Owner: City of Austin, Austin Energy
Contact: Mr. Jay Rollo, P.E.
Title of person named above: Project Manager
Address of person named above: 721 Barton Springs, Rd. #316,
Austin, TX 78704
Phone number: (512) 322-6218
Completion Date: 2006
Cost: $ 1 million (Fee)

Project Description:
The Seaholm Power Plant sits on an eight-acre site on the north shore of Town Lake. The plant no longer generates power for the City. In 1991, the City Council resolved to preserve Seaholm for public use after it is decommissioned.

A wide range of issues are associated with the future use of the Seaholm Power Plant, including hazardous materials at the site, cultural facilities planning and financing, and ongoing electric utility operations at the Seaholm site. It was composed of five gas/oil generation units (100 megawatts total when it functioned) and no longer generates power. The building features a towering turbine room 110 by 235 feet, with clerestory windows above flanking aisles, and a 65-foot-high ceiling. Two lower floors contain an additional 75,000 square feet. In all, the building has more than 110,000 square feet of useable floor area. An electric utility substation, transmission and distribution facilities, and a utility microwave communications center are located on the Seaholm site.

Services Provided:
CAS served as a subconsultant to URS Corporation. CAS performed a site hydraulic investigation, a storm water run-in and building drainage analysis, and a hydraulic evaluation report for this project. The objective was to remediate the facility for reuse. Our team received the certificate of reuse from the EPA.