Lamb County
- transportation
- Littlefield, Texas
Project Scope
0.84 miles
Construction Type
Road reconstruction
Project Delivery Method
Design-Bid-Build
Project Components
Design, state and federal grant applications, topographic and boundary surveys, securing drainage easements, coordinated construction limits and tie-ins with the adjacent TxDOT project on US-84; coordinated with BNSF for the railroad crossing and access permits; developed the plans, specifications and bid documents; conducted the pre-bid and pre–construction meetings.
Continental Dairy approached Lamb County about building a large dairy processing facility along Denim Road, a two-lane county road outside of Littlefield, Texas. This new business would provide jobs and tax revenue for the area, giving them an economic boost.
First, Lamb County needed to upgrade Denim Road’s structural capacity to handle at least 100 semi-trucks per day. Parkhill coordinated with Lamb County, TxDOT, South Plains Association of Governments (SPAG), the railroad, and the dairy.
Parkhill co-authored grant applications with SPAG securing both state and federal grants to leverage the matching dollars and maximize the amount of funds for the project. Parkhill developed several additional economical paving solutions to preserve all funds available.
Additionally, Parkhill worked with a geotechnical company to design economic pavement structures that could also withstand the anticipated semi-truck traffic.
In the spirit of cooperation, TxDOT agreed to construct the southern intersection of Denim Road and US-84. To expedite their design, Parkhill extended its topographic and utilities survey and provided the files to TxDOT.
Parkhill coordinated with Continental Dairy and included utility stubs in the roadway contract to allow them to expand without requiring future pavement cuts. Parkhill also worked with adjacent landowners to acquire drainage easements for the Denim Road project and TxDOT’s project on US-84.
One challenging issue we overcame was the utility conflicts that existed along the corridor. Parkhill’s staff began coordination, exploration and documentation very early in the project delivery process and continued it through design and construction.
The project was successfully constructed, and the city and county maximized the impact of the grant dollars. Mayor Eric Turpen anticipated hundreds of jobs resulting from the project.
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