LD25 / Clarence Cannon Bulkhead Repairs

Lambert Engineering has partnered with Kienlen Constructors (An Alberici Enterprise) and Thomas Industrial Coatings and was awarded this bulkhead painting project for both Lock and Dam 25 in Winfield, MO and the Clarence Cannon Regulation Dam.  

An excellent project that was completed 45 days ahead of schedule.

Lock and Dam 8, 9, & 10 Roof Repair

Scheduler, QCM, Submittals (Oct '14 - Jun '15)

L-ECS provided Construction Management support in the form of scheduling, project management, submittal preparation, technical reviews, QCS Database management, and Quality Control Manager.  This project was extremely challenging because it consisted of the reroofing of 17 buildings across multiple sites in 3 different states.  All of this was completed while working on an active lock and Dam with no disruptions lock operation.

Newt Graham Lock and Dam #18 D/B Guidewall Repairs

Technical Writing - Award Winner (Feb '13 - Sep '14)

PCiRoads contracted L-ECS to prepare the Technical Proposal for the Newt Graham Lock and Dam Guide Wall Repair.  This proposal was a 3 phase, full and open procurement and was completed over the course of 20 months.  The finalist were: JF Brennan Marine, Kewit,  OCCI Engineering Contractors, and PCi Roads.  This $4.3M procurement was successfully awarded to our client in spite of lacking any Marine, Design-Build, or USACE experience.  In addition our Small Business Utilization Plan received a 92 out of 100 and we were told was one of the highest scores ever awarded by the small business office.

St Cloud, MN - VA Bridge Abutment

Engineering Design Services - (Sep ’13 – Oct ’13)

L-ECS provided Engineering Design Services for Aspen Construction on a complex shoring design with a difficult government contracting team.  L-ECS was called in after two previous Engineering Firms could not develop cost effective shoring designs that met the government's approval.  Our efforts resulted in the end of a 60 day stop work order contract through innovative engineering construction techniques utilizing components of the structure that had zero impact to contractor's bottom line.

Army Reserve Center - Roanoke, VA

FAR Consulting - (Jul ’13 – Nov ’13)

L-ECS provided FAR consulting services to empower a 2nd tier subcontractor to collect on a 8 month, $650K nonperforming general contractor.  L-ECS is pleased to report that 100% of all funds were successfully collected with zero negative impacts  as well as successfully defeated LD claims by the General Contractor against our client.

University of WI, Eau Claire

Third Party QC  / Concrete SME (May '12 – Sep ’12)

L-ECS supported DRAX repair and remediation of a concrete bridge deck system at the University Wisconsin, in Eau Claire.   This system was difficult in having to work around pedestrian and vehicular traffic with a compressed construction schedule.  L-ECS efforts included underwater bridge pier inspection, engineering and contractor/client relations.

Wind Turbine Installation

Naval Support Activity, Harrisburg PA (Jun '12 - Jan '13)

L-ECS was tasked to Project Management, Site Safety and Health, Quality Control and Scheduling to Install a two separate wind turbines.  A 5Kw Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) and  a 5KW Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT) each on 90’ steel monopole towers not to exceed 120’.   Additionally, L-ECS was tasked to design an Energy Kiosk that displayed real time data of the HAWT, VAWT and a 10 kw solar panel facility from a separate contract.  The project was completed on time and with a project margin greater the budgeted.        

Stillwater, MN - Flood Control 3A

Heavy Civil, Storm Sewer (Apr ’13 -  Sep ’13)

L-ECS supported The Povolny Group as the primary on site management for a $850K project.  Our efforts included: Project Management; Quality Control; Site Safety and Health Officer; Modification Negotiation; Engineering Services; and Site superintendence.  This resulted with a cost savings of $115K as compared to the original estimate a well as over $250K in additional modifications.

Cheatham Dam Draft Tube Tail Gate Repairs

Prime Contractor - Sep '14 to Apr '15

This demonstrates Lambert Engineering & Construction Services ability to safely manage a project which included 36 critical lifts at the Cheatham dam with a Medium Level of risk.  These lifts included lifting within 20’ of the transmission substation for the Dam and then changing the configuration / center of gravity of the load.  Barnhart was our lifting subcontractor and the team developed a safe and unique method of moving the gates.

The gates were then moved off site, sand blasted, inspected to D1.1 standards then coated with a 5-E-Z Vinyl system under strict atmospheric controlled conditions.  The gates were then returned to Cheatham Dam and the process was reversed taking care to follow the critical lift plans approved and gates returned to their original location for use with no issues.

Building 70 Repairs

QC / SSHO/ PM - (Oct 13 - Sep 14)

L-ECS was assigned to manage this $1.5M project which consisted of two major Definable Features of Works.  1^st) the removal and replacement of over 800 windows and 2^nd) Brick repair and replacement of over 10,000 bricks on the 4 story, 1.2M sf structure.  This project was extremely difficult because of the constant coordination with hospital staff on a patient by patient basis in order to gain access in order to complete our mission.  In addition L-ECS managed the project seamlessly around the myriad of tasks associated with a primary care facility, which included, Operating Wards, Surgical Intensive Care Units, Cardiac Step Down, Full Lock Down Psychiatric Ward and 15 others while completing all tasks ahead of schedule to include a two week government implemented delay.

Compressed Natural Gas Dispensers - Great Lakes, IL

QC Manager, Site Safety & Health Officer  (Nov '13 - Feb '14)

L-ECS managed the installation and conversion of maintenance facility to a full service Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling center.  This project was fraught with environmental concerns as well as major underground utilities in order to provide services to this site.  All and all another successful project.

Big Bend, SD - Tainter Gate Repair

Site Safety and Health Officer (Apr ’13 -  Nov ’14)

L-ECS supported JF Brennan by providing Site Safety and Health Officer and Engineering services on a $4.7 Million major dam repair.  Over the course of the past construction Season, L-ECS personnel effectively managed an aggressive safety program that resulted in zero accidents over an 8 month period and over 10,000 exposure hours.

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Distributed Antenna System  (Mar ’11 – Apr ’12)

L-ECS supported DRAX wireless in the installation of a UHF and VHF Distributed Antenna System in a Quality Control, Scheduling, and Radio Frequency Design capacity.  L-ECS worked tirelessly ensuring all required contractual submittals were submitted and approved on time which resulted directly in a “Superior” rating for our client.

Breckenridge, MN Phase 2a

Heavy Civil, Levy Construction (Jun ’11 -  Jul ’12)

L-ECS supported Insulation-N-Coatings as the primary on site management for a $4.2 million project.  Our efforts included: Project Management; Quality Control; Site Safety and Health Officer; Modification Negotiation; Engineering Services; and Legal and Accounting Review.   This resulted with a projected finish date 6 months ahead of schedule, an additional $1.1 million in modifications and nearly tripling the projected profits