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THE FACILITYThe first question when you crack open the drawings for the St. Joseph, Missouri, Water Protection Facility Ammonia Improvements is, what is a city of 77,000 people doing spending $50 million on an already high volume WWTP? The answer is…industry.

The City of St. Joseph is located in Northwest Missouri along the Missouri River. The city’s population is approximately 77,000 people with a metropolitan population of 128,000 people.

Though one metro area (Country Club Village) has its own treatment plant, the remaining city and its surrounding area is served by a single wastewater treatment facility, the Water Protection Facility (WPF). The WPF is located in the southwest industrial district, neighboring heavy industry and food processing plants, and is adjacent to the Missouri River, which also serves as its discharge location. The WPF, a secondary treatment facility currently permitted for an

average day design flow of 27 million gallons per day (MGD), is fed domestic, commercial and industrial wastewater. In addition to the domestic and industrial wastewater that is pumped to the WPF, the facility also receives and treats hauled waste. Each month, approximately 200,000 gallons of septage from septic tanks, grease traps, and industrial storage tanks are offloaded at the facility’s septage receiving station from tanker trucks operated by licensed private contractors.

ADVANCING WATERAMMONIA IMPROVEMENTS AND BIOSOLIDS DRYERby Jeff Gorman

LOCATION ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI

OWNER

THE CITY OF ST. JOSEPHDESIGN ENGINEERS

HDR / BARTLETT & WESTPROJECT DATES

JUNE 2014 - SEPTEMBER 2016PROJECT VALUE

$51.3 MILLION

NEWSLETTER SUMMER 2016

FEATURED PROJECT:

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The influent flow is comprised of both domestic and industrial flow sources, fed by a separated sewer system on the east side of the city and a combined sewer system on the west side. Wet weather event flow makes up a significant portion of the peak flows and results in high silt loadings at the plant. Additionally, the WPF has three primary wholesale industrial wastewater customers that pump their flows directly to the secondary portion of the facility: the South St. Joseph Industrial Sewer District (SSJISD - a combination of numerous industries in operation for more than 30 years), Triumph Foods (pork processing), and National Beef Leathers (leather tanning facility) send pre-treated industrial waste directly to the facility.

PLANT OVERVIEW / HISTORYThe Primary Treatment Plant for the City of St. Joseph, the first wastewater treatment system for the city, was designed and constructed in the early 1960s and came on-line in November 1965. Prior to this facility accepting flow, the sanitary/industrial waste for the city was discharged directly to the Missouri River. The 1965 Primary Treatment Plant consisted of a headworks structure, two clarifiers, and two mesophillic digesters. Discharge went straight to the river from the clarifiers.

With the Clean Water Act passed in 1971, the city received a grant to construct the secondary treatment plant in the 1970s. In 1979, the secondary portion of the treatment plant, an activated sludge treatment process, came on-line. The secondary treatment facilities added biological treatment to deal with suspended solids, dissolved solids and colloidal material, and also increased the capacity and redundancy of the plant. This expansion increased the treatment capacity of the secondary portion of the facility to its current volume of a maximum 54 MGD, 27 MGD domestic and 27 MGD industrial. In 2006, a thermophillic digester and a industrial

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primary clarifier were added. Following in 2014, Garney constructed an ultraviolet disinfection facility, including a pump station for discharge into the Missouri River during flood levels. The City of St. Joseph has continually invested resources at its wastewater treatment facility to meet regulatory requirements, but the current ammonia removal improvements project under construction by Garney is by far the most significant.

THE TECHNICAL SIDEAn HDR study evaluated appropriate measures for addressing future nutrient limits which are anticipated to be added to the WPF’s discharge permit. Based on HDR’s analysis, it was decided that the existing capacity of the WPF can process the projected 2030 annual average flows as the permitted design flow is 27 MGD; however, process upgrades would be required to meet future regulatory requirements, such as the need for nitrogen and phosphorus removal. Ammonia limits are already specified in the current NPDES permit; however, it is anticipated these limitations will become more stringent in the near future which prompted the ammonia removal improvements project.

The recommended approach to minimize ammonia efficiently, while giving consideration to the fact that there is minimal property for expansion of the WPF, consisted of separating the industrial influent flow streams from the domestic influent, effectively making two treatment trains within the same facility. The domestic aeration basins will provide biological nutrient removal and feature a BNR A20 process which will consist of an anaerobic zone, followed by an anoxic zone and an aerobic zone. While the new industrial activated sludge BNR system will be constructed within the existing basins and feature a 5-stage Bardenpho process.

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As a result, several processes needed to be reconfigured to achieve higher ammonia removal to meet more stringent DNR permit requirements and existing infrastructure has been utilized to the fullest extent possible, including repurposing where feasible. The HDR design team for the reconfiguring was led by Ryan Saffels and Kyle Sims, with project management support from Roy Bravo, and Bruce Wundrack on-site throughout the project. Bartlett & West’s Mark Baltzer had design responsibility for the grit/screenings facility.

THE PROJECTThe Ammonia Improvements and Biosolids Dryer Project was hard bid in January 2014, a Notice of Award was received in March and Notice to Proceed in early June 2014. The original project cost was $50.1 million with a two year duration consisting of ammonia removal improvements, the addition of a biosolids dryer facility, and replacement of their aging headworks and grit facility, broken into three sections:

• $36 M – Ammonia removal: Make the treatment process more efficient; add volume to allow split trains; and treat the specific makeup of influent sewage. Includes an industrial final clarifier to add volume to enable the plant to be split between domestic and industrial flows.

• $6.9 M – Screenings/grit system improvements: Install new process technology.

• $7.2 M – Biosolids dryer system: Takes 25% of solids from belt filter press that was previously hauled to a landfill or land applied and produces 92% solid pellets that can be used for agricultural fertilizer.

Building on his previous relationship with the city from the recently completed UV disinfection project, General Superintendent, Tim Diamond (recipient of the 2015 MVP Superintendent – Plant award), led the way from start to finish. The project affected a total of 17 existing structures, while 11 new structures were built on the 25 acre site, all while the operational treatment plant maintained its daily flow rates and treatment quality. Construction was broken into twelve phases, or PCS. PCS 1-8 were in somewhat sequential order, while PCS 9-12 were stand alone. This level of coordination was truly a TEAM EFFORT with the City of St. Joseph, including Lee Sommers, Andy Clements, Don Gilpin, Keith Campbell, Chad Hiserote, Matt Mays, Trevor Carr, and Craig Rippey. (Thanks, Craig, for not retiring before you told us where every underground pipe and fitting was - your knowledge of the site was invaluable.)

As in all plant work, you must gather as much information about the existing piping and structures as feasible to have a full understanding of the existing process. During construction, multiple instances occurred requiring us to modify elevations and locations to allow connection of new piping to existing and to “squeeze” in the new structure or pipeline. With all of the due diligence put in, the unforeseen still caused significant headaches and required finding alternative solutions to make processes operate as designed. That’s where having a team like we do in St. Joseph helps. By working together to solve problems, and using each other’s experience and expertise, we were able to keep the project on track and successful.

