UNSPSC 72141202: Canal construction service

The building of canals owned by others

UNSPSC 72141202 Canal construction service is a Commodity code that encompasses the design and construction of water management infrastructure including intake modifications, spillway repairs, and embankment stabilization work. State and local governments procure this work through water authorities, county engineering departments, municipal utilities, and special-purpose districts, typically via IFB and RFP notice types. Recent solicitations show active procurement for raw water intake extensions with passive screening systems, spillway structural rehabilitation with cofferdam and stoplog installation, levee and floodwall construction for flood control, and riverbank and embankment erosion mitigation using riprap, gabion, and filter fabric placement. Issuing bodies include water treatment authorities, county boards of commissioners, cities, and state departments of natural resources. Work spans multiple states with concentrated recent activity in Georgia, Texas, Illinois, Florida, and Colorado, reflecting geographic diversity in flood control and water infrastructure modernization initiatives.

Representative recent opportunities include Cherokee County Water & Sewerage Authority's Etowah River Water Treatment Plant Intake Modifications (IFB PE33957NONST2026000000021, bids due August 6, 2026), which encompasses extension of raw water intake piping into the river, installation of passive intake screens, structural support work, air burst piping replacement, electrical integration, and riverbank stabilization with work area restoration across 250 consecutive calendar days; the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' I&M Canal Spillway Repairs (IFB 26422DNRREALTB51187, bids due March 24, 2026), covering cofferdam construction, removal and replacement of timber stoplogs with neoprene gaskets, and structural steel erection at four spillway locations; and Williamson County, Texas's Smith Branch Flood Control and Water Quality Ponds (IFB 26IFB52, bids due July 21, 2026), procuring FEMA levee and floodwall construction alongside TCEQ water quality pond construction. Prevailing wage compliance, federal permits, performance and payment bonds at 100 percent of contract value, and state licensing requirements appear standard across solicitations; several procurements carry Illinois prevailing wage mandates, federal Davis-Bacon Act requirements where federally funded, or NRCS compliance obligations for emergency watershed protection work.