Gratiot Road Booster Station Improvements

Spicer Group was hired to provide the City of Saginaw with a conceptual plan for improvements to the Gratiot Road Booster Station. This plan was to support additional water capacity based on what the existing infrastructure could accommodate as well as recommendations for improving the existing 30-year-old facility from a maintenance and reliability standpoint. This station is critical to the operation of the City’s water distribution system as it is the sole interconnect to customers west of the Tittabawassee River. One of the major reliability components included improvements to the existing electrical power distribution system of the station.

Spicer Group’s report included a cost comparison between refurbishing the existing second electrical service from Consumers Energy and the installation of a new site generator. Based on findings, the City decided to retire the second electrical service and install two on-site back up generators with automatic transfer switches. Also, due to the critical nature of this station, Spicer Group provided the City with an additional option of a portable generator connection point in the event both the electrical service and the independent generators would fail. The power system is composed of a 480 volt, 3 phase, 1200 amp service that powers three 200 hp pumps and three 125 hp pumps. Spicer Group completed cost estimates and prepared design documents for permitting and bidding for all the recommended improvements at the station. We continued our services with construction inspection, construction administration, start up, and training.