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May 18, 2015
Ms. Pat Johnson
Senior Buyer
City of Fort Collins’ Purchasing Division
215 North Mason Street, 2nd Floor
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Subject: Request for Proposal 8115 Engineering Services for Water Reclamation and Biosolids Facility Design
and Construction
Dear Ms. Johnson and Members of the Selection Committee:
The Carollo/Ditesco Team understands how important it is for the City of Fort Collins to select an engineering
services team to not only provide technical and project management services, but to serve as a true partner to
Fort Collins Utilities and the Alternative Product Delivery System (APDS) team. As you will find in reading
the attached proposal, we offer you a project team and approach that promotes partnering and efficient project
delivery. The ability of our team to serve as your partner and to best assist you in implementing your vision as
an industry leader centers on the following:
Efficient Project Delivery – Carollo’s Electrical, Instrumentation & Controls (EI&C) and Ditesco
team members are seasoned in delivering projects with the City’s APDS. In addition our Project
Manager, Jason Garside, has a unique level of expertise and experience with alternative project delivery
methods similar to the City’s APDS, and has an effective manner of collaborating with multiple parties
to obtain input and then make decisions.
Creative and Sustainable Solutions – Carollo is a leader in assisting wastewater utilities to determine
creative solutions that consider all factors that affect the short-term implementation and long-term
operations of facility improvements. Our team has worked with a diverse array of wastewater facilities
along the Front Range and nationwide to understand the constraints that utilities face, and the
optimum solution to address those constraints and to meet specific project objectives. As your engineer,
we will collaborate with Utilities’ staff in developing creative and cost-effective solutions.
Wastewater Expertise – Our local team has completed more wastewater projects (by value) in
Colorado than any other engineering consultant over the last ten years. This experience specifically
covers the types of facility improvements that Fort Collins Utilities plans to implement in the near
future. Our local team is supported by over 400 professional engineers nationwide that are all dedicated
exclusively to water and wastewater projects.
We thank you for this opportunity, and look forward to continuing to provide Fort Collins Utilities the level
of service that it has come to expect from Carollo/Ditesco, and to continue to be your trusted partner in
delivering cost effective, innovative, and enjoyable projects.
Sincerely,
CAROLLO ENGINEERS, INC.
Jason Garside, P.E. Anthony Morroni, P.E.
Project Manager/Associate Vice President Client Service Manager/SeniorVice President
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EXHIBIT A
PROPOSAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Consultant hereby acknowledges receipt of the City of Fort Collins Utilities’ Request for
Proposal and acknowledges that it has read and agrees to be fully bound by all of the terms,
conditions and other provisions set forth in the RFP. Additionally, the Consultant hereby makes
the following representations to Utilities:
a. All of the statements and representations made in this proposal are true to the best of
the Consultant’s knowledge and belief.
b. The Consultant has obtained all necessary authorizations and approvals that will enable
the Consultant to commit to the terms provided in this proposal.
c. This proposal is a firm and binding offer, for a period of 180 days from the date hereof.
d. I further agree that the method of award is acceptable to my company.
e. I also agree to complete the proposed Agreements with the City of Fort Collins within 30
days of notice of award.
f. If contract is not completed and signed within 30 days, City reserves the right to cancel
and award to the next highest rated firm.
g. I acknowledge receipt of addenda.
Consultant Firm Name:
Physical Address:
Remit to Address:
Phone:
Authorized Agent of Firm Name:
Signature of Authorized Agent:
Primary Contact for Project:
Title: Email Address:
Phone: Cell Phone:
Carollo Engineers, Inc.
10822 West Toller Drive, Suite 200 • Littleton, CO 80127
PO Box 30835 • Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0835
303-980-8260
Anthony Morroni, P.E., Senior Vice President
Jason Garside, P.E.
Associate Vice President JGarside@carollo.com
303-980-8260 303-717-2907
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Executive Summary - page 1
Consultant Information/Firm Capability - page 2
Scope of Proposal - page 15
Availability - page 36
Sustainability/TBL Methodology - Section 5
Cost and Work Hours -page 38
Assigned Personnel - page 42
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Section 1 | Executive Summary
What We Heard From You
You have clearly defined your expectations for the engineering, design, construction management, and plant operational
services for your Water Reclamation Facilities (WRF). You want your engineering consultant to provide proven
technological solutions with innovation in mind, be able to deliver projects efficiently using your Alternative Product
Delivery System (APDS), and take advantage of the institutional knowledge of City staff and existing City policies and
procedures. You want an engineering consultant that is committed to the City and will maintain consistent personnel and
management throughout the duration of the 5-year contract.
You need sound, cost-effective technical solutions that preserve your investment in existing assets, while improving
reliability and functionality. You expect responsive engineering services that offer creative ideas to help you implement best-
value solutions while receiving local and national recognition over time as a pro-active, innovative utility. And ultimately,
you expect a collaborative effort among the City, APDS contractor, and your engineering consultant that keeps your staff
and other project team members fully engaged in the project delivery process.
As you will see in our proposal, we offer a project team with the experience, working relationships, and knowledge of your
project delivery approach to be able to completely address your project needs and expectations.
How We Will Collaborate to Achieve Your Vision
Our charge is to listen to your needs, collaboratively discuss solutions, and then deliver results to achieve the vision for your
facilities. In this process, you’ll get access to some of the top local and national expertise in water/wastewater. At Carollo,
water is all we do, which means that each and every one of our engineers shares your passion for excellence in water.
SECTION 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
You’ve already shown
innovative delivery
through your APDS
system, and we’re fully
on board. This contract
relationship will provide
you access to Carollo’s
leading water reclamation
innovators in Colorado and
across the country, helping
you achieve a new vision
of excellence. Our applied
research work will directly
benefit your projects, and
we’ll have opportunities to
implement your vision of
innovation and excellence
in the master plan and with
every project we implement
together.
Over the past two years, Front Range utilities have relied
on Carollo for wastewater process expertise
more than any other firm – particularly for nutrient
removal and UV systems. The reason? We work hard
every single day to understand each facility’s needs and
priorities, and deliver tailored solutions that work. It’s a
simple approach, but one that’s fallen to the wayside far
too often in our industry.
Driven
By Innovation
Delivering
Confidence
Trusting a consulting firm with your
wastewater projects for the next five years
is not easily earned. Carollo and Ditesco
will build on your confidence in our EI&C
and construction management roles –
earned through some 20 years of service –
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Section 2 | Firm Background
SECTION 2 CONSULTANT INFORMATION
AND FIRM CAPABILITY
Founded in 1933, Carollo is an environmental
engineering firm specializing exclusively in the
planning, design, and construction management of
water and wastewater facilities. We have had the
privilege of successfully completing major capital
projects for some of the largest wastewater treatment
facilities in the U.S.
Carollo maintains two offices in the Denver metro
area (Broomfield and Littleton) with professional
engineers and staff that have provided service to
Colorado clients for decades. Our local water and
wastewater team has completed projects for many of
the utilities along the Front Range.
Company Structure
Company Name: Carollo Engineers, Inc.
Type of Ownership: For-profit corporation owned by
50 shareholders nationwide
Number of Offices/Employees: 38 / 725
Headquarters: 2700 Ygnacio Valley Road, Suite 300
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Phone: 925-932-1710 | Fax: 925-930-0208
Local Office: 10822 West Toller Drive, Suite 200
Littleton, CO 80127
Phone: 303-980-8260 | Fax: 303-980-8277
Contact Information
Carollo Engineers – Denver Littleton
10822 West Toller Drive, Suite 200
Littleton, CO 80127
Contact: Jason Garside, P.E.
Associate Vice President
Ph: 303-980-8260 | Cell: 303-717-2907
Email: jgarside@carollo.com
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82 Years
specializing in
the planning,
design, and
construction
of water and
wastewater
facilities
95
Staff located in
our Broomfield
and Littleton
Offices
10 23
Years Carollo
(formerly
Morroni
Engineering)
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the City
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Section 2 | Firm Background
Carollo is teamed with Ditesco, a local engineering, program,
project, and construction management services firm based in the
City of Fort Collins, to provide the full range of staff services to
Fort Collins Utilities. Ditesco focuses on delivering value through
trust, dedication, and hard work. They use a total project
delivery philosophy that provides clients with a complete project
management effort from project conception through final close-
out.
Ditesco has successfully delivered over $400 million in project
value over the past 8 years alone. Staff augmentation services
account for nearly 75 percent of Ditesco’s annual revenue – a
true testament to client trust, service, and dedication. Ditesco
will serve a similar role for you at the wastewater treatment
facilities, including providing the onsite plant engineering
position you are looking to staff under this contract.
Carollo’s team and Ditesco have worked together on numerous
and successful Fort Collins projects, including the completed
Mulberry Water Reclamation Facility Improvements project,
North Treatment Train Improvements project, and the current
South Treatment Train Improvements project at the Drake Water
Reclamation Facility.
