Arnold Road and Normand Drive Roadway Extension

College Station, Texas

Binkley & Barfield | DCCM completed the Arnold Road and Normand Drive Extension project for a local developer in conjunction with the City of College Station. The project consisted of extending Arnold Road and Normand Drive to provide access to the new Rock Prairie Behavioral Health (RPBH) facility and improving access to the College Station Medical Center (CSMC). The project included roadway, water line, storm sewer, detention pond, pavement marking, parking lot, landscaping, and stormwater pollution prevention design.

Due to an extremely tight schedule, the design plans were completed (from preliminary plan to bid-ready) in just over 4 months. Several stakeholders (including CSMC, City of College Station, College Station Utilities, RPBH, multiple local engineering firms, and adjacent property owners) were involved in the design development process, and the Project Manager effectively managed the project design to meet each stakeholder’s needs while maintaining an extremely demanding project schedule.

An interesting aspect of the project was the proposed storm drain system was required to outfall across the College Station Utilities laydown yard. To meet federally mandated security requirements for electric utility providers, the design team had to secure the storm drain system and outfall channel to ensure that site security would be maintained during construction and throughout system operations.