Our Work

Kleinschmidt is working collaboratively with a confidential client to plan and develop a design that integrates the kelt reconditioning facility into the existing Nez Perce Hatchery. Design features included extending the existing water supply system to the reconditioning tanks and adding four 15 feet in diameter and six 20 feet in diameter holding tanks that are each 5-feet high. The tanks are located within a newly designed 60-foot by 150-foot- long building which includes rooms for an office, electrical room, bathroom, evaluation room, feed storage, chemical room, and general storage. The facility includes high efficiency lighting and HVAC systems. Onsite oxygen tanks are piped to readily supply air-stones in each tank should the normal water supply fail. A formalin treatment system can treat each tank for disease. Tank flow, temperature, and dissolved oxygen are monitored by a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system to readily display and log conditions and enunciate alarms. We prepared 10, 30, 60, and are currently working on the 90-percent design documents for review to be followed by construction bid documents consisting of drawings and technical specifications. All the review sets have included a design report and a construction cost opinion for the proposed improvements. The design is scheduled to be completed in 2021 for construction in 2022.

Our experience in hatchery design, intakes, piping, and pumping systems is resulting in the design of a facility that is safe for fish and personnel, efficient to operate and includes a seasonal intake that is readily deployed for use when the existing primary intake is offline for maintenance each year. The use of the seasonal intake during the construction period avoids in-water work, reducing the need for permits and will save on the construction cost.