It was a great start to the New Year in 2023 for the Melcar Group as their Akkerman SL82P MTBM holed-out on the Sims Bayou tunnel project in Houston, TX. The $18.9 million project was designed to increase the overall capacity of the region’s drinking water by making the critical connection of the large diameter…
Developing new solutions to purify wastewater is critical, as the demand for potable water is outpacing what aquifers and other water reserves can provide. Cities are struggling to provide clean and accessible drinking water, shortages have impacted farming and manufacturing, and wildfires are worsened by drought. So how are our communities combatting the need for…
Three times per year, TBM: Tunnel Business Magazine recaps the status of major tunneling projects underway in the United States and Canada. Stiver Engineering worked on projects in Canada, Dallas and Houston, Texas that appeared in the June 2022 issue of the print edition. In Dallas, Texas, the Mill Creek Drainage Relief Tunnel project involves 26,385…
Stiver Engineering provided the structural designs for a wastewater treatment facility in Zapata, Texas. The plant included headworks with pumping, filters, chemical addition, settling, mixing, high service pumping, chlorination, and storage.
Stiver Engineering was recruited for water and wastewater engineering through the civil, structural, electrical, control, and mechanical designs of the 22 MGD advanced wastewater facility in Friendswood, Texas. The processes involved included grit removal, primary clarification, activated sludge, secondary clarification, filtration, and more.