Wednesday, February 21, 2018
The Garver blog has moved!
GarverUSA.com has a new look, and with that comes a new home for the latest news, highlights, and happenings at Garver.
Be sure to bookmark GarverUSA.com/News for all the latest updates regarding Garver projects, employee accomplishments, and more.
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Rogers Executive Airport runway recognized for pavement quality
A Garver-led project that provided Rogers Executive Airport
with a rehabilitated runway ahead of an already aggressive timetable has won a
national award recognizing the project for its pavement quality.
Garver provided planning, environmental, design, and
construction phase services for the project that completely rehabilitated
Runway 2-20, highlighted by a construction phase that covered eight days and
finished 24 hours ahead of schedule. The project was recently awarded the Ray
Brown Airport Pavement Award from the National Asphalt Pavement Association for
the highest-rated airport pavement in the nation.
“This project has provided a growing airport with a new
runway surface that meets a need for its growing client base,” said Garver
Project Manager Adam White. “Because of these changes, the airport can now
handle a more diverse mix of aircraft, and thanks to a combined effort between
Garver’s Aviation and Construction Services teams, the contractor, and airport
staff, operations were affected for only a week.”
Rehabilitation of the airport’s lone runway consisted of
full reconstruction of the runway keel section and a mill and overlay of the
remaining runway surface. With these improvements, Runway 2-20 can now support
aircraft up to 100,000 pounds. Construction included 76,000 square yards of
milled surface, 14,000 tons of asphalt, 19,000 linear feet of pavement edge
drains, and full rehabilitating of the runway lighting circuit, including new four-box
LED PAPI systems.
To make sure the airport’s operations were affected as
little as possible, Garver’s Construction Services Team worked with personnel
from Emory Sapp & Sons around the clock on 12-hour shifts, with daily
meetings to address project progress.
To learn more about what Garver’s Aviation Team can do for
you, visit www.GarverUSA.com.
Thursday, February 8, 2018
Garver congratulates Bert Parker on 40 years

Currently serving as chief administrative officer, Parker, who joined Garver in 1978, has also served as director of transportation and spent his earliest years on the Bridge and Aviation teams. Over four decades, Parker has helped Garver take on new services, expand into new markets, and in 2017 became just the fifth engineer from Arkansas to be accepted into the ACEC College of Fellows, a distinguished class of engineers selected by their peers for their contributions to the profession.
He has provided oversight and improvements to the expansion
of the federal interstate system along with state and local highway projects
and, perhaps his largest contribution, served as project manager for the I-540
and Bobby Hopper Tunnel project, the state’s first highway tunnel.
“We’ve been able to thrive as a company because we’ve always
had employees with the utmost dedication to us and the profession,” said Garver
President and CEO Dan Williams. “I’ve learned a lot from Bert over the years,
and I know a lot of others at Garver have, too. Congratulations on 40 years!”
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Helena WWTP improvements earn Grand Award
A Garver-led project that helped a wastewater treatment
plant adhere to reduced permit limits has earned the Grand Award from the
American Council of Engineering Companies of Alabama. The Helena Wastewater
Treatment Plant Design Improvements project earned the award from the American
Council of Engineering Companies of Alabama’s Engineering Excellence Awards
contest.
The project consisted of multiple improvements that helped the Helena WWTP meet strict effluent discharge
limits for total phosphorus. Because it discharges into Buck Creek, reliable performance
and operation of the Helena WWTP is essential to maintain the quality of this body of water frequently used by the citizens of Helena and surrounding
communities for swimming, wading, canoeing, and fishing.
“The frequent-use of Buck Creek as a recreational
destination requires the effluent coming out of this plant to
meet stringent, near-reuse requirements,” said Garver Water Team Leader Brian
Shannon. “The improvements being made to this plant will uphold the health and
diversity of the natural species that inhabit Alabama’s most ecologically
diverse river system.”
To help the plant meet the current and future total
phosphorous requirements (0.20 mg/L and 0.043 mg/L), Garver first developed a
facilities plan that included a plant-wide evaluation of existing treatment
processes to identify shortcomings that hinder plant performance. That plan led
to phased improvements designed to meet current and future requirements.
Phase 1 of the project, which was completed in September
2017, included rehabilitation of the existing
secondary clarifiers, new tertiary filtration equipment, new chemical storage
and feed facilities, and a new UV disinfection process. Because the existing
plant hydraulics were limited, the design team had to develop a unique
disinfection and post-aeration strategy consisting of closed-vessel,
low-pressure UV disinfection followed by a low-profile, cascade aeration system
to provide treatment regardless of downstream water level conditions in Buck
Creek.
This is the second Grand Award earned by a Garver-led
project in the ACEC-Alabama contest. The Tuscumbia Water Treatment Plant and
Supply Improvements project earned the Grand Conceptor Award in 2013. That project was the first in the state
to use a blended series membrane process after Garver provided project design,
funding assistance, bond issue assistance, construction management, and
operation support in replacing a 60-year-old plant. The ACEC-Alabama Grand
Conceptor Award for 2018 will be announced at the awards presentation in April.
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Garver, North Arkansas College to team up in providing airport upgrades
Garver, the Boone County Regional Airport, and North
Arkansas College have had a working relationships for years, having combined on
previous projects that have provided airport upgrades along with valuable
experience for the college’s students.
Now, all three are teaming up again, in a project that will
create an expanded parking lot near a terminal facility to be completed at no
cost to the airport located in Harrison, Arkansas. Thanks to a grant from the
Arkansas Department of Aeronautics that will cover engineering and construction
costs, Garver will design the expanded parking lot and students at North
Arkansas College will provide labor, which will take place during the spring
2018 semester.
The students, who have a history of providing the airport
with in-kind services, will construct the earthwork and aggregate base course
for the parking lot that will relocate the airport’s growing rental car parking
spaces to the newly constructed lot. The expansion will create 43 new spaces
for the airport.
“We’re always looking
for new and innovative ways for our clients to fund their projects,” said
Project Manager Adam White. “This gives us the best of both worlds: The airport
will receive a cost-effective upgrade that relieves stress on its terminal
parking areas, and the students at the college get valuable experience working
in the field.”
It’s not the first time the three entities teamed up for
this type of project delivery. In 2012, a grant from the Arkansas Department of
Aeronautics funded a Garver-designed project that delivered a 315-foot-long
taxiway and apron that provided access to a new hangar area.
To learn more about what Garver’s Aviation Team can do for
you, visit www.GarverUSA.com/Aviation.
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