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| Hi,
This is an unusual request - but hoping some folk on this forum might be able to point me in the right direction.
I work for an EPC firm who build large scale solar power plants. Think - 200+++ acres, 100-500k solar panels, ~150laborers/electricians onsite during construction. Builds are anywhere from 6months to a year long. About ten years ago, I ran a project in central North Carolina where we had an extremely flat site with a high water table, and we needed to be able to build the job, so we proactively installed tile drain throughout the project so that we didn't get all our equipment and machinery stuck during construction. It was very effective, and allowed us to build through some tough weather conditions.
We are building a job in Texas and mobilizing in December, and are worried about getting into similar situation. It's very flat, and TX gets quite a bit of rain. From all my research, the soil isn't perfect for tile, but it'll surely help, and we've also thought about adding in some french drains at surface to connect into the subsurface tile drain at strategic points. Basically we want to be able to get through construction, and then help the site drain relatively quickly after construction is over so that we don't have large pooling areas after rain events.
I have a couple questions:
1) I'm looking for folk who do this type of work in TX and can't find a lot of options. Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction of where I might be able to find tile drain installers in TX, or (long shot) anyone want to direct message me and have a discussion about travelling?
2) Are there any folk on the forum who would be interested in some consulting work reviewing our plan and discussing any issues? When speaking to traditional civil engineers, they get lost because it's not something they've ever been involved in... and I feel speaking to people who have done this themselves would be much more valuable.
Hopefully I'm not speaking out of turn here or put this in the wrong forum - happy to be redirected.
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Tile Drain in TX?