Our yard pipe crew threaded 4,000 LF of piping ranging from 54” down to 6” throughout the existing plant that already had more than 50 years of undocumented operational piping, while averaging a fitting every 20’. Initially led by Superintendent, Matt French, this work was completed under Foreman, James Gerdes, along with Casey Clines, Justin Shields, Matt Wiles, Kerry Putthoff, Luke Harden, and Wesley Calahan. James’ crew is also completing a second project on-site for the city, in conjunction with National Beef Leathers, a project sole-sourced to Garney due to our relationship with the City of St. Joseph. Additionally, Andy Lantz’s pipe crew, including Armondo Hernandez Rosales, Christian Jaquez, Edgar Morado Rivera, Kevin Nauss, Jeffrey Rutledge, Miguel Ramirez, and Juan Carlos Soto Puentes, spent a month on-site in the latter part of the project completing a change order replacement of the existing influent line from the South St. Joseph Industrial Sewer District, a critical line that had failed multiple times throughout construction.

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Our structural efforts were led by Civil Superintendent, Chad Markley (recipient of the 2015 Central Plant Salaried Safety Award), Foremen, Octavio Ramirez, Josh Dunn, and Mike Thies, along with Antonio Ramirez Barrios, Guillermo Mojica, Javier Escamilla, Frank Lara, Diego Duran, Johnny Bunch, Ben Dinwiddie, Chris Campbell, Manuel Mota Barron, Rafael Rodriguez Mejia, Dale Brecheisen, Chris Kucan, James Moore, Sr., and William Mojica Pecina. Manny Rodriguez was our loader operator, while Luis Arvizu and Richard Cleveland manned the cranes, including ANA, Garney’s first corporate crane.

Mechanical and process work focusing on equipment installation, interior process piping, and fiberglass air headers was led by Superintendent, Art Turner and Foreman, Alex Duran, with Marlon Borrayo, and Alfredo Flores. This crew, with support from other employee-owners, installed the necessary equipment, connecting piping, instrumentation, and safety devices to make the process work.

The work and PCS sequence consisted of the following:

• PCS 01 – Grit / screening facility and flow meter vault: The grit / screening facility was required to be constructed in three phases, each on driven H-piles and included Smith & Loveless Vortex Grit Equipment and Kusters Mechanically Cleaned Traveling Rake Type Bar Screen. Phase 1 and 2 combined to be an operational grit / screening facility prior to beginning construction on Phase 3, which added the grit collection system. Garney worked with the Structural Engineer to simplify the multiple levels of below-grade concrete to expedite construction.

• PCS 02 – Dissolved air feed (DAF) wet well: This structure, a cast-in-place concrete vault on H-piles, was required to be operational in order to begin PCS 03.

• PCS 03 – Industrial aeration basin, industrial / domestic blowers, new industrial final clarifier and splitter box, and RAS pump station #1: PCS 03 was the largest of the phases, anchored by the industrial aeration basin. The construction of the 9 MG industrial aeration basin was a significant undertaking as the existing tank, which was originally constructed for aerobic digestion, was to be reused. The inside of this tank, approximately the size of a football field and separated into three basins, needed to be increased in size vertically to allow greater volume and provide

sufficient hydraulic head for the ammonia removal and the future nitrogen removal process. The structure was demolished down to just a portion of the exterior wall. The existing walls were then raised by almost 7’ to allow sufficient hydraulic head, to hold a greater volume, and to flow by gravity to the final clarifiers. In order to support the existing exterior walls during removal of the interior walls and supports, and construction of a new slab, exterior and interior walls, 46 temporary wall supports were installed. Construction included more than four miles of auger cast piles installed inside the existing basin and through the existing base slab, and 7,700 CY of structural concrete was placed in 135,000 SF of forms. The equipment included nine Invent vertical entry mixers, three ABS recycle pumps, and a complete Sanitaire fine bubble diffuser system (27,000 heads) including 8” – 36” control FRP air piping. Civil Superintendent, Chad Markley, was the recipient of a Quality Committee Best Idea for the form system used on this structure and the industrial final clarifier, combining multiple vertical pours into a single pour using heavy timber forms.

The industrial final clarifier was a 155’ diameter cast-in-place tank installed on driven H-piles with a Clearstream mechanism, while RAS PS#1 was gutted and a new pumping system and precast building was installed. Three new Siemens 125 HP single-stage centrifugal blowers were installed for air supply to the industrial basins and ten existing domestic blowers were refurbished in the existing blower building.

• PCS 04 – SSJISD meter vault and industrial splitter box: Cast in place underground vaults.

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PROJECT TEAMPROFIT CENTER OFFICERMIKE GARDNER

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGERSJEFF GORMANJOEY PERELL

ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGERSSTEVE HARRISSCOTT SETTER

GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTTIM DIAMOND

SUPERINTENDENTSCHAD MARKLEYART TURNERTIM HOLLIDAYMATT FRENCHANDY LANTZ

ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTJARED KEATING

PROJECT ENGINEERSLUKE MESSERTIM HOCKETT

FIELD ENGINEERSCODY SCHMIDTCOLBY DIAMOND

SAFETYSCOTT THOMPSON

SCHEDULERBRET CRANDALL

PROJECT COORDINATORSONYA PUSKAS

INTERNSCODY CROUCHERBRETT SHELTONNATHAN CRAWFORDDILLON SWOYERANDREW VAN HOLLAND

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• PCS 05 – Primary effluent diversion splitter and meter box: A new overflow structure between the industrial and domestic flows.

• PCS 06 – Roughing filter and intermediate pump station: Refurbished three rotating assemblies for existing Flowserve vertical sewage pumps, changed the discharge piping elevation, and took three roughing filters out-of-service, one of which received the rerouted header pipe from the IPS.

• PCS 07 – Aeration basins 3 & 4, final clarifier splitter box and RAS pump station #2: Aerations basins 3 & 4 were small-scale versions of the industrial aeration basins. New interior walls were installed along with new mixers, recycle pumps, and a complete new aeration system. The existing RAS #2 PS was gutted and new pumps, piping, electrical, HVAC, and a precast building were installed.

• PCS 08 – Aeration basin #2: Basin #2 was a repeat of basins 3 & 4.

• PCS 09 – Operations building modifications: Included electrical and SCADA.

• PCS 10 – Filtrate equalization basin: This existing small diameter clarifier was reworked with mixers and pumps to operate as an equalization basin for auxillary plant flows.

• PCS 11 – Belt filter press building: The existing belt filter press building received a new Alum feed system and the new Andritz Wet Cake equipment to move the pressed sludge to the new biosolids equipment was installed here below the existing presses.

• PCS 12 - New biosolids dryer and conveyance facility: A 61 wet tons per day Andritz belt drying system and Schenck Process vacuum conveyance system in two new metal buildings. This portion of the work was subcontracted to Brooner Construction & Crane, a local commercial/industrial builder.

In addition, multiple auxiliary structures were either constructed or modified during the upgrade, including adding power feeds for three new blowers, significant new electrical ductbanks feeding the new system, and a new SCADA system to help monitor the complex treatment processes which will all be on-line in 2016. Four structures were supported on a total of six miles of driven H-piles. Missouri Electric, Inc. was a worthy partner and kept pace with our activities.

Garney supplied significant savings to the Owner through value engineering (VE) which covered many Owner change requests and unforeseen conditions. With the multiple additional improvements requested by the Owner and the “while you are here” repairs, the current project value is $51.3 million.

