For the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, GOTECH will provide construction engineering and inspection services for the Off-System Highway Bridge Program. Construction work on two (2) bridges in Tangipahoa Parish are each comprised of four (4) 20' slab spans with a 24 or 28 foot clear width. This project includes approach slabs, approach roadways and related work on the Bennett Road Bridge over Natalbany Creek and the Cooper Road Bridge over Cooper Creek.

For the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, GOTECH, Inc. will provide construction contract administration and construction engineering and inspection services for one off-system bridge rehabilitation and replacement project. Located in Avoyelles Parish, the scope of work includes a four slab span bridge, approach slabs and approach roadways.

For the Corps of Engineers - New Orleans District, GOTECH surveyed the New Orleans to Venice (NOV) levee project named City Price to Tropical Bend Levee Project. This project supports the final construction plans and design specification of the NOV "back levees", which are hurricane protection levees built on the Gulf of Mexico side of developed areas along Louisiana Highway 23, located south of New Orleans. GOTECH conducted the topographic and cross section survey, which encompassed over 12 1/2 miles of back levee.

The FFEB Joint Venture Team (Fugro Consultants, Inc., FMSM Engineers, Eustis Engineering and Burns-Cooley Engineering) were selected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' New Orleans District to supply geotechnical engineering services for flood protection sites across South Louisiana. The weaknesses in the levee system were exposured during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, particularly in the flood protection system surrounding New Orleans. The Corps' first steps in planning for the long term restoration of the system's integrity is conducting geotechnical analyses of the levee foundations and flood walls. One critical part of this analysis is obtaining elevation and location information for each soil boring or cone penetrometer test. GOTECH, Inc. was selected by the FFEB Joint Venture to be the survey specialist for the $100 million project. GOTECH survey crews accessed levee sites across the New Orleans metropolitan area and at Atchafalaya River flood protection sites to obtain the needed field data. Survey crews used GPS Real Time Kinematic (RTK) equipment to obtain the horizontal locations of each boring or CPT site. Base bench marks that were a part of the Corps' modernization system of elevation marks were selected for use in the program. Elevation and horizontal position data for each site was collected and compiled according to work task orders that the Corps identified. For the thousands of field data points that were surveyed, GOTECH office support personnel conducted quality assurance checks on the tabulated results and transmitted the information to the FFEB in a timely manner.

GOTECH, Inc. served as the Project Engineer and Lead Project Coordinator. The Lamar-Dixon Expo Center, located on 236 acres of land in Ascension Parish, offers residents and visitors an exposition center that seats over 3,000 people. A state of the art multi-use facility, the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center hosts a multitude of events designed to bring entertainment and economic development to the community. In addition to equestrian events and rodeos, the Expo Center is used for concerts, science and school fairs, antique and craft shows, tractor pulls and auctions, along with other events. The Lamar-Dixon Expo Center currently houses eight barns, three arenas, a banquet room, a 4-H facility, a Trade Mart building, and a YMCA gymnasium. Also featured are picnic areas, recreation vehicle (RV) parking, bathhouses, paved parking areas, water distribution system, etc. Construction cost estimating was conducted by GOTECH in all phases of the work in order to facilitate alternative selection by the Owner. Planning and design by GOTECH personnel allowed for the successful construction of various roadway, sewer, drainage, structural, and electrical components on a concurrent schedule.

Engineering and civil site services for the Zachary Elementary School were GOTECH’s responsibilities for this Zachary School System project. Sub-contractor GOTECH engineered parking facility details, grading and drainage plans, geometric layout of driveway and parking areas and established finished floor elevation. GOTECH’s tasks included bidding phase assistance, construction specifications, bidding documents and the prepared cost estimates. Construction administration services and site visits for civil site work were other services provided by GOTECH.

