Fuqua Park and Ride Drainage, Metro

Scientech  was retained as a drainage consultant on an On-Call contract to explore three different options for expanding this existing facility. This project evaluated the existing detention facility and evaluated the possibility of expanding the existing parking area.  Preliminary evaluation of the existing storage volume and drainage conveyance was conducted to determine the feasibility of the proposed expansion.

The project consisted of drainage area delineation, storm sewer design, detention volume calculations, detention routing, and schematic design of detention basins. Option one was to use an existing private developer’s extra storage in an adjacent detention pond, second option was to buy anther adjacent property for added detention and the third option was a combination of parking areas for detention and an actual detention areas. Drainage areas, FEMA maps, existing storm sewer, inlets, detention plans, and ponding areas of parking were studied and proposed detention calculations, storage, were performed using a computer model along with cost estimates for these three different options