LocationHunterstown / Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania
MarketWater Storage and Tanks
TANK FOUNDATION, SITE PREPARATION, DUCTILE-IRON WATER PIPING, ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING, GROUNDING, INSTRUMENTATION, AND CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT.
Johnston Construction Company
- Johnston Construction Company performed the civil, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation work supporting construction of a new 500,000-gallon elevated potable-water storage tank.
- JCC constructed the reinforced-concrete tank foundation, including excavation, subgrade preparation, mud mat, anchor-bolt installation, foundation concrete, interior slab, and backfill.
- The project included geotechnical inspection, verification of bearing conditions, soil testing, concrete testing, and construction quality-control services.
- JCC prepared the tank site and installed erosion and sediment controls, a stone access road, crane work pad, and hoist deadman supports required for tank erection.
- JCC furnished and installed ductile-iron water piping extending from the tank foundation and completed the piping connection inside the tank pedestal.
Concrete Services Division
- Concrete Services Division, LLC performed the forming and concrete-placement work for the foundation of a new 500,000-gallon elevated potable-water storage tank.
- CSD formed the reinforced-concrete footing and curved foundation wall supporting the tank pedestal.
- The work included concrete placement for the footing, curved wall, and interior slab-on-grade.
- CSD completed concrete screeding, floating, machine troweling, point-and-patch work, curing, and installation of concrete accessories.
- Reinforcing-steel placement labor, dowels, and anchor-bolt setting were coordinated with Johnston Construction Company and the tank contractor.
Electrical Services Division
- Electrical Services Division, LLC performed the electrical and instrumentation work supporting construction of the new 500,000-gallon Amblebrook Elevated Water Storage Tank.
- ESD installed conduit, wiring, tank lighting, the lighting panel, grounding components, and electrical connections within the elevated tank.
- The electrical work supported the tank’s cathodic-protection and mixing systems.
- ESD furnished and installed the tank-service conductors between the tank lighting panel and a pull box outside the existing water-treatment building.
- The service-conductor installation included approximately 270 feet of copper conductors for the 100-amp tank electrical service.