Experience the Benefits of
Design-Build
Clean, safe and reliable water should be a given for all communities. As water sources become more strained, municipalities and industry alike need new ways to make water and wastewater systems more resilient and fix aging or failing infrastructure quickly and affordably before a catastrophic event occurs. Using design-build helps achieve higher-quality results in less time.
Why Design-Build?
Your plant is one of your most important assets, so give it the treatment it deserves. Design-build is a project delivery approach in which an owner contracts the design and construction teams under a single contract from the earliest stages of the project, reducing cost and producing higher-quality results in less time. It also facilitates a higher collaboration among project stakeholders to turn the owner’s vision into reality.
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Benefits of Design-Build
Burns & McDonnell
Design-build is a project delivery approach that integrates design and construction to create a single point of accountability, reducing schedule and cost and producing higher-quality results in less time than traditional methods. It also facilitates collaboration among the project’s stakeholders to turn the owner’s vision into reality.
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Maximizing Benefits While Minimizing Risks of Adding Alternative Feedstock Sources
Burns & McDonnell
Considering adding alternative feedstocks to enhance the production of renewable biogas at your wastewater treatment plant? Understanding the basic requirements, benefits and drawbacks can help determine if feedstock addition will be viable at your facility.
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Navigating the Federal Funding Waters
Burns & McDonnell
Funding water and wastewater infrastructure projects is an ongoing challenge, and states and municipalities are feeling the pressure. When state and local funding isn’t an option, federal funding could be a viable solution for a wide range of projects.
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A More Progressive Approach to Design-Build
Burns & McDonnell
Given its multiple benefits, the design-build approach to project delivery continues to grow in popularity, rapidly replacing more traditional contracting methods. Many state and local governments allow public projects to use this integrated, single-source method that continues to evolve in progressive ways that foster greater collaboration, reduce risk and maximize value.
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Water Infrastructure Webinar
Burns & McDonnell
This webinar will provide water utilities with the latest updates on the funding opportunities found in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation (BIL).
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Rebuilding Our Infrastructure - Why Now's the Time to Build
Burns & McDonnell
Today, our world is in unfamiliar and everchanging territory, but our industries and our people are resilient.
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Early Cost Certainty
Design-build allows a firm project price to be established early that reduces owner risk and manages market volatility. With design-build comes a transparent fixed price, or guaranteed maximum price (GMP), typically at the 30% to 60% percent design stage. This allows teams to tailor the project scope to meet client budget and schedule expectations. This form of delivery also provides upfront information for the owner, enabling confident and informed decisions regarding budgeting, project financing, and public education on potential cost and rate impacts. According to the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA), change orders and disputes are rare as well.
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Northwest Wichita Water Facility
Burns & McDonnell
Our team is leading the progressive design-build development of the Northwest Wichita Water Facility via a joint venture partnership with Alberici.
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Collaborative Treatment Plant Retrofit Goes Above and Beyond
Burns & McDonnell
With new, strict water quality requirements looming over the City of Hays, the race was on to upgrade its wastewater treatment plant to meet the impending regulations. Using the design-build delivery method, the city was able to meet the upcoming nutrient limits ahead of schedule.
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Wastewater Treatment Plant Is Given New Life
Burns & McDonnell
With new strict water requirements looming over the City of Emporia, the race was on to upgrade its wastewater treatment plant to meet the impending regulations. Using an innovative technology process, the first of its kind in the state of Kansas, the city was able to reduce costs while complying with upcoming permit rules.
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Speed to Market
Construction can begin earlier, which reduces the overall schedule and streamlines the path for regulatory compliance. Nationwide, communities face stricter compliance regulations and must act quickly to update infrastructure and avoid penalties. By engaging an integrated team of designers, builders and regulatory specialists, owners can understand requirements and define project costs earlier in the process.
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High-Stakes Project Delivers Big Return
Burns & McDonnell
With the opportunity to attract jobs and generate revenue through a new casino and hotel complex, leaders in Mulvane, Kansas knew they had to update the city’s wastewater treatment plant to accommodate the increased loading that would result from the new development. These improvements would be completed as part of a broader infrastructure improvement process. Burns & McDonnell and CAS LLC were hired to design and build needed treatment system expansion and improvements. The project was completed nearly two months ahead of schedule on an already-aggressive timeline.
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Better Together: One Innovative Solution for Two Problems
Burns & McDonnell
Two neighboring cities were searching for a solution to their wastewater needs, especially with the imminent opening of a major regional industrial complex. We provided an answer that met the increasing demands of both: the Big Bull Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility. By using energy-efficient technology and creative problem solving, Burns & McDonnell was able to provide one innovative answer that provided expanded wastewater treatment capabilities for two separate communities.
