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BIS Frucon had a one year with two option years task order contract with the City of St. Louis Board of Public Service to provide A/E renovation design services to city-owned buildings. The scope of work included reports, conceptual designs, design documents, energy audits, site visits, exterior and interior building layouts and designs, and room finish schedules. The scope of work also included project cost estimating, scheduling and compliance studies associated with Life Safety, NFPA and ADA codes, requirements and standards.

Construction phase services included shop drawing reviews and other related construction submittals and documents, project site inspections/site visits and reports, as-built drawings and digitizing of design information into AutoCAD.

For Task Order 1 of this contract, BIS Frucon Engineering provided engineering design, construction cost estimating and construction phase services for MEP improvements, code compliance and HVAC equipment and controls upgrades at the Carnahan Courthouse in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. Improvements included HVAC, MEP, energy, electric motor drive conversion, architectural, structural and security upgrades.

For Task Order 2 - South 1st Street Storm Water Improvements Project, the City of St. Louis retained BIS Frucon Engineering to improve the drainage in an area near 4300 South 1st Street. An existing drainage ditch west of the Union-Pacific Railroad (UPRR) did not drain properly, which led to a permanent pool of standing water. Compounding the problem were groundwater springs which prevented the ditch from drying out even in dry weather. The standing water had become stagnant and algae-covered; the water was a health hazard as a breeding ground for mosquitoes. The perpetually-saturated sub-grade also caused localized settlement problems along the railroad track. Coordination and a permit from UPRR were required.

At one time, a 12" concrete pipe culvert drained water from the ditch across the railroad and South 1st Street rights-of-way to a ditch which drained to the Mississippi River. A building addition to a nearby warehouse was constructed that blocked the drainage path to the river.

This project included construction of inlets and storm sewers to intercept and convey the trapped surface drainage across the railroad tracks and roadway to the river. The improvements included 2,200 LF of 18" to 36" storm sewers, manholes, inlets, 60' of casing pipe beneath the railroad and site restoration. Project challenged included poor soil conditions, the RR crossing and construction in close proximity to the warehouse. The sewer was designed using Manning's formula and StormCAD software to pass the 20-year, 20-minute rain storm. The outlet structure was designed to meet the requirements of Metropolitan Sewer District and the US Army Corp of Engineers.