WATER UTILITIES SAFE RELIABLE CREATIVE COMPETITIVE
We are an industry pace-setter in the development of best practices for quality construction, staying safe, enhancing sustainability, lowering costs and maximizing long-term project value.
ABOUT
WALBRIDGE
We were forged in Detroit in 1916 by two men who understood that a company can make a difference when values take the lead. Trust. Integrity. Honesty. Character. Doing what is right. Words with great meaning that don’t seem to mean anything anymore. Well, they mean something to us. They form the foundation of a company operating 96 years after George Walbridge and Albert Aldinger built it. Our singular purpose is to construct world-class facilities. Facilities Built for GoodSM by expertly-managed teams whose passion for safety, quality and service is a personal commitment. We believe the foundation of a strong relationship is found in the values that drive a company. Having mutual understanding of how success is achieved by an alignment of core values is a tool that is unparalleled to all. Our philosophy of producing added value, embracing change and a commitment to teamwork and innovation are the foundation of our Commitment to Excellence.
WALBRIDGE ADVANTAGE DELIVERY METHODS
ALTERNATIVE FINANCE OPTIONS
We listen to our clients and take every opportunity to understand your specific needs so that we can understand how we can package each project’s delivery to satisfy those needs for the lowest responsible cost. To meet the unique challenges that projects present, Walbridge offers a variety of delivery methods to satisfy their specific requirements including:
In recent years, public- and private-sector projects have become more complex due to changing fiscal environments, increasing costs and aging infrastructures. Walbridge can help with alternative finance and delivery options to meet changing demands and to streamline your project’s delivery. Options include:
General Contracting Construction Management Design-Build
MARKETS
General Contracting Turnkey Program Management
Aviation
Developer / Investor Public Private Partnership (PPP) Design Build Finance Operate Maintain (DBFOM) Alternative Hybrid Options
Automotive
Commercial
Education
Embracing the entrepreneurial spirit fostered by company Both our company and our people are proudly involved in the following founders George B. Walbridge and Albert H. Aldinger nearly a century ago, we deliver superior quality at the best final cost. Our in-house technical expertise, partnered with dedication to safety, commitment to sustainability and Hospitality Assembly & Manufacturing Cultural & Higher Education Infrastructure Axle | Body Entertainment K – 12 financial strength, enables us to effectively respond to the Maintenance Distribution, Warehouse Office unique drivers of the industries we serve. And with more Facilities, Parking Engine | Paint | R&D, Testing Parking than 600 team members, we are able to deploy to locations & Transportation Stamping | Tier Suppliers Residential Terminal Transmission Retail across the globe.
An experienced craftsman brings the right tools to the job. Walbridge is no different. Our toolbox is brimming with the latest in industry-accepted best practices and technology.
SAFETY FIRST
BEST PRACTICES
Thinking, demanding and delivering safety in all aspects of our business is our #1 Core Value. Consistently safe job sites are the result of training, on-going focus and accountability. We annually provide more than 12,000 hours of safety training and over the past two years have provided thousands of hours of no-cost training to our subcontractors and partners. We believe there is a mutual responsibility to keep ourselves and each other safe and we stand behind our safety motto, “If it’s not safe, I won’t do it and I won’t let others do it.”
In 2014, Walbridge received a EMR significantly below the 1.00 industry standard.
0.54
We maintain our award-winning safety record with: ■■ Executive commitment to safety ■■ Continuous training ■■ Forward thinking policies and procedure ■■ Comprehensive safety and accident prevention plans
Government
Healthcare
Industrial Process
International
Manufacturing
Water /Waste
Local State Federal
Centers & Clinics Hospital Pharmaceutical
Automotive Energy & Power Hazardous Materials Heavy Rigging & Setting Reclamation Steel & Non-Ferrous
Asia Canada Mexico Middle East South America
Agriculture Building Materials Defense Solar Transportation
Water Wastewater
WORLDWIDE LOCATIONS
Detroit, Michigan Kalamazoo, Michigan Aurora, Illinois Chicago, Illinois LaClaire, Iowa Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Kokomo, Indiana Charlotte, North Carolina Columbia, South Carolina Tampa, Florida Orlando, Florida St. Louis, Missouri Oakland, California (JV) San Antonio, Texas (JV)
Mexico City, Mexico Cordoba, Argentina Sao Paulo, Brazil
Manama, Bahrahn (JV) Abu Dhabi, UAE (JV) Doha, Qatar (JV)
TOOLS FOR SUCCESS VDC
QUALITY ASSURANCE
Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) is a process that produces a digital representation of a building’s physical and functional characteristics, was well as the surrounding underground utilities. Walbridge Technologies LLC, a subsidiary of Walbridge, uses VDC to deliver exacting design criteria, point out potential clashes and help eliminate conflicts, while saving time and money.
