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7515 Consulting Engineering Services for Future Water,
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City of Fort Collins Utilities
Consulting Engineering Services for Future Water, Wastewater, & Stormwater Facilities Capital Improvements
RFP 7515 .June 12, 2013
Scope of Services
Stantec's broad range of completed projects (see
Relevant Experience) by its talented staff shows the
capabilities for completing complex water,
wastewater, and storm water projects. Additionally,
our portfolio shows that the project team is able to
utilize creative and innovative modeling and design
techniques to meet project goals in a manner
conscientious to project schedules and budgets.
Stantec Capabilities Demonstrated in
Completed Projects
Stantec has a history of forward thinking that
incorporates innovative design and state of the art
technology into an experienced and knowledgeable
design team. By combining experience garnered
through years of relevant projects and utilizing
increasingly more efficient design tools, Stantec
produces industry leading solutions to municipal
clients. Stantec will continue to draw on previously
garnered experience to confront and solve complex
future challenges facing the City in the water,
wastewater, and stormwater realms.
General Water Project Qualifications
As future water related projects arise, whether they
be rehabilitation or new line installation, Stantec
recommends various trenchless technology (TT)
methods as valuable tools to efficiently design and
complete work. In many applications, TT solutions
allows for one to greatly reduce inconvenience to the
community and simplify the construction process.
Such technologies can reduce the impacts that open
trench construction has on residents, businesses, and
a project's budget. Stantec employs TT to reduce the
amount of pavement needing replacement, reduce
affects to area businesses, eliminate potentially
dangerous deep excavations, avoid utility conflicts,
allow replacement in virtually inaccessible and
environmentally sensitive areas, and therein reduced
construction costs and impacts. For instance, we
have previously designed and rehabilitated an
existing wood stave water transmission line by
sliplining. The project was accomplished while
allowing Highway 34 west of Loveland to remain
open to traffic, which greatly reduced the need to
replace asphalt and preserved access to businesses
during the entire rehabilitation process. Closer to
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Stantec
"home" and well
known to Utilities
staff, we recently
completed two major
sliplining projects in
the Town of LaPorte
and the Poudre
Canyon. These
employed an
innovative technique to temporarily reduce the liner's
outside diameter to less than the host pipe's inside
diameter so it could be inserted into the host pipe.
Once installed the liner was allowed to revert to its
original diameter which placed it snuggly against the
host pipe.
Stantec also strives to find innovative and sustainable
new technologies. Stantec incorporates relatively new
products, such as structurally superior C905 PVC
pipe for open cut installations and locking joint (e.g.
Certa-lok) and fusible type pipe for sliplining water
mains. Recently considered was the cured -in -place -
pipe (CIPP) product Aqua -Pipe for waterline
rehabilitation. While most CIPP products eliminate the
need to replace pipe by excavating a trench, they still
require service connections to be excavated and
reattached by hand. Aqua -Pipe is innovative in that it
allows services to be re-established from inside the
pipe thus eliminating the need to excavate each
service connection. We will continue to look for new
solutions in an effort to provide the City with the best
product.
While the opportunities to solve tough problems with
buried water infrastructure with TT methods are great,
the risks are also considerable. The TT industry is
relatively young, with large scale rehabilitation of
water and sewer systems taking off in the US since
1980's. It is also a high growth industry. As such,
the rate at which new TT products are rolled out to
the water and sewer market is drastically larger that
with conventional construction. This is where the
value of an engineering firm with strong TT
experience and a prominent position in the industry
pays off. We can rapidly investigate processes and
get anecdotal information as to success or failure of
these processes.
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Consulting Engineering Services for Future Water, Wastewater, & Stormwater Facilities Capital Improvements
RFP 7515 . June 12, 2013
As infrastructure systems
age, Stantec recognizes
that replacement and
rehabilitation issues are
increasingly facing
municipalities such as the
City. Stantec's
experience includes
preparing designs for
special replacement sections of pipe to rehabilitate
the City's raw water Poudre pipelines. These designs
have included the use of special transition couplings
capable of tying new pipe into 80 year old cast iron
reducers. This allowed rehabilitation of the pipeline
to occur within existing vaults thus eliminating the
need to excavate the pipe in environmentally sensitive
areas and highly constrained locations outside of the
existing vaults. Similarly our team assisted the City in
being proactive in designing coated steel emergency
repair pipe sections for rapid installation into the
highly critical Anheuser Busch transmission pipeline
and the design of an extensive deep anode bed
rectifier system for this some highly critical pipeline.
Stantec can support City staff to determine
problematic sections of its aging infrastructure and
categorizing repair priorities. Stantec performed flow
testing of pipes to determine capacity, and static,
working and surge pressures in existing pipes.
Results of this work have allowed operational
guidelines to be prepared for City staff to greatly
minimize the need for future emergency repairs.
Such work was significantly aided by our in-house
survey capabilities which often documented the
location of pipelines and appurtenances, and
determined critical system elevations. These in-house
survey resources
are quickly
mobilized and
Et
are able to
quickly transfer
this information
to necessary
design
applications.
Aging infrastructure also means increasing loss in the
accountability of treated water from worn out meters.
Revenue can be lost due to incorrectly charging users
for the water actually used. We assisted the City in
correcting this issue with one of their largest water
consumers, CSU, by working closely with Utilities'
Meter Department staff and installing meters that
effectively register usage throughout the large range
experienced by such an institution.
We are aware of the fact that projects are
increasingly multi -faceted and, as a result, are able to
tap into our vast resources which allow the
opportunity to develop state of the art design concept
renderings and layouts. These tools are valuable in
presenting project concepts at public or regulatory
meetings and in team meetings. Such tools helped
the design team determine a suitable location for the
City's proposed new 5 MG Southwest Water Tank
project in the foothills northwest of Hughes Stadium.
Presently these tools are being used to determine the
space required to move a portable crane inside a
pump station and allow room to park a crane and
trucks on the perimeter of the some station.
General Wastewater Project Qualifications
Similar to other municipalities, one of the future
pressing problems that Fort Collins faces is the aging
and deterioration of their existing sanitary
infrastructure system. This is readily apparent in the
work that was
done in the
vicinity of the
lower end of the
Locust Street
Outfall and the
proposed work
in City Park
Avenue,
Plum Street
and Shields
Street. Infrastructure improvements include utility lines
and roads, streets and highways. Where surface
improvements are proposed, we not only have the
ability to design necessary relocations along with the
ability to address wetland delineation and
endangered species, floodplain/floodway no -rise
requirements, river bed stability, flow by-passing
Stantec
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Consulting Engineering Services for Future Water, Wastewater, & Stormwater Facilities Capital Improvements
RFP 7515 .June 12, 2013
methods and approaches, and coordination with
local, state and federal agencies.
In order to complete
projects in closely
confined spaces or where
it is important to maintain
present landscape or
ground cover, Stantec's
team members have
designed wastewater
projects utilizing TT
for decades. The Replacement of existing
team has familiarity sewer under'building
by
designing such pipe "a
wastewater projects
that have used reaming, sliplining, horizontal
directional drilling, cured -in -place -pipe, soft earth
boring and jacking, split face tunnels, micro -
tunneling, and bursting using HDPE, PVC, epoxy and
polyester resin, and steel pipe. Additionally, the cost
of crude oil and related material, production and
delivery costs has greatly inflated the prices of
asphalt and concrete, and the City's direction
towards an increased emphasis on sustainability,
have recently made TT even more desirable.
As was evidenced in the North College Sanitary
Sewer Improvement project, the City has often been
left trying to determine the exact locations of their
sanitary sewer lines. Through the years, the Stantec
team experience uses a number of methods to
reliably locate services which include smoke and dye
testing, snaking and locating with an induced signal,
review of video tape records, potholing, and even
interviewing local residents who often turn out to be
great sources of information.
As critical issues arise at the wastewater facilities,
Stantec is more than equipped to assist the City in
practical solutions. In addition, the project team has
experience in wastewater master planning, hydraulic
analysis, hydraulic structures, and wetland treatment
systems.
General Stormwater Project Qualifications
As future stormwater projects arise in the City,
Stantec's track record proves its capabilities to
complete complex multi -faceted designs. Stantec not
only has the technical stormwater modeling abilities,
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we also have the practical knowledge and
experience to design necessary stormwater structures
and to be able to intelligently review model results.
Stantec has implemented many inventive designs to
improve stormwater problems. Many of these
solutions have significantly reduced costs and
inconvenience to the surrounding public over what
was originally proposed as master planned concepts.
One of the team's large scale drainage improvement
projects, the highly successful Fossil Creek Drainage
Improvement project, employed trenchless technology
methods of soft earth and smooth wall tunneling of
two 120" diameter conduits to allow continuous
operation of the existing Union Pacific Railroad. In
addition to significantly lowering the 100 year
floodplain and reducing the amount of flow over
Trilby Road, Stantec was able to solve numerous
geotechnical problems with team member, Brierley
Associates (previously, Lyman Henn). The project
had a complex settlement monitoring program and
used an innovative guide rail system to insure the
large diameter drainage tunnels stayed on grade
through non -supporting soils (i.e. "Bull's Liver") and
through the existing and buried wooden railroad
bridge structure.
Stantec's stormwater solutions with the City have
attempted to incorporate aesthetically appealing
features into the projects. An example of this was the
architectural patterns in the walls along the Spring
Creek Trail at the crossing under South Taft Hill Road.
Stantec will continue to work to take into account the
needs for projects to be aesthetically pleasing to the
public while maintaining functionality.
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City of Fort Collins Utilities
Consulting Engineering Services for Future Water, Wastewater, & Stormwater Facilities Capital Improvements
RFP 7515 .June 12, 2013
General Qualifications for Future Work
Stantec's design team is quite proficient in a variety
of hydraulic modeling aspects. This team is proficient
in using the various hydraulic modeling software
applications, and has a firm grasp of hydraulic
theory. Knowledge of the governing hydraulic
equations and how they are utilized in the given
model help the design team to be able to wisely
select input parameters and critically interpret model
output.
Modeling Capabilities
Stantec has extensive experience with modeling
systems and facilities, detailing system response to
operational changes and planning for future
development. Stantec has completed all types of
sanitary and water systems studies including water
hammer evaluations, pump and lift station sizing
studies, capacity analysis, 1/1 studies and storage
facility sizing. In fact, over the last seven years,
Stantec's Fort Collins office has conducted over ten
water and wastewater modeling projects alone.