Additionally, throughout the project duration, Garney personnel reached out to the St. Joseph community. With donated materials from our vendors, we constructed a much needed dog run for the animal shelter adjacent to the WPF site. Garney’s management group teamed with Missouri Western State University and Hillyard Technical School, both in St. Joseph, to expose their students to our industry through job site tours, classroom seminars, and Garney 101 recruiting events.

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INTRODUCTIONThe St. Joseph Eastside Sewer – Phase 4 project was awarded to Garney in August 2014 and construction began in October 2014. The Eastside Sewer project was a joint effort between the pipe and plant divisions. This project consisted of three projects, Section 1 – Gravity Sewer and Water Main, Section - 2 Pump Station, and Section 3 - Force Main. On bid day, the value was $17,715,000, which was beyond the Owner’s budgeting and source funding. With Garney’s assistance, value engineering allowed the Owner to reduce the contract by $782,000 and fall within the budgetary allowance.

SECTION 1, JOB 8202 SCOPE OF WORKThe gravity sewer and water main portion of this contract consisted of 12,350 linear feet of 24”, 30” and 36” ductile iron and PVC sewer pipe, delivering influent to the Candy Creek Pump station. The project also included 8,000 linear feet of PVC water main piping to supply the pump station with fresh water. Other work included 400 linear feet of open-cut casing, and aerial creek crossing with pipe bridge, and more than 4,000 tons of new asphalt.

Project Challenges:All of the pipe installation for Section 1 was turn-key subcontracted to a local Kansas City area contractor, Redford Construction. Oversight was provided by Garney. The alignment provided challenges with deep cuts, highly variable subsurface conditions, and groundwater, which the subcontractor met with a high quality installation.

SECTION 2, JOB 5203 SCOPE OF WORKThe Candy Creek Pump Station is a 3.0 MGD facility that consists of three 1,050 MGD pumps controlled by Eddy Current Drives with associated piping, 750kW generator with 3,000

gallon concrete vault tank, electrical room with full SCADA, HVAC, and four bridge cranes.

Project Challenges:The construction of the pump station was straight forward except for the subsurface conditions and the record setting rains that we received. As we began removing the 30’ of clay needed to get down to the bedrock where the pump station would sit, we encountered a great deal of water. With the water came the saturated soil that had to be dried out for backfill. During the first eight months of the project, we received rain two to three times a week. At one point the river got within 100’ of the structure forcing us to evacuate the site.

SECTION 3, JOB 8202 SCOPE OF WORKSection 3 included the installation of 13,350 linear feet of 16” C900 PVC force main sewer with two air release valves, 450 linear foot directional drill creek crossing, and street reconstruction. This force main carried the effluent from the Candy Creek Pump Station, approximately 2-1/2 miles, to join existing gravity effluent to the City of St. Joseph’s Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Project Challenges:The force main installation was performed by Garney pipe crews, beginning in the cold of January. Joe Lewis and his crew worked through harsh weather conditions in early 2015 installing the pipe near the pump station. Nearly half of the installation was placed down an abandoned rail-road bed, which was also used by local farmers for access to their fields. Careful coordination and communication allowed the pipe to be installed successfully and the local farmers to continue their operations.

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CONCLUSIONConstruction on the pump station (Section 2) was completed November 23, 2015, and reached substantial completion on December 18, 2015, after the performance testing was completed. The completion of both the gravity sewer (Section 1) and the force main (Section 3) was coordinated with the pump station completion to provide the influent sewer and force main availability to bring the system seamlessly online for the Owner.

The joint efforts of Garney Construction’s skilled pipe and plant divisions ensured the Owner of a quality installation as well as superior project communication, coordination, and execution of critical project milestones. This is just another example of the value of “Advancing Water” that Garney brings to the table for complete project sourcing.

PROJECT TEAM - 5203PROJECT MANAGERJOEY PERELL

SUPERINTENDENTBRIAN SCHULTZ

FIELD ENGINEERCOLBY DIAMOND

FOREMANTERRY MILLER

PROJECT COORDINATORKELLY COFFELT

PROJECT TEAM - 8202PROJECT MANAGERED ROLF

SUPERINTENDENTJOE LEWIS, JR.

PROJECT ENGINEERRYAN MOLONEY

FIELD ENGINEERBRIAN SHEARER

PROJECT COORDINATORKELLY COFFELT

OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEEProject No. 0512OWNER: UT-Battelle, LLCPROJECT NAME: Primary Sewage Treatment Pump Station at Oak Ridge National LaboratoryESTIMATORS: Erik Reynolds, Scott Reuter, Justin Smith, Dean Odom, Mike Parrish, Lisa SanchPROJECT COST: Confidential

KINGSPORT, TENNESSEEProject No. 0513OWNER: BAE SystemsPROJECT NAME: Equalization Basins 1 and 2 and Electrical BuildingESTIMATORS: Eric Wagner, Lisa Sanch, Erik Reynolds, Stuart Smith, Dean Odom, Julia Felter, Carter Blackwell, Mike Parrish, Tim BehlerPROJECT COST: Confidential

KINGSPORT, TENNESSEEProject No. 0514OWNER: BAE SystemsPROJECT NAME: Basin 10, 20, 30, 40 Walkway and PlatformESTIMATORS: Scott ReuterPROJECT COST: Confidential

THE VILLAGES, FLORIDAProject No. 0515OWNER: The Villages of Lake-Sumter, Inc.PROJECT NAME: South Sumter Utility Wastewater Treatment PlantESTIMATORS: Tom ManningPROJECT COST: Confidential

SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIAProject No. 1121OWNER: KDW ConstructionPROJECT NAME: Madison TerraceESTIMATORS: Matt Roberts, Bill E. WilliamsPROJECT COST: Confidential

MORGAN HILL, CALIFORNIAProject No. 1122OWNER: Cal-Atlantic DevelopmentPROJECT NAME: Latana WisteriaESTIMATORS: Chris Dietrich, Bill E. WilliamsPROJECT COST: Confidential

FREMONT, CALIFORNIAProject No. 1123OWNER: The New Home CompanyPROJECT NAME: The Landing WestESTIMATORS: Chris Dietrich, Bill E. WilliamsPROJECT COST: Confidential

MEBANE, NORTH CAROLINAProject No. 2231OWNER: Orange-Alamance Water System, Inc.PROJECT NAME: Waterline Relocation NC 119 from I-40/85 to North of SR 1921ESTIMATORS: Mike Hewitt, Ken Malonson, Kyle Anderson, Helen BlalockPROJECT COST: $747,680

BOONE, NORTH CAROLINAProject No. 2232OWNER: Town of Boone, NCPROJECT NAME: USDA Raw Water Project Division 4 - Raw Water Transmission PipelineESTIMATORS: Mike Hewitt, Ken Malonson, Kyle Anderson, Eric Malvin, Helen BlalockPROJECT COST: $20,572,363

BOWIE, MARYLANDProject No. 3235OWNER: Washington Suburban Sanitary CommissionPROJECT NAME: John Hanson Highway Water Transmission Main - Whitfield Chapel Road to Lottsford Vista RoadESTIMATORS: Steve Ford, Clay Greene, Marissa Vona, Will Kennedy, Mike HallPROJECT COST: $11,385,999

