After the successful design of a pump station, the reward comes when it turns into reality. As a trusted partner, Excel Fluid Group manufactures solutions specific to your design requirements, budget, and manage the project to fit your timeframe. Our pump stations are built with a wholistic approach. This means that we’ll assist with design, build to spec, and test the pump station performance before it arrives to you at the site. Our processes manage the execution of the project and keep your team informed. It’s a streamlined solution from a single source, with in-house project management services, and value-engineering capabilities that minimize risk. With the project relying on timely execution, we get a lot of questions from contractors and developers about what they should except working with us. Check out some of the most common questions we get and how our continued efforts to bring peace of mind are achieved.
Leadtime can vary depending on the type of project. We will work with you during the submittal process to confirm the pump station design and start sourcing verified materials when further details are yet to be established. After approval our typical lead times are:
Our robust ISO9001 certified team will handle fabrication of wet well, pump station, and controls simultaneously throughout the build process.
The COVID-era lead times have been tough on everyone. We work to alleviate some of that pressure by stocking as many parts and components as we can (including HDPE and fiberglass wet well, NoVault enclosures, piping, control panels and more), have a broad network with a variety or vendors, and have in-house ISO9001 manufacturing capabilities with a UL508A and UL698A Certified control panel shop, HDPE fabrication, and more.
Of course! We assign a dedicated single point of contact (project manager) on every project with a cadence of weekly meetings (where applicable) to provide you with updates through the pump station build process.
When we design pump stations in SolidWorks, it allows us to check design inferences digitally before our prefabricated pump stations are built and sent to site. The benefit of building thousands of pump stations over the last 30 years gives us insight into high risk areas of final fit and finish.
Following our design process where we solidify the components of your pump station, every project we complete follows our 9-step build process. This process ensures you’re going to receive what is agreed upon from the submittal process.
As mentioned above, testing is step 5 of our 9 step process. It's literally central to every pump station built. When testing occurs, visitors to our Cleveland, OH facilities are welcomed. If onsite inspection isn’t convenient, our project managers will provide our findings after testing to all required parties.
Our recommendation for a compact pump station is the NoVault enclosure mounted on the wet well as this removes the underground valve box typically provided in a traditional pump station design. This can also be provided on a riser to ensure the valves and controls are above the 100-year flood levels. The NoVault has operator safety and service convenience included, in addition to its compact footprint.
As a rule of thumb, when installing a fiberglass pump station, we recommend using the same equipment used during the excavation process. Typically, if it can reach the bottom of the excavation if can handle the weight to install it. A 3 ft. diameter by 10 ft. deep pump station can weigh as little as 890 lbs. On the other extreme, 10 ft. diameter by 40 ft. deep HDPE pump stations can weigh over 19,000 lbs. We're happy to provide general weights for shipment and installation for any of your pump stations.
Polymer concrete flat tops will arrive to site with the hatches, chain hooks, float and upper guide rail brackets installed. From there, make sure the equipment you're using is able to pick up the flat top level (minimum 84 in. x 84 in. and maximum 126 in. x 168 in.) They can weigh between 2,570 lbs. and 9,000 lbs. depending on the size of your pump station.
The NoVault arrives to site with the control panel and valve piping prefabricated. You can pick the enclosure with an excavator, forklift, or any other machinery rated for lifts over 2,500 lbs. (for the NV2) and 3,500 lbs. (for the NV3 and NV4). For the NV2, use the lifting lugs at the top of the station and for the NV3 and NV4 use lifting bars that slide through the floor of the station.
We manufacture the pump stations that are the easiest to install of any manufacturer. We will support the installation process with world class drawings and installation guides. When required, we can even go onsite to provide oversight and guidance. We do not typically install the station in the field.
We have a large nationwide network of contractors that have successfully installed our pump stations. We are confident we can recommend someone in your area with experience installing packaged pump stations.
In order to perform start up on a pump station the pumps and control panel must be installed and connected, the station must have incoming power, the level controls are set, and there is water in the wet well to test the station.
We hope this helps give you a better understanding of what the Excel Build Experience is and where Excel Fluid Group can benefit in your next pump station project. To get further design information, check our Answering Your Pump Station Design Questions and Factory Preassembled vs. Contractor Field Assembled Pump Station blog posts. If you have any questions about your next pump station design, contact us today!