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IH 45 South Expansion

IH 45 South Expansion TxDOT | Galveston County, Texas The expansion of IH 45 South in Galveston County was designed with the goal of expanding the interstate and improving mobility in a region that has seen continuous growth in recent years. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM provided utility relocation and inspection (including water line, communication cable, and gas line), grading, concrete pavement, asphalt-stabilized base, cement- and lime-treated base/subgrade, bridge structures, storm sewer, and detentions. Construction of the widening of a freeway facility consisted of grading, concrete pavement, asphalt-stabilize base, cement-treated base, lime-treated subgrade, asphalt concrete pavement, bridge structures, storm sewers, detention ponds, retaining walls, signing, pavement markings, traffic signals, continuous lighting, and traffic management system. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM was selected to perform utility coordination, subsurface utility engineering, and utility inspection for the entire project. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM provided utility coordination and relocation for Frontier, AT&T, Comcast, CenterPoint Energy gas, Texas-New Mexico Power, and Phonoscope. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM performed subsurface utility engineering to identify the existing 39-inch encased water line (City of League City) that hindered the construction of the drilled shaft and stone columns along abutment No. 1 on the SH 96 bridge widening. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM was also entrusted by TxDOT to review and approve permit applications for proposed relocation for the entire project.

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SH 249 (Tomball Tollway), Phase II and four Direct Connectors

SH 249 (Tomball Tollway), Phase II and four Direct Connectors Harris County Toll Road Authority | Tomball, Texas Binkley & Barfield | DCCM performed construction engineering inspection services for the SH 249 (Tomball Tollway), Phase II and SH 249 (Tomball Tollway), and SH 99 (Grand Parkway) direct connectors projects. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM provided Field Engineers, Office Engineers, Critical Path Method, Sr. Scheduler, Construction Inspectors, and Utility Inspectors as personnel on both projects. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM also performed SUE as needed for fiber-optic cables (AT&T, Verizon), pipelines, and City of Tomball water lines. In addition, Binkley & Barfield | DCCM reviewed the detection of defects or deficiencies in project contractor(s) work. To support timely project completion, Binkley & Barfield | DCCM responded to project RFIs, coordinated and tracked submittals, reviewed and approved required project shop drawings, and other services requested by the client. SH 249 (Tomball Tollway), Phase II Construction: The project included the construction of 3 miles of six toll lanes and two three-lane frontage roads consisting of a grading embankment, drainage, structures, stormwater detention, signings, a cement-treated base, SWPPP, tolling infrastructure, a computerized transportation management system, and continuously reinforced concrete pavement. Construction completion: 2021.  SH 249 (Tomball Tollway) and SH 99 (Grand Parkway) Direct Connectors: The project included the construction of the SH 249 (Tomball Tollway) and SH 99 (Grand Parkway) four direct connectors and approaches, consisting of traffic control, earthwork, grading, paving, structures, retaining walls, drainage, illumination, signing, pavement markings, ITS, and cross-sections. Our team inspected the curved concrete beams (U-96s) that were spliced mid-air. This innovative project marked the first of its kind in Texas and only the fourth of such undertakings in the entire United States. Construction completion: 2023. 

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Crockett Substation Distribution Development Plan and Internal Request

Crockett Substation Distribution Development Plan and Internal Request Houston, Texas Binkley & Barfield | DCCM provided engineering and design for the Crockett Substation. The design of 25,000 feet of new build circuit and upgrades to the existing overhead facilities. This included multiple terminal poles, capacitor banks, and pole top switches that were all done in highly congested areas with limited space and clearances. Several places required circuits to be built double-stacked due to limited space in the established commercial and residential areas. In addition, the plan included six railroad crossings that must meet strict clearance and enhanced building requirements. Three of these crossings required the use of load-bearing concrete poles, and two of these were double-circuit crossings. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM provided engineering and design of the Internal Request (ILRT) work inside the substation yard to convert the outdated Crockett substation to a low-profile design. In doing so, our design team had to relocate existing escapes out of the way to build the new low-profile substation. This all had to be done while keeping the circuits energized. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM came up with the most efficient action plan. After many field meetings where our staff represented the client’s Overhead department for this project, we designed and engineered four overhead and six terminal pole work orders and provided consulting for the entirety of this project. We had to relocate circuits CR01 through CR06 and coordinate our work with the substation, transmission, and MUG engineering.

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Downtown Underground Transmission Duct Bank Installation

Downtown Underground Transmission Duct Bank Installation Houston, Texas Binkley & Barfield | DCCM provided engineering and construction support services for the design of a 138 kilovolt transmission duct bank to replace the existing aging oil-filled facilities that serve the growing and highly congested Downtown and Midtown areas of Houston. More than 12,600 linear feet of underground transmission duct back was designed to connect three critical substations that serve these areas. The design included installations within existing substation facilities along and across TxDOT right-of-way, through the St. Joseph Medical Center, in front of the Toyota Center, and under the METRORail Red Line. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM worked with the client to optimize the duct bank configuration and layout to maximize the construction and operation methods’ efficiencies. Specialized planning and equipment were utilized by Binkley & Barfield | DCCM to accommodate two horizontal directional drilling drills in very restrictive, narrow, and congested areas of the project. Professional services included engineering analysis and design, topographic survey, signed and sealed plan and profile drawings, traffic control plans, construction method solutions, conflict resolutions, utility research, coordination and permitting (with TxDOT, City of Houston, and Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County [METRO]), signed and sealed as-built plans, geotechnical services, and construction phase support. All the designs were in accordance with the client’s standards and specifications and federal, state, and municipal requirements.

