A Garver-led project that will help assess alternatives and
improve operational efficiency for decades has earned one of the industry’s
highest honors from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas.
The Trinity River Authority of Texas (TRA) Central Regional
Wastewater System (CRWS) Master Plan and Modeling project earned a Gold Medal
recently in the studies, research, and consulting engineering services category
of ACEC-Texas’ Engineering Excellence Awards.
In the most detailed evaluation ever completed at the CRWS
treatment plant, the Garver team evaluated plant capabilities, capacities, and
treatment paradigms; projected future flows and loadings; and anticipated
regulatory requirements, completed processes and hydraulic modeling
assessments while delivering a new plant process model and a new hydraulic
model.
“This was a large undertaking for both the Garver team and
TRA,” said Garver Texas Water Team Leader Jeff Sober. “Because the $470 million
CIP has a significant impact on customer cities and the facility, it was critical
for the process to include the input of all possible stakeholders, and a constant
line of communication was crucial throughout the entire process.”
The key to the project’s success was Garver’s development of
stop gaps that helped determine if there were any unidentified items to
evaluate or unintended consequences. The
final Master Plan was the result of a 22-month effort that developed 39 capital
improvement projects. Each project evaluation included life cycle cost analysis,
uncertainty analysis using Monte Carlo simulations, and non-economic evaluations,
all of which will help provide recommendations on capital planning and
operations and maintenance for the facility to manage 405 million gallons per
day of flow.
To learn more about what Garver’s Water Team can do for you,
visit www.GarverUSA.com/Water.
