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Monumental design-build project underway in Colorado

July 2014

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JULY 2014 — Construction of the Northern Treatment Plant, responsible for serving 300,000 customers across five Colorado metropolitan cities, is in full swing. Garney Construction, in partnership with Metro Wastewater Reclamation District and CH2M Hill, is delivering one of the largest design-build wastewater treatment facilities in the United States. Communities and residents of Aurora, Brighton, Thornton, Commerce City and Denver will all benefit upon completion of the wastewater treatment plant. These residents, businesses and communities are among 1.7 million served by Metro Wastewater Reclamation District in the Denver metropolis as well as the northern part of Colorado.

For this $254 million contract, our team has completed 360,000 man-hours and anticipates executing 730,000 man-hours by August 2016 when the project is set to be complete. At present, 350 construction workers are on site daily in an effort to construct this 24 MGD plant, with a build out to 60 MGD, in under four years.

Features of the 100-acre project site in Brighton, Colorado, include 36 structures, 24 miles of yard piping with nearly 3,000 valves to date, and 14 miles of interior piping. Since the inception of the project, crews have placed 46,000 CY of concrete, amounting to roughly 3,800 CY of concrete per month. While these numbers mark great magnitude, Garney has been able to accomplish this all with no lost time accidents on the project.

A treatment plant project of this scale is historical for Garney. It would not be possible without the work of Garney’s 20 crews in addition to the partnerships of our design-build team members. Garney has been working in the Colorado market since 1978, which has afforded us with the opportunity of building a six-year relationship with Metro Wastewater Reclamation District and a 15-year relationship with CH2M Hill in the region.

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