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Transmission Counterpoise Project Along Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad

Transmission Counterpoise Project Along Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Montgomery County, Texas With a growing concerns of the effects of the electromagnetic fields generated by the overhead electric transmission lines onto the rails of the tracks managed by Burlington Northern Santa Fe. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM was selected to design and coordinate with the client and Burlington Northern Santa Fe for the installation of a counterpoise system designed to neutralize the electromagnetic fields for 12 miles of paralleling tracks and a 345-kilovolt transmission line.  This counterpoise system was composed of four 500 MCM buried bare copper cables along Burlington Northern Santa Fe right-of-way, two on each side, installed at a strategic distance from the tracks which would provide optimal efficiency of its purpose.  Binkley & Barfield | DCCM developed detailed construction drawings for the installation of the cables which included horizontal directional drill, railroad plow and open trench. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM acquired all the necessary permits from the County, TxDOT, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad.

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US 79 Widening

US 79 Widening TxDOT | Jewett, Texas The Binkley & Barfield | DCCM team performed the design for a 10-mile schematic and environmental project in Leon County. The project widened US 79 from a two-lane section to a four-lane divided section from west of Jewett at FM 1512 to Buffalo. This project developed three alternatives and refined the preferred alternative based on stakeholder input from two public meetings, environmental constraints, and limited right-of-way. The team worked on developing all environmental technical reports necessary to obtain the environmental clearance necessary for right-of-way acquisition and utility relocation before the final design.

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SH 249 (Tomball Tollway)

SH 249 (Tomball Tollway), Phases I and II Harris County Toll Road Authority | Tomball, Texas Harris County Toll Road Authority contracted Binkley & Barfield | DCCM as the Program Management Consultant for design and management services of the project’s preliminary and final designs and construction management and inspection services for Phase II. We developed a project feasibility assessment, which resulted in the SH 249 (Tomball Tollway), Phases I and II engineering feasibility report and served as the basis for the final design. In its first day of operation, eager toll users doubled the projected 17,000 daily toll transactions, cutting in half the traffic on the existing frontage road. Funded entirely with toll road revenue paid by the drivers who choose to use the Harris County toll road system, the final construction will extend the toll road into Montgomery County and Grimes County to SH 105, streamlining trips to and from rapidly growing Grimes County and College Station. Phase I: Spring Cypress Road to FM 2920 This project provided travelers with four main lanes in each direction and was constructed between the existing TxDOT northbound and southbound non-tolled frontage roads. As Project Management Consultant for Harris County Toll Road Authority, Binkley & Barfield | DCCM completed an aggressive 9-month design program for the delivery of plans, specifications, and estimates to Harris County Toll Road Authority to bid and construct this phase. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM provided leadership, schedule adherence, quality assurance, and oversight to 17 consultants, completing the plans, specifications, and estimates for four new toll lanes in each direction along a 6-mile stretch of SH 249, adding five new bridges, retaining walls, and a drainage system that mitigates flooding. Drivers may now bypass seven stoplights while the frontage roads remain toll-free. All milestone submittals were met on time, and the project was constructed in only 16 months and under three construction contracts. Phase I was open to traffic in April 2015 and exceeded all revenue forecasts. Phase II: FM 2920 to Spring Creek (Harris/Montgomery County line) Design preparations for Phase II began in October 2014 with design revisions to the TxDOT 2006 SH 249 Schematic. As in Phase I, Binkley & Barfield | DCCM was the Project Management Consultant for the design of four-lane toll lanes in each direction, adding three-lane frontage roads, both north and southbound, five major bridges, flood-mitigating storm sewer detention, a collegiate practice field, and equestrian and bike trials. Services also included computing cut-and-fill quantities for roadway sections, concrete and reinforcement steel quantities for bridge deck pours, and payments for such pours on the contractor’s pay estimate. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM monitored the roadway excavation, subgrade preparation, concrete milling, embankment placement for abutments, installation of drill shaft and foundations, concrete beam placement, asphalt pavement placement, bent footings, column, cap pours, reinforced earth walls, 18- to 36-inch reinforced concrete pipes, and various concrete box culverts. Our team oversaw construction management and inspection services for this project segment. Construction was completed in 2019.  Phases I and II of the SH 249 (Tomball Tollway) project included environmental investigations and permitting, survey/right-of-way mapping, utility identification and assessment, subsurface utility engineering, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, and detention pond design. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM also provided construction phase services for Phase II and the direct connectors at SH 99 (Grand Parkway).

