Flood protection construction in Port Arthur, Texas, has reached a key enabling-work milestone as crews prepare to construct new pump station foundations within a controlled work area.
Pulice completed a temporary cofferdam in Zone 5 of the Port Arthur Floodwall & Levee Raise Project, identified as PAV03A by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The cofferdam will isolate the construction area and allow crews to perform foundation work without water intrusion.
The completed cofferdam establishes the conditions needed for the next phase of construction at one of the project's major pump stations.
Work at the facility will include construction of new foundations and installation of 10 vertical lift gates. The pump station improvements form part of a larger flood protection program intended to improve the performance of Port Arthur's hurricane protection system.
Temporary water-control structures such as cofferdams are commonly used on flood-control and water infrastructure projects to create stable, accessible work zones for foundations and other below-grade construction.
The work is being delivered as part of the broader Port Arthur Floodwall & Levee Raise Project, which is designed to strengthen the city's flood defenses and improve the resilience of infrastructure exposed to hurricane and coastal flooding.
Pulice is a Texas-based infrastructure contractor operating across Texas, Arizona and the broader Southwest. The company is a FlatironDragados business.
The cofferdam completion moves the Port Arthur project into a construction phase focused on permanent pump station components and flood-control infrastructure.
For owners and contractors involved in coastal infrastructure, the milestone illustrates the importance of temporary water-management systems in enabling foundation construction on flood protection projects. The planned pump station work and vertical lift gates are components of a larger effort to reinforce infrastructure serving a hurricane-prone coastal community.
Source: Pulice.
