Project Summary

DeKalb-Cherokee Gas selected Constantine Engineering professionals to provide consulting engineering, design, and services during construction for the Highway 75 Extensions Project.

This project includes:

• 13 miles of 4 inch steel
  pipe at 250 psi MAOP
• 3,600 feet of bores and
  creek crossings
• Service to many new
  residential customers
• Service to new industries
  & the area’s large
  concentration of poultry
  houses

DeKalb-Cherokee Counties Gas District -
Highway 75 Extensions Project

DeKalb-Cherokee Counties Gas District (DC Gas) was formed in 1954 by the Alabama cities of Fort Payne, Collinsville, and Centre in northeast Alabama. DC Gas provides clean-burning, affordable natural gas to 6,500 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in DeKalb, Cherokee and Etowah Counties.

DC Gas selected Constantine Engineering professionals for consulting engineering services on this major extension of their natural gas system along Highway 75. The project consisted of approximately 13 miles of 4 inch steel pipe with a maximum allowable operating pressure of 250 psi (pounds per square inch). The project included approximately 3,600 linear feet of bores and creek crossings. The project was completed at a cost of approximately $900,000.

This project allowed DC Gas to bring reliable energy from Rainsville, Alabama to the Town of Sylvania and the City of Henagar, Alabama. The Highway 75 Extension project added approximately 100 residential customers to the system. The project brought natural gas service to new commercial and industrial customers including the Henagar Industrial Park, Polymer Industries, Inc., as well as, the region’s large concentration of poultry houses.

The successful completion of this project enabled local businesses to add 80 additional jobs to the community. Economic development grant funds supported the project. Constantine Engineering professionals provided the preliminary feasibility analysis, project design engineering, project permitting, project bid services, construction management and inspection.

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