3 SUBCONSULTANTS
Brierley Associates
Brierley Associates is a privately held, national tunnel,
trenchless, geotechnical, and geostructural engineering and
design firm that has been “Creating Space Underground” for
over a decade. The firm is committed to providing accurate
and highly focused information to its clients in a timely and
cost-effective manner.
Brierley Associates’ combined experience of design and
construction phase services allows for well-balanced
designs with proper consideration of both design and
constructability issues from the project outset and strong
construction services during project construction.
Brierly Associates has worked with Carollo on the Ammonia
Treatment and Biosolids Dewatering project for the City of
Longmont and the Wemlinger Water Purification Facility
(WPF) Improvements project for Aurora, in addition to
several other projects company-wide. Robin Dornfest, PE
will lead the geotechnical evaluations for our proposed
project team.
King Surveyors, Inc.
King Surveyors, Inc. has been providing professional
topographical and land surveying services since 1985. Larry
Pepek, PLS will lead the surveying tasks for the our proposed
project team.
King Surveyors utilize the highest level of current
technological advancements in order to provide their
clients with the most up-to-date and cost effective services
available. With nine AutoCAD personnel and support from
eleven field crews, each project is completed efficiently and
on schedule.
King Surveyors follows very strict guidelines for quality
control, both in the field and in the office. Their office
currently utilizes the PLSC (Professional Land Surveyors of
Colorado) checklist for all survey plats and also performs an
independent geometry check prior to plat recording.
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4 QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Carollo is an environmental engineering firm specializing in the planning, design,
and construction of water and wastewater facilities. Carollo’s reputation is based
upon client service and a continual commitment to quality. We currently maintain
38 offices in 16 states.
Carollo is recognized nationally for our technical capabilities, sustainable design
principles, innovative strategies, and quality work. The City has witnessed first-hand
our local team’s commitment to providing fresh perspectives, practical designs with
long-term benefits, effective project management, and exceptional client service.
The Carollo team will draw on experience gained from similar projects across the
nation to address the needs of your water reclamation and biosolids facility design
and construction projects.
Wastewater Capital Improvement Work
Carollo has designed new or improved facilities for over 200 wastewater treatment
plants. We have performed major projects for 10 of the 14 wastewater treatment
plants in the western U.S. that treat more than 100 mgd. Wastewater treatment
plants designed by Carollo range in size from less than 1 to over
300 mgd. In the State of Colorado alone, we have designed new and upgraded
wastewater facilities for the City of Longmont, the Metro Wastewater Reclamation
District, Boulder, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs Utilities, and others. We also
assisted with the regional planning that led to development of the new Northern
Treatment Plant being constructed near Brighton. Our recent projects in north
central Colorado (e.g., Boulder and Longmont) have focused on innovative and
flexible approaches to meeting
the state’s new nutrient criteria
in Regulations 85 and 31, which
are challenging virtually every
facility along the Front Range.
Master Planning
Carollo is a leader in the
development of award-winning,
comprehensive master plans for
cities and wastewater agencies facing a variety of complex issues. We have
provided master planning services for municipal utilities with wastewater
facilities ranging in capacity from less than 1 mgd to more than 300
mgd. Within the past five years alone, Carollo has prepared wastewater
treatment master plans for more than 40 wastewater treatment facilities.
Our projects range from small planning studies to comprehensive regional
master plans. Our professionals provide cost-effective solutions that
utilize existing facilities to the greatest extent possible and limit treatment
alternatives and capital expenditures to the most reliable and easy-to-
implement options.
WATER AND WASTEWATER EXPERTS
Carollo provides the right
combination of relevant
experience, collaborative
approach to project delivery,
dedication to providing
innovative and cost effective
solutions, and focus on client
satisfaction that is the right fit
for the City of Fort Collins.
Water is our focus, our business, and
our passion. This focus allows us to put
all our resources and energy in providing
innovative, sustainable solutions for the
clients we serve. From pump stations,
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Section 2 | Firm Background
Leaders in UV Disinfection
Carollo is recognized as a leader in UV disinfection in the
region, around the country, and worldwide. Our applied
UV experience provides an unmatched ability to deliver
successful UV disinfection facilities, from conceptual
design to startup. Carollo provides leadership in research,
performance testing on full-scale UV reactors, and design
of new and retrofit systems. Highlights include:
• Dose Monitoring and Control. Carollo has developed
new dose monitoring and control approaches adopted
by commercial UV vendors, including Wedeco, Calgon,
Trojan, Ozonia, Severn Trent, ETS, and Aquionics.
• Research and Development. Carollo has been the
Principal and Co-Principal Investigator leading 14 UV
projects for the WateReuse Foundation (WRF), Water
Environment Research Federation (WERF), Water
Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF), defining
state-of-the-art in UV implementation.
• USEPA UV Disinfection Guidance Manual.
Carollo was selected by EPA to develop and write key
sections of USEPA UV Disinfection Guidance Manual
(UVDGM), including UV fundamentals, validation,
piloting, design, and operation.
• NWRI UV Validation. The National Water Research
Institute selected two Carollo staff members (out
of seven total experts) to develop their 2012 UV
Guidelines, and Carollo does more UV validation work
than any other firm.
• Facility Design and Commissioning. In the past five
years, Carollo has designed and implemented more
than 30 wastewater UV installations.
UV Manufacturer Equipment Validation Engineer
NeoTech Aqua (US) Disinfection Series Carollo and Trussel
NeoTech Aqua (Korea) Disinfection Series Carollo
Trojan Technologies UV Signa Carollo and HydroQual
Trojan Technologies UV3000Plus Carollo and HydroQual
Trojan Technologies UV4000 Carollo
Trojan Technologies UVFIT Carollo
Wedeco, Inc. TAK55HP Carollo
Wedeco, Inc. LBX 90 Carollo
Wedeco, Inc. Duron Carollo
Wedeco, Inc. LBX 200 Carollo
Wedeco, Inc. LBX 400 Carollo
Wedeco, Inc. LBX 550 Carollo
Wedeco, Inc. LBX 750 Carollo
Wedeco, Inc. LBX 1000 Carollo
Ozonia 40 HO VLS Carollo and HydroQual
Ozonia 3X HO VLS Carollo and HydroQual
Siemens Barrier HydroQual
Aquionics, Inc. InLine 400+ Carollo
Aquionics, Inc. InLine 1000+ Carollo
Aquionics, Inc. InLine 4500+ Carollo
Aquionics, Inc. InLine 5000+ Carollo
Aquionics, Inc. InLine 7500+ Carollo
Aquionics, Inc. InLine 16000+ Carollo
Aquionics, Inc. InLine 18000+ Carollo
Severn Trent Services Microwave UV Carollo
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Section 2 | Firm Background
The team shown in the organizational chart below
provides the City with a strong bench of expertise
covering a variety of areas that are important to you.
We believe that the Carollo/Ditesco Team members
are those best capable of integrating with the City
and the APDS contractor to complete your upcoming
water reclamation and biosolids projects. If the City
has preferences for any other team members or roles we
should consider to serve you better, we are very open to
accommodate these changes.
A sample of the reasons that our proposed project team
is the right choice for the City include the following:
• Our project manager, Jason Garside and other key
staff know alternative delivery and your APDS.
• Our proposed plant engineer, Jill Burrell, knows the
City’s procurement and project delivery processes,
Master Planning - John Rehring, P.E.
Process/Nutrients/Resource Recovery - Tanja Rauch-Williams, Ph.D., P.E.
UV Disinfection/Water Reclamation - Andy Salveson, P.E.
Carbon Management - Jeff Berlin, P.E.
Electrical/I&C - Chris Heger, P.E.
Electrical/I&C - Monte Richard, P.E.
Structural - Gary Sagehorn, P.E.
Sustainability/Triple Bottom Line - Sarah Deslauriers, P.E.
Solids/Energy/Co-Digestion - Becky Luna, P.E.
Process/Design - Mary Beth Sullivan, Ph.D., P.E.
Geotechnical - Robin Dornfest1
Surveyor - Larry Pepek, PLS2
Pipelines/Pumping - Jim Kriss, P.E.
Civil/Hydraulics - Bart Giles, P.E
Carollo Task Leads & Discipline Engineers
400+ other W/WW professionals (as needed)
Project Advisors
Client Service Manager - Anthony Morroni, P.E.
Operations/Planning - Bill Tomerlin
Treatment Process - John Fraser, P.E.
APDS Contractor
As Assigned by
Fort Collins Utilities
Contractual Relationship
Working Relationship
Note:
1. Brierley Associates
2. King Surveyors, Inc.
Carollo Project Manager
Jason Garside, P.E. Construction Manager - Keith Meyer, P.E.
Plant Engineer - Jill Burrell
Ditesco Services
Construction Manager - George Latour
Construction Admin - Lindsay Reichel
Ditesco Support Staff
is a fast learner, is eager to support the City in new
responsibilities, and has very good working relationships
with the City staff.
• Our team’s recognized process experts have completed
recent nutrient removal analyses and designs for more
Front Range utilities than any other firm.