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEEProject No. 3236OWNER: Metro Water ServicesPROJECT NAME: Repair of 60” PCCP at Four LocationsESTIMATORS: Jeff Seal, Trent Roszell, Steve Dunlap, Tim Brewster, Steve Ford, Whitney BriggsPROJECT COST: $919,350

KINGSPORT, TENNESSEEProject No. 3237OWNER: City of Kingsport, TNPROJECT NAME: Reedy Creek Trunk Sewer ImprovementsESTIMATORS: Jordan Carrier, Jeff Seal, Rob Grant, Marissa Vona, Gary Goff, Zack BloomfieldPROJECT COST: $6,411,000

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIAProject No. 3238OWNER: Fairfax WaterPROJECT NAME: South Kings Highway Transmission MainESTIMATORS: Steve Ford, Will Kennedy, Ervin Lizama, Josh Klassen, Marissa VonaPROJECT COST: $5,436,634

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEEProject No. 3239OWNER: Metro Water ServicesPROJECT NAME: Brick Church Pipe Improvements ProjectESTIMATORS: Steve Ford, Jeff Seal, Marissa Vona, Gary GoffPROJECT COST: $5,451,350

DECATUR, ALABAMAProject No. 3240OWNER: Decatur UtilitiesPROJECT NAME: Belt Line Road Area Sanitary Sewer Extension Phase 4 Force MainESTIMATORS: Jeff Seal, Steve Ford, Steve Dunlap, Marissa VonaGARNEY’S PROJECT COST: $3,811,822 (subcontract amount)

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LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKYProject No. 3241OWNER: Louisville Water CompanyPROJECT NAME: Eastern Parkway 48” Transmission Main Rehabilitation Phase 1ESTIMATORS: Jordan Carrier, Marissa Vona, Jeff Seal, Gary Goff, Steve Dunlap, Austin Rexroat, Ben JansonPROJECT COST: $6,826,700

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEEProject No. 3242OWNER: Metro Water ServicesPROJECT NAME: State Street Sewer and Water ReplacementESTIMATORS: Trent Roszell, Jeff Seal, Marissa Vona, Gary Goff, Gary MinnichPROJECT COST: $471,860

OMAHA, NEBRASKAProject No. 5221OWNER: City of Omaha, NEPROJECT NAME: Platte South WTP Valve ReplacementESTIMATORS: Gary Bittner, Joey PerellPROJECT COST: $232,910

LEONARD, TEXASProject No. 5222OWNER: North Texas Municipal Water DistrictPROJECT NAME: Lower Bois d’Arc Creek Reservoir Program Water Treatment Plant and Pump Stations Project (CMAR)ESTIMATORS: Mike Gardner, Whitney Briggs, Marcus Grace, Justin Reese, Joey Perell, Bret Crandall, Bart Slaymaker, Eric Coe, Dave Farkas, Wade Pierpoint, Scott Parrish, Scott Setter, Jamie Blystone, Jordan Wilcosky, Katie McKenzieESTIMATED VALUE: $313,000,000

ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURIProject No. 5223OWNER: National BeefPROJECT NAME: National Beef Force MainESTIMATORS: Jeff GormanPROJECT COST: $213,740

LAWRENCE, KANSASProject No. 5225OWNER: Westar EnergyPROJECT NAME: Lawrence Energy Center Lagoon ModificationsESTIMATORS: Paul Bailey, Mike Gardner, Tim Diamond, Bret CrandallPROJECT COST: Confidential

DENVER, COLORADOProject No. 6251OWNER: Metro Wastewater Reclamation DistrictPROJECT NAME: PAR 1268 Sodium Bisulfite Mixer Access Improvements - Construction Services ContractESTIMATORS: Matt WamplerPROJECT COST: $1,441,600

BUCKEYE, ARIZONAProject No. 6252OWNER: City of Buckeye, AZPROJECT NAME: Tartesso Well Site No. 3ESTIMATORS: Dan East, Phil NaylorPROJECT COST: $594,019

DENVER, COLORADOProject No. 6253OWNER: Denver WaterPROJECT NAME: Foothills Treatment Plant Drying Bed Decant and Headworks ModificationsESTIMATORS: Eric Coe, Kevin Rupp, Doug Graeve, Nikia SteppinsPROJECT COST: $1,457,000

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADOProject No. 6254OWNER: Colorado Springs UtilitiesPROJECT NAME: Pine Valley Pump Station Refurbishments (Design-Build)ESTIMATORS: John Miller, Bill Williams, Dennis VanAuken, Lauren Vander Male, Dave McEnteeESTIMATED VALUE: $2,000,000

DENVER, COLORADOProject No. 6255OWNER: Denver WaterPROJECT NAME: Hillcrest Reservoir Basin Replacement Project - Work Package 03 TanksESTIMATORS: Eric Coe, NPG Estimating TeamPROJECT COST: $25,413,000

WAUSAU, WISCONSINProject No. 7229OWNER: Wisconsin Public ServicePROJECT NAME: Grandfather Falls PenstockESTIMATORS: Matt Foster, Whitney Briggs, Brian Shearer, Steve McCandless, Bill Williams, Paul Bailey, Mike GardnerPROJECT COST: Confidential

ROSSER, TEXASProject No. 7235OWNER: North Texas Municipal Water DistrictPROJECT NAME: Trinity River Main Stem Raw Water Pipeline Contracts A and BESTIMATORS: David Burkhart, Sam Marston, Whitney Briggs, Jason JansenPROJECT COST: Confidential

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADOProject No. 7236OWNER: Colorado Springs UtilitiesPROJECT NAME: Penrose-Fisher Temporary Pipelines RealignmentESTIMATORS: John Miller, Matt Foster, Dennis VanAukenPROJECT COST: $64,101

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADOProject No. 7237OWNER: Colorado Springs UtilitiesPROJECT NAME: SDS East Fork Sand Creek Repairs and Discharge StructureESTIMATORS: John MillerPROJECT COST: $62,574

Groundbreaking for the Tinker Air Force Base project in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, took place on Tuesday, July 26, 2016. The event was presided over by a three-star General of the Air Force and was broadcast live throughout the world on the Air Force network. Pictured above from left to right: Fred Thornhill (Garney Federal), Wayne O’Brien (Garney), Christine McGuire (Contrack Watts), Jay McQuillen (Garney), H.T. Johnson (Garney), Josh Brown (Garney), David Lewis (Garney), Shoja Rezvani (Contrack Watts), and Frederick Basham (Contrack Watts).

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DODD WATER TREATMENT PLANT UPGRADE (DESIGN-BUILD)LONGMONT, COLORADOLEFT HAND WATER DISTRICT

JOB 6206: $29.0 MILLION

Submitted by Tommy Barth

Walkway over mixers and floc system.

Pall filter system.

PROJECT MANAGERKeith Hinds

ASST. PROJECT MANAGERStephen Hagy

SUPERINTENDENTSWes ConawayChuck Krier

PROJECT ENGINEERKaleb Schwab

FIELD ENGINEERTommy Barth

CREWRaul Ballesteros and crew, Tobias Felix and crew, Ken Margetts and crew

PROJECT MANAGERJordan Carrier

ASST. PROJECT MANAGERBen Janson

SUPERINTENDENTSteve Dunlap

ASST. SUPERINTENDENTAustin Rexroat

LOGAN CSO INTERCEPTORLOUISVILLE, KENTUCKYMETROPOLITAN SEWER DISTRICT


INTERNChad Thornberry

CREWEdgar Elias, Gregory Brown, Jesus (Chuy) Ortiz, Samuel Ortiz, Mathew Stucker, Basil Trouten, Joshua Wells, Christopher West

A flap gate installed where CSO 152 meets the Beargrass Creek improved channel. The flap gate is to prevent storm water in the channel from back flowing into the 84” interceptor line that Garney installed under the channel slab.

