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MAJOR and CURRENT PROJECTS |
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Zachary Elementary School, Zachary School System |
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 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.
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Northwest Elementary School, Zachary School System
Zachary’s new Northwest Elementary School facility was another construction project engineered by sub-contractor GOTECH. Engineers worked with the City of Zachary on permitting of this development, provided geometric layout for driveway and parking areas, prepared parking facility details and developed the grading and drainage plan. Construction specifications, cost estimates, bidding documents, bidding phase assistance and site visits for civil site work also comprised GOTECH’s completed tasks.
Winbourne Elementary School, East Baton Rouge School Board
The 43,000 sq. ft. Winbourne Elementary School’s engineering and civil site services were performed by GOTECH. As a sub-contractor on this EBR School Board project, GOTECH obtained flood zone determinations for the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge. Other services performed were the development of site utility plans including potable water, sewer, firewater and gas. Geometric layout of driveway and parking areas, grading and drainage plan, parking facility details and finished floor elevation establishment were among services provided by GOTECH. Bidding phase assistance, cost estimate preparation, construction specifications, bidding documents, site visits for civil site work and construction administration services were also provided.
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Surveys for the FFEB Joint Venture, New Orleans Corps of Engineers Project |
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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.
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I-10 Twin Span Bridge Project |
 GOTECH, Inc. is serving as a subconsultant on the Twin Span Bridge project for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. The Twin Span Bridge is a portion of Interstate Highway 10 that crosses the edge of Lake Pontchartrain between the cities of New Orleans and Slidell. Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Twin Span Bridge in August of 2005. The $803 million replacement project is estimated to be completed in 2011 and will include 5.5 miles of new bridge carrying three lanes eastbound and three lanes westbound. Working on the Volkert Construction Services team, GOTECH is providing construction administration services and construction inspectors to monitor the work progress. GOTECH survey personnel are providing geometric control data and conducting horizontal and vertical positioning checks on pilings, pile caps and bridge decks.
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Green Light Plan |
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The East Baton Rouge City/Parish administration promoted the extension of the “pot-hole” tax until the year 2030. The voters approved the extension and an estimated $460 million will be generated for transportation improvements throughout the Parish. Approximately 37 road projects are proposed as new candidates as improvements to the ground transportation network for Baton Rouge. GOTECH, Inc. is participating in the Green Light Plan as a member of the Project Management Team. Under the leadership of CSRS, Inc. GOTECH is supplying engineering project managers, a Director of Engineering, CAD drafting services, scheduling, cost estimating and a Senior Program Advisor for the team. |
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John James Audubon Bridge, St. Francisville, LA |
 The Audubon Bridge project is being conducted as a design/build project for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. The bridge will be a cable-stayed structure that crosses the Mississippi River north of Baton Rouge. It replaces a centuries-old ferry route that links Pointe Coupee Parish and West Feliciana Parish. At a length of 1,583 feet, the main span will be the longest in North America. GOTECH is providing engineering design of the approach roadway network on the west (Pointe Coupee Parish) side of the river. Plan/profile sheets, cross section and detail sheets are being designed by GOTECH engineers and drafted by GOTECH AutoCAD technicians. GOTECH field personnel obtained survey data on the batture to supplement the project’s hydrographic survey data. Construction quality assurance inspection services, utility coordination and scheduling will also be provided by GOTECH.
(Please see accompanying articles on News page.)
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Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport |
 GOTECH, Inc. has 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 are the Program Managers for a variety of projects at the airport. These projects include 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 are also being controlled by the PAL team. GOTECH personnel works closely with the airport staff in order to monitor the design and construction work of others. Quality control and quality assurance tasks are an important part of the PAL team responsibilities for projects under consideration. |
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Louisiana Transportation Center Project for the Louisiana Transportation Authority |
 GOTECH, Inc. is serving as a sub consultant for the Louisiana Airport Authority’s Louisiana Transportation Center Project in Southeastern Louisiana. A complex intermodal facility is being planned for a 25,000 acre site on the West bank of the Mississippi River between Donaldsonville and White Castle. GOTECH personnel are conducting analysis of impacts that will result from construction of airport runways, river dock facilities, rail yards, industrial areas and recreational areas. GOTECH is also participating in various project phases including cost estimating, pipeline relocation studies and land acquisition studies. Parcel maps and landowner areas are being evaluated for each of the phases of this project. |
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Houma Navigation Canal Lock and Floodgate |
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is implementing the design and construction of a hurricane protection levee system across Southeastern Louisiana. One key element in the levee system is the provision for ship traffic along the Houma Navigation Canal in Terrebonne Parish. A lock and floodgate structure is planned for that area of the levee south of Houma near the community of Dulac. GOTECH, Inc. survey crews worked continuously to provide a full contour map for the seven hundred acre site. Hydrographic channel surveys, spoil bank surveys, marsh surveys, cross sections, level loops and baseline traverses were all conducted in accordance with the required Corps accuracy standards. An existing Corps baseline was recovered and verified against the published baseline tabulation. A new sub-baseline was established and monumented on the West Bank of the channel for use in the future construction efforts.
GOTECH Cadd technicians processed the field data and produced a plan view map for the entire site. The mapping sheets showed the bank lines, channels, spoil areas, marsh regional and contours across the area. |
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Lamar Dixon Expo Center, Ascension Parish, Louisiana |
 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. |
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Coastal Restoration Projects – National Marine Fisheries Services |
 GOTECH is continuing it’s long term relationship with the National Marine Fisheries Service, serving 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 is 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. |
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Sales Tax Street and Rehabilitation Program Construction Supervision and Inspection, City of Baton Rouge |
 GOTECH provided Construction Inspectors and a Chief Inspector to provide inspection of street rehabilitation construction services for the City of Baton Rouge for over 10 years. Duties included setting up and maintaining a project records system, production of partial and final estimates and plan changes, insuring adherence to plans and specifications, inspection of asphaltic concrete and portland cement concrete production at the plant, inspection of asphaltic concrete laydown operations, portland cement placement and finishing, soil cement processing and incidental construction in the field, the taking and preparation of samples for testing and the performance of field tests. The over all program has rehabilitated (asphalt overlay or reconstituded) over 1406 miles of streets/roads. |
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Shreveport Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) Control Program, Shreveport, Louisiana |
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For the City of Shreveport, GOTECH is serving as civil engineers and surveyors on the design team. The City is in the process of identifying and correcting their problem areas throughout the sewer system collection system. GOTECH will conduct a number of tasks as the project progresses. We are evaluating the results of a cleaning and video program that was performed on sewer trunk lines. We are analyzing the videos and listing repairs for lines that are appropriate to the site conditions found. Point repairs, pipe lining repairs or total replacement options are analyzed for each video segment. GOTECH will perform field investigations on candidate repair locations. The result of the video analysis will result in a design memorandum (DM) and cost estimate for the project. This D.M. will be submitted for review and comment and once approved, will serve as the basis for the project construction documents. GOTECH will provide the plans and specifications necessary for the construction of the repairs. |
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Sewer System Evaluation and Rehabilitation Program, Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans |
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GOTECH provided surveyed locations and elevations and physical inventory for sewer manholes in the main sewer lines (12-inch and greater) that was incorporated in the development of a computer hydraulic model and manhole inventory database. The work also included the determination of vertical elevations of all inverts in each manhole surveyed. In addition, GOTECH is providing construction inspection for sewer improvement projects. |
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