Hickory Hills 2,000,000-Gallon Composite Elevated Water Tank & Well

Key Accomplishments

Johnston Construction Company

• The company furnished licensed surveying and construction layout services required for the project.
• JCC documented existing conditions through preconstruction video and provided progress photographs and time-lapse project documentation.
• The company installed and maintained erosion and sediment-control measures and coordinated compliance activities with the applicable inspection agencies.
• JCC performed site clearing, grading, earthwork, and general civil-site construction supporting the new elevated water tank and water station.
• The work included clearing Lot No. 2 and constructing a temporary access road from Amber Drive to support project traffic, material delivery, and construction operations.
• JCC coordinated its work with CB&I’s specialized composite-tank foundation, pedestal, steel-tank, painting, and tank-construction activities.
• The company performed mechanical work associated with the water station, including piping, valves, fittings, equipment connections, supports, and associated appurtenances within its assigned scope.
• JCC supported installation of the water-station systems located within the concrete tank support column.
• The mechanical and process work coordinated the new well source with the elevated storage tank, water-distribution system, disinfection equipment, metering systems, and station controls.
• JCC performed electrical work supporting the new water tower, well station, process equipment, lighting, electrical distribution, standby-power system, and associated site improvements.
• The company installed electrical raceways, conductors, boxes, cabinets, wiring devices, grounding and bonding components, panelboards, disconnects, starters, and associated electrical equipment within its assigned scope.
• JCC performed instrumentation and control work supporting operation and monitoring of the new water station.

Concrete Services Division

• Concrete Services Division performed the concrete-forming, placement, finishing, and curing work supporting construction of the Hickory Hills Water Tower and Well project.
• CSD furnished the labor, formwork materials, tools, equipment, concrete-finishing supplies, curing materials, and accessories required for its assigned work.
• The company performed concrete work for the new two-million-gallon composite elevated water-storage tank and associated water-station improvements.
• CSD formed and placed concrete for the elevated-tank foundation, including curved and straight wall sections associated with the specialized composite tank structure.
• The company formed and placed the tank floor slab, including the integral curb and associated concrete finishes.
• CSD constructed the reinforced-concrete generator pad and transformer pad supporting the project’s permanent electrical and standby-power systems.
• The work included forming and placing the end wall and two level spreaders associated with the site-drainage and stormwater-management improvements.
• CSD formed and placed the tank overflow splash block to protect the surrounding site from erosion during overflow events.
• The company constructed equipment pads required for the water-station mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation systems.
• CSD formed and placed the concrete antenna foundation included in its assigned scope.
• The company installed and stripped slab-on-grade, curved-wall, and straight-wall formwork.
• CSD placed approximately 296 cubic yards of concrete and coordinated concrete deliveries, testing, and pumping services provided through Johnston Construction Company.
• The company completed floating, screeding, machine troweling, pointing, patching, curing, and protection of the concrete surfaces.
• CSD installed vapor barriers, premolded joint materials, saw-cut joints, joint sealants, mesh, dowels, and concrete accessories within its scope.