To address the challenge of data management, Burns & McDonnell utilized members of its construction, design-build and business technology solutions groups to provide and update an electronic data collection system. This system has two basic components, Program Manager and OneTouchPM. Program Manager was designed to consolidate and manage large amounts of data, including planning documents, permitting documents, easements, permits, design review documents, project bids, construction documents, submittals, requests for information, pay applications, field orders, change orders and conformance with construction documents. Program Manager has now been replaced with ProCore for all current and future projects. OneTouchPM is a online based system that shows pictorially the status of the project for land acquisition (easements and licenses) and up-to-date construction progress. These systems provided a comprehensive and real time overview of the multiple ongoing projects, which allowed for effective coordination, monitoring and transparency with the City of Gillette and the Wyoming Water Development Committee.
The team also strategically planned the program project design and construction phases based on the availability of funds from the State of Wyoming Water Development Commission on a year-by-year basis. For example, the 52-mile pipeline was divided into 4 separate pipeline projects.
Burns & McDonnell designed and oversaw the construction for the new Madison Formation Well Field — which includes five wells — 52 miles of 36- and 42-inch diameter pipeline, a 24 million-gallon-per-day (MGD) pump station, a 1 MG storage tank, an on-site sodium hypochlorite disinfection generation facility, 3 miles of 18-inch waterline, and a water blending facility. The entire program required permits from the City of Gillette, Crook County, Campbell County, State of Wyoming, Union Pacific Railroad, Wyoming Department of Transportation, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, and Wyoming State Engineer. Such permitting was part of the team’s program management capabilities.
The team also provided hydraulic modeling and surge analysis for the new and existing water system to accurately confirm waterline sizes, storage requirements, pressures and required flows. Model scenarios included existing demand, future demand and overall water quality. The 24 MGD pump station includes seven 450-horsepower variable speed-controlled vertical turbine pumps. The team summarized all information in a series of technical memorandums.