Submitted by Ben Janson

30” plant influent.

LEFT: 84” brick sewer removed at CSO 146 prior to starting the cast in place box culvert.RIGHT: The dreaded rain day.

The riser formed for the cast in place box culvert that replaced a failing 84” brick sewer.

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PROJECT MANAGERMike Moore

SUPERINTENDENTJuan Campbell

GREELEY 5MG TANK AT GOLD HILLGREELEY, COLORADOCITY OF GREELEY, CO


PROJECT MANAGERBill Williams

SUPERINTENDENTDennis Van Auken

PROJECT ENGINEERJohn Miller

FIELD ENGINEERAllen Emmons

LITTLE MESA TANK REPLACEMENTCOLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADOCOLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES


PROJECT COORDINATORBeth Melchior

FOREMANGordon Cole

CREWRon Henson, Chris Pacheco, Eric Klompfenstein, Matt Linley, Gerome Apopdaca, Hayden Perea

Submitted by Allen Emmons Submitted by Mike Moore

PROJECT ENGINEERNeil Bonham

PROJECT COORDINATORHeidi Haberkorn

PROJECT MANAGERMike Moore

SUPERINTENDENTBrad Juracek

ASHLAND RESERVOIR TANK REPLACEMENTSWHEAT RIDGE, COLORADODENVER WATER


PROJECT ENGINEERJose Castro

PROJECT COORDINATORHeidi Haberkorn

Over-excavate 22’ for structural fill.

22’ of structural fill compacted maximum 8” loose lifts.

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HUNTSVILLE UTILITIES WATER MAINSGRANT, ALABAMAHUNTSVILLE UTILITIES


Submitted by Jordan Brooking

ABOVE LEFT: Installing DIP along HWY 431.

ABOVE RIGHT: Arrowheads and pottery found along banks of the Paint Rock River.

LEFT: Driving sheet piling for bore pit at the Paint Rock River.

PROJECT MANAGERJordan Brooking

SUPERINTENDENTKevin Griffin

CREWSammy Rangel, Felix Rivera, Tomas Binuelo, Chad Chadwick, Justin Holman, Devin Powell, Jesse Overman, Ali Al-Hajery, Brandon Grey, James Sullivan, Abraham Silva, Kenny Davidson, William Cole

Hoe ramming rock through creek crossing for 48” DIP finished water line.

PROJECT MANAGERZack Bloomfield

SUPERINTENDENTRob Grant

PROJECT ENGINEERBen Ramsbottom

LYONS VIEW PUMP STATION AND GRAVITY SEWER IMPROVEMENTSKNOXVILLE, TENNESSEEKNOXVILLE UTILITIES BOARD


CREWWill Evans, Tony Lamb, Landon McMillan, Ramar Hawkins, Kyle Jenkins

Lyons View force main.

LEFT: Lyons View sewer line.RIGHT: Lyons View force main install.

Submitted by Ben Ramsbottom

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SUPERINTENDENTSMatt BurtonChad Englebright


KUB DOWNTOWN WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS PHASE 3KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEEKNOXVILLE UTILITIES BOARD


CREWJames Johnson, Gary Dumont, James Babb, Brett Keener, Cody Hundley, Robert Caldwell, Dustin Rush, Darryl Countiss, Gary Warnock, Boyd Knaack, Colby Rogers, Travis Wood

Walnut and Wall Avenue.

ABOVE LEFT: Locust Avenue sewer line.

ABOVE RIGHT: Clinch Avenue sewer line.

LEFT: Crew photo.



SUPERINTENDENTRob Grant


SECOND CREEK TRUNKLINE REHABILITATIONKNOXVILLE, TENNESSEEKNOXVILLE UTILITIES BOARD


CREWWill Evans, Kyle Jenkins, Tony Lamb, Landon McMillan, Ramar Hawkins

2nd Creek Trunkline pipe demolition.

ABOVE: 2nd Creek Trunkline bypass.

LEFT: 2nd Creek Trunkline point repair.

BELOW: 2nd Creek Trunkline precase structure set out.


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WATER DISTRIBUTION AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS FOR JEFFERSON STREETNASHVILLE, TENNESSEEMETRO WATER SERVICES


Submitted by Gary Minnich

ABOVE LEFT: A 100 ton crane lowering a 45,000lb precast consolidation structure in place for combined water and sewer on 16th

Avenue North.

ABOVE RIGHT: Subcontractors unloading precast consolidation structure off of tractor trailer to set in place for combined water and sewer on 16th Avenue North.

LEFT: Tie into existing 16’ DIP in two locations, and reduce to 8” to connect to new water lines installed down Jefferson Street.

BELOW: Hammering out solid rock for underground precast storm water basin; 144ft x 80ft x 11ft deep (90% complete).

PROJECT MANAGERSJeff SealTrent Roszell

SUPERINTENDENTSTim BrewsterJonathan Evans

PROJECT ENGINEERGary Minnich

INTERNSJordan InmanPatrick Fielding

CREWJerry Shearron, Phillip Payne, Ron Johnson, Joe Hobbs, Teofilo Binuelo, Jacob Parks, Rudy Rangel, Ascension Mendoza

PROJECT MANAGERTim Bulford

SUPERINTENDENTSCurtis HefleyErvin Lizama

TOWN OF LEESBURG RECLAIMED WATER LINELEESBURG, VIRGINIAPANDA STONEWALL, LLC


CREWSteve Vasseur, Coy Alspach, Jose Rivas, Cirilo Correa, Derek Baxley, Josh Robertson, Roger Taylor, Rena Deras, Cruz Alfaro, Willian Alfaro, Salvador Cubias, Edwin Ayala, Wilmer Henriquez

Laying 24” PVC reclaimed water line. Making up time lost from hitting rock.

ABOVE: New 24” DIP reclaimed water line tie-in into existing 36” DIP at Leesburg, VA water treatment plant.

LEFT: Pipe laying of the 24” PVC reclaimed water line in Leesburg, VA.

Submitted by Tim Bulford

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HUNTSVILLE UTILITIES RAW WATER INTAKE STRUCTUREGRANT, ALABAMAHUNTSVILLE UTILITIES


PROJECT MANAGERGary Goff

SUPERINTENDENTSteve Dunlap

REPAIR OF 60” PCCP AT FOUR LOCATIONSNASHVILLE, TENNESSEEMETRO WATER SERVICES


INTERNSPatrick FieldingJordan Inman

CREWEdgar Elias, Jesus (Chuy) Ortiz, Samuel Ortiz, Basil Trouten

ABOVE LEFT: Hydro vac under 60” PCCP to obtain 12” clearance.

ABOVE RIGHT: Installing the carbon fiber around the 60” PCCP.

LEFT: Flowable fill poured under pipe and to spring line for support.

BELOW: Covered up and heater on for 12-hour cure.

