Bridgeport Water System Improvements
Bridgeport, TX
Expertise
- Municipal
Services
- civil engineering
- land surveying
As past City Engineer, we assisted in compiling a city-wide inventory of public infrastructure, that included the water distribution, the wastewater collection, and the roadway and drainage systems. This data was utilized to populate the City’s Geographic Information System, that is now utilized to maintain the public infrastructure inventory.
We mapped the water distribution system with all line sizes, materials and ages noted. The inventory process also located all valves and fire hydrants. BHB developed a detailed water distribution system computer model, utilizing the Environmental Protection Agency’s public domain software EPANET. The system was calibrated with fire hydrant pressure and flow data.
Review of the maintenance records, and model data allowed for the identification of system inadequacies and needed water distribution system improvements. With this data we prepared a short-term (5-Year) Capital Improvements Program with a budget of $3.2M; and a longer term (10-Year) CIP Program with a budget of $9.2M in distribution system improvements. This included establishing a second/higher pressure plane.
Key People
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John Margotta, RPLS
John Margotta, RPLS
Vice President of Land Surveying
John Margotta has been with BHB for over 20 years. Previously, John worked for a company that provided surveying services to BHB. Shortly after BHB added a surveying department, John joined the team and is now the head of the surveying department. He has provided field and office supervision on land surveying projects for public and privately funded projects, including the DFW Airport, City of Fort Worth, TXU Electric, Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., Trinity River Authority, Federal Aviation Administration, TxDOT, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Railtran, and Fort Worth Transportation Authority.
In high school, John held the rank of Master in the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (World Chess Federation). Outside of work, John loves cooking, football and karaoke. If he wasn’t a land surveyor, John would be a chef. “Cooking is very relaxing to me and I feel like I’m creating something good out of raw ingredients that may or may not taste good by themselves.” John’s favorite place to visit is New York City because he loves the different cultures, food, and architecture it has to offer.
John is an active member of the Texas Society of Professional Surveyors and the National Society of Professional Surveyors. He also volunteers for Skills USA, teaching high school-aged kids, who compete in local, state and national competitions, about land surveying.
John has two kids, a son who who graduated from The University of North Texas with a degree in graphic design, and a daughter who works for Mothers Milk Bank of North Texas, a nonprofit that collects breastmilk from healthy, nursing mothers who have a surplus and is dispensed to premature and fragile infants without access to their mother’s own milk. He also has one granddaughter. John’s favorite quote is from Winston Churchill, “Success is not final; failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts,” because he believes that one is never finished in life and even if you fail, at least you tried.
Project Experience
Catholic Charities of Fort Worth
Fort Worth Country Day Lou and Nick Martin Campus Center
Fort Worth Country Day Sid W. Richardson Visual Arts Center
Imperial Construction Office and Shop
Early Learning Center
Meadowview Estates Channel Improvements
Monterra Medical Campus
Park Hill Surgery Center
Presbyterian Night Shelter Morris Foundation Women & Children's Center
Rogers Road Pavilion
Saint Patrick Cathedral Parish Hall
Star-Telegram Building
Tarrant County Downtown Courthouse
Texas Wesleyan University Rosedale Renaissance
Education
ITT Technical Institute