CITY OF GRAND FORKS- GRAND FORKS REGIONAL WATER TREATMENT PROJECT
them because they ’ re treating similar water as we are .”
Contracting challenges The greatest challenge is getting this ultra-modern project completed on time . To ensure a seamless transition , Feland cites Melanie Parvey , Director of Water , for bringing in the operations and design teams very early on in the process . This way when they move in to the new , more sophisticated plant the team will already have their fingerprints on all the operations .
Construction began in December
2016 and it ’ s expected to be fully operational in the summer of 2020 , which is a very short timeline for such a significant construction project .
This was not without its challenges . Just as the final design and construction stages were about to begin , there was an oil boom in North Dakota , which meant most of the qualified contractors were engaged . This posed a problem in terms of getting reasonable bids .
Under state statutes companies are allowed to hire construction managers at risk , so they completed
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