Submitted by Gary Goff

PROJECT MANAGERJordan Brooking

SUPERINTENDENTLuis Perez

PROJECT ENGINEERBrett Ardizone

CREWTerry Brown

Pouring the east slab of the intake structure.

View inside of the intake structure.

Structural members of the pre-engineered metal building.

Submitted by Brett Ardizone

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SOQUE WATERSHED DAM REHABILITATION PROJECTCLARKESVILLE, GEORGIAGEORGIA SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION COMMISSION


Submitted by Brian Ely

PROJECT MANAGERBrian Ely

SUPERINTENDENTJohnnie Ornelas

CREWJavier HernandezRicardo ContraresVictor MataJorge Pardo

Cast in place walls by Garney; backfill by prime contractor.

Total view of the ogees from the rear of the dam.

LEFT: Looking down stream of the completed dam.RIGHT: Cast in place ogee water damming structures.

PROJECT MANAGERSLuke CobbBrock SouthwickDon Trujillo

SUPERINTENDENTSLee CurtisDave DwyerRyan Reznowski

PROJECT ENGINEERSDerek CaddisWarren DonnellySal HernandezTim RiceBrendon SmithPhilip Teten

PROJECT COORDINATORSMary ParkerMargie Lewis

T.Z. OSBORNE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY 56 MGD UPGRADE GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINACITY OF GREENSBORO, NC

JOB 0468 / 0472 / 0478: $53.2 MILLION

CO-OPSAndre EdwardsJesse Lokits

CREWAnthony Robinson, Armando Cruz, CJ Kingsbury, Daniel Patterson, David Slaughter, Dewayne Lipscomb, Edgar Lara, Epifanio Cruz, Gustavo Leuvano, Hal Warmbrod, James Garret, Jesus Hernandez, Jonathan Lipscomb, Jonathan MacDonald, Jose Ramirez, Joseph Bay, Max Navarro, Morris Dixion, Oswaldo Dias, Richard Brooks, Tonya Dwyer, Zeferino Vanquez

ABOVE: Busy jobsite - clarifier no. 10 leak test, installing hollow-core on RAS 4 pump station, and pouring the last wall sections of clarifier no. 9.

LEFT: Field co-op, Jesse Lokits, helping out with the installation of 78” PCCP at North Effluent Channel.

BELOW: Aerial view of completed project number 0468.

Submitted by Sal Hernandez

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WAKARUSA WWTP AND CONVEYANCE CORRIDORLAWRENCE, KANSASCITY OF LAWRENCE, KS


TANK FARM IMPROVEMENTSCOUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWACHS MCPHERSON REFINERY


PROJECT MANAGERSBart SlaymakerLuke MesserBrian Schultz

SUPERINTENDENTSPete GodinTim HollidayTerry DixArt TurnerSean BrysonCole Rawson

PROJECT ENGINEERSBryan ClarkTim Hockett

FIELD ENGINEERSCody CroucherKirk Resseguie

FOREMENTerry MillerJosh DunnChris DixRuben Munoz

PROJECT COORDINATORSonya Puskas

Submitted by Tim Hockett

East side of BNR basin no. 1.

Southeast side of final clarifer no. 2.

Northeast side of BNR basin no. 1.

LEFT: Northwest corner lower wall.RIGHT: Northwest corner upper wall.

PROJECT MANAGERCraig Driskel

FIELD ENGINEERDarous Allton

CREWJason Watts, Casey Sikes, Brandon Sike, Benson Sikes, Gerber Vasquez, Allen Bolich, James Kramer, Dakotah Buckaloo

Excavating for stormwater capture basin.

24” bore under railroad for stormwater piping.

Submitted by Craig Driskel

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AIRPORT WRF PHASE IIBROOKSVILLE, FLORIDAHERNANDO COUNTY, FL


Submitted by Jason Baker

PROJECT MANAGERJason Baker

SUPERINTENDENTSNorm ViggianoLee Welker

PROJECT ENGINEERWill Gulledge

June aerial - west view.

June aerial - east view.

June aerial - north view.

PROJECT MANAGERKeith Lemaster

SUPERINTENDENTSRon McPhersonSalvador Gonzalez

INTERNRob Sublette

TACOMA FLOWLINE REPLACEMENT PROJECTDURANGO, COLORADOXCEL ENERGY

JOB 7217: COST CONFIDENTIAL

CREWRussel Berg, Salvador Gonzalez Jr., Elfido Pinela, David Norris, K.B. Hodge, Ramone Domingez, Don Brake

Submitted by Rob Sublette

View of the right of way.

64” DIP pipe installation.

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SENIOR PROJECT MANAGERPhil Naylor

PROJECT MANAGERShane O’Brien

APACHE JUNCTION SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANTAPACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONAAPACHE JUNCTION WATER DISTRICT


SUPERINTENDENTUbaldo Esparza

PROJECT ENGINEERCarl Rodgers

Submitted by Carl Rodgers

Chemical metering pumps.

Packaged treatment plant.

LEFT: Raw water pumps pulling water off the CAP Canal.RIGHT: Solids handling sludge press.

BINNEY WATER PURIFICATION FACILITY - SOLIDS DEWATERING AND FILTERING ADDITIONSAURORA, COLORADOCITY OF AURORA, CO


PROJECT MANAGERNick Campbell

SUPERINTENDENTSMike HuffMike Skadberg

PROJECT ENGINEERSJustin DreitzlerSolange Huggins

FIELD ENGINEERNate Walker

Submitted by Justin Dreitzler

ABOVE: Pump station and gravity thickener.

LEFT: Filter building backwash piping.

BELOW: Lagoon 4 underdrain installation.

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BINNEY WATER PURIFICATION FACILITY - TUBE SETTLER REPLACEMENTAURORA, COLORADOCITY OF AURORA, CO


Submitted by Justin Dreitzler

PROJECT MANAGERNick Campbell

SUPERINTENDENTMike Skadberg

PROJECT ENGINEERJustin Dreitzler

CREWKeith Ave, Antonio Jaramillo Toledo, Augustus Schneider, Carlos Salazar, Craig Wold, Enriquez Rodriguez, Jon Schneider, Juan Luna Carillo, Tulio Jesus Martinez, Osvaldo Torres

Thickener basins where the tube settlers are installed.

New tube settlers (installed with Accugrid).

Thickener basin 1 tube settlers awaiting install.

PROJECT MANAGERSPatrick VidonishJohn MyhrJeff Gorman

SUPERINTENDENTSNathan BooneDwight JonesBrandon Butler

WATER TREATMENT PLANT DISINFECTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTSNASHVILLE, TENNESSEEMETRO WATER SERVICES


PROJECT ENGINEERSTheodore CastellanoBradford Dove

CREWDomingo Vicente, Alejandro Vicente, Florindo Lopez, Geraldo Gonzales, James Woodard, Jeff Martin, Jose Carrillio, Jose Figueroa, Josh Wilson, Lorenzo Lopez, Louis Omar, Nelson Lopez, Robert Adkins, Tony Smith

Submitted by Theodore Castellano

LEFT: Omohundro tank farm; two 80 ton brine tanks, four 36,000 gallon sodium hypochlorite tanks.RIGHT: KRH sodium hypochlorite generation system.

Metro Rain Garden and 38,000 gallon sodium hypochlorite tank.

