
  • Sign In
  • Create Account
  • Sign Out
  • My Account
  • News
    • Newswire
  • Texas-Louisiana
  • Features
    • Projects
    • Companies
  • Top Lists
  • Current Issue
  • Blogs
  • Submit Your Photos
    • People
    • Projects
    • Events
  • Resources
    • Proposals & Bids
    • Industry Jobs
    • Subscribe
    • eNewsletter
    • Events
    • Advertise
    • Reprints and Plaques
    • Construction Cities
  • ENR Home
  • Other Regions
    • ENR Home
    • California
    • MidAtlantic
    • Midwest
    • Mountain States
    • New York
    • New England
    • Northwest
    • Southeast
    • Southwest
    • Texas & Louisiana
Home » Corps of Engineers Awards $614 Million Contract For Pump Stations In New Orleans
Texas & Louisiana Construction NewsTexas-Louisiana

Corps of Engineers Awards $614 Million Contract For Pump Stations In New Orleans

May 1, 2013
Craig Guillot
Reprints
No Comments

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded a $614.8 million project to build three permanent canal closure and pump stations in New Orleans. They will replace temporary structures built in 2006 at the mouths of three drainage canals connecting to Lake Pontchartrain.

Courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
As part of a $614.8 million project, three permanent canal closure and pump stations will be built in New Orleans, replacing temporary structures built in 2006 at the mouths of three drainage canals connecting to Lake Pontchartrain.

The stations are designed to block surges from the lake caused by a "100-year storm," a strong hurricane that has a 1% chance of occurring in any year.

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina brought a 28-foot storm surge to the area and caused 50 different levee and floodwall failures in the New Orleans area, submerging 80% of the city.

Floodwalls have since been repaired and improved. Corps spokesperson Ricky Boyett says temporary pump stations and gates were installed in 2006 to protect the vulnerable city from the following hurricane season.

The permanent stations will be built at 17th Street Canal, Orleans Avenue Canal and London Avenue Canal. Gates are designed to be lowered to protect from surges while pumps can push drainage waters from the canals into the lake. At the 17th Street Canal, pumps will be able to handle 12,500 cubic feet per second.

"New Orleans is essentially a big bowl and the gates not only need to keep out the surge, the pumps need to pump rainwater from the streets to the canals to the lake," says Boyett.

The stations are also being designed to factor in the lake's water level during the next 50 years from sea level rise by local subsidence and global warming. Pumps are also being positioned so that they can later be lowered should city officials decided to deepen the canals in the future.

The project has been awarded to PCCP Constructors, a joint venture comprised of Kiewit Louisiana Co., Traylor Bros. Inc. and the M.R. Pittman Group LLC.

The structures are parts of the final improvements to the post-Katrina New Orleans levee system. Boyett says the project should take 44 months to complete.

ENR Subscribe

Recent Articles by Craig Guillot

Construction Starts on "Bollinger Canopy of Peace" at World War II Museum in New Orleans

$3 Billion Chemical Plant Breaks Ground in Calcasieu Parish

Construction Fastest Growing Sector by Employment in Louisiana

Related Articles

Corps of Engineers $86.2 Million Drainage Project In New Orleans

Companies Flock to $800-Million Pump Station Bid in New Orleans

Related Products

BIM Handbook: A Guide to Building Information Modeling for Owners, Managers, Designers, Engineers and Contractors, 3rd Edition

Sustainable Design: The Science of Sustainability and Green Engineering

Related Events

ENR Award of Excellence

Post a comment to this article

Report Abusive Comment


Top Lists

Top Design FirmsTop Design Firms
Continued Growth Signals Positive Outlook For Region


Top ContractorsTop Contractors
Construction Continues To Boom Across The South


Top Specialty ContractorsTop Specialty Contractors
Abundant Jobs, Labor Shortages Define Regional Market



Industry Jobs

Videos
ENR Proposals and Bids


ENR twitterfeed
Tweets by ENR_TXLA

ENR

ENR December 16, 2019 cover

Dec 16, 2019

To attract a broader and more diverse workforce, companies and unions are courting the LGBTQ+ community and strengthening recruiting and retention efforts.

View More Create Account
  • Resources
    • advertise
    • contact us
    • about us
    • photo submissions
    • customer service
    • digital edition
    • Survey And Sample
  • Subscription Center
    • Subscribe
    • Website Registration
    • Privacy Policy
    • eNewsletters
    • FAQ
  • Multimedia
    • Videos
    • Slideshows
    • Photo Contest

Copyright ©2019. All Rights Reserved BNP Media.

Design, CMS, Hosting & Web Development :: ePublishing