WDBC E-NEWS – January 8, 2021

Meet WDBC President Michael B. Watson, PE, Senior VP -  Water, Stantec

Elected at our annual meeting in December 2020, WDBC President Mike Watson assumed his role on January 1, 2021. Mike previously served as the first vice president/treasurer of the Council in 2020 and second vice president/secretary in 2019.

Based in Sacramento, California, Mike draws on the global resources and talents of the company to create high-performing design teams who partner with contractors and developers to successfully deliver design-build and P3 water and wastewater treatment, water resources, and conveyance projects across North America.

Prior to this position, Mike was the West Division Director for MWH Americas Engineering and Technical Services (ETS) with P&L, revenue growth, and project delivery responsibility for a $150M per year, 500-person professional services unit. He specializes in team-building, strategic pursuits, risk management, claim management and negotiations, and executive engagement.

We look forward to Mike's leadership and collaboration skills!

Six-Session Package of Online Education Starts January 2021

Join the WDBC for a six-session package of online education sessions designed for owners and practitioners in the water industry. Officials, managers, and engineering and O&M staff of public water/wastewater facilities who are looking to gain essential knowledge needed to procure and deliver design-build and CMAR projects should attend these classes.

Each session will include a review of the principles and best practices of collaborative delivery as well as the topic of the day:

January 28: Deciding to Implement a Collaborative-Delivery Project
February 25: Risk Management
March 25: Contracts
April 22: Conducting the Procurement Process
May 27: Managing & Implementing Collaborative-Delivery Projects
June 24: Getting to Project Completion & Transition

All sessions will be conducted on Microsoft Teams from 10:00 - 1:30 p.m. MST (break 11:30 - 12:00 MST)

Package includes a hard copy and PDF of the 5th edition Water and Wastewater Design-Build Handbook. See registration page for single-session options.

For more information, please contact WDBC Business Operations Manager Bob Golden at 303.641.0550 or rgolden@waterdesignbuild.org.

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