POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Engineers and consultants for Nscale spent the day Monday at the Monarch Compute Campus construction site north of Point Pleasant trying to figure out ways to keep mud and water from going into the Meadowlands Estates subdivision after the second messy event in less than two months.
Heavy rain Saturday sent mud into the crawl spaces of two residences while mud impacted the lawn of a third residence. The damage was more widespread during a storm that occurred over the Memorial Day weekend. There was a flood watch when the storm happened Saturday.
Nscale Site Manager Jason Bechtle told MetroNews Monday crews quickly responded Saturday and the company is taking care of clean-up costs. Bechtle was also on the scene.
Monday, engineers with Thrasher Group and other contractors were on site taking another look at stormwater controls at the large data center construction site, Bechtle said.
“We are continuing to take information that we have figured out and being able to advance what we are doing now and knowing what we have done and continuing to improve and advance that,” Bechtle said.
He said the engineers may recommend changes be made.
“I think it’s possible,” Bechtle said. “We want to help identify and make sure our processes and our systems are as efficient as possible and make sure we identify anything coming up.”
Bechtle said they are working with the families impacted by the latest water event.
“We are in constant and direct communication with the affected families and are currently on site taking care of their immediate needs, making sure those crawl spaces are cleaned out,” he said.
Nscale has agreed to purchase 30 residences in the Meadowlands Estates subdivision under its voluntary Good Neighbor Home program. There are 53 homes in the subdivision.
“This is 100 percent voluntary and the prices being offered are after we use a three independent evaluation method in order to determine the highest price and add a premium on top of that,” Bechtle said.