According to the results of the newly released 2012 Municipal Owners Customer Satisfaction Survey of Water Design-Build Projects, the vast majority of municipalities across the United States are satisfied with their use of design-build (DB) and construction management at-risk (CMAR) project delivery methods; and, nearly all plan to use these methods again for future water and wastewater projects. The Survey was commissioned by the Water Design-Build Council.
Read More →By Harvey M. Bernstein, Vice President, Industry Insights and Alliances, McGraw-Hill Construction and Donna Laquidara-Carr, Manager, Industry Insights and Research Communications, McGraw-Hill Construction
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Keeping a safe distance from neighbors is a thing of the past. When I first started in the water industry, I remember the general manager of the utility I worked for saying how one of his goals was for our utility to “stay out of the newspapers.” I also recount how terribly difficult it seemed for our utility to work with some of our neighboring utilities and authorities. Yes, there were agreements and obligations, but it was never easy. I suspect that 30 years ago this was fairly common among utility leaders. Provide reliable, steady service, keep rate increases to a minimum, stay within your own domain. Times certainly have changed, and the industry is at a point where we can no longer expect a business-as-usual approach.The issues facing the water industry are complex and gaining much attention, not just from industry leaders and local officials, but also from the media and general public.
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Although JEA had developed a preliminary design as part of the original request for proposal, they saw value in allowing the design-builder to offer alternatives that would: Reduce impact on the environment and surrounding community Reduce costs Improve schedule
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For those of you not familiar with asset management (or maybe think it refers to allocating investments among stocks, bonds and cash ), here’s the sort of “nerdy” definition we practitioners use: Asset Management is an integrated set of processes to minimize the lifecycle costs of owning, operating, and maintaining assets, at an acceptable level of risk, while continuously delivering established levels of service.
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In January, The Water Design-Build Council (WDBC) members officially welcomed Pat Gallagher as the organization’s president for 2013. Gallagher, a vice president at CDM Smith, is an attorney and environmental engineer with 35 years experience in the legal, institutional and financial aspects of water, wastewater, biosolids and hazardous waste projects and services.
Read More →By Larry Schimmoller, CH2M HILL Global Technology Leader for Water Reuse
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