OVERLAND PARK, Kan., April 5, 2022 /3BL Media/ – Exemplifying resilience, sustainability and collaboration, a massive, $320-million project aided by Black & Veatch to bolster Atlanta’s strained water supply has won top honors as the Engineering News-Record’s water and wastewater global and Southeast project of the year. Black & Veatch served as owner’s engineer and supplied resident engineering, structural guidance and tunneling, mechanical, electrical and plumbing expertise.

The 2021 “award of merit” in the publication’s ninth annual “Global Best Projects” contest recognizes the repurposing of the former Bellwood rock quarry as a 2.4-billion-gallon raw water storage site for eventual use as drinking water in the city. Mined through hard bedrock, a complementary five-mile-long tunnel – 400 feet deep and 12.5 feet in diameter – now connects the city’s two water treatment plants and the quarry, along with two pump station sites.

Years before construction began, a 2007-2008 drought spurred Atlanta to begin considering a water source to supplement its drinking water supply, the Chattahoochee River. Months before it even was commissioned in December 2020, the project demonstrated its value when Atlanta administrators turned to the reservoir to stave off a city-wide emergency after a major water line failed.

The Engineering News-Recordsaid the industry judges chose 33 winning projects from 20 countries from a record number of entries for the global prizes, with “these exemplary projects” underscoring the risks and rewards – and the obstacles overcome – in designing and building internationally. Criteria included design and construction challenges, benefits to the local community, and dedication to quality, innovation and safety, with a special emphasis on the diversity of global project teams and their collaboration, the publication has reported.

In winning top honors in the Southeast, the project was among 95 entries judged and three dozen chosen for recognition.

Black＆Veatch客户服务总监Stephen Simpson说：“这一长期的项目确实意味着合作和决心在克服实质性技术问题方面的作用，以实现亚特兰大对公民和经济的更可持续供水的愿景。”188bet上不了

Tap and Stantec合资企业的River和PC Construction和H.J. Russell＆Co。担任建筑经理。Black＆Veatch在施工期间担任业主的顾问，在隧道和设施施工期间通过项目设施调试领导建筑质量控制和检查团队。

Some 280 acres of land adjacent to the new reservoir transformed out of the granite quarry, which ceased operation in 2007, has been transformed into $44-million Westside Park, complete with walking and bike trails, playgrounds and pavilions.

编者注：

• 授予亚特兰大供水项目的其他荣誉包括新公用事业基础设施类别的建筑风险合作伙伴的“建造美国奖”中的2021年最高奖项。该项目还赢得了美国建筑管理协会2021年“项目成就奖”的水，废水和公用事业类别的第一名。
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