KRH feed pump room.

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SENIOR PROJECT MANAGERRex Hiatt

PROJECT MANAGERJosh Petro

GREEN MEADOWS WTP & WELL FIELD EXPANSIONFORT MYERS, FLORIDALEE COUNTY UTILITIES


SUPERINTENDENTSJohn KennyGeorge Burns

PROJECT ENGINEERSBryce BoucherKristyan RodriguezMatt McCreary

Submitted by Matt McCreary

WTP aerial.

WTP concrete pad for equipment.

LEFT: WFE wildlife.RIGHT: WTP aerial with WFE.

MARKS STREET UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS (CMAR)ORLANDO, FLORIDACITY OF ORLANDO, FL

JOBS 2222 / 2225: $5.1 MILLION

PROJECT MANAGERWill Poczekaj

SUPERINTENDENTHumberto Del Cid

PROJECT ENGINEERBen Snider

CREWPedro Landau, Fred Keith, DJ Pate, Doc Walker, Max Gonzalez, Jesus Ledesma, Uris Gonzalez, Preston Smidt

Submitted by Will Poczekaj

ABOVE: Fred, Doc, and Pedro guide a sheeting system into place.

LEFT: The crew had to hand excavate 16 feet deep around existing utilities in the sheeting system.

BELOW: Excavation taking place in downtown Orlando for the new gravity sewer main and water main.

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VC SUMMER RWS INTAKE AND WWS DISCHARGE STRUCTURESJENKINSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINASCANA CORPORATION


Submitted by Josh Flammer

PROJECT MANAGERSDave HallJosh Flammer

SUPERINTENDENTWayne Cooksey

PROJECT ENGINEERSMatt DaukBrandon GerardyCameron McGawDavid McCullough

CREWBenjamin Santoyo, Alejo Ramirez, Jose Rivera, Thaleese Shivers, Landy Bell, Gumero Soto, Arturo Sierra, Dakota Lang, Joseph Shumate, David Duncan, Edward McColgan, John Bingnear

WWS stainless steel diffuser installation.

RWS intake structure wall pour.

PROJECT MANAGERSteve Ford

SUPERINTENDENTMike Hall

PROJECT ENGINEERClay Greene

FIELD ENGINEERDevon Eberth

SOUTH POTOMAC SUPPLY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTTEMPLE HILLS, MARYLANDWASHINGTON SUBURBAN SANITARY COMMISSION


INTERNSKendall DevriesEthan Louis

CREWGreg Pilgrim, Ezequiel “Chucky” Penaloza, Ray Shaw, Ramon Herrera, Hector Reyes

Submitted by Clay Greene

LEFT: Devon Eberth applies tape wrap to a 42” DIP joint.RIGHT: Ramon Herrera helps Bambi off the ROW. Aww!

Greg Pilgrim and Mike Hall celebrate the completion of a slide rail shoring system.

Construction of a cast-in-place flow control vault.

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PROJECT MANAGERWes Dooley

SUPERINTENDENTThom Evans

PROJECT ENGINEERSMatt BakerCameron Henry

PLANT VOGTLE RIVER WATER INTAKE STRUCTUREWAYNESBORO, GEORGIASOUTHERN COMPANY


INTERNSChris KlentzJuan Villafuerte

CREWDavid Pasquale, Modesto Porfirio, Charles Morrison, O’Brian Jones, Derrick Gantt, Willie Keys

Submitted by Chris Klentz

INTEGRATED PIPELINE PROJECT 108” PIPELINE - SECTION 14 (IPL14)WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT


PROJECT MANAGERRob Fults

SUPERINTENDENTSRoger DellWes WoodsChris RobertsChris HeffernBryan MuenchBlake Rabel

PROJECT ENGINEERSZach SteinbachRyan Moloney

CREWChris Rogers, Gregorio Pereida, Jamie Parez Jimenez, Juan Perex Jimeniz, Fermin Lopez, Troy Patterson, Ricardo Perez Jimenez, Roberto Perez Jimenez, Dave Garcia, Dustin Pacheco, Jose Alonzo, Tony Christiansen, Bryan Roberts, Terry West, Billy Grant, Chris Grana, Bobby Ledbetter, Elwin Claros, Matthew Grana, Chester Rigsby, Richard Richards, James Townsend, Clint Heffern, Jose Rojas, Louie Guliano, Jayme Williams, Zach Elder, Nolan Kekich, Eduardo Vasquez, Chris Landry

Submitted by IPL Team

TOP: Chris Roberts’ crew laying 108” pipe in solid rock.

MIDDLE: Roger Dell’s crew prepping to push the first 144” TLP tunnel.

LEFT: 108” pipe filled with rain water after a heavy storm.

Installing rebar for foundation pour.

First concrete pour for foundation of RWIS.

Finished concrete foundation pour 1.

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SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITYEmployee-owner, Solange Huggins, recently volunteered in “Extreme Community Make-over.” As part of the Denver Metro Chapter of NAWIC, she and about a half-dozen other NAWIC volunteers took part in this weekend event that consisted of cleaning up one of Denver’s neighborhoods.

The Elyria neighborhood, located on the north side of downtown Denver, was chosen for the Extreme Community Make-over. Volunteers spent the day cleaning up people’s yards and in the alleyways, collecting trash, pulling weeds, and painting over graffiti. Volunteers filled a 30-yard roll-off dumpster with old furniture, tires, dead trees, and other debris. It turned out that more than one 30-yard dumpster was needed to handle it all.

Despite the hot day, volunteers did an excellent job of cleaning up, beautifying, and upping the morale of the neighborhood.

Events like this, that give back to your city, are always out there and in need of volunteers. Make time to give back. Garney’s EOs are some fortunate folks and there is nothing better or more personally satisfying than knowing you’ve done a little bit to help others!

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EMPLOYEE-OWNER SPOTLIGHTNORM VIGGIANONorm Viggiano grew up in upstate New York in a small town called Memphis, where everyone knows your name. Norm began his career in construction as a roofer when he was 16 years old. Once he graduated from high school, Norm hitchhiked around the Eastern United States for a couple of years working here and there. Then Norm found his way into the water and wastewater construction business. Norm began his career with Garney (at the time Encore Construction) in 2005 as a Superintendent on a $500,000 project in Rockledge, Florida. Within two years, Norm was promoted to Senior Superintendent and was working on a $75 million project. Over the last 11 years, Norm has been instrumental in the construction of more than nine water and wastewater treatment plants valued at $250 million total.

Norm has worked on projects all over the Eastern United States, and later this year he will begin working on a CMAR project in Apopka, Florida.

Norm has earned the respect and made an impact on the lives of other employee-owners through his fair, no-nonsense leadership style, his dedication to doing things

the right way the first time, and his ability to save both Garney and project owners money. And with retirement approaching, Norm has taken responsibility for mentoring and encouraging his fellow employee-owners in preparing them for successful careers.

In retirement, Norm will enjoy spending time with his family at his Florida home. Rumor has it that he will fill the time with golfing, fishing, and riding his motorcycle.

QUALITY CONTROL COUNCIL

BRYAN CLARK | Reflectorless Mode

BRYCE BOUCHER | Storm Water

CJ KINGSBURY | Anchor Pullout Testing

ERIC GRIFFIN | Plow Mods

ERIC HENDERSON | Fuzzy Rub

SEAN BRYSON | Epoxy Crack Injection

WILL GULLEDGE | Grit Removal with Trackhoe

The winners for the second quarter’s best ideas contest are:

Congratulations to all winners!

