Before anyone moves into a home at Veridea, before the hospital opens or the first store unlocks its doors, somebody has to build the part nobody thinks about. That's where we come in.

Veridea is one of the biggest developments the Triangle has ever seen: 1,100 acres in southwest Apex, planned for about 8,000 homes, a retail district, a Wake Tech campus, an elementary school, and North Carolina's first standalone children's hospital. Every one of those buildings will depend on the Big Branch 1 Pump Station, the regional station that all of Veridea's wastewater flows through.

We've been building it with RXR, and when it's done, it gets turned over to the Town of Apex. We're in the home stretch now.

This job started with a bang. Literally. East Coast Drilling & Blasting shot through rock so we could get 35 to 40 feet down for the wet well. Morrison Engineering's shoring held that hole open while our crews built the concrete structure up out of the ground. Inside, the station has grinders, pumps, controls, backup power and odor control, because nobody wants to smell a pump station from their back porch.

We're proud to be a small part of Veridea. Thanks to RXR, LKC Engineering, and the Town of Apex for trusting us with this one, and to every crew member, subcontractor, and supplier who helped get us here.