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Section 2 | Firm Background
KEY PERSONNEL OF OUR PROPOSED PROJECT TEAM
Jason Garside, P.E.| Project Manager | 18 Years of Experience
Project Team Responsibility:
• City’s main point of contact
• Oversight of project team
• Facilitate efficient team decision-making
• Project team leader
Value to the City:
• Project manager for diversity of wastewater/water
capital improvement projects
• Experience with alternative delivery projects valued over
$1 billion
Keith Meyer, P.E.| Construction Manager | 20 Years of Experience
Project Team Responsibility:
• Constructability review
• Resource allocation
• APDS champion
• Construction quality oversight
Value to the City:
• 15 years of experience working with the City
• Understands WWTP operations
• Alternative delivery expertise
• Construction/contract admin expertise
Jill Burrell| Plant Engineer | 5 Years of Experience
Project Team Responsibility:
• Plant engineering services
• Project leader/driver
• Resident engineering services
• Onsite; single point of contact
Value to the City:
• 3 Years of experience with WWTPs
• Local presence
• Familiarity with the City’s operations personnel
• Familiarity with the City’s procurement policies
Anthony Morroni, P.E.| Project Advisor - Client Service Manager | 35 Years of Experience
Project Team Responsibility:
• Resource management
• Oversight of E/I&C
• Conflict resolution
• Quality management
Value to the City:
• 23 years of experience with the City
• Understand and active participant in the City’s APDS
process
• Knowledge of the City’s E/I&C standards
Bill Tomerlin| Project Advisor - Operations and Planning | 41 Years of Experience
Project Team Responsibility:
• APDS champion
• Trusted advisor
• Institutional knowledge
• Master planning
Value to the City:
• 26 years of experience with the City
• 9 years of experience as Carollo PM with the City’s plant
projects
• Active participant in the City’s APDS process
John Fraser, P.E.| Project Advisor - Treatment Process Advisor| 32 Years of Experience
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Jeff Berlin, P.E.| Carbon Management | 15 Years of Experience
Project Team Responsibility:
• Optimize carbon management approach
• Maximize use of available internal carbon
• Integrate the design of improvements and facilities
Value to the City:
• Extensive experience with carbon optimization
• A focus on sustainability of process modifications built
on experience
Chris Heger, P.E.| Electrical/I&C| 7 Years of Experience
Project Team Responsibility:
• Lead E/I&C designs
• Maintain E/I&C standards
• Coordinate with Fort Collins vendors, contractors,
staff and E/I&C team
Value to the City:
• 7 years of experience with over 17 projects for the City
of Fort Collins
• Understanding of the City’s E/I&C standards for
drawings, tagging, and equipment preferences
Monte Richard, P.E.| Electrical/I&C| 12 Years of Experience
Project Team Responsibility:
• Backup for E/I&C designs
• Maintain E/I&C standards
• Coordinate with Fort Collins vendors, contractors,
staff and E/I&C team
Value to the City:
• 11 years of experience with the City
• Understand City’s APDS process
• Familiarity with Fort Collins E/I&C staff and ICE team
Gary Sagehorn, P.E.| Structural| 34 Years of Experience
Project Team Responsibility:
• Lead structural engineer for studies and designs
• Condition assessment and rehab/replace decision
support
• Assess retrofit options for UV and other systems
Value to the City:
• Carollo’s national lead structural engineer
• Practical approach to retrofit decisions
• Thorough understanding of long-term structural
implications
Sarah Deslauriers, P.E.| TBL Analysis| 18 Years of Experience
Project Team Responsibility:
• Lead TBL Analysis
• Sustainability Evaluations and Decision making
support
Value to the City:
• Carollo’s TBL Analysis/Sustainability Lead
• National insight into sustainability activities undertaken
by progressive utilities
• Alignment of wastewater utility projects with Fort
Collin’s City sustainability initiatives
Robin Dornfest, P.G., CPG| Geotechnical| 16 Years of Experience
Project Team Responsibility:
• Geotechnical analysis
• Geotechnical studies and recommendations
Value to the City:
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6 REFERENCES AND RECOMMENDED SITE VISITS
In order to maintin the high level of service your community has come to expect, you need a team with
treatment plant experience in multiple process areas. You need a team that has experience with and
understands a wide range of treatment technologies and where they are applicable. And, you need a
team that is experienced in making major renovations and additions inside a working plant that must
remain on-line and in-compliance with permit requirements. The Carollo-Ditesco team brings you this
valuable experience!
Ammonia Treatment and Biosolids Dewatering – City of Longmont, CO
Description
The Ammonia Treatment and Biosolids Dewatering Project, budgeted at
$30 million, consists of upgrades to the secondary treatment process to
remove ammonia and replacement of the existing biosolids dewatering
with a new centrifuge dewatering facility. The secondary upgrades include
modifications to the existing step feed aeration basins to improve the
reliability of daily ammonia limit compliance, particularly with the impact of
a new centrate return stream.
Carollo has been the City’s trusted advisor in biological nutrient removal
(BNR) process optimization and design since 2011. This started with a
planning study to evaluate approaches to meet new ammonia and nitrogen
limits, as well as future phosporus limits. Subsequently, Carollo (partnered
with PCL Construction) was selected as the design/builder, and is currently
developing the guaranteed maximum price agreement for the initiation of
construction, based upon a 60-percent design.
Owner: City of Longmont
Reference: Mr. Joe Michalski, P.E., Project
Manager, (303) 651-8612
Team Members: Jason Garside, Project
Controls Manager; Becky Luna, Project
Manager; Tanja Rauch-Williams, Process
Engineer; Jeff Berlin, Design Manager
Dates of Service: 2014 – 2017 (est.)
Carollo performed process and hydraulic
modeling to determine the most cost-
effective approach to modifying the City’s
existing aeration basins.
Relevance to Fort Collins
• Alternative product delivery (progressive design/build).
• Wastewater capital improvements to existing facility.
• Integrated project team approach with owner, engineer, and contractor.
• Facility planning, BNR for nitrogen removal, solids dewatering/handling.
• Best-value selection of major equipment (centrifuge, clarifier mechanism,
etc.).
Carollo has experienced unprecedented growth nationally, growth we
believe is driven by our approach to client service and the innovative
solutions we consistently bring to the table. The reason being, we believe,
rests not simply with the creative thinking we bring to the project or
our depth of experience, but with the manner in which our services are
delivered. Frankly put, we are responsive to the needs of our clients, we
customize our solutions to fit their needs (no “cookie-cutter” approach),
and we listen carefully to learn from their experiences and to understand
their preferences. Our growth and success is driven by our ability to listen
to our clients’ needs and then respond with innovative solutions that ultimately solve the technical problem while reducing
capital and operating costs.
Several reference projects are provided below for projects completed within the last five years. Although we consider the
Carollo/Ditesco team’s projects completed for Fort Collins Utilities as “reference projects,” we chose to include projects
that were for other clients so the City can see what else we have completed and to hear from other owners. When you
contact our references, we are confident you will hear phrases that include the words “innovation,” “responsiveness,” and
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75th Street Wastewater Treatment Facility Nitrogen Upgrades Design Project – City of Boulder, CO
Building on previous experience with Boulder, Carollo was selected to
design nutrient improvements to meet the current permit requirements for
nitrogen as well as CDPHE Regulation 85 TIN limits. The project included
evaluation and full-scale testing to optimize internal carbon sources and
minimize the need for external carbon addition. A carbon addition facility
was designed to store and feed both acetic acid and a local industrial carbon
source to the aeration basins on an as-needed basis.
In addition, modifications to the existing aeration basins include
construction of new baffle walls, addition of a swing zone, and modifications
to existing diffuser grids to convert to a 4-stage Bardenpho process for
improved nitrogen removal.
See www.carollo.com for a 9News segment on Boulder’s carbon
optimization.
Owner:
City of Boulder
Reference: Mr. Douglas Sullivan,
Project Manager, (303) 441-3244
Team Members: Tanja Rauch-Williams, Process
Lead; Jeff Berlin, Project Engineer; John
Fraser, Technical Advisor; Becky Luna, Design
Manager; Monte Richard, EI&C
Date of Service: 2013 – 2016 (est.)
Carollo designed simple and cost-effective
modifications to Boulder’s existing
aeration basins to reduce nitrate while not
compromising nitrification performance.
Relevance to Fort Collins
• Wastewater capital improvements to existing facility.
• BNR modifications to existing aeration basins.
• Evaluation and implementation of carbon addition for improved
denitrification.
• Design of electrical, instrumentation, and control elements for successful
integration into facility SCADA system.
PAR 1088 Northern Treatment Plant Owner’s Advisor – Metro Wastewater Reclamation District, Denver, CO
Description
The Northern Treatment Plant (NTP) Program implements regional
wastewater treatment and transmission facilities to serve the northern
portion of the Denver metropolitan area. The $475-million (original
budget) program includes the development of a 24-mgd “greenfield”
treatment facility currently being constructed and scheduled to be
operational by 2016.
