1 Billion+ GPD Storm Water Pump Station Design and Construction - Lessons Learned

Baker No. 3 pump station is one of six (6) storm water pump stations owned and operated by the Trinity River Watershed (TWM) Department of the City of Dallas, Texas (COD). These pump stations are designed to minimize flooding along the Trinity River corridor within the COD limits. Baker No. 3 pump station is under construction and scheduled to be in operation by June 2015. Trinity Watershed Management retained Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs) to complete the design and provide construction management services for the Baker No.3 pump station. Baker No. 3 pump station is a unique project as it is the first 1,000 + MGD station to use Concrete Volute Pump (CVP) technology for a storm water pumping application in the United States. This paper addresses lessons learned from the design, procurement, and construction of this unique pump station with emphasis on the construction.