1. Davie Green Water Project
Category G: Water Resources, Treatment
Davie Green Water Project
Florida Institute of Consulting Engineers 2014 Engineering Excellence Awards

2. Role of Entrant’s Firm in Project
Davie Green Water Project Category G: Water Resources
Florida Institute of Consulting Engineers 2014 Engineering Excellence Awards
Role of Entrant’s Firm in Project
As the prime firm and leader of this progressive design-build project, the Entrant served as the engineer and general contractor to deliver the following services for the Town of Davie (Town):
Prepared preliminary designs for a 6 million-gallons-per-day (mgd), expandable to 12 mgd, brackish water reverse osmosis water treatment plant and a 3.5 mgd, expandable to 6 mgd, wastewater treatment plant, using the membrane bio-reactor (MBR) process to produce high quality effluent for reclaimed water usage.
Prepared guarantee maximum price (GMP) at preliminary design phase (approximately 30% design) which set the project cost and budget.
Constructed project within approved GMP.
Assisted owner with start-up and closeout of both plants.
Designed project with high degree of aesthetic sensitivity to blend into the local community.
Designed project to encourage public education/outreach at the facility.

3. Role of Other Consultants in Project
Davie Green Water Project Category G: Water Resources
Florida Institute of Consulting Engineers 2014 Engineering Excellence Awards
Role of Other Consultants in Project
The Entrant was supported by four main subconsultants providing:
Reclaimed water piping design and network analysis for the localized use of reclaim water from the new wastewater treatment facility; this firm also supported the Entrant with the project site drainage plan.
Civil design of raw water pipeline route and final design.
Geotechnical engineering support.
Public relations and community outreach.

4. Davie Green Water Project Category G: Water Resources
Florida Institute of Consulting Engineers 2014 Engineering Excellence Awards
Entrant’s Contribution Original or innovative application of new or existing techniques:
One of the first water projects to use the Floridan brackish water aquifer to relieve pressure on the withdrawals of fresh water from the Biscayne aquifer.
Wastewater treatment plant provides reclaimed water— one of the first in Broward County with no surface water disposal.
Site stormwater plan uses underground storage and retention to replace surface ponds, which ultimately helps to recharge the surficial aquifer.
Wastewater treatment process uses state-of-the-art membrane bioreactor and 2-stage odor control process to provide high quality reclaimed water for the new educational (university) development in this service area of the Town.
Entire project designed using 3-D CAD.
Project delivered using progressive design-build method.

5. Entrant’s Contribution Future value to the engineering profession:
Davie Green Water Project Category G: Water Resources
Florida Institute of Consulting Engineers 2014 Engineering Excellence Awards
Entrant’s Contribution Future value to the engineering profession:
Utilized Civil 3D to build a topographical network of the site to understand how to:
Lay out the associated buildings
Calculate earthworks and the existing environmental surroundings
Used Building Information Management (BIM) for infrastructure, integrated workflows and dynamic links between Civil 3D and other Autodesk solutions.
BIM helped the Entrant and subconsultants share and reuse information and civil data throughout multiple iterations of the design-build process.
Progressive design-build process allowed Town to develop project costs early.
Deep disposal well was drilled using electric drill rig to minimize noise from the sustained drilling.

6. Davie Green Water Project Category G: Water Resources
Florida Institute of Consulting Engineers 2014 Engineering Excellence Awards
Entrant’s Contribution Social, economic and sustainable design considerations:
Project supports two large planned development initiatives that are expected to generate steep increases for demand of potable water and wastewater treatment capacity.
Project provides reclaimed water to minimize use of potable water for site irrigation and for use in the surrounding university community, golf courses and other public areas.
Reclaimed water helps to preserve fresh water for potable water use.
Timing of the project was incorporated into the university community development to meet one of the Town’s related goals and commitments.
Particular care was taken to ensure the facilities blended with their surroundings, in what is an aesthetically appealing community that takes prides in its outdoor environs.

7. Entrant’s Contribution Complexity:
Davie Green Water Project Category G: Water Resources
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Entrant’s Contribution Complexity:
Designed two plants on a constrained project site.
Design provided for a shared administration building for the two plants on the same site, which not only saved costs, but allowed for the most effective utilization of assigned space with the compact site footprint.
Compact site also opened up the opportunity for more efficient use of electrical power service and shared chemical storage facilities.
Stormwater management plan incorporated underground retention and storage which greatly reduced the facility's footprint as well as provided localized aquifer recharge.

8. Entrant’s Contribution Exceeding client/owner needs:
Davie Green Water Project Category G: Water Resources
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Entrant’s Contribution Exceeding client/owner needs:
With a progressive design-build delivery, the Town had maximum involvement in the project design.
The Town’s goals for this project were fully incorporated, and with the negotiated GMP there were no concerns over costs changing as the project progressed.
The project was completed within the agreed upon schedule and in time for the adjacent university development to connect to water and wastewater infrastructure.
Construction intrusions on the surrounding neighborhood were contained and few complaints were registered with the Town for noise, odor and aesthetics.
The finished plant complex offers a high degree of plant automation for ease of staff use, while its aesthetically pleasing environment makes it a harmonious neighbor within the community.
“The Entrant’s team went above and beyond its prescribed role of designing and building this plant. By visualizing this project for our citizens, they made it easier for everyone to understand what the final site would look like, which helped us achieve approvals from our constituency much earlier than we expected.”
– Don Bayler Director of Utilities, Town of Davie

9. Davie Green Water Project Category G: Water Resources
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Completed project photo; must be of the highest visual impact for publicity
Plant rendering based on BIM design in early stages of project; renderings were successfully used to achieve early community buy-in.

10. Planning, start-up or construction phase image
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Planning, start-up or construction phase image
A representative example of permeate piping layout in 3-D CAD as used by various disciplines to avoid conflicts in construction.

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Aerial of plant during construction.

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The underground stormwater management plan incorporated underground retention and storage which greatly reduced the facility's footprint as well as provided localized aquifer recharge.

13. Davie Green Water Project Category G: Water Resources
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Aerial of finished combined water and wastewater plant site.

14. Davie Green Water Project Category G: Water Resources
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Air piping gallery in wastewater MBR plant; Low pressure RO stacks at water plant.

15. Davie Green Water Project Category G: Water Resources
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A potable water storage tanks sets the tone of harmony with the surrounding environs for the Davie Green Water Project.