These projects range from developing water and
sanitary system models for master planning efforts to
more sophisticated extended period simulations
integrating detailed supervisory control and data
acquisition (SCADA) data for extended period
simulations. Modeling experience also encompasses
pump and lift station simulation and establishing
system curves for detailed pump design. Focused
modeling expertise includes detailed system failure
analysis and resulting transients for design of surge
protection volving and tank facilities.
Stantec's overall knowledge of stormwater modeling
encompasses the full spectrum of hydrology and
hydraulics. Stantec has abundant knowledge of
hydrology and hydraulic theory, modeling
application, and subsequent design. Much of it has
been garnered through work on City projects.
The project team has extensive experience working
on large scale Stormwater projects for the City which
required implementing previously formulated master
plans. Stantec has proven to be exceedingly
proficient in taking master planned concepts and
critically determining ways in which to better convey
the storm flows in a more cost effective manner.
Projects such as the West Prospect Ponds and Fossil
Creek Drainage Improvements have shown that
Stantec is capable of significantly reducing the
amount of infrastructure required to convey storm
flows. By critically examining each project the team
was able to reduce the need for large scale
conveyance under Overland Trail and Trilby Road.
This innovative engineering work not only resulted in
financial savings in construction costs, it also reduced
construction disturbance and inconvenience to City
residents.
Software Capabilities
Stantec has the full complement of software necessary
to complete all projects that will arise over the life of
the contract. As was previously discussed, Stantec
has the MWH Software necessary to complete all
water and sewer modeling that the City requires.
Likewise, Stantec has the models necessary, and
possesses a technical staff with expertise of how to
use them effectively. Basin models such as HEC-HMS
are tools that the design team has previously used.
Additionally, Stantec has corporate licenses with
Bentley and is therefore able to use their stable of
products such as Flowmaster, SewerCAD, and
WaterCAD. Other hydraulic models that the project
team has experience with are: BREACH, CDSM,
Cybernet, DAMBRK, DWOPER, HEC-1, HEC-2, HEC-
4, HEC-b, HYB, Hydra, Winflume, WSPRO, amongst
others. Additionally, Stantec has a substantial design
and drafting staff that is proficient in AutoCAD.
Survey Capabilities
Stantec has a robust survey department that is
capable of initial topographic surveys to as -built
verification and everything in between. Our
knowledgeable Surveyor, Jeromy Vigil, has
tremendous experience with a large amount of this
experience on projects in and for the City. Our
Surveyors have, in fact, prepared legal descriptions
for properties on numerous City jobs including the
rectifier locations along the Anheuser Busch
Waterline, North College Sanitary Sewer corridor,
and the Water Treatment Plant Solar Farm projects.
Additionally, the staff has completed numerous
topographic surveys for City projects as well as
carried out pre -construction and post -construction
surveys for the Floodplain Permit No -Rise Certification
for the Mulberry / Poudre River Water and Sanitary
Sewer Relocation project. As always, by the nature
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City of Fort Collins Utilities
Consulting Engineering Services for Future Water, Wastewater, & Stormwater Facilities Capital Improvements
RFP 7515 . June 12, 2013
of our local surveying capabilities, we have always
been available to service Utilities' needs at a
moment's notice. Whether it was verifying
construction staking, checking sewer grades,
determining elevations in potholed locations, or
surveying sections of water transmission lines in
remote areas, our dedication to City project's is truly
an asset.
Geotechnical Services
As Stantec has done in the past, we bring a highly
qualified geotechnical engineering firm with our
proposed design team. Each project brings its own
nature of geotechnical issues. If the project is a
straightforward pipeline installation all that may be
needed are some soil borings, analysis,
recommendations, and construction testing. Other
projects may require a higher degree of investigation,
analysis, design, and construction inspection and
monitoring. Historically expertise in foundation
systems (e.g. drilled piles), settlement assessment,
assessment of geological instabilities, severe soil
expansion and/or subsidence, electrically and
chemically corrosive subsurface environments,
vibration assessment, feasibility of various methods of
tunneling and grade control, and related costs
impacts may be required. Therefore we have teamed
with the highly respected and qualified firm of
Brierley Associates (previously Lyman Henn) with
Robin Dornfest acting as their chief Geologist to
perform these services.
Subconsultants
While the Fort Collins' Stantec office can draw on the
knowledge and expertise of a truly global 12,000
person firm with experts in a vast array of disciplines,
it has been evident that over the years that additional
assistance is warranted on some projects. Often, the
team has found that utilizing experts in a given field
has been beneficial due to their long proven service
to the City and interest in a given project.
Additionally, there have often been subconsultants
that the City has had favorable previous experiences
with and it has made sense to utilize their expertise
instead of drawing from within Stantec.
Therefore, we have enlisted the assistance of
RUSTNOT Corrosion Control Services under the
direction of Bill Spickelmire and with assistance from
Jerry Hihoth. RUSTNOT has been brought onto the
project team because of their expertise in cathodic
protection systems; the areas of assessment of
corrosion potentials, design of active and passive
corrosion control systems including rectifiers, deep
anode beds, insulated couplings, cross bonding to
pipelines owned and operated by parties other than
the City, and the sizing of systems for various pipe
materials. Stantec, as we also believe the City, has
great faith in their technical knowledge and vast
expertise having worked with them over the past four
yea rs.
Utilities and Permits
Through numerous large scale utility projects Stantec
has often confronted the issue of utility conflicts.
Utilizing existing relationships and persistent
communication with utility providers we will continue
to work to identify and graphically show utility
conflicts with designed improvements. The project
team has done work with many of the local water
and sanitation districts, as well as worked with XCEL,
QWEST, Centuryl-ink, City Departments, Poudre River
Power Authority (PRPA), Comcast, and others to
identify utility locates. Previously completed projects
have seen significant cost savings by identifying the
location of utilities early in the design process. Locate
information then proved to be valuable information
for making design decisions and recommending
construction techniques.
Likewise, many projects involve work in sensitive
locations. Stantec has often helped either the City, or
other entities, to obtain a variety of permits. Permits
for the Corps of Engineers have been obtained for
work in wetlands, while Floodplain Use Permits have
been obtained from the City. Couple these permits,
amongst others, with railroad right-of-way agreements
with both the Burlington Northern Santa Fe and the
Union Pacific Railroad companies and Stantec has
shown its ability to obtain necessary permits in order
to allow construction processes to commence.
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Consulting Engineering Services for Future Water, Wastewater, & Stormwater Facilities Capital Improvements
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Resident Project Representative Services
Stantec and Utilities has found that similar to the
benefits of having a contractor representative
involved in design meetings (as part of the ADPS
process) that it is often prudent for an engineering
representative, or Resident Project Representative
(RPR) to be on site during construction. Such a
representative incorporates their knowledge of the
project and decisions that were made during the
design process into the construction efforts to help
confirm that the project is constructed properly and
the process goes smoothly. Stantec RPR's have
reviewed project submittals, offered full and part time
field inspection, as well as provided excellent
documentation of the project schedule, meetings, and
construction activities. Stantec will continue to offer
RPR services in the form of a team member that has
experience with City personnel and who is
knowledgeable about the specific project. The RPR
would also be in constant communication with office
staff so that the whole design team is kept abreast of
construction activities and therefore able to offer input
into decisions that may arise during construction if
necessary.
Contact Documents
In addition to the actual technical design process
Stantec is also well versed in authoring specifications
to supplement Utilities' highly developed Capital
Improvements specifications when required. Recent
examples of special sections produced by the Stantec
team are the three cathodic protection sections
13801, 13802, and 13900; which eventually will
be added to Utilities' library. In addition, the APDS
process may require close coordination with Utilities'
On -Call Contractor to prepare the measurement and
payment section and work order as well as other
special sections. Stantec's familiarity with this
process and the Capital Improvement specification
sections have and will continue to benefit the City in
reduced time and costs.
Cost Estimating
Through the traditional design process, Stantec is
adept at providing estimates of construction costs. In
addition, our familiarity with the APDS process has
taught us that coordination with Utilities' On -Call
Contractor to prepare these estimates yields the best
results for the City. Stantec has and will continue to
supply the On -Call Contractor with the information
and materials that allow them to prepare fair and
realistic estimates during the various stages of the
design. We are familiar with the City's requirement
to, based on the contract amount, have an
independent estimate prepared prior to award of a
contract. Stantec has successfully been and will
continue to be a part of this process, as required. The
ADPS process helps the team to make accurate
estimates of the costs of various design alternatives.
Stantec has found that the team working together on
construction estimates helps the City to recognize the
ramifications of different decisions that arise during
the design process.
Stantec
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Consulting Engineering Services for Future Water, Wastewater, & Stormwater Facilities Capital Improvements
RFP 7515 .June 12, 2013
PROJECT SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: City
Sanitary Sewer (a.k.a. Plum Street Sewer)
Detailed Project Approach
Scope of Services
Stantec has summarized the information supplied at
the pre -proposal interview on a Plan & Profile
drawing. This drawing is included in the Appendix
and can be referenced while reviewing the following
project approach.
Meetings
The project team will participate in a Kick -Off
Meeting at the beginning of the project to review the
scope of work and schedule, discuss expectations
and constraints for this project and conduct a field
tour to visually observe the location of the sewer, site
conditions, and other utilities. Progress Meetings will
follow on a weekly or bi-weekly basis with the
frequency to be determined by the team. These
meetings will also include interested and affected
parties (PAI's) as deemed appropriate. For example,
on this project it may be prudent to include the
developer and/or their engineer (Northern
Engineering Consultants, a.k.a. Northern) to
coordinate efforts on sizing the sewer line and
coordinating the time of improvements in Plum Street
and City Park Avenue. Our familiarity with the staff of
Northern and past working relationships will greatly
benefit coordination efforts. A Neighborhood
Informational Meeting or open -house may be deemed
necessary. This may not be necessary since previous
open houses have seen very minimal attendance and
informational flyers have been more effective. In
addition and since Engineers and Contractors are
visually oriented, Site Meetings/Visits are included in
the scope to, as an example, assess the ability to
relocate the sewer's alignment into City Park Avenue
and out from under the curb and gutter, and
determine the most effective approach to addressing
the constraints posed by construction in Shields Street.
