Upgrading and Retrofitting Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants outlines, in detail, the procedures that will help water and wastewater treatment plant upgrading and retrofitting projects proceed smoothly and cost efficiently—from initial assessment to final commissioning.
Upgrading and Retrofitting Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants offers guidance on the intricacies involved in avoiding process interruptions and meeting permitting requirements while improvement projects move forward.
Upgrading and Retrofitting Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants also includes a list of pitfalls to avoid and advice on preventing cost overruns.
For those involved with the single largest investment that a public or private utility may ever make, Upgrading and Retrofitting Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants will prove to be an essential tool.
Contents:
- Introduction
- Planning
- Identifying the Need for an Upgrade of a Treatment Facility or Collection System
- Regulatory Requirements
- What is the Purpose of the Plan?
- How to Procure an Engineer
- Facility Plan
- Managing the Effort
- Developing the Facility Plan
- Project Delivery Systems
- General Descriptions of Delivery Systems
- History
- Design-Bid-Build Project Delivery
- Design-Build Project Delivery
- Construction Management at Risk
- Privatization
- Legal Aspects
- Preliminary Design Phase
- Preliminary Design Overview
- Maintenance Operations During Construction
- Interim Permit Requirements
- Other Constraints, Requirements, and Regulations to Consider during Preliminary Design
- Preliminary Design
- Managing the Preliminary Design Effort
- Managing Costs
- Final Design Phase
- Managment of the Final Design Phase
- Project Responsibilities
- Project Controls
- Finalize Process Selection and Design
- Construction Document Preparation
- Final Design Issues
- The Bid Form
- Use of Unit Prices in the Bid Form
- Value Engineering for Renovating and Upgrading Water and Wastewater Treatment Facilities
- The Concept of Value
- Benefits of Value Engineering
- Conducting Value Engineering Workshops and Studies
- Value Engineering Team Composition and Qualifications
- What Happens During a Value Engineering Workshop
- Bid Phase
- What are the Bid Requirements?
- Construction Phase
- Role of Plant Staff During Construction
- Strategy for Construction and Operations Interface
- Master Project Schedule
- Construction Management Plan (Management and Administration Plan)
- Equipment Management
- Front-End Documents
- Constructibility/Operability/Maintainability Reviews
- Bonds and Insurance
- Construction Site Management
- Coordination with Plant Operations and Construction
- Project Communications
- Managing the Effort
- Safety
- Plant Startup and Commissioning
- Preparation
- Startup
- Performance Testing
- Activities After Startup
- Problem Resolution
Index
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