Carollo has served the Metro District since 2000 on its planning efforts
for the NTP. Since 2009, Carollo has further served the Metro Wastewater
Reclamation District (MWRD) by developing and facilitating the
program planning, identifying alternative delivery packages and project
prioritization, leading procurement of design/builders, developing the
conceptual design for all aspects of the advanced treatment plant, providing
permitting support, preparing a management/business plan, and performing
construction oversight of the design/builders.
Owner:
Metro Wastewater Reclamation District
Reference: Mr. John Kuosman, P.E.,
Northern Treatment Plant O&M Director,
(303) 286-3301
Team Members: Jason Garside, Program Task
Lead; Tanja Rauch-Williams, Process Engineer;
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Our Team’s Recent Similar Experience
Alternative Project Delivery
Facility Planning/Study
Engineering Design Services
Electrical, Instrumentation &
Control Design Services
Construction Support
Services
Operational Engineering
Services
Geotech/Survey
UV Disinfection
Biological Treatment
Solids Handling
Project Reference
PAR 1088 Northern Treatment Plant Owner’s Advisor – Metro
Wastewater Reclamation District, CO
Ammonia Treatment and Biosolids Dewatering – Longmont, CO
Mulberry Water Reclamation Facility Improvements – Fort Collins
Water Utilities, CO
Drake Water Reclamation Facility – Fort Collins Water Utilities, CO
Sand Creek Water Reclamation Facility Blower/UV Replacement
Project – Aurora, CO
Hillsboro Wastewater Treatment Facility UV Disinfection Upgrade –
Clean Water Services, OR
75th Street WWTF Nitrogen Upgrades Project – Boulder, CO
PAR 1085 South Secondary Treatment Improvements – Metro
Wastewater Reclamation District, CO
Motor Control Center and Switchgear Replacement – Fort Collins
Water Utilities, CO
Longmont Nutrient Improvements Planning Study and Biosolids
Facilities Planning Project – Longmont, CO
Las Vegas WWTP Improvements – Colorado Springs Utilities, CO
Utility Plan Update and Preliminary Engineering Services – Plum
Creek Water Reclamation Authority, Castle Rock, CO
Farmer’s Korner WWTP Alternative Evaluation, Planning, and
Permitting Studies and Design – Upper Blue Sanitation District,
Breckenridge, CO
Process and UV Upgrades – Norman, OK
Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade and Expansion - City of
Manhattan, KS
Water Reclamation Plant UV Upgrade Design - City of Grants Pass,
OR
Northwest WWTP Expansion - City of Springfield, MO
Pierce County Public Works and Utilities UV Disinfection Upgrades
– University Place, WA
Phase 1A & 2 Biological Nutrient Removal/Tertiary Treatment
Facility Design – Modesto, CA
Within the last 15 years, Carollo has provided wastewater design services for facilities across the United States.
Along the Front Range, we have been a leader in design and optimization of wastewater treatment facilities, having worked
with many local utilities.
Carollo prides itself on continuing relationships that we have developed with our clients. The table below highlights
our team’s recent experience related to services and capabilities relevant to the City’s upcoming capital improvements
needs. The following pages include project descriptions
and references for projects with similar project elements.
You will see in reviewing the project descriptions that the
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Mulberry Water Reclamation
Facility Improvements – City of
Fort Collins Utilities, CO
Drake Water Reclamation
Facility – City of Fort Collins
Utilities, CO
Sand Creek Water Reclamation
Facility Blower/UV
Replacement Project – City of
Aurora, CO
Using the City’s APDS, Carollo and
Ditesco were part of the project team
that delivered this critical infrastructure
project on-time and on-budget.
Using the City’s APDS, Carollo and
Ditesco were part of the project team
that delivered this critical infrastructure
project on-time and on-budget.
Carollo’s Andy Salveson took a hands-
on approach to assess Aurora’s UV
disinfection needs.
Reference:
Mr. Link Mueller, Special Projects
Manager, (970) 222-0465
Project Description:
Carollo performed the E/I&C design for
the Mulberry Water Reclamation Facility
Improvements project, and Ditesco
provided engineering, risk management,
and construction management services
for this $20M project.
Dates of Service:
2008 - 2010
Original/Final Costs:
$698,723 / $698,705 (to-date)
Team Involvement: Keith Meyer,
Anthony Morroni, Chris Heger,
Monte Richard, Bill Tomerlin
Reference:
Mr. Link Mueller, Special Projects
Manager, (970) 222-0465
Project Description:
Carollo has performed the EI&C design
for the Drake Water Reclamation Facility
for the last 15 years. For typical projects
Carollo’s responsibilities include working
with Fort Collins Utilities as well as the
team APDS contractor through design,
construction, factory testing, field
testing, and startup. Ditesco assisted
with the $5M reconstruction project for
the facility.
Dates of Service:
2011 - 2013
Original/Final Costs:
$323,748/ $313,731
Team Involvement: Keith Meyer,
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Phase 2 WRF Improvements –
City of Norman, OK
Hillsboro WWTF UV
Disinfection Upgrade – Clean
Water Services, Hillsboro, OR
PAR 1085 South Secondary
Treatment Improvements –
Metro Wastewater Reclamation
District, Denver, CO
Carollo justified use of lower UVT criteria,
using our equipment validation expertise
to reduce system costs.
Carollo’s compact layout of the UV
facility provided adequate space for O&M
while minimizing capital cost and overall
footprint.
The construction cost for the PAR 1085
improvements is $135 million. Carollo
is currently providing construction
management services for the project.
Reference:
Mr. Mark Daniels, P.E. Project Manager
(405) 366-5377
Project Description:
Carollo provided study and design
services for Norman’s WRF expansion
from an average 12 to 17 mgd (peak 36
mgd). Carollo designed a UV disinfection
system and diffused air post-aeration
facility. Carollo worked closely with
state regulators to justify a lower
design UV transmittance (UVT) than
state guidance requires, drawing on our
national experience to provide multiple
references and data from successfully
operating lower UVT facilities across the
country. This work resulted in the state’s
first-ever UVT variance, significantly
reducing equipment sizing and costs
while meeting discharge water quality
requirements.
Dates of Service:
2012 – 2014
Original/Final Costs:
$2,295,820 / $2,295,820
Team Involvement: Andy Salveson,
Gary Sagehorn
Reference:
Mr. Steve Kebbe, Project Manager,
(503) 547-8198
Project Description:
Carollo evaluated existing water quality
criteria and collimated beam test results
to develop design criteria for the new
UV equipment. Criteria was selected
that provided disinfection under a range
of operating flow and UV transmittance
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Motor Control Center and
Switchgear Replacement – City
of Fort Collins Utilities, CO
Utility Plan Update and
Preliminary Engineering
Services – Plum Creek Water
Reclamation Authority, CO
Nutrient Planning Study and
Biosolids Facilities Planning
Project – City of Longmont, CO
Mulberry Water Reclamation Facility
profibus enabled automatic switchgear.
Carollo assessed various alternatives
to comply with stringent anticipated
Regulation 31 permit limits for total
nitrogen and total phosphorous.
Carollo used CDF modeling to
determine the most cost effective
modifications to increase secondary
clarifier capacity.
Reference:
Mr. Link Mueller, Project Manager,
(970) 222-0465
Project Description:
Carollo has performed the electrical
design for several electrical equipment
replacement projects including:
Mulberry Water Reclamation Facility
(MWRF): Four motor control centers,
Service entrance automatic transfer
switchgear, complete electrical system
study including arc flash study
Drake Water Reclamation Facility
(DWRF): Five motor control centers,
complete electrical system study
including arc flash study
Laporte Water Treatment Facility (LWTF):
Automatic transfer switchgear, three
standby generators, complete electrical
system study including arc flash study.
Dates of Service:
2007 - On-going
Original/Final Costs:
Multiple projects completed on or below
budget.
Team Involvement: Bill Tomerlin,
Anthony Morroni, Chris Heger,
Monte Richard
Reference:
Ms. Martha Hahn, Project Manager,
(303) 688-1991
Project Description:
Carollo updated the Utility Plan and
developed a recommended path for
maintaining compliance with existing and
future permit limits. In addition, the Utility
Plan Update evaluated possible options
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SECTION 3 SCOPE OF PROPOSAL
1 SERVICES PROVIDED
You know Carollo’s core values from seeing them in action based on our long history of electrical and I&C
work at your facilities – the quality of our work, our commitment to listening and collaboration, and the
innovation that keeps us and our clients at the forefront of our industry.
We’re excited about the opportunity to now share a deeper bench of skill sets with you. After all, water is all we
do, and all we’ve done in our 82 years in business. That means that we attract some of the best in the business,
and that every one of us is dedicated to the water industry, just as you are. As shown throughout this proposal,
Front Range communities and districts have made Carollo the go-to firm for wastewater process engineering.
From master plans to UV designs, BNR studies to design/build of advanced nutrient facilities, we’ve shown
what our core values can translate to on the job site.