As a suggestion, it may be prudent to meet and
discuss assessment of the condition of the City's 20"
steel waterline in City Park Avenue and Plum Street
while alternatives for the sewer are being considered.
The basis for this suggestion is our knowledge of the
tuberculated condition of many of the City's water
transmission/distribution lines in the older sections of
Park / Plum Street / Shields Street
town and the fact that this waterline is a critical feed
to CSU's main campus. Additionally, the developer of
the student housing complex will be replacing
approximately half of Plum Street and City Streets
may elect to rehabilitate the pavement from City Park
Avenue to Shields Street. Therefore this may be an
opportune time to rehabilitate the waterline.
Field Investigation
Stantec will contact utility providers to request maps
for their respective utility lines and appurtenances.
These maps will be used to determine the location
and type of lines in the areas of existing sanitary
sewer line. In addition, the site drawings prepared
by Northern will be consulted since they contain
existing and proposed utility lines and
appurtenances.
Survey will be performed by our staff to establish
horizontal and vertical control points at each street
intersection and mid -way on Plum Street; locate
horizontally and vertically existing surface features
(i.e. manhole covers, curb, gutter, sidewalks, utility
locates; and locate horizontally and vertically all
sanitary sewer manhole inverts within project area.
Note that information distributed during the pre -
proposal interview contains invert and rim elevations.
While this information may appear accurate, invert
elevations are critical to determining the grade of the
existing sewer lines and therefore we believe it is
necessary to re -survey these with our in-house
surveyors.
The number and locations of sewer services are
critical in the determination of methods for
replacement of the lines. This information will be
taken from City video "tapes", since cleanouts and
curb markings are typically non-existent in the older
sections of the city.
Stantec will contact the developer and/or engineer
for the student housing project to determine the latest
location of their proposed lateral(s) and proposed
improvements to Plum Street and City Park Avenue,
peak discharge rates, and schedule for the
improvements. The site development drawings
supplied during the pre -proposal interview show these
locations, development projects are notorious for
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constantly changing up to the time of construction.
Another item to make note of is that the majority of
existing service taps along Plum are shown to be at
3:00 and 9:00 rather than desired 1 :30 and 10:30
positions. This could indicate insufficient grade to
serve the adjacent properties. This should also be
coordinated with Northern early in the process.
Analysis
The goal of this task is to perform an investigation of
the existing system and determine probable methods
and approaches for replacement of existing sewer
line.
City crews have video inspected the interior of the
existing sanitary sewers and video inspection reports
were made available at the pre -proposal interview.
Since the line is proposed to be upsized, assessing
the location of cracked pipe, root intrusions, and
corroded pipe walls is unnecessary; however,
protruding service taps, the degree of off -set joints,
and manholes conditions are necessary; however
protruding taps and severely off -set joints may
prohibit the use of certain trenchless methods such as
cured -in -place type lining systems. Certain manholes,
if concrete and in good condition, many be selected
to remain if trenchless methods are used.
Our approach will be two -fold: 1) determine tributary
flows, and 2) determine the method for replacement
of the pipe. Tributary flows will be based on basin
delineations supplied by the City in the pre -proposal
interview and diurnal flow patterns and rates
available from the City. If infiltration and inflow (1/1)
are perceived to be an issue, Stantec has the
equipment and staff available to monitor 1/1 and
report values. What could be very valuable for a
capacity issue evaluation for this sewer is a method
of flow monitoring developed by Stantec called
micromonitoring. This specialized equipment is able
to monitor very low flows where conventional
equipment normally is unreliable due to debris build-
up. The method most appropriate for replacement
and upsizing the sewer will be determined by the
team (i.e. Utilities, Contractor and Stantec).
Stantec proposes to employ a design method used
when we designed the replacement for the sanitary
sewer in Shields Street from the southern limit of this
project south to Lake Street in the early 1990's.
Shields Street is categorized as a Minor Arterial
Street and justifiable so in that it carries a significant
amount of vehicle, bike and pedestrian traffic.
Therefore, a complete closure of the street is
considered extremely undesirable. During the
previous work on Shields Street, we prepared a
scaled layout of the road cross-section, sanitary sewer
location, and locations of all other utility lines. Using
scaled models of construction equipment and input
from the Contractor regarding the area required to
operate and store materials, the layout was used to
determine if construction could occur while
maintaining two -directional vehicle traffic. While this
seems overly simplistic and in today's standards is,
we now have the ability using AUTO TURN software
to perform this some task in an electronic format.
Stantec will analyze the data collected and
information prepared to determine if each sanitary
sewer line can be replaced in its present location or if
relocation or realignment of portions of the line is
preferred. This will involve evaluation of
rehabilitation options (e.g. reaming, CIPP, sliplining,
bursting, micro -tunneling, etc.) and their
appropriateness to the various locations and pipeline
conditions.
Stantec will coordinate with the City's Contractor to
supply them information so they can prepare
preliminary estimates of construction costs. This
information will include: location of pipelines,
diameters of pipes, number and size of manholes,
and location and lengths of service lines that will
either need to be reconnected or relocated.
Need for a full design report outlining the basis for
sizing the pipes and methods to construct the pipeline
is not believed to be necessary for a project of this
size. Therefore, Stantec proposes to prepare a
memorandum outlining the information obtained from
the developer, proposed flow rates, and a discussion
of the various alternatives considered for replacement
of the sanitary sewer collection lines.
Stantec will perform in-house quality control / quality
assurance checks on the flows reported in the
memorandum before it is presented to the members of
the Design Team (i.e. City and Contractor).
Design
Rehabilitation of deteriorating infrastructure,
specifically water and sewer systems, is Stantec's
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areas of special expertise. Throughout this portion of
the site specific Scope of Services, we will be
demonstrating our knowledge of system rehabilitation
and replacement alternatives while addressing our
recommended approach to replacement of the
sections of sewer between Manholes M15287 on
City Park Avenue to Manhole M11287 on Shields
Street; as described in the RFP and Addendum No. 1.
Information collected during the Analysis phase, is
then summarized in a format that can be presented to
team members consisting of the City, Contractor(s), in-
house staff, and any appropriate party that has a
vested interest in the project.
Hydraulic analysis may be performed when
additional contributors are to be added in the future
or if Utilities' records indicate past flow capacity
and/or maintenance issues.
The approach to replacement is, under APDS, a team
effort with contributions from Utilities, Contractor,
Subcontractors, and the Engineer's staff and
Subconsultants.
Drawings are prepared to convey the scope and
details required for construction of the improvements.
Since the Contractor is part of the design team, the
level of detail contained in the drawings is based on
the level at which the Contractor feels necessary for
their field personnel to construct the improvements.
For new components for which the contractor has not
had past experience, the level of detail may require
full 100% completion. Though, items which the
contractor is familiar, the level will be determined by
the team and may be less than 100%.
An advantage of Utilities' APDS process is that
standard Capital Improvements specifications have
been prepared and all team members are familiar
with their content. At times, a special section may be
required that is not a part of the standards. In this
situation, Stantec would prepare the necessary
section(s) which would become a part of the
standards and used, when appropriate, for future
projects. By using this approach valuable time and
costs are saved. Stantec staff has worked with the
standards for decades and our familiarity will equate
to a more efficient design process.
Our detailed approach to this project will be based
on replacement of the sewer since it is stated in the
RFP that the sewer is "outdated and undersized".
Rehabilitation Recommendations and Design
All of the following trenchless techniques have been
employed (i.e. designed) by Stantec's Fort Collins
staff and the methods have been used in construction
of the improvements.
Selection of the proper rehabilitation method will be
critical to a cost effective solution. The RFP and
supplementary information identified 485.05 linear
feet (LF) of 8-inch and 10-inch vitrified clay pipe
(VCP) and CIPP lined VCP in City Park Avenue,
1,278 LF of 8-inch VCP and CIPP lined VCP in West
Plum Street, and approximately 360 LF of 10-inch
pipe in South Shields Street for a total length of
2,123 LF of pipe throughout the project. Seventeen
percent (17%) of the line lies in an arterial street and
the remaining 83% is in heavily used (especially
during CSU's Fall and Spring Semesters) collector
streets. Therefore considering the impact this project
will have on City residents, trenchless options for
replacement should be seriously considered.
To illustrate our process of evaluation of rehabilitation
methodologies, we have analyzed several different
alternate methods including full removal and
replacement, cured -in -place pipe (CIPP), pipe
bursting, sliplining, and reaming.
Open Cut (a.k.a. Cut and Cover) construction taking
into account street cut impact fees which at times are
sizable, pavement cutting, excavating, hauling of
spoils, importing select bedding and backfill material,
manhole replacement, traffic control, bypass
pumping, sanitary sewer replacement and disruption
to the public is a challenging yet viable option.
The advantages are:
♦ Entirely new pipeline up to current standards
• The ability to increase the diameter if capacity is
an issue.
• Elimination of 1/1, root intrusions, protruding taps,
cracked pipe sections.
• Reduction in bypass pumping required if a new
alignment is selected in City Park Avenue.
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• If the adjacent waterline to CSU is distressed, this
could possibly be a good opportunity to take
care of both.
The disadvantages are:
♦ The hard costs such as street cut fees, disturbance
to aboveground features and underground utility
lines, significant period required for bypass
pumping.
• The soft costs such as disruption to vehicular, bike
and pedestrian traffic, noise, safety, and access
to residences and businesses.
CIPP involves pulling a resin impregnated felt liner
into the existing pipe. Once in place, the liner would
be inflated and cured using heat or UV radiation.
Live services would then be reinstated. The services
can be reinstated internally using robotically methods
or externally excavated if the service is distressed.
The advantages are:
♦ One of the least expensive alternatives.
♦ Quicker construction with far less impact to the
public then open cut construction.
• Adjacent residents and businesses experience
minimal disruption to service.
•
Depending on the slope of the line an increase in
capacity can be achieved with a reduction in
pipe roughness.
Significantly smaller disturbance footprint than
open cut construction.
With new or core technologies developed every
year, greater efficiency can be achieved and
increased competition relates to lower costs. This
will greatly reduce bypass pumping cost &
disruption to users and traveling public. A recent
product that is developing a good track record is
UV curing of the CIPP. This uses a remote rig
with UV lamps inside the liner to cure the CIPP.
