Drake's Landing

Adams Construction & Associates, Inc., an Auburn, Alabama based sitework and utilities contractor, is conducting the sitework including the water and sewer for Drake’s Landing Phase 1, a Hughston Homes development. For nearly 50 years, Hughston Homes has been a premier home builder in Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee based out of Fortson, GA. 

This project is located in Opelika, AL and is comprised of the first 63-lots of this multiphase residential subdivision. Consolidated Pipe & Supply in Auburn has supplied all 3,200 feet of 6-inch Class 350 and 260 feet of 8-inch Class 350 Ductile iron pipe for the project. This new water main will provide water distribution and fire protection for this and subsequent phases of the subdivision.

Brian Lee, the Project Manager & Principal Engineer for Adams Construction, plays a key role in this and similar projects in the Auburn/Opelika area. 

"We’ve experienced a few obstacles, but nothing that our team can’t handle. We had to work around a large fiber optic data line which ran directly through the middle of the site. We’ve also experienced excessive rainfall which has hammered our area. Opelika has recorded 80 percent of its average yearly rainfall before the end of August 2021,” said Brian Lee.

“The crews have persevered, and despite the setbacks, to date, Adams Construction has installed 19,780 linear feet of 8-inch, 6-inch, and 4-inch McWane Ductile iron pipe to provide water distribution within newly constructed residential subdivisions in the Auburn-Opelika area over the course of just this past year," said Lee.