COMMUNITY SERVICE After work on June 29, 19 employee-owners from the Wakarusa WWTP and Conveyance Corridor project poured an 85’ long by 20’ wide section of driveway for the BridgePoint Community Church. The church is a direct neighbor to the Wakarusa project in Lawrence, Kansas.

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FAMILY CORNER

Wally and Mayra Esparza welcomed their new daughter, Annalia, on July 5, 2016, at 11:35 AM. Annalia weighed 7 lbs, 7 oz.

Ben and Katie Snider were married on June 4, 2016, in Broomfield, Colorado, at the Omni Interlocken Resort.

Jonathan Evans holds his baby girl, Caroline Grace, who was born on May 3, 2016. Caroline was 10 lbs, 7 oz and 20.5 inches long.

Paul Bailey’s 3 1/2 year old grandson, Malaki, sports grandpa’s hardhat.

Itzel Duran-Reyes welcomed baby boy, Geno Vincent, July 15, 2016, at 2:40 PM. Geno weighed 7 lbs, 3 oz and was 20 inches long.

Congratulations to Lauren and Ian Vander Male on the birth of their son, Ryder Heath, who was born on July 18, 2016. Ryder weighed 8 lbs, 6 oz and was 22 inches long.

Dan Smolik’s daughter, Macy (pictured at left), and Justin Smith’s son, Simeon (pictured at right), joined their dads at the Winter Garden office for “Take Your Child to Work Day.”

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EL PODER DEL INTERÉS COMPUESTO¿Qué estas haciendo para ayudarte a ahorrar para la jubilación? Sabemos El Hombre ESOP está trabajando duro todos los días para garantizar tu ESOP, pero si usted no ha comenzado a contribuir con algunos de sus propios ingresos a la cuenta 401(k), usted está perdiendo tiempo y dinero. Estoy seguro que has oído la frase “el poder del interés compuesto.” Se menciona en la mayoría, si no en todas las reuniones del ESOP que hemos tenido en los últimos meses. Entonces, ¿qué es lo que realmente significa y cómo le afecta a usted? El poder de la composición tiene que ver con el ahorro (en este caso ahorro de jubilación) y entre más largo el tiempo de la inversion, mayor será el retorno. ¿Como funciona esto?

Cuanto más pronto puede empezar a poner dinero en una cuenta 401(k) o en cualquier otra cuenta de inversion para lo mismo, más pronto empiezará a dibujarse y a crecer el interés. A medida que continúe contribuyendo y haciendo crecer su cuenta, el interés se acumulará en mayor cantidad.

Un gran ejemplo de esto es el del ahorro de $1 por día, desde el día de su nacimiento. Si hubiera comenzado a ahorrar $1 por día ($365/año) desde el día en que naciste en un fondo de inversión que diera una tasa de 9% de rentabilidad, a la edad de 65 años tendría $1,094,375 y sólo habría contribuido con $23,725. Por otro lado, si no se comienzo a ahorrar $1 por día hasta los 10 años de edad, a los 65 años sólo tendría $459,934.

Asi que, vamos a empezar a ahorrar hoy.

ESOP COMMITTEE UPDATE

ACTUALIZACION DEL COMITE DE ESOP

THE POWER OF COMPOUNDINGWhat are you doing to help save for retirement? We know ESOP Man is working hard every day to secure your ESOP, but if you haven’t started contributing some of your own income to the 401(k), you are losing time and money.

I’m sure you have heard the phrase “the power of compounding.” It was mentioned at most, if not all, of the ESOP meetings that we had the past few months. So, what does it really mean and how does it affect you? The power of compounding has to do with savings (in this circumstance retirement savings) and how the longer the investment the greater the return. How does this work?

The sooner that you can start putting money away into a 401(k) account, or any investment account for that matter, the sooner it will start drawing interest and growing. As you continue to contribute to and grow your account, the interest accrues on a larger amount.

A great example of this is the $1 per day savings from the day of your birth. If you would have started saving $1 every day ($365/year) from the day you were born into an investment fund that would make 9% rate of return, by the age of 65 you would have $1,094,375 and would have only contributed $23,725. However, if you don’t start saving $1 per day until age 10, at 65 you would only have $459,934.

So, get started saving today.

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HR / BENEFITS COUNCILGarney has partnered with UMR to provide expert support and resources to help members improve and maintain their health. One way UMR helps members to live healthier lives is by helping them bring their chronic medical conditions under control.

UMR’s nurse coaches are available to help eligible employees and dependents enrolled in the medical plan. There is no cost to participate, and your personal health information is confidential.

The program is open to members with one or more of the following conditions:

• Asthma• Heart failure• Diabetes• Heart disease• Hypertension• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)• Depression (when occurring with one of the

other listed conditions)

When you are able to manage your symptoms, you can:

• Feel better and do more• Reduce or eliminate the need for medications• Lower your long-term health risks• Avoid flare-ups that lead to ER visits• Cut your out-of-pocket costs

Garney se ha asociado con UMR para brindar el apoyo y los recursos de expertos para ayudar a los miembros a mejorar y mantener sus salud. Una forma en que UMR ayuda a sus miembros a vivir una vida más saludable es ayudándolos a controlar las enfermedades crónicas que padecen. Las enfermeras de apoyo de UMR están disponibles para ayudar a empleados y dependientes elegibles que estén inscriptos en el plan médico.

El programa está abierto para los miembros que padezcan una o más de las siguientes enfermedades:

• Asma• Insuficiencia cardíaca congestiva• Diabetes• Engermedad cardíaca• Hipertensión• Enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica

(EPOC)• Depresión (cuando ocurre al mismo tiempo

que otra de las condiciones mencionadas)

Cuando usted puede manejar sus síntomas:

• Se siente mejor y hace más cosas• Reduce o elimina la necesidad de tomar

medicamentos• Reduce sus riesgos para la salud a largo plazo• Evita la recurrencia o intensificación del

trastorno, lo que provoca visitas a la sala de emergencias

• Reduce los gastos que salen de su bolsillo por atención médica

FIELD ENGINEER ACADEMYOn June 16-17, 15 Field Engineers from the

Central and Western Plant groups gathered at the

corporate office in Kansas City to take part in the

annual Field Engineer Academy.

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PARTING SHOTS

Operator Training Day. Garney Superintendent Eric Griffin worked with Wagner-Caterpillar Equipment to organize equipment training for Denver area operators.

Representing. Charles Garney and Mason Foster (son of Matt Foster) pose for a photo at the Dedication of Briarcliff Park honoring Charles. Charles got a kick out of Mason’s Garney Construction shirt.

Lookin’ good! Employee-owners from the Kansas City office wore the ever-fashionable hair nets as they volunteered at Harvesters, a local food bank. #GarneyBoyz. Interns from the Lane City project in

Texas take a weekend adventure to Galveston, Texas. After spending some time at the beach, the crew took a break to chow down on some Bubba Gump shrimp before hitting the town. Clockwise from front: Dillon Vestecka, Nathan Crawford (FE), Zach Tate, Tyler Stifter, Zac Dietert.

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