Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc., Incorporates Drainage Solutions with Nature and Recreation for Exploration Green Project (Source: Construction Digest)
By Construction Digest
In Clear Lake City, Texas, an abandoned golf course became the solution to catastrophic seasonal flooding.
For the $49 million Exploration Green project, Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc., (LAN) of Houston, Texas, designed five massive detention ponds that each hold up to 100 million gallons of stormwater. When complete, the project will protect more than 2,000 homes from flooding.
However, Exploration Green goes beyond drainage solutions to create a 200-acre urban green space. The site will offer 6 miles of 10-foot-wide, concrete hike-and-bike trails; two athletic fields; numerous open spaces; and 105 acres of natural habitat with wetlands and native grasses to support birds, butterflies, and other wildlife. Even the detention ponds mimic the shape of natural lakes rather than the typical square or rectangular stormwater basins.
