Cedar Rapids Flood Risk Management Project, Reach 4 Phase 1 Downstream River Floodwall and Pump Station

The Cedar Rapids Flood Risk Management solicitation is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood-control infrastructure build combining a downstream river floodwall with an integrated pump station. The project footprint will include perimeter fencing, construction lay-down yards, and multi-season active work zones along the riverbank, all of which create exposure for equipment theft and vandalism during nights and weekends. Mobile surveillance towers fit the extended-duration jobsite profile, and camera arrays can cover the linear floodwall sections where vehicle barriers and fixed perimeter are impractical during phased construction. The solicitation posted May 1, 2026, on SAM.gov. Pre-solicitation is the ideal engagement window because the GC has not yet locked security subcontractor pricing into its bid. Once the award closes and the winning contractor finalizes its subs, the security line item becomes entrenched. Project value is undisclosed in the source record, but Corps flood-mitigation builds of this type typically carry multi-year timelines and nine-figure federal obligations, which supports sustained surveillance-infrastructure deployment. Chicago branch is the nearest at 287 miles, just inside the 300-mile coverage radius. No warm-intro path exists in the geography. The recommended first move is to identify the Corps project manager listed in the solicitation documents and propose a pre-bid site survey focused on lay-down yard tower placement and riverbank camera-array coverage. The buyer contact is likely the Corps PM or the lead civil contractor's security coordinator once bids are visible.

• Ranked · score 18

  Saw the Reach 4 floodwall solicitation post May 1. Chicago branch covers from 287 miles out, worth a 15-minute call on pre-bid tower placement for the lay-down yard and riverbank phases?

  2026-05-02 05:28 · projects
• Verified

  verified on 2 of 4 — null-coordinate project, geographic checks skipped

  2026-05-02 05:28 · projects
• Project ingested

  Source: sam.gov · posted 2026-05-01

  2026-05-01 18:00 · projects