GOTECH, Inc. combined forces with four other joint venture partners to provide engineering and construction management services at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Collectively known as the Parsons Aviation of Louisiana (PAL) Team, GOTECH and its partners were the Program Managers for a variety of projects at the airport. These projects included runway expansions, runway rehabilitations, taxiway upgrades, cargo pavement analysis and ARFF station design and procurement. Residential sound insulation programs, terminal relocations, lighting improvements and traffic control projects were also controlled by the PAL team. GOTECH personnel worked closely with the airport staff in order to monitor the design and construction work of others. Quality control and quality assurance tasks were an important part of the PAL team responsibilities for projects under consideration.

In the fall of 2005, the journey of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita resulted in an immense challenge to those agencies involved in the recovery effort for South Louisiana. Within a few months of the hurricanes, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded contracts for Quality Assurance services associated with debris removal. GOTECH was awarded one of the contracts and immediately personnel were placed in the field. GOTECH’s contract called for 50 QA inspectors to monitor debris removal operations in the New Orleans area and on the Northshore area (north side of Lake Pontchartrain). The field inspectors recorded daily activities of the cleanup crews, monitored quantities, recorded truck capacities and responded to the flexibility needed by the Corps of Engineers to oversee the work.

GOTECH, with its long term relationship with the National Marine Fisheries Service, served as its Engineering and Surveying Consultant. A variety of projects in the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) Program receive their major funding from the NMFS. GOTECH was involved in the various aspects of these projects such as writing environmental assessment reports, providing technical reviews of construction plans and specifications, attending engineering and administrative meetings and providing construction administration. GOTECH personnel have worked on projects such as East Timbalier Island Restoration, Big Island, Black Bayou Hydroloic Restoration, Four Mile Canal, The Jaws, Little Lake and Pecan Island. GOTECH survey crews continue to provide field data such as water depth, cross sections, beach profiles, marsh elevations, dune sections, channel depths and shoreline topography.

GOTECH provided civil design and construction services which included preliminary and final engineering design drawings for the reconstruction and overlay of South General Aviation Apron. Preliminary site work and topographic surveys were performed. Specifications, contract documents and construction services were also required.

The City of Shreveport upgraded their sewer lift station in the Cedar Grove area of the City. Serving as a subconsultant on the project, GOTECH provided engineering and survey services. A complete topographic and elevation survey of the site was conducted by the GOTECH field survey crew. The plan view map of the area was drafted and used as the basis for the rehabilitation plans. GOTECH designed and drafted odor control improvements for the site, including air pumps, CPVC piping, structural supports and concrete base slabs.

GOTECH served as sub-consultant on the improvement projects for the North Regional and Lucas Wastewater Treatment Plants. Our work included sitework, utility adjustments, odor control unit design, headwork’s improvements, paving and grading, and drainage design. GOTECH personnel provided plans and specifications that were used as construction documents for the project.

The Wastewater Treatment Plant’s were re-designed through rehabilitation of the existing facilities with the addition of new facilities to accommodate the additional flow. Duties included the preparation of preliminary and final plans and specifications. Additional design services included site analysis, project coordination, paving and drainage design.

GOTECH survey crews acquired location, elevation and inventory data for over one thousand sanitary sewer manholes throughout the Shreveport area. Field data was compiled for use in improvement modeling for the Lucas Wastewater Treatment Plant and the North Regional Treatment Plant.

GOTECH provided surveying, mapping and construction inspection services for the Inner Loop Ground Storage Tank and Pump Station project in Shreveport. GOTECH’s initial work on the project involved the boundary survey and subdivision of a 25 acre tract of land, creating the parcel for the City’s new water storage tank. The subdivision of the property was conducted in compliance with the guidelines and regulations of the City’s Planning Commission. After creating the new storage tank parcel, a compete topographic survey was performed for the site. The mapping documents were used for the site design by CDM (Prime Consultant).

During the construction phase of the project, GOTECH coordinated the geometric control data from the site. GOTECH also provided resident construction inspection services during the course of the construction. The GOTECH inspectors logged daily reports, maintained schedule updates, coordinated the contractor’s activities and monitored site safety.