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Design-Build Project Secures Clean, Affordable Water Supply for Village of Homewood
Burns & McDonnell
An Illinois community applied a progressive design-build approach to bring its water system online fast, supporting reliable water services at a stable rate.
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Design-Build Repairs an Environmental Catastrophe
Burns & McDonnell
Following a major break in the West Blue River Interceptor Sewer in Kansas City, Missouri, an emergency solution was needed. To stop the damaged system from spilling wastewater directly into Brush Creek, a scenic waterway, the city turned to our team’s design-build approach to save time, money and resources.
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Design-Build Turns an Emergency Repair Into a Long-Term Benefit
Burns & McDonnell
When one of the two wastewater tanks in Harrisonville, Missouri, suddenly failed, the city found itself in need of an emergency repair. By using our team’s design-build project delivery model, the city was able to repair the failed tank to even better than it was before — while staying on time and under budget.
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Progressive Design-Build Approach Accelerates Work on a Water Treatment System
Burns & McDonnell
A new water treatment plant uses innovative technologies such as ozone and biological filtration to solve taste and odor challenges. Upon project completion, the new facility is helping the community of Thornton, Colorado, exceed water quality standards.
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Enhanced Collaboration and Communication
Leverage the know-how of builders and designers from the start for consistency between design and construction, reducing risk of change orders or constructability hang-ups. Sometimes construction means modifying an existing facility, which can create unique challenges, including maneuvering equipment in tight spaces and keeping facilities safely running during construction.
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Progressive Design-Build Optimizes Water Facility With No Operational Disruptions
Burns & McDonnell
The water treatment facility in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, underwent significant improvements to satisfy the needs of a growing population and address challenges brought on by aging infrastructure. From the onset of the $31 million progressive design-build project, design and construction were integrated to maximize cost predictability, maintain plant operations and contribute to the project’s success.
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Restoring Water Quality Through Design-Build
Burns & McDonnell
In a mutual effort to mitigate extreme functional issues, the Cowskin Creek Water Quality Reclamation Facility was served with a consent order that mandated the rehabilitation of its headworks and solids treatment systems. To comply with strict regulations, the progressive design-build approach addressed immediate and challenging issues without taking the current plant offline.
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Progressive Design-Build Pumps New Life Into Topeka Facility
Burns & McDonnell
The City of Topeka needed to rehabilitate its primary high-service pump station. To avoid long-term interruption of residents’ water service, a progressive design-build approach was utilized to quickly address the complex project.
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Designing an Innovative Retrofit to Meet Tightened Discharge Limits
Burns & McDonnell
When a Colorado water/wastewater utility had to reduce its total dissolved solids, it chose design-build delivery and a first-of-its-kind treatment process to save time and money while meeting strict compliance standards.
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Construction at Existing Facilities
Sometimes construction means modifying an existing facility, which can create unique challenges, including maneuvering equipment in tight spaces and keeping facilities safely running during construction. Having a highly skilled and experienced design-build team is particularly important for outdated systems where projects need to be built around existing operations. A specialized and cohesive team that knows how to sequence and execute projects so that facilities stay online during construction reduces risks, saves time and money, and improves project efficiency.
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Innovative Retrofits to Existing Plants Can Turn Challenges Into Opportunities
Burns & McDonnell
With growing populations and increasingly rigorous regulations, owners and operators of water and wastewater treatment plants are working to keep pace. But space and budget concerns often provide significant challenges, leading to a rise in retrofitting and rehabilitation. Technology, innovative design and the right project delivery model can provide efficient solutions.
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Progressive Design-Build Pumps New Life Into Topeka Facility
Burns & McDonnell
The City of Topeka needed to rehabilitate its primary high-service pump station. To avoid long-term interruption of residents’ water service, a progressive design-build approach was utilized to quickly address the complex project.
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Retrofit Revamps Water Treatment Plant
Burns & McDonnell
When the Maple Grove Water Treatment Facility in Lakewood, Colorado, came upon its 10th year of service, The Consolidated Mutual Water Co. improved the plant by upgrading its residuals handling process.
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Taking a Proactive Approach to Sustainable Water
Burns & McDonnell
Municipal leaders are continually on the hunt for new ways to protect precious resources, like water. Castle Rock, Colorado, is one community that took proactive steps to provide a sustainable water supply for its customers. This meant developing a water supply system capable of meeting demands using renewable sources.
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Ron Coker, PE
Senior Vice President, Water Group, Burns & McDonnell
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