Huntsman Lake Dam Rehabilitation
Huntsman Lake Dredging and Restoration
Department of Public Works and Environmental Services Pardon Our Dust Meeting
Fairfax County, VA
1. Huntsman Lake Dam Rehabilitation
Huntsman Lake Dredging and Restoration
Department of Public Works and Environmental Services
Pardon Our Dust Meeting
Fairfax County, VA
A Fairfax County, VA publication, October 2013
2. Huntsman Lake Dam Rehabilitation
Huntsman Lake Dredging and Restoration
Pardon Our Dust
Outline
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Dam Rehabilitation
– Background
– Project Status
– Sequence of Work
– Major Project Elements
Lake Dredging and Restoration
– Background
– Project Status
– Dredging Phases
– Lake Restoration
Construction Timeline Summary
Safety
Q&A
3. Huntsman Lake Dam Rehabilitation Project
Background
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Huntsman Dam is operating under a
conditional Operation & Maintenance
(O&M) Certificate from the Virginia
Department of Conservation and
Recreation, Division of Dam Safety,
because its auxiliary spillway can only
convey about 50 percent of the flows
from the design storm.
Planning and design for this project
was completed in February 2013, and
Fairfax County and Northern Virginia
Soil and Water Conservation District
(NVSWCD) entered into a cost-share
agreement with the Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) to
rehabilitate the facility in June, 2013.
Project was advertised for construction
on September 9, 2013.
4. Huntsman Lake Dam Rehabilitation Project Status
• Bid opening: October 2nd, 2013
• Two bids received; apparent low bidder is ASI
Constructors, Inc.
• Construction contract will be managed by the Utilities
Design and Construction Division (UDCD), Fairfax County
• UDCD is completing safety, qualification and reference
checks
• Target date for contract execution*: November 16, 2013
• Notice to Proceed (NTP): First week of December, 2013
• Performance time: 240 days
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a contract can be awarded, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will
review and concur with proposed construction schedule, subcontractors and performance bond.
5. Huntsman Lake Dam Rehabilitation Project
Summary of rehabilitation plan
7. Dam Rehabilitation
General Sequence of Work
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Drawdown lake and flag limits of construction
Install perimeter controls
Clear some trees
Install Erosion and Sedimentation (E&S) controls
Rough-grade the area
Install cofferdam for diversion of water
Demolish the riser
Final-grade the area
Install Articulated Concrete Blocks (ACBs)
Build concrete structures (riser, cutoff wall system)
Lay topsoil and seed the area
Remove E&S controls
8. Huntsman Lake Dam Rehabilitation Project
Spillway realignment and armoring
9. Huntsman Lake Dam Rehabilitation Project
Spillway realignment and armoring
10. Huntsman Lake Dam Rehabilitation Project
Spillway realignment and armoring
13. Dredging and Lake Restoration Project Status
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Bid advertisement: October 14th, 2013
Mandatory pre-bid meeting: October 30th, 2013
Bid opening: November 13th, 2013
Contract execution: middle of December, 2013 to early
January, 2014
• Notice to Proceed (NTP): typically 2 weeks after contract
execution
• Performance time:
– Phase I : 150 days
– If Phase II is authorized: Additional 120 days
Note: For dredging, contract specifications state that the lake will be fully
drained. The dam rehabilitation contractor will be responsible for lake
drawdown, which is expected to take approximately 4 weeks.
14. Background
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Drainage area = 1,482 acres (2.3 square miles)
Lake surface area = 28.6 acres
Sediment pool capacity = 295,000 cubic yards (CY)
Current sediment in lake = 65,000 CY
Estimated annual sediment load = 2,970 CY
32.5 feet
65,000 CY
22. Lake Restoration
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In-lake forebay
Shoreline stabilization
Fish habitat
Fish stocking
Reforestation
Fish habitat created from salvaged trees
Lake Barton: Fish stocking by Virginia Game and Inland Fisheries
27. Huntsman Lake Dam Rehabilitation
Huntsman Lake Dredging and Restoration
Summary of construction timeline
• Lake drawdown and dam rehabilitation construction activities to
start in December, 2013
• Dredging activities to commence after lake is fully drawn down by
January, 2014
• Project duration: 9 months (both projects)
• Lake will remain drained for entire project
• Dam rehabilitation and dredging projects have been coordinated to
minimize the time lake is empty
• Lake filling after project completion is dependent on rainfall
conditions, and it is expected filling will be initiated in September,
2014
28. Huntsman Lake Dam Rehabilitation
Huntsman Lake Dredging and Restoration
SAFETY
• Contractor is required to comply with Fairfax County’s Construction
Safety Resolution. UDCD performs a review of the contractor’s
safety record during the past 3 years.
• For all residents, keeping safe means following two simple rules:
1. Please stay outside the construction limits at all times!
2. Observe construction activities from a safe distance.
29. Huntsman Lake Dam Rehabilitation
Huntsman Lake Dredging and Restoration
30. For more information or questions, call the Stormwater Planning Division at
703-324-5500, TTY 711 or email:
Dipmani Kumar: dkumar@fairfaxcounty.gov
Matt Meyers: mmeye1@fairfaxcounty.gov
Utilities Design and Construction Division
703-324-5111, TTY 711 or email:
Bill Nolan (Dam Rehabilitation): wnolan@fairfaxcounty.gov
Mannan Qureshi (Dredging): mqures@fairfaxcounty.gov
A Fairfax County, Virginia, publication October 2013
To request this information in an alternate format, call 703-324-5500, TTY 711.
Thank you.
Notas del editor
Built in 1973 as a flood-control dam
1. Armor the control section 2. Extend the training dikes 3. Change the AS alignment
Built in 1973 as a flood-control dam
Built in 1973 as a flood-control dam
Built in 1973 as a flood-control dam
Built in 1973 as a flood-control dam
Built in 1973 as a flood-control dam
Built in 1973 as a flood-control dam
65,000 CY/295,000 CY = 22 percent full
Built in 1973 as a flood-control dam
This project was Lake Needwood in Montgomery County, MD (Redland). We dredged 100,000 cy of sediment. We did a partial drawdown. The drawdown took about 2 weeks - they only needed to drawdown the lake about 4 feet; however, the County started the drawdown in September, after the main recreation season, and the pre-construction meeting wasn't until the beginning of November. They wanted to let the sediment naturally dewater as much as possible. Initially, they had a lot of rain and didn't get as much dewatering as desired, but eventually, the sediments dewatered enough to truck them to the disposal area. They did have to mix the sediments with a drier material for placement at the disposal area. There was no real additional dewatering -- they filled the disposal area and the end result was a filled in and mounded area (with slopes of 3:1). The mound ended up being 25 high with a big flat top! Not our design - we had a design that maximized the available land footprint, had 4:1 and 5:1 slopes and kinda blended into the area. We didn't want it to look like a big out of place mound of dirt! The contractor requested a field change for the disposal site which the County finally agreed to. They were lucky they had a big open space available that was used as a fill source for a recent highway construction project. The project pre-construction was November 3, 2010. They actually started dredging right after Christmas are completed the project just after July 4th 2011 -- so it took about 9 months. Marlene MartinFX Browne