This contract affords Fort Collins Utilities access to Carollo’s full suite of wastewater engineering services, from
conceptual planning studies through services during construction. We’ve teamed with some of the best local
talent to further round out our responsive service capabilities, including some of your go-to staff at Ditesco,
Brierley Associates, and King Surveyors. And we’ll gladly add other specialists to the team as project needs
warrant. After all, it’s not about us – it’s about you and how we can best deliver successful projects for you.
Examples of the types of services we stand ready to provide under this contract are shown below. Later in this
section, we detail out an approach to two projects as requested in the RFP, to show you how we can apply our
experience and process-related ideas to help you further your goals of reliable, cost-effective service through
industry leadership.
Asset Management
Condition Assessment
Hydraulic Modeling
Process Modeling
Flow and Load Projections
Aeration Optimization
Biosolids Management
Energy Efficiency and
Energy Recovery
Nutrient Removal and
Recovery
Regulatory and Permitting
Support
Funding/Financing and
Rate Studies
Sustainability evaluations
Environmental Management
Triple Bottom Line Analysis
Planning and Analysis
Civil
Structural
Mechanical
Electrical
Instrumentation & Controls
Geotechnical
Surveying
Cost Estimating
Pumping and Conveyance
Systems
Design
Alternate Delivery/APDS
Owner’s Advisory Services
Construction Management,
Inspection, and Resident
Engineering
Engineering Services During
Construction
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2 PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Meet your local, collaborative Project Manager
Jason will be the primary point-of-contact for the City throughout all phases and for all projects
associated with the contract. He will coordinate efforts of the Carollo/Ditesco team and provide
oversight of the technical project delivery. He will have overall responsibility for project planning,
monitoring, and reporting to the City. Jason will provide that the work plan and quality assurance/quality
control (QA/QC) processes are followed and that project staffing commitments are in place.
Jason has been providing engineering consulting service to clients along the Front Range and Rocky
Mountain region since completing graduate school in 1996. He is a process/design engineer by trade,
having delivered numerous water/wastewater projects from planning through construction. His recent experience includes
assisting clients such as the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District and the City of Longmont deliver their design-build
projects. Jason’s project management style is to plan ahead, assign the right people to the right task, get input from the best
resources, and frequently check-in with team members. Jason recognizes that the most important aspect of managing a
project is constant communication with the client and informing them of the status of project activities, good and bad.
A Minute with Your Project Manager
I am excited about the possibility of working with Fort Collins Utilities’ staff to deliver
projects and to help the City continue its track record of excellence. This role fi ts
well with my background and interests. I have had the opportunity to manage and/
or engineer numerous projects from planning, to design, and through construction
and start-up. I have also had the opportunity to assist clients with managing the
delivery of design-build projects, aff ording me a comprehensive understanding of
collaborative project delivery. This combination of experiences and background fi t well
with the City’s implementation of wastewater treatment projects using its APDS.
I am a believer in collaborative project delivery, and that the most eff ective means of delivering a project
is to have all parties (owner, engineer and contractor) at the table from day one. With multiple team
members, it takes diligence from the project manager to obtain input from all parties, evaluate the
options to solving a particular issue, make a decision, and then document the decision. The key is regular
communication, adequate but effi cient analysis and evaluation, and empowered decision making.
I understand this process, and the diligence that is required.
Although I am new to working with Fort Collins Utilities, I have the benefi t of having worked with many
of our team members and will also rely initially on our EI&C group and Ditesco to assimilate and become
intimately familiar with your facilities and processes/people/procedures. Because your APDS system is
so similar to project delivery methods I have worked with frequently in the past (eg., progressive design-
build), I will be able to jump right in!
d with frequently in the past (eg., progress
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Project Management and Delivery -
It starts with Communication
Carollo has rigorous procedures for project management.
These have been developed and refined over our eight-
decade history and contribute to our responsiveness to our
clients’ needs. Key elements of our management approach
include:
• Emphasis on communication with the client and within
the project team.
• Key senior staff involvement.
• Frequent comparison of planned versus actual budget and
schedule.
These are detailed in the following sections. Inherent to
our project delivery approach is the fact that Carollo has
a Client Services Manager (CSM), normally a member of
senior management, actively participate in each project.
Our CSM, Anthony Morroni, will continue his role for
the City’s projects by monitoring the work progress and
providing technical overview to resolve concerns before
they become significant problems.
The Project Management Plan (PMP) is
a Powerful Tool for Controlling Cost and
Schedule
The PMP is our internal “playbook”– it provides that the
highest quality standards are met, and is a powerful tool
that helps our project management team coordinate the
consultant work effort, control the project, and meet your
expectations. The PMP is created during the initial planning
of the work, and serves as the basis for development of all
deliverables. This document will meld the City’s specific
requirements with our established processes and systems.
Once the PMP has been accepted, the document becomes a
dynamic tool and document for successful project delivery.
Scope, Budget, and Schedule Control
Project Staffing Planning - Staffing is key to successful
project management and an integral part of our quality
management program. Our fundamental approach is to
assemble the best-qualified team to match the project
requirements. We then review the scope of the project and
review staffing levels and budgets from similar projects to
estimate labor requirements to complete a project.
Monitor Budgets - Each project manager has access to the
labor hours charged to each job and can monitor project
budget on a daily basis. Using the cumulative hours, percent
of budget used is calculated and plotted on the project
S-curve. The project manager can then assess the following:
• Are percent complete and percent budget expended close
to the planned curve?
• Are percent complete and percent budget expended
curves parallel, converging or diverging?
• Does the rate of progress match the budget expenditure
rate?
This is monitored monthly in relation to the progress of
the project to allow early detection of potential budget or
schedule problems.
Establishing and Maintaining Schedules - Schedules
are established by identifying project milestones and
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Collaboration and Communication
Open lines of communication with the project team
reduce the need for changes in work product, minimize
the opportunity for mistakes, and helps maintain schedules
and deliverables. Key communication activities include the
following:
Up Front Planning of the Work
Carollo has found that project success is founded on the
development of thorough plans prior to project execution.
A thorough plan must clearly identify goals and objectives
and then establish the activities required to complete the
task.
But the development of the plan is only the start. Once a
plan is approved, it must be communicated amongst the
team. And it does not stop there. All plans are frequently
reviewed and updated as a project evolves to meet the
needs of the project.
Communication Does Not End Between Carollo and
Fort Collins!
Getting the best ideas in front of you may mean inviting
external industry experts into our meetings to bring you a
first hand source on possible ideas and solutions you should
consider. Carollo has organized expert panels for various
clients in past projects to bring the best thinkers in our
industry to your door.
Quality Assurance/Quality Control
Our approach to quality is based on applying the “right
reviews” at the “right time” to make sure that the project
starts off correctly and ends successfully. We define our
quality management goals as:
• Minimizing errors and omissions in all work products.
• Controlling design and construction costs by “doing it
right the first time.”
• Maintaining schedule and permit compliance through
efficient delivery.
To achieve these goals and to meet our own quality
expectations, we will prepare a project-specific quality
management plan (QMP) as an element of the PMP that
details methods and procedures to verify that design and
resulting documents meet the City and industry quality
standards.
Risk Management
Our approach to successfully delivering projects not only
seeks to identify opportunities that maximize value, but also
identifies and weighs any associated risks to develop the
most effective project and program. Our team has developed
and embedded an effective value vs. risk decision-making
framework within the project delivery life-cycle that guides
this process.
Our team will develop individual project delivery plans that
outline project-specific delivery schedules, risk management
plans, and value optimization approaches. We will also
identify and develop plans to address all potential issues and
technical constraints. This proven delivery approach has
realized large cost savings on previous projects.
Key Communication Activities
• Regular (i.e., multiple times per week) email and phone contact between our Project Manager, Jason Garside, and the
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We have used the collaborative power of owners, contractors,
Carollo, and our engineering partners to deliver results.
A Team with APDS Experience
It is critical that the City’s engineering consultant know
how to deliver projects in accordance with your APDS, and
know how to function as part of an integrated project team
with the City’s staff and contractor. Our proposed team is
comprised of individuals that have been delivering projects
with the City using the APDS since the City implemented
alternative delivery. Over the last 5 years, the Carollo/
Ditesco team has worked with the City to deliver over $40
million of projects using your APDS.
Some of the highlights of our experience with your APDS
include the following:
• Bill Tomerlin helped establish and refine the APDS
when he worked for the City.
• Anthony Morroni, Monte Richards, Chris Heger, and
Keith Meyer have collectively worked on a significant
number of projects with the City using your APDS.
• We’re currently working with you and a multi-firm team
of both consultants and contractors on the Rigden Pond
project using APDS.
• Keith Meyer, Jill Burrell, and Chris Heger are actively
working the South Train Improvements Project at the
Drake WRF using your APDS.
This level of experience with your APDS is a clear
differentiator of our team.
