Texas City Hurricane-Flood Protection Levee System

Huitt-Zollars was retained by Galveston County to investigate, inspect, and prepare documentation to show that the Texas City Hurricane-Flood Protection Levee meets the requirements of 44 CFR Section 65.10 of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Levee Certification. Work consisted of certifying that the 20-mile-long, coastal flood and hurricane levee system meets the coastal levee design criteria for freeboard, closures, embankment protection, embankment and foundation stability, settlement, interior drainage, and other design criteria established by FEMA.