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FM 2818 (Harvey Mitchell Parkway)

FM 2818 (Harvey Mitchell Parkway) Schematic Design City of College Station/TxDOT | College Station, Texas Binkley & Barfield | DCCM developed a geometric design schematic for FM 2818 from Wellborn Road to George Bush Drive. The project scope included conceptual and schematic design as well as data collection, accident and traffic analysis, conceptual design, schematic design, environmental documentation, public involvement, ROW/easement identification, utility coordination, project management, and topographic surveying. The initial scope included the analysis of three design year alternatives, a conceptual schematic for each design year alternative, and the development of the selected alternative through schematic design. Based on the results of the traffic analysis/conceptual design and meetings with the City of College Station and TxDOT staff, it was determined the three design year alternatives would not adequately address the growth issues along the project corridor, thus six additional alternatives were analyzed. Based on the traffic analysis and input from the City and TxDOT, a “super street” option was selected and was developed through schematic design. The limits of the schematic design were also revised to include the area north of the original project limits, to include FM 2818 from George Bush Drive to F&B Road. Through an on-call contract with TxDOT, Binkley & Barfield | DCCM was also selected in 2018 to perform the detailed PS&E design for FM 2818. Binkley & Barfield completed SUE for the corridor to assist with utility conflict identification and resolution. Binkley & Barfield developed designs for the project roadway geometry utilizing Bentley OpenRoads 3D modeling software and prepared and updated the construction cost estimate and specifications for the project. Additionally, Binkley & Barfield | DCCM is managed and provided QA/QC for a team of eight subconsultants that gathered survey and performed geotechnical analyses as well as preparing PS&E for TCPs, drainage, signals, illumination, pavement markings, and other activities associated with delivering a full PS&E package. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM also assisted TxDOT in coordinating with project stakeholders such as the City of College Station, Texas A&M University, and Easterwood Airport.

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FM 1097 Widening, Segments 1, 2, 3

FM 1097 Reconstruction, Segments 1, 2, and 3 Montgomery County/TxDOT | Montgomery County, Texas This project was a joint effort between Montgomery County and TxDOT and involved widening an existing two-lane with a dedicated left-turn lane road into a four-lane with a dedicated left turn. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM was responsible for the identification of utilities, design coordination, permit and utility agreement review, and relocation oversight. Utility adjustments were needed for all utilities due to most right-of-way (ROW) being taken on one side. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM worked closely with ROW to prioritize parcel acquisitions so utilities could complete adjustments without delays. Utilities included Entergy, Kinder Morgan pipeline, CenterPoint Energy, numerous telecommunications lines, and City of Willis water and wastewater. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM worked with the design team to mitigate any utility conflicts that could be costly or would require a long lead time for adjustments. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM set up several utility workshops between the roadway design team, the utility owner, and the construction area office to work through the details to allow a pipeline to be protected in place and avoid a costly relocation. Other coordination efforts included working with the design team on the traffic control phasing to allow the utilities more time for adjustments while allowing the roadway contractor to continue working without delays.

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FM 646 Reconstruction

FM 646 Reconstruction Galveston County/TxDOT | Santa Fe, Texas Binkley & Barfield | DCCM provided engineering and construction management services to reconstruct and upgrade existing FM 646 from FM 1764 to SH 6 for Galveston County and the TxDOT in Santa Fe. The project included widening FM 646 from an existing two-lane asphalt roadway with open roadside ditches to a proposed four-lane concrete roadway with two-way left-turn lanes and storm sewer. The project also involved grading, lime-treated subgrade, Portland cement-treated base, bond breaker, continuously reinforced concrete pavement, inlets and storm sewer, outfall channel, drainage structures, signing, pavement markings, traffic signals, traffic control plan, and a stormwater pollution prevention plan. The roadway improvements required purchasing an additional 20 feet of right-of-way. This project also included a realignment of the roadway so that TxDOT design criteria were met, allowing a new 150-foot prestressed slab beam bridge to be constructed over Highlands Bayou. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM refined the roadway profile to not only meet the TxDOT design criteria but also to minimize the need for construction easements during construction, which ultimately reduced the overall cost of the project. The bridge design included four lanes, a raised sidewalk, and a combination rail on the outside. The bridge foundation design was performed using the Client Assistance 18 program. The realignment also required that Binkley & Barfield | DCCM retain a portion of the existing roadway in place to maintain access to city streets and businesses. Signal design included modification to the signal at the FM 1764 intersection and modification to the signals at 6th Street and SH 6. The signal at SH 6 required coordination with Union Pacific Railroad due to its proximity to their railroad crossing, which ensured that all railroad crossing preemption measures would remain functional. Binkley & Barfield | DCCM also provided construction management services, utility coordination, and relocation for several utility companies, including AT&T, Comcast, CenterPoint Energy gas, and Phonoscope. We delivered weekly utility relocation updates for the contractor and TxDOT to facilitate and adhere to the project construction schedule. Our team was also entrusted by TxDOT to review and approve permit applications for proposed relocation for the entire project.

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