Value Delivered
We served as the general contractor for the construction this new pump station, as well as the outflow and connection canals, aimed at improving water-quality treatment for the western and eastern flow ways of stormwater treatment area (STA) 1W of the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD). The project site is adjacent to and west of L-7 Levee and Water Conservation Area 1 (also known as the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge).
Client Objectives
The purpose of the STA 1W expansion project was to work in conjunction with the existing Everglades STAs to meet the Water Quality Based Effluent Limit (WQBEL) and to achieve compliance with the State of Florida’s numeric phosphorus criterion for the Everglades Protection Area. Project design and construction had to comply with standards for the state’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and the Everglades Forever Act (EFA) Consent Orders.
Solutions
We served as general contractor, providing project management and value engineering, as well as dewatering, canal work/revetment, bridge armoring, earthwork, and staging area construction for the site. The pump house required full mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation services and featured pump, IT, electrical, and generator rooms, as well as a control building.
Throughout the project, we installed and constructed:
- 20,000+ cubic yards of cast-in-place concrete
- 2,000+ tons of reinforcing steel
- Three 125-cubic-feet-per-second (CFS) diesel pumps
- Two 125 CFS electric pumps
- 750- and 35-kilowatt emergency generators
- Underground fiber optics
- Parking and service areas
- Mechanical, HVAC, and electrical systems
- Instrumentation and control systems
- Trash rack and trash collection systems
- Tank farm
- Service bridge and bridge crane
- Steel piles for a temporary cofferdam and permanent wingwall system
Client Background
SFWMD is a regional governmental district that oversees water resources from Orlando to the Florida Keys.