DWU Pipeline Project Wins UESI 2024 Project of the Year Award
Dallas Water Utilities’ (DWU) and Freese and Nichols’ innovative work on a challenging pipeline project has been honored with the Utility Engineering & Surveying Institute (UESI) 2024 Project of the Year Award.
UESI Award Winning Project
DWU and Freese and Nichols worked together to repair a failing pipeline running through the City of Dallas’ Glendale Park. When standard circular pipe presented obstacles, the team decided to use semi-elliptical arch pipes instead.
This innovative approach not only addressed the immediate issue but also provided DWU with a new solution to an old problem. New construction (direct-bury) of semi-elliptical arch pipe in new gravity wastewater pipeline construction is not common in the United States. This is the first project in Texas involving the direct bury of a U.S.-manufactured GFRP semi-elliptical arch pipe.
“Winning an award is always special, but more important is winning that award together,” Project Manager Mike Hagen said. “This was truly a team effort, and I’m proud of the work that we accomplished on the DWU Glendale Park Emergency Replacement Project.”
Congratulations to DWU and the project team, led by Mike Hagen, for thinking “outside the circle” and pushing the boundaries to find novel solutions to complex issues.
Learn more about the award-winning project in this video:
About the UESI Project of the Year Award
The UESI Project of the Year Award is an annual award established by the Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute (UESI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to recognize significant achievements in utilities, pipelines, surveying, geomatics, and related topics.
This is the second consecutive year a project Freese and Nichols worked on has won the UESI Project of the Year Award. In 2023, the Integrated Pipeline Project, Phase 2, a joint project of Tarrant Regional Water District and DWU, received the award.