Walbridge was the first construction company to become ISO certified and is currently ISO 9001:2008 certified. Every job site team implements a master project plan that builds in quality during each step of the project to ensure work complies with the contract documents. Walbridge’s effective Quality Control Plan eliminates the waste of defect and rework by identifying and correcting deficiencies early upstream in the construction process.
VA/VE & LESSONS LEARNED
LEAN CONSTRUCTION
By applying value analysis/value engineering (VA/VE) to construction projects, we can help owners realize substantial savings. In addition to the VA/VE Knowledge Base, Walbridge has established a Lessons Learned Knowledge Base which captures cost-savings ideas and tough lessons learned from both field operations and administrative management activities.
Walbridge is a Lean construction leader and innovator. More than a list of tools, our Lean Construction program is about understanding methods, applications and benefits to provide the right tools for the right job, applying Lessons Learned and reviewing our processes to increase productivity and reduce waste.
VSTART & VPUNCH
SUSTAINABILITY
Our proprietary VStart system manages the extraction, shipping, installation, start-up, testing, final acceptance and check out requirements for equipment. VPunch is a disciplined approach to plan, implement and visually manage the punch list process.
Walbridge is dedicated to providing environmental stewardship to the communities and ecosystems in which we build. In 2010, we became the first contractor in the United States to complete an airport terminal designed under the LEED® green building certification program.
Instrumentation & Control Systems | Retention/Detention Basins | Circular Clarifiers | Pump/Lift Stations Screening Systems | Circular & Rectangular Clarifiers | Outfall Structures | Chlorination & De-chlorination Systems Discharge Infrastructure | Solids Dewatering Systems | Lime Stabilization Facilities | Dry Ash Handling Systems Sludge Conveying Systems | Incineration Facilities | Chemical Induction Systems | Ozonation Systems Interceptors | Ultraviolet Treatment Systems | Aeration Facilities | Intake Structures | Flocculation & Coagulation Basins
WATER UTILITY
EXPERTISE
Water is fundamental—we depend on it for our health and well-being as well as that of our vital ecosystems, industrial processes and our economy. Since 1916, Walbridge has employed advanced technologies and proven means and methods to successfully deliver a full spectrum of water and wastewater treatment facilities. We have delivered projects, of varying sizes and complexities, with the same goals—quality workmanship, cost-effective solutions, on-time delivery and strategies scalable for future growth. In recent years, public- and private-sector projects have become more complex due to additional regulatory requirements, increasing costs and aging infrastructures. Because of our understanding, we have the privilege of partnering with clients across the nation, working collaboratively to better meet the needs of their communities by streamlining inefficiencies and improving overall operating processes. Our project development capabilities assist Owners with design-build, operations and maintenance expertise.
HIGHLIGHTED
EXPERIENCE
SANITATION DISTRICT NO. 1 OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY WESTERN REGIONAL WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY Petersburg, Kentucky The Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky contracted The Walbridge/Dugan & Meyers Joint Venture (WDM) to construct the new Western Regional Water Reclamation Facility (WRWRF). This new Greenfield wastewater treatment plant is designed for an average daily hydraulic capacity of 20.0 MGD and a peak hydraulic capacity of 30.0 MGD. The project is located on a 150 acre site in Western Boone County and services both Boone and Kenton Counties.
DETROIT WATER & SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT PC-748 BABY CREEK COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW FACILITY Oakland County, Michigan This $73 million project involved the construction of three major components including a fully automated primary sewage treatment facility capable of screening and chemically treating up to 2.4 million gallons per minute; significant piping, tunneling, and flow diversions to allow construction of the treatment facility; and the complete interior and exterior renovation of the Patton Park Recreation Center.