The primary advantages are speed and reduced
styrene release during and after cure. With new
products, however, come many unknowns. For
instance, as UV cure gains popularity, there are
many companies popping up to provide this
service. Some are legit, some are not. This is
where Stantec's connections into the TT industry
are invaluable.
The disadvantages are:
♦ Many sections of the existing sewer are below
minimum grade for their respective pipe
diameters/sizes. In one location the pipe is a
reasonable diameter but the grade on this section
is zero percent (0%); which is not acceptable and
CIPP will not help the pipe's capacity under
gravity flow conditions.
♦ Manholes would not necessarily be repaired with
this method. If inflow is likely then the manholes
could be a major part of this component of 1/1.
This may be a real possibility since the manholes
along City Park Avenue are located along the
east curb and gutter. The MH's would then need
to be rehabilitated separately.
• If the existing line has severely offset joints or
sags (as is often the case with VCP lines) then
CIPP will not eliminate these. Based on the
amount of footage logged on the CCTV
inspection with a submerged camera, it is very
likely that there are some sags in this existing
pipeline.
• It is estimated that 21 service taps are present; of
which one is reported to be physically
protruding. Using CIPP would allow all but one
of these to be reinstated internally with a robotic
cutter. In the location of the protruding tap, we
find that this is not possible and the protruding
tap would have to be excavated and repaired
with a saddle tap or in -line tee. This reduces
CIPP's cost effectiveness because this requires
open excavation. In addition, if some of the taps
are leaking, then it is recommended to reinstate
them externally also.
♦ Extensive bypass pumping, though the length of
time is greatly reduced when compared to that
required for open trenching and pipe bursting.
Pipe Bursting involves pulling a static or dynamic
breaking head into the existing pipe. The head
breaks up the existing pipe as it is being pulled into
the line pushing the pipe into the surrounding soil. A
liner pipe (typically fusible HDPE or PVC) is attached
to the head and pulled in behind it. This method
would include lining, inspection, bypass pumping,
service reconnection, and traffic control.
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The advantages are:
The ability to increase the diameter if capacity is
an issue. This would have to be carefully studied
during design. The surrounding soils define
whether this alternative is feasible. It is preferred
that the soils be loosely consolidated cohesive
soils. Our experience has shown that if the
material is too granular, the in -situ soils could
develop excessive friction on the new pipe being
drawn in behind the bursting head. Also, this
method is not appropriate if rock is within close
proximity to the bottom or sides of the original
pipeline.
Allows for the installation of a brand new
pipeline.
♦ Limited removal of restriction due to offset joints
in the pipe.
• Partial removal of minor sags in the pipe.
• Smaller disturbance footprint than open cut
construction.
♦ Can minimize the number of manholes that need
to be replaced since bursting can be done
through a manhole.
The disadvantages are:
♦ Excavation would be required to replace
manholes at the insertion and retrieval pits, and
at service taps.
♦ Pipe bursting is typically a very expensive
alternative approaching the cost of open cut
replacement.
• Even though the bursting process can progress
rapidly, the need to dig up and replace services
can extend the length of time required for bypass
pumping.
♦ Pneumatic type bursting creates significant
vibration through the soil and can adversely
affect adjacent utilities and structures. Static
bursting avoids the effects of vibration; this can
affect adjacent utility lines by displacing or
compacting the soil in close proximity to the
bursting head.
Pipe Reaming involves spinning a mole into the
existing pipe. The mole breaks up the pipe into small
fragments as it is being pulled into the line pushing
the fragments into the surrounding soil or removing
them using a slurry of driller's mud. A liner pipe
(typically fusible HDPE or PVC) is attached to the
mole and pulled in behind it. This method would
include lining, inspection, bypass pumping, service
reconnection, and traffic control.
The advantages are:
♦ The ability to increase the diameter one to two
sizes is possible. Since the surrounding soils are
not being compacted with this method as
opposed to bursting, this method minimizes the
affect to surrounding utilities. Also this method,
similar to bursting, is not appropriate if rock is
within close proximity to the bottom of the
original pipeline.
• Allows for the installation of brand new and
larger pipe.
♦ Fairly successful in the removal of restrictions due
to offset joints in the pipe.
♦ Fairly successful in the removal of minor
sags/bellies in the pipe.
♦ Smaller disturbance footprint than open cut
construction. If Certa-Lok pipe is used the size of
the insertion pit can have a smaller surface
footprint than if fusible pipe is used.
• Can minimize the number of manholes that need
to be replaced since the mole can cut through an
existing manhole base.
♦ Method minimizes the possibility of disturbance
to surface improvements since it does not
compact the soil around the mole and pipe.
Slurry pressures need to be monitored.
The disadvantages are:
♦ Excavation required to replace manholes at the
insertion and retrieval pits, and at service taps.
• Even though the bursting process can progress
rapidly, the need to dig up and replace services
can extend the length of time required for bypass
pumping.
♦ A royalty is required for use of this technology
which increases its cost. Its speed and
advantages can off -set this when the total social,
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economic, and environmental (a.k.a. Triple
Bottom Line) costs are considered.
Micro -Tunneling involves driving a directional and
remotely controlled cutter head pulverizing the pipe
and soil and through a slurry transports the material
to the launch pit. A liner pipe (typically fusible HDPE
or PVC) is attached to the head and pushed in behind
it. This method would include inspection, bypass
pumping, external service reconnection, and traffic
control.
The advantages are:
The ability to increase the diameter if capacity is
an issue. This would have to be carefully studied
during design. The surrounding soils define
whether this alternative is feasible. It is preferred
that the soils be loosely consolidated cohesive
soils. Our experience has shown that if the
material is too granular, the in -situ soils could
develop excessive friction on the new pipe being
drawn in behind the cutter head.
♦ Allows for the installation of a brand new
pipeline, on a brand new alignment (if needed).
♦ Smaller disturbance footprint than open cut
construction.
♦ Can minimize the number of manholes that need
to be replaced since installation can be done
through a manhole.
The disadvantages are:
♦ Excavation would be required to replace
manholes at the insertion and retrieval pits, and
at service taps.
♦ Micro -tunneling is typically a very expensive
alternative typically exceeding the capital cost of
open cut replacement with lower social and
environmental costs.
• Even though the installation process can progress
rapidly, the need to dig up and replace services
can extend the length of time required for bypass
pumping.
Stantec has prepared an extensive TT selection tool
summarizing trenchless techniques and their
applications and constraints. Due to page limitations
the spreadsheet has not been included but is
available upon request.
Design Summary
A full and thorough analysis will be required, but a
review of the slopes, pipe sizes, invert elevations,
and lengths from the information supplied at the pre -
proposal interview indicate there is sufficient slope
available to upsize the pipes to 10" or greater
diameter pipe. While seven (7) of existing pipe
slopes do not meet minimum requirements for their
respective pipe sizes, four (4) of the existing pipes
have sufficient slope. If the grade between Manholes
M15287 and M11309 is straight -lined and
accounting for 0.10' to 0.25' drop in manholes, the
average slope that can be maintained is 0.0034 feet
per feet (>0.34%); which is in excess of minimum
slopes required for 10" and larger pipes. Therefore it
is possible to upsize the pipes to meet or exceed
minimum slopes, since the slopes need to change, this
limits the methods available for replacement of the
sewer. Few trenchless techniques allow the slope to
be altered. Those that could be utilized are micro -
tunneling and reaming. Micro -tunneling is the most
appropriate since the head of the boring machine
can be directed horizontally and vertically. Yet pipe
reaming may be able to be applied in this situation if
a method can be employed to maintain the pull pipe
at a fixed elevation. And as always, conventional
open -trench excavation is a viable, yet non-trenchless,
alternative.
Another aspect with TT that needs to be considered is
the treatment at manholes. In the possibility that
manholes are brick and mortar construction,
replacement of manholes requires removal of
pavement further reducing the cost effectiveness and
practicality of TT. One possibility to consider would
be in -place manhole rehabilitation. We have used
this technique many times in the past, and in the right
application can be an effective solution.
We will approach this project and all future projects
with a fresh, non -cookie cutter approach that will
examine the uniqueness of the site, while producing a
consistent and executable set of contract documents.
Stantec will prepare plan and profile drawings at a
1 "=10' scale showing the extent of the improvements
to the sanitary sewer lines in the project area. The
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area obtained from the City's or County's existing
photographic database, surface features located
during the above "Field Investigation", approximate
locations of sewer services as determined from the
City's video records, platted rights -of -way, existing
and new manholes, service line clean outs, sewer line
alignments, and rim and invert elevations.
Additionally, we will prepare drawings to include
details for structures and pipe installation.
Construction Engineering Services
Stantec will perform administration duties to schedule
staff, prepare in-house cost tracking materials, review
monthly billings for personnel and Subconsultants,
prepare status reports to accompany billing invoices,
and other duties as required by the work. Progress
meetings will be attended and we will prepare
agenda, minutes, contact lists, list of action items, list
of issues and their status, and a log for equipment
and materials submitted by the Contractor.
Shop drawing submittals will be reviewed for
compliance with the specifications. These are
anticipated to include, pipe, saddles, manholes,
bedding, concrete mix, flo-fill, service line pipe and
fittings, and asphalt and concrete pavement
materials.
Stantec can supply a Resident Project Representative
(RPR) for field observation of the work to compliment
the services performed by City staff. Tasks performed
by the RPR can include observation of the work as it
is performed; communication with the contractor
regarding items that need clarification or revision and
forwarding this information on to Stantec's Project
Engineer; recording daily observations including
photographs, and decisions and distributing these to
the City, Contractor, and Stantec. Stantec's Project
Manager and Engineer will make occasional site
visits to observe the work and discuss items requiring
modification of the design. Stantec's Project
Manager and Project Engineer will perform duties to
address items and issues raised by the RPR,
Contractor, and City during construction of the work.
If so directed by the City, Stantec will employ the
services of a Geotechnical Engineering firm to
conduct soil tests including preparing proctors,
performing on -site compaction tests, and preparing
reports summarizing the results of the tests. Stantec
will coordinate with the firm to outline the criteria
required for this project. This firm may be Brierley
Associates or another local firm (e.g. CTL-Thompson)
as directed by Utilities Project Manager.
Stantec will collect and review "as -constructed"
information supplied by Contractor, City staff and our
RPR.
