Dallas North Tollway Phase 4A
According to Bisnow, since 2000, Collin County has experienced the highest sustained growth rate of any U.S. County with more than a half-million people. The North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) selected BGE to design the first extension of phase 4A of the Dallas North Tollway (DNT) extension project to address the vast growth in the […]
SH 21 Super 2 Widening and Rehabilitation
There were few opportunities to pass slower-moving vehicles on this rural, two-lane, high-traffic volume stretch of SH 21 between Crockett and Madisonville, Texas. To address the problem, TxDOT Lufkin District hired BGE to develop designs to widen, rehabilitate and add “Super 2” passing lanes to 7.8 miles of the highway. TxDOT’s goals were to improve […]
IH 35 Waco
The IH 35 4B project is a 7-mile, $341 million, complete ROW-to-ROW reconstruction of IH 35 in the heart of Texas. Considered the largest design-bid-build project in the state, TxDOT’s goals for the project include improving safety and mobility, adding capacity and reducing congestion, enhancing aesthetics and incorporating ITS technology. In addition, the project aims […]
Cinco MUD 1
Located in the West Houston suburb of Katy, Cinco MUD 1 is home to more than 32,000 residents. In 2015, residents used 2.1 billion gallons of water, and an estimated 800 million (almost 40 percent) of those gallons were used for irrigation – all of which comes from potable water attained from groundwater wells. Cinco […]
Multiple Sewershed Package 10B
The SAWS Multiple Sewershed Package 10B Project consisted of sewer lines evaluation and replacement throughout 17 locations in San Antonio. The sewershed package consisted of 4,142 linear feet of 8- and 10-inch sewer main crossing under major highways and main access lanes within the TxDOT Right of Way by trenchless methods (CIPP), 111 linear feet […]
City of Houston Southeast Water Purification Plant
BGE partnered with the City of Houston to rehabilitate its Southeast Water Purification Plant, which provides 200 million gallons a day of drinking water to residents. The plant was originally constructed in the 1980s and needed updates to continue to meet the needs of the citizens in its service area. After a comprehensive evaluation of […]
SH 249 Extension
BGE is serving as the General Engineering Consultant for TxDOT’s SH 249 project and is responsible for overseeing contract management, scheduling, administration, review, and coordination of design and construction activities performed by the design-build contractor. SH 249 is an extension project intended to improve traffic and connect the growing areas outside Northwest Houston to major […]
City of Houston Asset Management
BGE partnered with the City of Houston to assess their groundwater mechanical, structural, instrumentation and electrical assets. As part of the project, BGE and its subconsultants visited 82 different facilities – including elevated storage tanks, well sites, water plants and re-pump stations – and assessed more than 3,000 assets. A risk score was calculated for […]
IH 635/Dallas North Tollway Split Diamond Traffic Signal Design
The intersections at the Dallas North Tollway and IH 635 in North Dallas had older, substandard traffic signals connected to a bridge that required replacement. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) needed to find a solution to replace the signals, which are all elevated and could not be attached to the bridge structure. TxDOT reached […]
IH 30 Rockwall County Improvement Project
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) partnered with BGE, Inc. to expand 17 miles of Interstate Highway 30 between Bass Pro Drive to west of FM 2642, through multiple cities in Dallas and Rockwall Counties. The project design included widening and reconstruction of existing 4 to 6 mainlanes to 6-8 mainlanes, continuous 2-3 lane frontage […]