In 1973, Fox & Jacobs (F&J), a Dallas-based residential land developer, purchased approximately 2,500 acres of land on the eastern shore of Lake Lewisville, south of Eastvale, for a housing development. The name The Colony was chosen because F&J felt a strong sense of kinship with Texas’s early developers. They also sought to memorialize the spirit of Peters Colony, providing a new way of life for early settlers—a goal Fox & Jacobs also sought for their new development.

Water for domestic and fire protection was provided by three well-water pump stations, circa 1976. After 40 years, the old equipment and technology require upgrades and replacements to ensure reliable water. The project includes new electrical systems and equipment, new controls, new communication technology, PLC programming, building repairs, and modifications.

Traditional drilled piers and slab-on-grade engineered structural concrete foundation solutions for the new diesel generator and pad-mount electrical transformer would be difficult to construct due to the small site, limited access, and unknown information about the below-grade infrastructure. A minimal-evasive alternative was the use of helical piers to support a precast concrete pad design by THA for PS1, and is reviewed in a YouTube video provided by TOI.