Similar Alternative Delivery Experience
Our project manager, Jason Garside, was chosen to lead
our team due in large part to his extensive experience with
alternative project delivery. Jason is considered one of
Carollo’s experts in assisting clients deliver projects with
collaborative, integrated delivery approaches. Jason brings
his experience and lessons learned in delivering wastewater
projects using alternative delivery, and his team-oriented
approach, to the City’s projects. Over the last five years,
Jason has assisted with the delivery of alternative delivery
projects valued over $1 billion.
Each of the Carollo team members proposed for Fort Collins
is experienced and comfortable working in a team-based
environment through an owner, contractor, and engineer
partnership. Over the years and across many projects,
we’ve participated in all forms of delivery models including
design/build, formal and informal contractor involvement
during planning and design, and contractor partnering. To
best meet the delivery needs of each client and project, we
formed the Carollo Project Delivery Services group – with
key national leaders in our Denver offices.
Partnering Process Experience
A key aspect of successful alternative project delivery is the
employment of effective partnering processes to facilitate
collaboration
and team-work
between owner,
engineer, and
contractor
teams. Over the
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Taking a look at the US in recent
years, a number of facilities are
starting to stand out in our industry
by taking on innovative leadership
roles. Becoming innovation leaders
is a long-term undertaking.
Whether we look at utilities in
the US or abroad, here some
key elements that have enabled
facilities to become recognized
innovation leaders
Innovation is an integral part
of business organization.
Innovative thinkers get decision
making power to initiate
change. You know your facility
better than anybody! Innovative
ideas may be stimulated from
the outside but are ultimately
put into reality from within your
organization. Energy neutrality,
nutrient recovery, generating
income from “waste” water
resources — utilities today have
far-reaching goals — and make
it happen!
Culture
of Active
1 Innovation
Innovations are hardly developed
in a vacuum. Building strategic
and strong partnerships with
local, national, and international
3P partners, is critical for you to
form alliances and share funding
for initiatives that you decide on.
Strategic
2Partnerships Branding and marketing your facility and services
feels foreign to many municipalities. It is however,
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SOFTWARE AND TOOLS
Carollo consistently applies and customizes a variety of tools
to help us answer complex questions and deliver projects
most cost-effectively. As part of Carollo’s Research and
Development activities we regularly develop new public
domain software tools for the benefit of our industry.
Whether we work for you on process optimization, alternative
analysis, capacity evaluations, carbon management, solids
treatment and biogas production, energy reduction, triple
bottom line decision making or project delivery – Carollo
is using state of the industry tools and software packages to
support you with all of these services. If you have specific
(software) tools that you’d like for us to use, we are very open
to accommodating your preferences.
For brevity, we have briefly highlighted below a few key tools
that may become specifically valuable for you.
Process Design and Optimization
Carollo uses various process models for different purposes.
We encourage utilities to adopt BioWin modeling in-house
for operational support. We have provided BioWin and BNR
training to several interested utilities in the Front Range.
With any of the modeling tools we use, Carollo’s approach
balances theory with real world experience. We see too often
that modelers in blind trust forget the realities of process and
facility operation.
Customized Process Support Tools
Carollo provides many of our clients with customized decision
support tools for process operation. Depending on the process
needs, examples have included tools for SRT control, carbon
management, chemical addition, clarifier operation, or
operational cost tracking.
“Blue Plan-it” is a
software tool that
allows Carollo
to simulate and
optimize complex
multi-plant
wastewater systems,
while graphically
presenting treatment
and cost trade-offs.
Triple Bottom Line Evaluations
The TBL evaluation criteria and tiering approach shown here
is an example from a recent project. Criteria will be early on
customized early on to match your City’s TBL objectives.
Carollo has ready-to-go spreadsheets to quantify, monetize,
and track technical, financial, social, and environmental
criteria for you.
Sustainable Design Rating
Envision™
The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s Envision™
rating system may provide the most appropriate framework
for benchmarking sustainability in” infrastructure and
infrastructure-related projects. Envision™ provides a holistic
framework for evaluating, rating, and recognizing projects and
teams that use transformational, collaborative approaches
to assess and protect the community, environmental, and
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Project Understanding
Fort Collins Utilities plans to replace
the existing chlorine gas disinfection
system at the DWRF with Ultraviolet
(UV) disinfection. UV disinfection
eliminates the safety and security risks
inherent with chlorine gas, provides
an effective means of wastewater
disinfection, and reduces the chemicals
required for treatment. The new UV
system will be installed within the
existing chlorine contact channels and
a new building installed to house the
UV system electrical equipment. TASK 1
DRAKE WATER RECLAMATON FACILITY (DWRF) ULTRAVIOLET
DISINFECTION PROJECT
5 SCOPE OF WORK
The key factors for consideration in
implementing the proposed UV system at
the DWRF include:
1 O&M Efficiency - UV equipment
selection and implementation must
include impact on O&M staff.
2 Disinfection effectiveness - Must
meet discharge requirements with a
reasonable safety margin and produce
a high quality effluent that protects the
receiving stream uses.
3 Energy efficiency - UV equipment
selection and system design must
stress energy efficiency to minimize
operations costs and be promote
sustainability.
4 Flexibility - Need to consider potential
capacity expansion needs; and
equipment sizing and configuration
must consider future water quality
objectives.
5 Constructability - Consideration of
construction impacts and construction
sequencing to minimize impacts to
current operations.
6 Compliance with future Disinfection
regulations - Understand how changes
to wastewater disinfection compliance
may affect design and practices.
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Our team’s approach, as described below, is focused on addressing each of the six
key considerations shown in the text box below at left.
Project Approach
Carollo provides the City with a team consisting of a UV disinfection expert that
is unmatched by our competitors in Andrew Salveson, combined with a local
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TASK 2
Collimated Beam analysis performed by the City of Fort Collins. The best UV dose
meets permit limits with an acceptable but not overly costly safety factor.
Basis of Design
The basis of design task is
critical to the success of the
project, as it provides the
foundation for the entire project. Our team members have
completed similar efforts for UV designs on more than 30
projects in the past five years, all of which led to successful
installations that met our client’s needs.
Definition of Operating Conditions
We will develop a comprehensive understanding of
the range of operating conditions. The main operating
conditions that impact UV design include the required dose,
water quality (as measured by UV transmittance (UVT)),
and flow.
• Dose. One of the first items to lock down is the desired
level of disinfection conservatism. We will provide you
with a cost-benefit analysis to help determine the design
dose that suits your level of risk tolerance. This value
will likely be in the 18 to 30 mJ/cm2 range and will vary
depending on reactor design and final water quality goals.
We will also measure the actual E. coli dose response of
your effluent with our collimated beam apparatus, to
provide the most accurate dose requirement for your
facilities.
• Flow. The peak hour design flow for the facilities has
been set at 35.3 mgd. However, in addition to peak flow
we will develop the reactor design and system controls
that perform well under low flow conditions, thus saving
energy and O&M costs.
• UVT. The design UVT should allow
for efficient operation for the majority
of the time, but also be conservative
enough to meet the majority of low
UVT occurrences. UVT is the most
critical design parameter for a UV
system. A 5 percent difference in the
UVT can result is a 20 percent change
in the number of lamps for a UV
system. This not only affects the UV
system’s equipment and construction
cost but also will continue to affect the
annual O&M costs of the UV system.
We recommend using the lower fifth
percentile UVT occurrence for this
application.
• Redundancy. Incorporating
redundancy into the UV system
design increases the capacity of the
UV system and provides operation and
maintenance staff increased flexibility
when operating the system. Based on the existing chlorine
contact basin, a total of three UV channels are available.
It is our recommendation that the UV system be designed
to treat the peak hour flow rate with two UV channels
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Carollo’s UV modeling software will allow rapid, independent
alternative analysis.
Design Parameters
Parameters
Wedeco
Duron
Ozonia
Aquaray 3X
Design Factors:
End of Lamp Life Factor 0.85 0.85
Fouling Factor 0.90 0.85
Configuration:
Number of Duty Channels 2 2
Number of Standby Channels 1 1
Total Number of Channels 3 3
Number of Banks/Channel 3 2
Number of Modules/Bank 2 2
Number of Lamps/Module 12 36
Total Number of Lamps: 216 432
Number of UV Sensors 9 6
Number of Power Distribution Centers 3 6
Number of System Control Centers 1 1
Number of Level Control Devices 3 3
Type of Level Control Device Weir Weir
Total Power Consumption (kW) 144.0 177.1
UV Sizing tool for sizing select UV systems for the Drake WRF.
To help Carollo and our clients rapidly move through
UV system analysis, Carollo has compiled an extensive
treatment performance knowledge base into a proprietary
modeling tool that includes the formulas for sizing all major
systems. These formulas are derived from the third party
testing and certification (validation) work done for each
reactor, with more than 90 percent of this work done by
members of this Carollo team. This gives us the knowledge
to establish minimum lamp requirements for your system,
eliminating significant variability (and risk) in the vendor’s
approach to sizing. More importantly, this gives you the
confidence that your UV reactors will be sized based on
meeting permit with a reasonable safety margin, and is ready
for an apples-to-apples life-cycle cost analysis.