DETROIT WATER & WASTEWATER SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT DRY ASH HANDLING Detroit, Michigan The Detroit Water & Sewerage Department’s Dry Ash Handling Facility, known as the PC-723 Project, entailed the removal of the existing ash handling system and replacement with new, up-to-date equipment. This included several thousand feet of new 12 and 16 inch diameter ash pipe, flow control valves, ash receivers, high strength bag filters, state of the art ballistic ceramic blast plating, refurbishment of 300 horsepower electric vacuum motors, programmable logic controllers and associated instrumentation, monitoring equipment, ash unloading equipment, unit heaters, doors, a five floor elevator, new roof, lights, exhaust fans, roof heaters and paint for all new and old equipment.
DETROIT WATER & WASTEWATER SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT PC 720 SECONDARY CLARIFIER IMPROVEMENTS Detroit, Michigan PC-720, Secondary Clarifier Improvements, consisted of structural, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation rehabilitate work essentially common to all of the existing secondary tanks. Major elements of the work included installation of new stainless steel effluent trough fabrications, scum baffle, scum skimmer including its support, and scum collection structure for 21 tanks; installation of new RAS pumps, sludge blanket detectors, RAS magmeters, etc. The work also included refurbishment/rebuild or replacement of all the 25 clarifiers’ center drive units including its control panel and appurtenances and is in excess of treating 5 million gallons per day.
DETROIT WATER & WASTEWATER SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT RIVER ROUGE CSO BASIN Detroit, Michigan Constructed by Walbridge for the city of River Rouge and Wayne County, this pump station consisted of the construction of a 154 ft. outside diameter, self sinking concrete caisson with two interior supported slab elevations. The caisson was attached to the underlying bed rock with anchors. The caisson provided storage of combined sewer and was equipped with six storm pumps, three dewatering pumps, and a flushing system. Other support systems included sampling, chemical treatment, power, instrumentation, and hoisting. All of which, were located within a masonry structure above the caisson.
SP-560 & SP-558 SPRINGWELLS WATER TREATMENT PLANT FILTER REHABILITATION Dearborn, Michigan The Springwells Water Treatment Plant located in Dearborn, Michigan is the system’s second water treatment facility. At the time of its dedication in 1935 it was the largest water treatment facility in the world. . In 2001, Walbridge was contracted to remove the filter piping and media, and install a new system including upgrade of the instrumentation package. Rehabilitation of filters No. 1 through 68 which are capable of producing 5 MGD of filtered water was successfully completed. In 2002, Walbridge was contracted to renovate the Chemical Building and all equipment. The Chemical Feed Improvements involved the addition of a temporary liquid alum feed system, upgrade of the existing liquid alum and powdered activated carbon (PAC)slurry feed system.
DETROIT WATER & SEWAGE DEPARTMENT PC 713 INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROLS Detroit, Michigan Walbridge completed the PC-713 Controls and Instrumentation project for the City of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department. The $290 million PC-713 project that completed in July 2005 created a new sophisticated instrumentation and control system to provide real time information of system wide freshwater and wastewater flow levels, pump conditions, and overflow status. This project consisted of the control and monitoring of 15,000 instrumentation points at all City of Detroit 16 Treated Water Pump Stations, 24 Booster Stations, 36 Waste Water Collection Stations, 3 Detention Basins, 60 Outfall Structures, 24 Waste Water Pumping Stations, 162 Monitoring Remote Sites, and the Primary Waste Water Treatment Plant.
DETROIT WATER & SEWAGE DEPARTMENT WATER METER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM Detroit, Michigan Walbridge oversaw one of the largest automatic meter-reading (AMR) installation and retrofitting projects of its kind in the United States (from 2007 to 2010). The $154 million project included installing or retrofitting approximately 278,000 water meters and integrating them with an electronic data transmission system used to track water and sewerage utilization across the city. It also included installation of a workforce management system and a call center. Working with Weiss and Hale, the project team coordinated meter installations and/or retrofits and installation of thousands of transmission antennas across Detroit’s 139 square miles.
Scott Penrod Vice President 777 Woodward Avenue, Suite 300 Detroit, Michigan 48226 Direct 313.442.1365 Cell 313.580.0081 spenrod@walbridge.com www.walbridge.com