The Lake Oswego project involved replacement of a 50-year-old sewer line.Most recently, the pump company supplied 14 temporary bypass pumps, each fitted with an AlarmAgent.com RTU, for the Lake Oswego Interceptor Sewer (LOIS) project. The project objective was to replace a 50-year-old corroded sewer line running through 405-acre Oswego Lake. The pumps were used to handle effluent during construction of the new interceptor sewer. The Associated General Contractors of America named LOIS 2010’s most significant project.
The area serves as home to 700 residents and Oswego Lake is a significant draw for the surrounding community. With an aggressive timeline and a price tag of about $95 million, everything had to go smoothly.
“The last thing we want is a spill on this project, and so we’ve taken every precaution to ensure that won’t happen,” said Mark Weisensee of James W. Fowler Co., the project manager for the Lake Down phase of the project.
The wireless monitoring system helped provide the peace of mind the pump company, the project workers and the residents needed. Whenever water levels rose too high, fuel ran out or a backup pump started up, the system notified the pump company to take prompt action.
The alarm system was also a more affordable solution for the project team. Without it, they would have had to pay a team of people to monitor the pumps around the clock, in order to meet the project contract’s mandate for 24/7 monitoring. AlarmAgent.com enabled the project managers to keep only one person on-site for monitoring purposes.