Our Surveyor can supplement the information
supplied by the Contractor with a post -construction
field survey of the improvements and prepare this
data for placement on the Record Drawings.
Fee Estimate
The following spreadsheet summarizes proposed
tasks and responsible staff, individual hours, hourly
rates per staff member, Subcontractor fees, and
expenses believed to be necessary to accomplish the
Scope of Services.
Schedule
Included with the Fee Estimate is a conservative
estimate of the length of time required by each task
believed necessary to accomplish the work outlined
under this Scope of Services.
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Firm and Staff Qualifications
With our depth of knowledge, we have a unique team balancing
professional, senior technical and intermediate staff to meet the requirements
of any City of Fort Collins Utilities project. Team members are thoroughly
committed and available for the project to meet your schedule. Whether the
project concerns water distribution improvements, wastewater infrastructure
improvements, or stormwater projects, Stantec will account for overall
management of the contract including project administration, cost control,
schedule, and quality control. Our project managers, lead engineers, and
surveyors bring a blending of relevant experience. They are supported by a
strong team with the necessary knowledge of City standards, and processes,
Stantec staff with City and imperative to complete a successful project. Stantec's team members are
Contractor as part of Fossil
Creek Stormwater (Tunneling) considered individual leaders in their respective disciplines —yet function as a
Project Team. tightly integrated project team. Following is the structure of this project team
followed by brief resumes of our key staff.
Lisa Lauver, PE, CFM
Project
Josh Cook, PE
Design Engineer
Arielle Winans, El
Andrea Fagan
TC Dinkins, El
Support Staff
1 Designer
CAD Technician
Fit Collins
City Project Manager
Don Silar, PE
Greg Woodward, PE
Bernie Poppenga, PE
Ken Matthews, PE
Don Silar, PE
Josh Cook, PE
Mike Georgalas, PE
Arielle Winans, El
1 Designes
CAD Technician
Jeromy Vigil
Greg Cates, PLS
Don Silar, PE
Terry McEnany, PE
Josh Cook. PE
Arielle Winans, El
1 Designer
CAD Technician
Ted Rutledge, PE
Rob Pratt, PE
2 Designers
CAD Technicians
Ken Matthews, PE
Brierley Associates
Robin Dornfest, PG
Brierley Associates
Bill Spickelmire
Jerry Hihath
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Gary Oberling, PE
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RFP 7515 .June 12, 2013
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Don has successfully
completed more than 200
projects for the City.
Don's work experience spans 36 years. He worked with the City of Fort Collins
Utilities Department on major and minor capital improvement projects since 1988,
most of which were competed under Open End Five-year water, wastewater and
stormwater contracts. Some of Don's projects involved water pipeline up to 60"
diameter. Sanitary sewer projects involving lines up to 48". His stormwater
projects integrate canal structures and conduits up to 120" in diameter. Don's
project involvement incorporates numerous facets - analyses and modeling, drawing
and specification preparation, coordination and negotiations with concerned
parties, communities meetings, property ownership research, investigation
coordination, trenchless installation assessments and design, permit preparation,
field observation, contract and construction administration, alternative assessments,
survey, design of flow control facilities, metering facilities, cost estimates,
constructability reviews, energy dissipation structures, and in -situ capacity testing.
Ken Matthews, PE — Lead Project Engineer and Trenchless Technologies Task Leader
Ken's 27 years of experience in municipal and civil engineering projects includes 15 years of
experience managing water and wastewater sewer system projects for municipalities
throughout Colorado. This experience covers the full spectrum of facilities from water supply,
treatment and distribution to wastewater collection and treatment. He serves clients in a wide-
ranging mode, understanding and providing services for the full lifecycle of systems, from
master planning to rehabilitation and replacement.
' Ken has spent his career specializing in infrastructure rehabilitation projects especially buried
wastewater collection systems. As the Director of Wastewater Engineering for the City of
Tulsa, OK Ken was tasked with responding to USEPA consent decrees addressing
' uncontrolled SSO's. In this role he rolled out an extensive capacity/maintenance
management program including system -wide permanent flow monitoring stations, hydraulic
modeling, condition assessment, and the capital rehabilitation program. He has over 22
' years working with TT and was on the ground floor providing research and test installation
for some of the most effective TT available today.
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Greg is a Principal with Stantec and the practice area leader for the Environmental
Infrastructure group in Colorado. He provides water and wastewater engineering, utility
design, and water resources engineering since 1990. Greg's responsibilities include
quality control review, process design, facility layout and process instrumentation design,
site grading, utility design and hydraulic analysis, developing design drawings and
specifications, obtaining permits and providing construction phase services. On the
Shields and Lake Street Replacement Sewer Project, he provided supervision of an
effective bypass pumping system while the new sanitary sewer line was installed. The
installation of the new line was highly complicated due to adjacent utilities. As part of the
North College Water System team, Greg managed the waterline installation and several
service connections, handling and storage of highly contaminated soil, and improvements
to State Highway 287.
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Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
2950 East Harmony Road, Suite 290
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Fort Collins CO 80528-2603
Tel: (970) 482-5922
Fax: (970) 482-6368
Stantec
June 12, 2013
CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Financial Services
Purchasing Division
215 North Mason Street, 2nd Floor / P.O. Box 580
Fort Collins, Colorado 80522
purchasing@fcgov.com
Reference: Proposal to Provide Consulting Engineering Services for Future Water,
Wastewater, and Stormwater Facilities Capital Improvements; City of Fort
Collins RFP No. 7515
Dear Mr. Rose and Selection Committee:
Fresh ideas, innovative approaches, the ability to work as an integral part of your project team, a large volume
of staff with a wide variety of knowledge and experience, and a sincere commitment from all staff to continue
to service the City using our vast body of knowledge gained by working along side Utilities staff since 1991
are all attributes desired by the City of Fort Collins Utilities. The Stantec Team brings to Utilities' Open End
contract a local team of experts who have these attributes and will provide cost-effective, quality engineering on
projects throughout the City service -area. As an extension of your staff, our goal is to remain a resource to
make your job easier and allow you to successfully complete your projects.
Anchored by a proven leader whom Utilities knows, trusts, and has worked with continuously since 1991,
Project Manager Don Silar, this team will continue to provide you with the best talent in all areas of engineering
related to water, wastewater and stormwater improvement projects. We have a strong working relationship
with City and Utilities staff and we are familiar with City standards and processes from our extensive
experience working with you on projects in and around Fort Collins.
We have provided a concise response to each of the requirements outlined in the RFP, and have organized our
proposal in accordance with the information requested. We received Addendum No. 1 and 2 on June 4 & 5,
2013 and are prepared to meet all terms and conditions outlined in the RFP. In addition, we have reviewed
your contract and agree to execute without modification.
We are excited for the opportunity to continue working with the City of Fort Collins, and hope you recognize
the experience, commitment, and motivation of the Stantec team. If you have questions regarding this proposal,
please feel free to call. We are looking forward to your favorable review and decision on this project.
Sincerely,
STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES INC.
Don Silar, PE
Project Manager
City of Fort Collins Utilities
' Consulting Engineering Services for Future Water, Wastewater, & Stormwater Facilities Capital Improvements
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' Bernie Poppenga, PE — QA/QC
Mr. Poppenga is a professional engineer with more than 40 years of experience involving the planning, design,
' and construction of water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure. Bernie's experience includes more than 150
significant projects. Included in his extensive engineering experience are projects for numerous municipalities and
districts in Colorado, including for example the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District, Colorado Springs Utilities,
' City of Broomfield, City of Aurora, City of Arvada, and the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District. In addition,
his broad engineering experience includes projects in many other states including Wyoming, New Mexico,
Nebraska, California, and others. His experience encompasses a full array of infrastructure projects involving new
facilities and rehabilitation including water transmission and distribution pipelines, pumping plants, storage tanks,
' sanitary sewers, Stormwater management and conveyance facilities, and treatment facilities.
Josh Cook, PE — Stormwater, Water, and Wastewater Project Engineer
' Mr. Cook is a professional engineer with more than 11 years of experience involving the planning, design, and
construction of water, wastewater, and Stormwater infrastructure and treatment facilities. He graduated with two
degrees from CSU and has worked in the private and public sectors since 2002. Positions have included design
and project engineers, and project management where he has managed contracts, performed site observation of
' construction, prepared specifications and drawings, prepared technical reports, and performed design of pipelines,
pump stations, and water and wastewater treatment facilities. Josh is new with Stantec and will serve in the capacity
vacated by Tanner Randall. Josh is presently under negotiations for employment, therefore employment is pending.
' Lisa Lauver, PE, CFM — Stormwater Project Engineer
Ms. Lauver is a civil engineer focusing on water resources projects, with a heavy emphasis on hydrologic/hydraulic
analysis and design. Lisa's 12 years of project experience includes design and construction observation of dams,
preparation of reservoir inflow design flood hydrology, and dam break modeling. Lisa has worked on a wide range
of hydrologic and hydraulic projects, including master drainage planning, floodplain studies, transportation
drainage, bridge hydraulics and scour analysis, embankment dam improvements, irrigation canals and structures,
' and river channel and bank stabilization.
TC Dinkins, Ell - Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Design Engineer
' Mr. Dinkins is a graduate in Environmental Engineering from Mercer University with 3 years of experience serving
as a design engineer on multiple water resource engineering projects. He has experience in stormwater systems,
stream restoration, dam removal, hydrographic and topographic surveying, bank stabilization, and wetland and
' stream mitigation monitoring. Mr. Dinkins is a proficient user in many hydrologic, hydraulic, and GIS applications,
including AutoCAD Civil 3D, RIVERmorph, ArcView, Arclnfo, and HEC-RAS.Arielle Winans, Ell — Water
Ms. Winans is a graduate of the Colorado School of Mines and is an engineer in training with 3 years of
experience working with water, wastewater and stormwater systems. Her experience on City of Fort Collins
' projects includes the 24" Poudre Canyon RCP Waterline Rehabilitation, 27" LaPorte Steel Water Line Rehabilitation,
West Vine Drive 27" Sliplining projects, and Cathodic Protection work at the Water Treatment Plant and on the
Anheuser Busch Pipeline. Additionally, she has performed site observation, drafting and design services for the
' Town of Wellington.
