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WDBC E-NEWS – November 2, 2015
Issue Highlights
Water Design-Build Projects in the News!
DC Water's Blue Plains WWTP: The Greenest in the World?
The 2016 Water/Wastewater Conference: Do You Have a Project to Share?
Water Design-Build Projects in the News!
There is no greater evidence of the increasing use of design-build as the preferred project delivery method – than to learn about the projects themselves and why the agencies elected to use this delivery method.
Recently, Spartanburg Water selected WDBC member firms Haskell and Brown & Caldwell as the design-builders for their new water treatment plant. The San Antonio Water System (SAWS) also has a unique aquifer recharge project that uses a collaborative delivery model – CMAR. And DC Water, owner of largest advanced wastewater facility in North America – and perhaps even the world – has been using design-build project delivery for its several projects. In the next issues, WDBC will feature these many projects highlighting why owners made these decisions.
DC Water's Blue Plains WWTP: The Greenest in the World?
Every wastewater utility throughout North America must establish a plan to dispose of its residuals identified as “biosolids." But Washington, DC’s utility, located in the heart of the nation’s capital and known as DC Water, made a significant commitment in 2008 to manage the “biosolids” generated at its Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility (BPAWWTP) differently. Now after a decade of research and implementation, the result is a unique and notable “Biosolids Management Program” (BMP) that is now being considered as the “world’s greenest” wastewater project because of its tremendous benefits.
The 2016 Water/Wastewater Design-Build Conference: Do You Have a Project to Share?
The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA), in association with American Water Works Association (AWWA), Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the Water Design-Build Council (WDBC) is seeking presentations for the 2016 Design-Build for Water/Wastewater Conference, which will be held at the Charlotte Convention Center in North Carolina from April 20-22, 2016.
The Conference provides a platform for experienced, knowledgeable, and well-spoken industry experts to highlight best practices in design-build project delivery in the water and wastewater sector, and to discuss the merits of it as a means to achieve exceptional project outcomes.
The Water Design-Build Council is a not-for-profit association established in 2006 to educate best practices in design-build and construction management-at-risk procurement delivery. Implementing this mission occurs through education and outreach, serving in a leadership role as an industry advocate for the value of collaborative delivery for water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
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