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TX County Seeks Bids for Tank Rehab

Thursday, August 16, 2018


The Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 11 is seeking contractors for the rehabilitation of Water Plant No.1, in Houston, Texas.

Water Plant No. 1
Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 11

The Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 11 is seeking contractors for the rehabilitation of Water Plant No.1, in Houston, Texas.

Bids are due Aug. 30. A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held Aug. 23.

Scope of Work

This project involves cleaning and recoating an existing 500,000-gallon ground water storage tank, one above-ground water well, two booster pumps, one building and miscellaneous piping, valve and metal surfaces.

Contractors will abrasive blast-clean interior tank surfaces to Near White standards (SSPC-SP 10/NACE No. 2). The interior will then be coated with a three-coat epoxy system. The exterior tank surfaces will be abrasive blast-cleaned to Near White standards (SSPC-SP 10/NACE No. 2), and coated with a zinc-rich primer, epoxy intermediate and polyurethane finish.

Interior immersed piping and metal surfaces will be abrasive blast-cleaned to Near White standards (SSPC-SP 10/NACE No. 2) and coated with a three-coat epoxy system. Exterior above-ground piping, valve and motor surfaces will be abrasive blast-cleaned to Near White standards (SSPC-SP 10/NACE No. 2), and coated with a zinc-rich primer, epoxy intermediate and polyurethane finish. Below-ground piping surfaces will be abrasive blast-cleaned to Near White standards (SSPC-SP 10/NACE No. 2) and coated with a coal-tar epoxy system.

The work will also include coating concrete block building surfaces with an acrylic enamel.

A containment system is required.

The owner-approved coating manufacturer is Sherwin-Williams.

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