Using this tool, we have determined system sizing for the
Wedeco Duron and the Ozonia Aquaray® 3X UV systems
for the Drake WRF. Both systems were designed to provide
a T1 Coliphage Dose of 18 mJ/cm2 at the peak hour flow
of 35.3 mgd and a minimum UVT of 68 percent, detailed
above. Our analysis suggests that there is sufficient space for
a retrofit of these two technologies (and likely others).
Initial Evaluation of Equipment
Selecting the proper UV system for the Drake WRF will
be critical to the success of this project. This key choice
requires an understanding of the technology and the
characteristics in each of the prospective manufacturer’s
systems. As part of this project, our team will walk through
the pros and cons of each of these UV systems with the
City and APDS Contractor, and will collaborate to select
a “short-list” of UV equipment that will be considered
for best-value selection (see Task 3.4). Issues such as
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TASK 3
Using CFD, Carollo demonstrated that the City of
Escondido’s UV system was under performing by 50
percent due to a poor flow split.
Preliminary Design
Hydraulics Analysis
Achieving an equal flow split with the right hydraulic
approach to the reactors is absolutely essential for UV
performance, particularly when lamps are installed in
existing parallel channels.
Using cost-efficient computational fluid dynamic (CFD)
modeling, Carollo has greatly improved under-performing
systems at other facilities (doubling UV capacity for the
City of Escondido, for example). Our application of CFD
modeling will allow assessment of various inlet modification
to minimize hydraulic instability.
Our preliminary calculations indicate that existing weirs are
inadequate to meet strict level control needs of the current
systems. This can be addressed by installing modulating weir
gates. We will consider using the position of the weir gates
and ultrasonic metering to calculate the flow rate for each
channel. This individual flow measurement will allow the
system to optimize the energy used in each channel, even if
the flow distribution between channels is not perfect.
Review of the DWRF hydraulic profile indicates that only
three (3) feet of head is available for the entire UV system.
The level control devices must be designed to minimize
head loss and the proposed UV systems above have been
designed to ensure that when combined with the level
control design have a total head loss of approximately two
feet providing for additional capacity and/or other future
considerations.
Operations and Maintenance Analysis
The UV system implemented at the DWRF needs to be
relatively easy to operate and maintain. Our analyses during
preliminary design will meet this goal by addressing four main
elements:
• UV Equipment. Lamp cleaning systems, lamp/ballast
replacement, and control system flexibility must weigh
heavily in selecting the UV equipment. Your staff has years
of experience operating UV at other Fort Collins facilities,
and offer an ideal perspective on what works well, and
what does not. Carollo’s design team has also been at the
forefront of UV technology design over the past 15 years.
We will combine our industry knowledge with your hands-on
experience to make sure that O&M needs are considered
when selecting technology and during final design. If possible,
we recommend taking staff to visit installations for the
preferred technologies.
• System Controls. Carollo has developed new dose
monitoring and control approaches using calibrated UV
sensors to minimize energy use and optimize O&M time.
While many manufacturers now realize that calibrated UV
sensors can be employed for reliable disinfection, others
work to keep their system costs low by utilizing much lower
cost sensors that have equally reduced accuracy and value
(including the current industry leader). Our approach is
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Design Development
Design Drawings
The design will progress as a collaborative effort between
the City, Carollo/Ditesco, and APDS Contractor to
develop a project that is constructible, minimizes impact to
operations, maintains access, and carries a reasonable cost.
Plans will be prepared and submitted to the APDS team at
the 50 percent and 90 percent design development levels.
In addition, elements of the plans will be reviewed at the
weekly APDS progress meetings so on-going comments can
be incorporated.
Technical Specifications
We will also work with the City and APDS Contractor to
determine which specification sections are necessary for
the project. All required specifications will be prepared
and submitted to the APDS team at the 50 percent and 90
percent design development levels.
Construction
Management
Our team will help deliver
a unique construction
management experience
partnered with the City and APDS contractor. We will
jointly manage the construction phase through a proactive
approach where “the sense of urgency” is not lost. Ditesco
staff will champion the need to facilitate a successful project
delivery with clear accountability and responsibility that
focuses on schedule, quality and operational flexibility.
Document Management
Our team will review and coordinate all project submittals
and RFIs. We will maintain a photographic log of the project
documenting pre-construction, construction and post
construction conditions. This work is expected to include
brief descriptions of each photograph with a filename, time
and date reference. All document management is expected
to occur through an electronic document management
website such as SharePoint, ProjectWise, Newforma or other
industry standard software package.
We will maintain project records including contracts,
schedules (overall job and three week look-ahead), progress
meeting minutes, material test results, weekly reports,
correspondence, pay applications, change orders, routine
photographs, submittals, RFIs, permits, commissioning
TASK 4
TASK 5
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records and post construction close-out paperwork (punch
lists, lien waivers, substantial completion/final acceptance).
Ditesco personnel will ensure that an as-built plan set is
maintained and transmitted to our team upon completion of
the project. This will be a redlined drawing set maintained
by our staff and will be coordinated with plan changes that
may be documented by the APDS contractor. We will also
ensure accurate O&M manuals are transmitted to the City
upon completion of the project.
Ditesco staff will also assist City personnel with overall
project management efforts including cost, schedule and
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paving. We will provide field engineering support addressing
field changes quickly to avoid construction delays.
Deliverables
Deliverables will include full project documentation
presented in tabbed binders or vertical files including: bid
information, construction correspondence, pay applications,
change orders, field orders, work change directives,
schedules, submittals, transmittals, reports, photographs,
meeting notes, record drawings and other relevant
information produced throughout the construction phase.
All documents will also be provided in an electronic form on
DVDs, CDs or external drives for City use.
Start-Up and Training
Our approach to the
operation readiness testing
(ORT) and startup phase
of the project will enable
the contractor to efficiently complete testing, validate UV
equipment meets design requirements, and effectively train
City staff.
Startup Planning
The design specifications will require very specific
sequencing and testing procedures that have evolved on
our past projects for the City to provide a smooth transition
to startup. Our experienced construction management/
design team will work with the APDS Contractor and City
staff to agree upon the specific requirements.
This will include multiple startup meetings with
the project team to ensure this phase proceeds
smoothly.
Validate UV Performance and Programming
There are two important tasks to validate
UV performance. The first one, often missed,
is the inspection of control systems at the
manufacturer’s facility before shipping and
installation. We have used this successfully
for other projects, avoiding hassles and delays
in the field by verifying proper programming
in advance. The second task is to stress test
the reactor upon installation, something we
are adept at because of our intense familiarity
with each system. In Monroe, Washington, we
recently started up a 10-mgd retrofit project.
Within two hours onsite, we were able to
verify that all systems were operating properly,
responding to changes in UVT and flow by
modulating reactor power and continuously
TASK 6
Startup testing for Monroe, Washington, showed that our modeled design
performance was a near perfect match to the actual performance.
meeting dose. Compliance results for that facility were spot
on, targeting a fecal concentration of 20 MPN/100mL at a
dose of 25 mJ/cm2, with results shown below.
Train DRWF Staff
Andy Salveson has a tremendous amount of hands-on
UV experience, and will lead the training efforts. Training
sessions will include:
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MASTER PLAN PROJECT
PROJECT UNDERSTANDING
As the City positions itself as an
innovator and industry leader in water
reclamation, five key areas could take
an elevated profile in your planning:
nutrient reduction and recovery,
energy management, sustainability,
trace organic compounds, and
community enhancement. These are
the issues that will drive the direction
of the wastewater industry in the
future. The advances made through
your work at the Drake and Mulberry
facilities and the Meadow Springs
Ranch facility can help shape the
direction of wastewater management in
Colorado and around the country. The
Master Plan is a critical opportunity
to set a course for this leadership and
continued efficient, compliant facility
operations.
Your Master Plan will provide further
opportunities to build on what you
have achieved, refine your goals,
and map out a path for enhanced
innovation in environmental
leadership.
We are all operating in an era of
unprecedented pressure to stretch
existing and future investments and
make the most of every dollar spent.
“Doing more with less” must be
an integral element of your master
planning and operations as you work
to achieve your future goals. New
technologies and innovative thinking
are the tools that will allow you to
meeting future needs and leverage your
investments. Your Master Plan will
chart a specific course for addressing
your future challenges while building
on existing infrastructure, treatment
processes, and facilities in order to
optimize use of the available resources
while stretching the investments in
treatment improvements made over
the past decade.
PROJECT APPROACH
Carollo will work in collaboration with
City staff throughout the planning
process to assist in identifying and
addressing your challenges using an
“Integrated Planning” approach.