Andrea Fagan — GIS
Ms. Fagan is a Senior GIS Analyst at Stantec with more than 15 years of experience implementing successful GIS
based spatial solutions. She spent 10 years with American Transmission Company, where she managed the day to
day and long term data needs for all types of electric transmission line projects, including rebuilds, line
maintenance, vegetation management, new right-of-way routing and siting, permit mapping for the State of
' Wisconsin DNR and Public Service Commission, as well as public outreach mapping to support major projects.
She was integral in the development of the company's robust transmission line routing and siting process, which
heavily utilizes GIS technology for all phases and aspects of a project. In addition, she helped the company
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manage over 9,000 miles of transmission line asset data, while also integrating the facility data into other
enterprise management systems.
Mike Georgalas, PE — Water/Wastewater Project Engineer
Mike has extensive experience in water and wastewater system master planning. He has constructed over 20
underground infrastructure models for private and public utilities. In addition, Mike serves as the Project Engineer for
three water companies. He represents a unique blend of practical design and computer simulation experience. With
more than 13 years of experience in conducting modeling assignments as well as water and wastewater
conveyance system and associated civil engineering (grading, paving, and utilities) design, he ensures proposed
solutions are practical and constructible.
Terry McEnany, PE — Wastewater Project Engineer
Terry McEnany brings more than 20 years of experience, specializing in infrastructure, and water and wastewater
treatment process design projects. He is a Senior Project Engineer / Manager with Stantec. Mr. McEnany manages
projects that involve multiple engineering, architectural and environmental components. His experience with
optimization strategies provides the foundation for the development and evaluation of alternative improvements and
' subsequent design services. Terry has effective technical writing and organizational skills that compliment regulatory
permitting efforts.
Subconsultant Staff
' Geotechnical - Brierley Associates
BRIERLEY Brierley Associates team of more than 55 engineers and geologists that are well
experienced with anticipating ground behavior through geologic and geotechnical
ASSOCIATESevaluations geared specifically toward design of subsurface structures. They understand
Creating Space Underground the importance of accurately communicating the subsurface conditions through
appropriate design, construction, and contract documents including: Geotechnical Data
Reports, Geotechnical Design Reports, Geotechnical Baseline Reports (GBRs), design drawings, and specifications.
Their high quality evaluations, reports, design, and contracting documents help allocate risk between parties;
resulting in realistic bids for owners that reduce risk of differing site conditions and cost overruns. The Brierley team
of professionals is experienced in all aspects of tunnel and trenchless design and construction; including feasibility
and risk assessment, geologic and geotechnical site characterization, contractor procurement, and construction
management.
Cathodic Protection — RUSTNOT Corrosion Control Services, Inc.
RUSTNOT Corrosion Control Services, Inc. (RUSTNOT) is a corrosion control consulting firm that specializes in
providing corrosion evaluations, recommendations, designs, and turnkey (design/build) services for water,
wastewater, gas, oil, utilities, military, and industrial projects. Technical services for rehabilitation, coatings,
material selection, and cathodic protection have been provided for projects throughout the United States. Mr.
Spickelmire has successfully been a full time corrosion consultant and project manager on corrosion control projects
since 1976 of which more than 17 years were with a major national engineering firm. He is a certified National
Association of Corrosion Engineers International (NACE) Cathodic Protection Specialist with expertise that
encompasses rehabilitation, material selection, coating, and cathodic protection. Although RUSTNOT is a relatively
small firm, their projects have been both for small fees (less than $500) to large projects with other engineering
firms on projects with fees and construction costs in the millions. RUSTNOT is employee -owned, operated, and
managed. They have the technical capability, as well as sensitivity to our client's needs, for projects of any size.
Over 90 percent of their business is repeat work for satisfied clients. The firm's reputation and growth are built on
the premise that it is people, not corporations, who accomplish the work.
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Relevant Experience
The Stantec team has the right experience and proven
capabilities to successfully complete any project
under this Open End contract. We can support the
City with in-house staff of survey, transportation,
architectural, environmental, structural, remediation,
planning, permitting, legal, and construction
inspection professionals as needed. This experienced
team provides clients with professional services in the
planning, analysis, design, and management water
projects, wastewater projects, and conveyance and
control aspects for storm drainage and floodplain
projects. Within the past five years, we have
performed similar projects for a variety of agencies.
Just for the City of Fort Collins, we have completed:
♦ Water lines and appurtenances up to 60" in
diameter
♦ Wastewater lines up to 48" in diameter
• Stormwater conduits up to 120" in diameter
♦ Modeling of water, wastewater and Stormwater
systems; pump stations, and water, wastewater
and stormwater treatment facilities
• Trenchless applications of pipe reaming, cured -in -
place -pipe, pipe bursting, impact moling, fold
and form, horizontal directional drilling, slip
lining, auger boring/pipe jacking, and tunneling
to 144"
• Cathodic protection in association with sub -
consultant RUSTNOT/Bill Spickelmire
' • Geotechnical and Trenchless design in
conjunction with our sub -consultant Brierley
Associates/Robin Dornfest
Water — Raw and Potable
Poudre Pipeline Rehabilitation - Fort Collins
Two of the City of Fort Collins' Utilities primary raw
water supply pipelines experienced significant
failures that increased concerns about their reliability.
The pipe sections studied were comprised of a 24-
inch reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) and a parallel
27-inch steel pipe constructed in 1924, and the
1950's, respectively. The sections composed a total
of 80,000 LF, or 15 miles of pipe.
Included in the investigation was a transient analysis
to calculate pressure surges at various valve
operation cycle times. The final product included
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inventory mapping and documentation, and
recommendations for system improvements and step-
by-step operational methods. Stantec recently
prepared construction documents for the replacement
of the existing Gate and Plug control valves with 24"
Butterfly Valves at Blackstock Hill and in Bellvue. In
addition, new in -line butterfly valves, blowoff valves
and air release valves have been installed.
Mariana Butte to P1 Zone Waterline - Loveland
Stantec conducted a routing study to connect the
City's P1 Zone to the Mariana Butte's distribution
system, to increase system pressures. One of the
alternatives was sliplining an active section of 24-inch
wood stave pipe. The City planned to take this last
section of wood stave pipe out of service; however,
the line still served 12 customers. It was determined
that the 2,000-foot stretch of wood stave pipe would
be sliplined with 12-inch fusible C900 or restrained
joint PVC pipe. This 1920's original 24-inch wood
water line was originally made with wood staves held
together with steel bands, placed in predetermined
spacing. The closer the spacing, the higher the
pressure applied. Some sections of the existing wood
stave were known to be shallow, so there was a
concern that the new 12-inch line may freeze. The
annular space was filled with cellular concrete mix
design that would provide the required insulating
value that would protect the pipe from freezing. At
deeper locations, a flyash grout was specified to fill
the annular space. The project also included 1,000-
feet of direct bury 12-inch PVC pipe, within the US
Highway 34 ROW; coordination with CDOT was
required.
Wastewater
Sanitary Sewer Collection System Infiltration and
Inflow Abatement and Capacity Assessment - Boulder
Stantec performed comprehensive Infiltration and
Inflow (1/1) analysis consisting of flow monitoring,
hydraulic modeling, smoke testing, and dye water
testing in two separate basins in the City. The flow
monitoring consisted of 14 conventional compound
type (depth and velocity) flow meters, and 10
micromonitors distributed throughout these two
basins. Micromonitors are special flow meters
developed by Stantec that accurately measure very
low flows. This provided the ability to use the more
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cost effective flow monitors to further define the
extents of the 1/1 in the basin and optimize costly
SSES techniques such as smoke testing and CCTV
inspection. The results of the flow monitoring
established system capacity and identified areas with
high concentrations of 1/I. Smoke testing and dye
water testing were performed in these areas in order
to identify the specific 1/1 sources. As a result of this
study, the City will reduce the peak flow to a regional
lift station thus reducing the required size of a
proposed excess flow storage facility. The study also
provided a more precise estimation of system
capacity in the Goose Creek Interceptor system. This
interceptor was previously identified as over capacity,
thereby severely limiting its ability to accept flow from
new inter -City development projects.
Fairgrounds Interceptor and Boyd Lake Interceptor
Rehabilitation - Loveland
The City of Loveland, Colorado has a series of three
primary interceptors that carry wastewater to the
City's wastewater treatment plant. Two of which were
constructed in the late 1970's. Those interceptors
amounted to 35,600 LF of 30-inch and 33-inch
diameter C-76 Reinforced Concrete Pipe (RCP) with
coal tar lining. These interceptors were severely
deteriorated due to corrosion from hydrogen sulfide
attack and one of them had failed when the crown of
the pipe had collapsed. The City needed a way to
inspect these pipelines and implement a systematic
rehabilitation solution that mitigated risk, minimized
costs and maintained capacity in the system. Stantec
performed a rehabilitation study on the interceptor
system consisting of site inspections of manholes, and
closed circuit TV inspections of the pipeline. Pipe and
manhole conditions were evaluated and summarized
in order to recommend a course of action of
rehabilitation. Generally, the defects found with the
inspections were related to H2S corrosion. Therefore,
locally directed rehabilitation methods such as point
repairs, short segmental linings, or joint repair
devices were not considered. Instead, only full line
segment rehabilitation methods were evaluated,
consisting of cured -in -place (CIPP), sliplining, and
pipe bursting for the interceptor rehabilitation.
Manhole rehabilitation consisted of three different
types of rehabilitation: full manhole replacement; a
cementitious liner with a H2S resistant lining; or a
stand-alone H2S resistant lining. We prepared plans
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and technical specifications for the rehabilitation of
approximately 11,800 LF of interceptor and 58
manholes. The solution was a 0.5 — 0.7 -inch thick
CIPP liner, designed to be structurally independent of
the RCP. Manholes were also evaluated to determine
the extent of damage. Over 20 manholes were
rehabilitated by applying a one to two-inch thick
concrete liner depending on the severity of the
corrosion. Over 50 manholes were coated with a
hydrogen sulphide protective lining. We also
provided part-time Resident Project Representative
Services during the construction. Stantec brought to
the City true expertise in trenchless technology to
tackle this fatal problem to this critical piece of
infrastructure.
Trenchless Technologies
F.E. Warren Air Force Base Sanitary Sewer
Improvement Study - Cheyenne, Wyoming
Stantec performed a base -wide sanitary sewer study,
assessing the capacity of the existing collection
system and recommending selected improvements.
