Redevelopment Authority of Somerset County, Somerset County
This project consisted of the design and installation of a wastewater collection system and pump station. The project was funded and supported by the Redevelopment Authority of Somerset County and was turned over to the Meyersdale Municipal Authority.
This section of the Township did not have a public wastewater system and was designated as an area of need. The new collection system included nearly 3,600 feet of 8” wastewater main, 900’ of force main, 22 lateral taps, railroad and stream bores and a pump station. The pump station delivers sewage across the Castleman River directly to one of the Meyersdale Municipal Authority’s pump stations.
Keller Engineers was responsible for survey, permitting, design, construction drawings and specifications, bidding, easement coordination, construction management (including monthly on-site job conferences) final inspection, and as-built drawings. Daily inspections were performed by the Somerset County Redevelopment Authority.
Project Uniqueness/Challenges: Coordination between the County Redevelopment Authority (funding agency) and the Meyersdale Municipal Authority (who is managing the completed system) was necessary.
The Meyersdale Municipal Authority requested we install a gravity system rather than a low-pressure system, which would result in all customers having an individual grinder pump. The Redevelopment Authority accommodated the request and secured funding for the addition to the project.
We have worked with Keller Engineers for structural and civil engineering support on six projects over the past five years and have been very pleased with the results. Our projects tend to be complicated phased renovation/ addition projects calling for creativity in planning and construction. I have been particularity pleased with their responsiveness to issues that arise during construction which is of particular importance to us and our clients. Vern L. McKissick, III, AIA, LEED AP, Owner/Architect McKissick Associates