Emergencies, natural disasters, and construction delays can be stressful and damaging to projects and reputations. It is imperative that organizations work with an engineering firm that understands the entire process of emergency prevention and mitigation. Stiver Engineering prides itself on providing a complete suite of services including emergency response plans and solutions. Construction and structural…
The City of Houston has spearheaded the Northgate Regional Lift Station project as part of its plan to reduce operational and maintenance costs by consolidating 39 wastewater treatment plants and more than 380 lift station facilities. As a result, the project will decommission the Imperial Valley Wastewater Treatment Plan, which handles 4 million gallons of…
As part of a 108-inch transmission waterline project along Esplanade Boulevard between Imperial Valley Drive and Green Plaza in Houston, Stiver Engineering provided a custom lifting plan for the bottom elbow of the waterline at one of our shaft designs. The fitting had to be lifted and held in place while it was welded to…
Stiver Engineering provided critical design services and analyses for a process water treatment facility at HEB’s warehouse complex on Space Center Drive in San Antonio, Texas. Our work encompassed pipe support designs and analysis, CMU block wall designs, and foundation designs for the operations building and the canopy structure. The pipe support designs included thermal,…
As part of the ongoing Northeast Water Purification Plant Expansion project in Houston, Stiver Engineering was asked to provide a pulley system to pick up and place 108-inch-diameter pipe sections which weighed more than 20,000 pounds. An I-beam frame was provided to help with the lifting process. Finite element analysis was performed to size the…