INDIAN MILL CREEK SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, CONTRACT NO. 2 -- Moore & Bruggink
provided design and construction engineering, surveying and construction
inspection for this project that increases the capacity of a major trunk
sewer in several communities in the northwest area of the Grand Rapids
Sewer System. This trunk sewer includes 11,000 feet of new sanitary sewer
ranging in size from 30" to 42" from Tamarack Avenue to south of Three
Mile Road in Walker. Also included is 14,000 feet of maintenance road
along the new sewer alignment. The project included design meetings with
City staff, neighborhood meetings and construction progress meetings.
Challenges included acquisition of numerous easements, construction in
environmentally sensitive areas, several crossings of the citys 46" Lake
Michigan Plant watermain feed and extensive dewatering along Indian Mill
Creek.