With plans to develop additional residential housing,
the significant increase in wastewater volumes during
storm events, and the overall age of the system. Field
information on over 100,000 feet of 6 to 15-inch
pipe, and 340 manholes was collected and
analyzed. Stantec prepared system maps to identify
areas for rehabilitation and we provided
recommendations for improvements to manholes and
pipelines. The study also included recommendations
that other sections be rehabilitated using trenchless
technology methods which allowed the existing
system to be replaced with non -intrusive methods.
Fossil Creek Drainage Improvements - Fort Collins
Hydraulic modeling and design improved
conveyance capacity along Fossil Creek, removing
105 homes from the 100-year floodplain. Stantec
performed an in depth hydraulic and alternative
analysis that increased conveyance through an
existing 50-foot high railroad embankment by the
installation of two parallel 120-inch diameter tunnels.
Preceding the earthen embankment a wood timber
bridge occupied this area. Therefore, the bridge was
still in place under the embankment material and
efforts were made to avoid bridge piers during
constructions.
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Another challenge was extremely low bearing
capacity soil found at the proposed invert elevations.
After additional hydraulic analyses were performed,
the inverts of the tunnels were raised, and a series of
two 12-inch steel pipes were jack and bored through
the embankment. These served as guide rails where
the tunnel piping would rest, and span any area of
soft soils. Due to the raising of the tunnel inverts the
thrusting equipment had little soil to push against.
Considering the maximum thrust could be 1.2 million
pounds, a 113 CY reinforced concrete block with
four two -foot diameter caissons drilled into bedrock
was constructed. Stantec was able to utilize this thrust
block as part of the post project energy dissipation
structure.
Poudre Canyon 24" RCP Waterline Rehabilitation
Through years of study and pipe failures along the
24" reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) raw waterline in
the Cache La Poudre Canyon northwest of Fort
Collins, it was determined that additional failures
would cause significant hardship to the City and
users of Colorado Highway 14, and possible
damage to the environment and the City's ability to
utilize their decreed water rights. After research into
available methods for lining the pipe, a method using
high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe was chosen.
The pipe was reduced in diameter using a mandrel,
then pulled through the existing RCP and allowed to
expand to a diameter that matched the existing
RCP's. While eventually successful in lining the entire
section under the first phase of this project, many
lessons were learned that will supply valuable
information for future projects using this methodology.
LaPorte 27" Steel Waterline Rehabilitation
The City of Fort Collins has a critical section of 27"
potable waterline in the Town of LaPorte that was
installed sixty years ago. Frequent failures and the
location of this pipeline through backyards and
virtually under house foundations, presented a
significant liability to the City. It was decided to
slipline approximately 2,400 linear feet of the pipe
with HDPE pipe using the some method employed in
the Poudre Canyon a few months before. Lessons
learned on the Poudre Canyon project were put to
good use and the project proceeded smoothly and
was a great success.
North College Sanitary Sewer Improvements
The City of Fort Collins has a sanitary sewer main
inherited from a previous sanitation district in north
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complicate replacement of this line, sections of pipe
ran under and were sandwiched between existing
residential, commercial and industrial buildings. This
required an innovative approach to replacement of
the line since there was insufficient grade to realign
the sewer and access to businesses could not be
interrupted. The solution was a combination of
conventional open cut trenching in accessible areas
and pipe reaming in areas under buildings. Reaming
removed the existing pipe by pulverizing the existing
pipe and pulling in a new and larger pipe in the
same location as the existing pipe. Impacts to
buildings were non-existent and the project was
completed without incident. This technique appears
to have a bright future for pipeline replacements.
Stormwater
Due to space limitations, we will not list projects and
their respective descriptions. Our past work for the
City which includes projects from the 108" diameter
stormwater interceptor on Locust Street to the highly
visible Sheldon Lake and City Park 9 Golf Course
detention facilities, wetland and neighborhood
sensitive Ponds at Overland Trail detention
improvements, the visually appealing outlet control
structures under South Taft Hill Road on Spring Creek,
and our multi -year project analyzing scour on over a
hundred bridges for the Colorado Department of
Transportation (CDOT), is an indication of the
breadth of our abilities.
Sustainability
West Vine Drive 27" Sliplining — Fort Collins
Presently Stantec is working with Utilities on a project
to slipline an existing 27" steel waterline with a 12"
HDPE pipe. This is an excellent example of
sustainability in that the pipe being used is being
recycled from a previous Fort Collins project. The
pipe was used as a bypass line to carry potable
water around another sliplining project. After
completion of the project the pipe could have been
shipped off site incurring trucking costs (i.e. fuel,
wear and tear, road impacts, etc.) and might not
have been used and eventually disposed of. Utilities
elected to store the pipe at the Service Center and
reuse it to slipline an oversized and dated steel
pipeline; thus reducing the pipe's environmental
footprint.
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References
' The Right Experience
Our experience working
on similar projects with
the City gives us a true
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will take to provide
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the design package you
need to build future
improvement projects.
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ongoing capital project
activities.
Stantec has an excellent record of high -quality projects completed on time and
within budget, utilizing innovative and cost-effective engineering solutions.
Stantec's most important client reference is the City of Fort Collins. Our
performance on previous projects, our working relationship with City staff, and
our familiarity with City procedures has allowed us to successfully complete over
200 projects.
The following references can also validate our experience with water,
wastewater, and stormwater projects. We encourage you to contact them and
discuss the capabilities and responsiveness of project team members.
Taft Avenue Storm Water Improvements and Culvert
24-inch Water line
Marianna Butte to P1 Water Line
Boyd Lake Interceptor Relief Line Rehabilitation
• Miscellaneous Water Line Replacements
Raw Water Transmission System Evaluation and Reclaimed/Raw
Water Interconnect
Hydraulic Modeling Reclaimed Water System
Raw Water Interconnect Pump Station
Water Distribution Data and System Model
• GIS System Development
Town Engineering Services
Water Treatment Plant Design
Development Review
Combined Sewer Elimination Project 8-24-Inch Water Line Design
• Government Highline Canal System
Persigo Wash Wastewater Treatment Facility
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City of Fort Collins Utilities
Consulting Engineering Services for Future Water, Wastewater, & Stormwater Facilities Capital Improvements
RFP 7515 . June 12, 2013
Executive Summary
Stantec presents a premier engineering team second
to none in terms of depth of resources available, the
necessary technical expertise, knowledge of City
processes, and a good working relationship with
associated City staff. This project team offers
comprehensive, rapid, cost effective, and local
delivery of all disciplines necessary to complete the
specified project from City Park Avenue to and along
Plum Street and terminating in Shields Street north of
Elizabeth Street (a.k.a. "Plum Street Sanitary Sewer")
in addition to water, wastewater, and stormwater
projects that would arise over the life of the contract.
Our proposed project manager and technical staff
bring tremendous relevant experience, and they are
supported by a strong team that has the necessary
knowledge of City standards and processes that are
imperative to a successful project.
The Right Approach
Stantec will serve as an extension of the City
Staff as we have since 1988 on hundreds of
major and minor capital improvements.
Familiarity
Stantec's resume is replete with successful projects we
have completed for the City of Fort Collins. Since
1988, Stantec's Project Manager Don Silar has
worked with the City of Fort Collins Utility Department
(Utilities) on numerous major and minor capital
improvement projects. Most of these projects were
completed through Utilities' Five -Year Open End
water, wastewater, and stormwater contracts.
Through these contracts, our project team has
garnered tremendous in-depth experience working
with City staff and the City's on -call contractors (i.e.
Garney, Hydro, Connell Resources, and others) and
subconsultants (such as Brierley Associates, CTL-
Thompson, and various corrosion control firms
including RUSTNOT Corrosion Control Services).
Stantec's most important client reference is the City of
Fort Collins. Our performance on previous projects,
our working relationship with City staff, and our
familiarity with City procedures has allowed us to
successfully complete well over 200 projects. City
staff including Utilities' Brian Janonis, Jon Houkoas,
The LSO sliced a 3' to 10' pipeline through a congested old
town neighborhood while juggling many challenges such as
stormwater conveyance in the street vs. pipeline, new City
drainage criteria, on impossibly congested R/W and a
new City project delivery system jAPDSj.
Owen Randall, Jay Rose, Dean Saye, Link Mueller,
Tim McTague, Sue Paquette, Matt Fater, Roger
Buffington, Marsha Hilmas-Robinson, Mark Taylor,
Patty Bigner, Diana Royval and many others within
Utilities and other City departments can attest to our
long-term project record and continued performance.
Due to these relationships, Stantec staff has truly
committed to designing and completing the highest
quality projects in a timely, cost-effective, and well -
coordinated manner while meeting the City's
expectations and high standards.
The teamwork and collaboration between Stantec
and City staff has led to numerous awards and
presentations regarding work completed by the team.
Stantec-designed Stormwater projects completed with
the City have been selected as Colorado Projects of
the Year by the Colorado Association of Stormwater
and Floodplain Managers (CASFM). Over the past
eleven years, three of our projects have been
awarded the CASFM "Grand Award for Engineering
Excellence." Stantec has also designed City projects
that have been presented at industry conferences or
appeared within the pages of relevant technical
publications.
Utilities have embarked on a relatively new direction
for upgrading the City's infrastructure. Trenchless
Technology (TT) applications are becoming an ever
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more varied and cost effective means to replace and
rehabilitate existing pipelines. Though TT is being
considered on a more recent basis, Stantec has
facilitated TT solutions for Utilities since the early
1990's when we employed percussion ramming to
install water service lines under North College
Avenue. More recently Stantec and Utilities have
successfully completed significant projects to
rehabilitate critical raw and potable water
transmission and distribution pipelines. With these
projects Stantec, Utilities, Contractors and their
subcontractors (i.e. SAK and Murphy Pipelines)
greatly increased our knowledge and experience with
TT applications and have formed solid
understandings of available applications and their
limitations and Utilities' comfort level with these
methodologies.
The breadth of the Stantec team's knowledge of the
City staff and our overall understanding of the City's
procedures, including the time -tested and very
successful Alternate Project Delivery System (APDS)
process, and knowledge of the total infrastructure
system is unparalleled. This familiarity will continue to
help the team to produce excellent projects worthy of
recognition by our peers and other communities.
Continuity
Stantec's experience with City projects has produced
familiarity with the water, wastewater, and
stormwater systems across and around the city.
