Case Study: Hydrus Works, LLC reduces stormwater flooding risk and cuts $25MM from scope with Datacor Fathom

Hydrus Works reduces stormwater scope by $25MM with Datacor

Hydrus Works, LLC, an engineering firm specializing in plant utilities, was tasked by a Gulf Coast refinery to evaluate a failing stormwater system and provide a second opinion on a $70 million scope proposed by a larger incumbent firm. The primary challenge was to mitigate hazardous flooding while exploring more cost-effective design alternatives. They used Fathom, a pipe flow modeling software from vendor Datacor, to build and calibrate a highly accurate model of the existing infrastructure.

Using Datacor's Fathom software, Hydrus Works created a 505-pipe model calibrated to within 3% of field measurements. This allowed them to explore diverse design scenarios and propose capital alternatives that increased stormwater flow capacity by over 151%. The solution implemented by vendor Datacor enabled Hydrus Works to reduce the original project scope by $25 million, a 35% cost savings, while still meeting all client design requirements.

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