Elevated Storage Tank & 4th Avenue Improvements
Ray, MinneSOTA
The City of Ray retained Interstate Engineering to perform preliminary, design, and construction engineering for a multi-phase water storage, transmission main, and full street and utilities reconstruction project.
The project’s first phase consisted of selecting a new elevated storage tank’s size, type, and location to serve the City of Ray. Interstate Engineering provided services, including feasibility and facility reports, coordinating with R&T Water Supply to connect to the new storage tank, alternative analysis, and securing and administering funding for the future project.
The project’s second stage included design engineering to connect the proposed elevated storage tank to the city’s distribution system. Interstate Engineering proposed several alternatives for connecting the transmission main to the distribution system. Hydraulic analysis, the design of a pressure-reducing valve vault, and the numerous options of where the new transmission main would connect to the existing system were considered. Once a preferred alternative was selected, Interstate Engineering provided services, including surveying, preparation of plans, specifications, bid documents, and construction administration. The first phase in the construction of the project included:
- Reconstruction of five blocks of city streets along 4th Avenue, including new curb and gutter, sidewalks, driveways, and ADA ramps
- Replacement of the sanitary sewer main, manholes, and services within the street reconstruction
- Replacement and upsizing of the street’s water mains, including new curb stops and service lines to the right-of-way, new installation of storm sewer catch basins, and 30-inch arch-pipe storm sewer mains.
Concurrent with the construction on 4th Avenue, Interstate Engineering prepared the final design documents, plans, and specifications for the new 500,000-gallon elevated storage tank and the transmission line connecting to the 4th Avenue construction. This multi-phase project began in 2014, and construction was complete with a new elevated tank and transmission line in operation in 2017.