Stantec has an in-depth knowledge of the City's raw
water supply and transmission system and has
ongoing work related to cathodic protection, pipeline
relocation, pump station, and field investigation
efforts. Similarly, Stantec possesses familiarity with
the City's five year program to rehabilitate the raw
water transmission supply line within the Cache La
Poudre Canyon and basic knowledge of the water
treatment facility.
Through numerous projects, this team has become
familiar with the state of the City's water distribution
system. Recent projects such as the West LaPorte
Avenue Master Plan and Valve Replacement projects
show that Stantec is up to date with current City
waterline installation techniques such as utilizing line
stop valves to prevent interruption of service. Projects
such as the 24" Poudre Canyon RCP Pipeline
Rehabilitation, LaPorte 27" Pipeline Rehabilitation,
and Elizabeth Street Waterline Replacement
demonstrate that Stantec is ready to help the City
meet the demands of rehabilitating an aging
infrastructure. The ongoing cathodic protection
improvements and Rigden Storage Reservoir further
demonstrate our diversity and ability to work with
well -respected; City accepted Contractors (i.e. Hydro,
Garney, and Connell), Consultants, and
Subconsultants.
Stantec employs talented experts in trenchless
technologies (TT) who offer comprehensive services
and have demonstrated their ability to consider,
perform, and address complex design and
construction issues in the 24" Poudre Canyon RCP
Pipeline Rehabilitation, LaPorte 27" Pipeline
Rehabilitation, and Elizabeth Street Waterline
Replacement Projects. These large-scale projects
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included difficult locations and many unknowns
regarding the pipe and its condition and ultimately
showcased our ability to innovatively solve problems
during design and construction.
Rehabilitation of sanitary sewers is often made
difficult by the location of these lines relative to
existing features and site improvements. An example
is the recently completed North College Sanitary
Sewer Replacement project. The existing collector
line was located inopportunely under existing
commercial and residential buildings. Again in
coordination with Utilities and their selected
contractor Connell, we were able to utilize an
innovative method to ream the existing vitrified clay
pipe and replace the resultant void with an upsized
PVC pipe thus avoiding damage to structures and
interruption to the surrounding businesses. Another
good example was the Locust Street Sewer
Improvements Project (a spin-off from the Locust Street
Outfall project) that included the rehabilitation of old
sections of a sanitary sewer and associated service
lines. This work required the employment of trenchless
pipe bursting and directional drilling solutions which,
in addition to the North College project, further
demonstrates that Stantec is more than capable of
assisting the City with rehabilitating aging sections of
the City sewer collection system.
Our team's knowledge of the City's water and
wastewater treatment facilities - having worked on
cathodic protection, flood protection projects,
mapping of infrastructure systems, creation of datum
control and contouring, and preparation of
easements at both treatment and reclamation facility
sites - allows us to be ready to work on any of your
future projects without having to spend time
researching existing data, familiarizing ourselves with
the City's systems, and generally spending valuable
time and City funds getting up to speed.
Global Expertise, local Delivery
Stantec truly offers the City an engineering design
firm capable of solving a wide spectrum of
infrastructure problems. The unique aspect of Stantec
is that an extremely knowledgeable Fort Collins -based
team is backed by the resources and expertise of a
12,000-person engineering firm. Many firms can also
say this however; Stantec has demonstrated this on
many special projects involving hydraulic modeling,
and transient wave modeling and analysis. The
outlined project team is presently located within
minutes of City and Contractor offices and is a phone
call away. Past projects have required continuous
communication between the City, their contractors,
and the project team, and our close proximity will
enable timely and responsive communication. With
the Fort Collins Stantec office located at the
intersection of Zeigler and Harmony, opportunities
and resources are available locally to help facilitate
effective communication. Our past service to the City
has proven our ability and expertise; we will continue
to be available to the City within minutes to meet and
exceed your expectations.
Constructability
We are familiar with the City's APDS process; in fact,
Stantec was on the team for the first large-scale APDS
project and has helped prove that this process builds
a trusting and strong relationship between the City,
Contractor, and Engineer. We have experienced the
benefits of having the Contractor participate in the
design process and give valuable input on the
design, constructability, scheduling, and costs prior to
completion of the design documents. Working within
the APDS process takes time to develop an
understanding of the requirements and expectations
and develop a comfort level with the process. We
have spent over 13 years developing this
understanding and comfort level and have learned
valuable lessons along the way that we will bring to
all project teams. These lessons include the level of
detail necessary on the drawings and specifications
to convey the intent of the design, the necessity of
working together with all team members, and the
need for frequent and open communication. It is also
important to challenge ideas and understand that
open discussion ultimately benefits the whole team -
the Contractor, the City, and the Consultant - and the
community. Specific project examples where Stantec
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RFP 7515 .June 12, 2013
was involved in this process include from earlier times
the Locust Street Outfall and Sanitary Sewer
Improvements, and Sheldon Lake Drainage
Improvements, to more recent representative projects
such as the CSU Water Meter Replacements, Sheely
Subdivision Water and Sanitary Sewer
Improvements, North College Sanitary Sewer
Replacement, Mulberry / Poudre River Water and
Sanitary Sewer Relocations, sanitary sewer and
waterline improvements for the Bus Rapid Transit
(BRT) system improvements, and Elizabeth Street
Water Line Replacement.
Sustainability
Sustainability advocates using the triple bottom line in
decision -making. Essentially, costs are looked at
across three categories: social, economic, and
environmental. Rather than making decisions solely
on the basis of the economic bottom line, the three
bottom lines (social, economic, and environmental
impacts) are considered. We believe that the word
"sustainable" describes Stantec past, present and
future. We take a sustainable approach to our
projects, and we focus on life cycle solutions that
work to be cost-effective for our clients yet
environmentally responsible. Wherever possible we
attempt to design projects with real world sustainable
solutions such as encouraging the use of recycled
concrete, specifying recycled backfill material,
specifying reflect paints to reducing cooling
requirements, or looking to utilize trenchless
applications to reduce energy and material costs. We
also consider the impact on society when a project is
planned to minimize inconvenience to the general
public. The APDS process is a major contributor to
reducing the price of design and construction costs,
ultimately resulting in a reduction of costs to residents
and businesses within our city.
Availability
Stantec has the manpower, resources, technical
expertise, and overall qualifications and experience
to successfully complete a variety of projects for the
City in the coming years. We are confident that our
local, highly competent design team has the skills and
resources necessary to meet the requirements
presented by the City for future work. Stantec will
operate as a fully integrated member of your team,
acting as a seamless extension of your staff. In total
Stantec has over 105 staff (i.e. 30 in Fort Collins and
75 in Denver) in Colorado available to assist the
proposed project team, and more than 1,200 firm -
wide municipal infrastructure staff. This allows the
project team to truly draw on the knowledge and
expertise from company experts covering any water
resources or utility project if the need for additional
staffing should arise. Later in this section, we have
included a table showing the percent availability of
our design team over the next 12 months.
Public Relations
Through years of working on high -profile projects
with the City, our team is extremely familiar with the
emphasis the City places on public relations. As in
previous successfully completed projects, Stantec will
be cognizant of the need for designs to meet the
project goals while considering the best interest and
needs of the City's citizens. Stantec will continue to
work to support the City public relations staff with
timely information related to each project. To show
our commitment to public relations, Don Silar has
been trained in the methods of Systematic
Development of Informed Consent (SDIC) and Citizen
Participation -by -Objectives (CPO).
So Why Select Stantec
We are fully aware that other consultants who
propose on this contract will have skills that can be of
service to the City. We truly believe that the Stantec
differentiator is our proven following that will better
serve you throughout the period of this contract and
beyond.
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' ♦ Your Project Manager, Don Silar, has 36 years
of engineering experience in Fort Collins and the
surrounding area. He is familiar with all of the
' projects performed for Utilities dating back to
1988. He is also trained in Systematic
Development of Inform Consent (SDIC) Citizen
Participation -by -Objectives (CPO) for public
relations, has been trained by the City on your
Emergency Response procedures, and has taken
' the UP and BNSF Contractor Orientation Courses
for work around local railroads.
♦ We/Stantec have 25 years of experience with
Utilities staff.
♦ We have demonstrated long-term experience and
commitment to Utilities' APDS process.
' • Since the longest period of the City's exposure to
an infrastructure project is during the many years
following design and construction, our priorities
' during design go beyond just the technical
aspects and make long term operation and
maintenance serious considerations.
• We have a long -proven record of being
responsive to Utilities' needs and expectations.
♦ We have proven our ability to work as a team
with Utilities, Contractors, and Subconsultants, as
well as the general public.
♦ Our in-house capabilities span all areas of
general civil, surveying, condition assessment,
GIS, hydraulics, hydrology, environmental,
process, structural, electrical, mechanical,
transportation, and architectural engineering.
• Our strong and time -proven team includes
Brierley Associates and RUSTNOT Corrosion
Control Services.
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We have extensive experience in TT. This is
demonstrated by our 2012 national ranking of
14 in the top 50 Trenchless design firms, one of
our team members — Ken Matthews - was a
charter member and is now on the Executive
Committee of the Rocky Mountain Section of the
North American Society of Trenchless Technology
(NASTT), in 2012 we had over 160 in-house
trenchless technology professionals and designed
330 trenchless projects, including, of course, our
Post projects with the City.
Our local trenchless expertise includes pneumatic
ramming, auger boring, directional drilling,
cured -in -place lining, soft earth and split face
tunneling, Swagelining, sliplining, reaming,
micro -tunneling, and bursting. This is only a
portion of our company's overall experience with
trenchless technology. And as you can see in our
Qualifications section, our association with
Brierley Associates only strengths this expertise.
We have been involved with Utilities' cathodic
protection program for over four years and our
continued involvement will allow our knowledge
of the priorities, areas requiring attention, and
appropriate methodologies to continue. Since
cathodic protection is a specialty that requires a
significant learning curve, we have already gone
through the learning process when other
consultants would have to essentially start from
scratch.
♦ Our in-house files contain 25 years of "historical"
information on projects performed for Utilities
and our first-hand experience and knowledge of
Fort Collins' infrastructure and staff extends over
36 years.
In all, we, the Stantec Team, have a strong
commitment and demonstrated dedication to the City
of Fort Collins and very much wish to continue our
service to Utilities and the Fort Collins community!
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