Unlike previous planning efforts, this
Master Plan will not just compile three
independent studies of the DWRF,
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TASK 1
Project Initiation
and Administration
Updated Flow and
Load Projections
Visioning and
Innovation Summit
Operations
Summit
Alternatives
Evaluation Process
and Weighted
Evaluation Criteria
Nutrient Removal
and Recovery
Trace Organic
Contaminants
Energy
Management
Sustainability
Community
Enhancement
Preliminary Process Alternatives
(DWRF, MWRF, MSR)
Process and Hydraulic
Modeling
Schedule of
Improvements
Preliminary Alternatives
Evaluation
Alternatives Revision/
Refinement
Final Alternatives
Evaluation
Preliminary Alternatives
Costing and Scoring
• TM2: Updated
Flow and
Loading
Forecast
• TM3: Regulatory
and Other Internal
Planning Drivers
• TM7: Integrated
Planning
Alternatives
• Draft Master
Plan
• Final Master
Plan
• Enhanced
Facility Layouts
• Capital
Improvements
Summary
presentation
• TM8: Short-
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Goal-Setting and Basis of
Planning
Successful facility planning requires a
clear, short- term and long-term vision
established through an initial focus on
goal setting. In order to realistically
achieve your long-term objectives of
sustainable practices and recognized
leadership in the industry, we strongly
recommend spending adequate time on
achieving agreement on objectives well
in advance of the immediate master
planning effort. We often observe that
potentially beneficial but innovative
treatment alternatives are not given a
fair evaluation, since parties involved
are not adequately familiar with new
technologies. We would like to support
you in starting this “fact-finding” process
on objectives and alternatives very early
on in the Master Planning process well
ahead of the first kickoff workshop.
Refining your goals to address the
most effective use of existing facilities,
anticipated changes in operating
conditions and regulatory requirements,
as well as future trends of the industry,
and overall planning goals the City of
Fort Collins set for your service area
will provide a solid foundation for the
Master Plan. Agencies that incorporate
an initial goal-setting phase have a
better opportunity to create a clear
internal understanding of expectations,
a more streamlined decision-making
process, and a superior set of deliverable
materials to guide future actions. This
interactive approach is wholly consistent
with how Carollo has interfaced with
the City on key planning and decision-
making projects in the past.
Immediately following the project
kickoff meeting and as part of Phase 1,
we propose two focused workshops to
assess current and future operational
concepts, and explore industry trends
you may wish to consider in the master
planning process. This will include a
Visioning and Innovation Summit for
a brainstorming-style assessment of
innovation opportunities. A second
workshop will serve as an Operations
Summit where Carollo will incorporate
staff innovation and operational
preferences at the project onset.
In parallel with the Phase 1 goal-setting,
we will refine current wastewater flow
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recently assisted Clean Water Services
near Portland, Oregon with the design-
build of one of the largest Ostara
phosphorus recovery systems in the
country. We also stay abreast of other
emerging national and international
technologies that may soon break into
the North American market.
Energy Management
Social, economic, and
institutional pressures will
drive the need for advanced energy
management throughout the industry
and at your facilities. The City
of Fort Collins’ No. 1 proclaimed
Sustainability Goal is in fact to achieve
energy neutrality for municipal
organizations. Time to put this goal
into action! A prudent strategy for
maximizing energy savings as part of
the facility planning can be framed by
four key components.
1. Maximize Efficiency. The first step
of effective energy management is
to identify and reduce inefficiencies.
You have already made recent
strides in assessing your energy
usage, and we will further evaluate
opportunities to improve energy
efficiency by evaluating turndown
and flexibility of blowers and other
high power use processes.
This involves monitoring and
controlling treatment for less power.
Computerized control of
treatment processes using
better instrumentation, as
demonstrated throughout your
recent work at Drake and your
remote operation capabilities
at Mulberry, will continue to
advance and increase efficiency.
2. Re-examine Current Equipment
and Process Operation Practices:
Identify energy-efficient equipment
alternatives, define minimum
specification requirements for energy
efficiency, and schedule respective
upgrades at the end of its useful life.
Investigate and continue piloting of
innovative, low-energy treatment
process alternatives entering the
market, such as anaerobic treatment,
anammox, and co-digestion.
Implement UV dose control
algorithoms that avoid over-dosing.
3. Enhanced Energy Production.
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Sustainability
Striving to more sustainable
practices is an objective you
and the City of Fort Collins are clearly
committed to. Using sustainability
as a framework starts with the
decision process that incorporates
environmental, social, and financial
impacts where appropriate. We
will continue to support the City’s
sustainability goals by applying
your proven criteria to assess the
ramifications of implementing
sustainable features.
Carollo has helped many utilities
through this process (see the previous
section “Tools” on page 20 and our
Sustainability/TBL Methodology in
Section 5 of this submittal.
Community Enhancement
Public involvement in
community affairs and the
need to increasingly mitigate aesthetic
impacts is a reality throughout the
country. But this public involvement is
also a welcomed opportunity for you.
The commitment by Fort Collins to
sustainability enables you to count on
the support and collaboration from
the local government, community, and
other local institutions to do your part
to help achieve this goal.
Alternatives Analysis and
Decision Support
Following the refinement of planning
goals and determination of the Basis of
Planning during Phase 1, we will define
treatment and solids management
facilities improvement alternatives and
conduct alternative analyses that allow
you to identify short- and long-term
facility improvements and develop CIP
schedules.
Addressing multiple goals and planning
drivers can be accomplished by
developing theme-based alternatives
that optimize certain aspects of your
future needs. This will allow the
planning team to create and compare
alternatives that have potentially
conflicting goals.
The final alternative for short-term
and long-term improvements to each
facility—the basis for facilities layout,
CIP, and implementation schedules—
will include the best elements from
each of the theme-based alternatives
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daily ammonia limits using different
operational setpoints and variable
ammonia loads. Sensitivity analyses
have often been used by Carollo to
better define the risk associated with
varying degrees of design criteria
assumptions in order to support the
selection of a more aggressive design
approach. For example, sensitivity
analyses can be used to assess the
risk of clarifier failure based on
the variability of solids loading,
inventory management, and settling
characteristics.
Putting It All Together
We have presented an overview of
theme-based alternatives described
above. This illustrates how you might
select multiple elements from different
themes to create a CIP implementation
plan for each individual facility.
Carollo’s approach takes it one step
further. We propose to uncover and
examine opportunities to better
leverage how the three facilities work
together as a system. Will there be
different nutrient discharge limits
for the two plants, and is there any
opportunity for nutrient trading so we
can optimize our investments? How
much reliability and redundancy do
we want and need at MWRF, knowing
that at least a portion of the flow
can get passed on to the DWRF
for treatment?
During Phase 2 - Alternatives
Analysis and Decision Support,
the layouts and costs associated
with the elements of each theme-
based alternative will be defined.
The alternatives will be compared
and ranked based on criteria
established in the decision-making
process. The final preferred
alternatives may incorporate
the most cost-effective and
appropriate elements of multiple
themes, and it’s likely that they’ll
get modified once we look at how
the two plants and MSR can work
most effectively together, as a
system.
We will then prepare a clear plan
forward for both near- term and
long-term capital improvements
that provides a description of each
element, an estimate of the capital
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format of Facility Plan deliverable
is more consistent with today’s
communication practices, like Carollo
used for outreach on the MWRD
Northern Treatment Plant design/build
project.
Adaptive CIP Tool
An adaptive CIP can be tailored to
meet the City’s requirements through
the needs assessment portion of the
project. Uncertainties identified
through the Phase 2 alternatives
analysis will likely fall into one of two
major categories:
• Sizing and timing - driven by
uncertainties beyond the initial
10-year period in flow and load
projections, regulatory drivers; and
• Process feasibility - the unknowns
of implementing promising newer
technologies at full-scale at the
facilities.
In order to address sizing and timing
uncertainties for 2025-2035, an
adaptive CIP tool can be developed
to provide inputs for key drivers as
variables. For example, if the primary
driver for a project is Regulation 31,
but Regulation 31 is delayed, an input
in the CIP tool would allow you to
enter the delay and the associated
project schedule would be updated
along with cost estimates and cash
flows. This will allow you to more
easily update the CIP based on actual
“trigger points” for the improvements,
providing an adaptive approach to
updating the plan—even before the
next major Master Plan update—as
drivers for the improvements change
and timing uncertainties are resolved.
Hours and Fee
As requested in the RFP, the hours
and fee estimated by Carollo to
complete the Master Plan is provided
in Section 6 - Cost and Work Hours.
It was assumed that the project will be
initiated in early 2016 and completed
within 12 months from project
initiation.
City staff prior to incorporating
necessary adjustments and finalizing
recommendations.
Following completion of the TMs,
key information will be summarized
into a Draft Master Plan Report. The
report will be used to communicate
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Commitment to Fort Collins Utilities:
1
Project Manager: Jason Garside will commit
the necessary time to provide full service to Fort
Collins Utilities. Jason’s involvement in the Metro
Wastewater Reclamation District’s Northern
Treatment Plant Program and City of Longmont’s
Ammonia and Dewatering Project is reduced to
less than 10% starting in June of 2015. Jason is in
the process of completing or has delegated many
of his other national project responsibilities. Jason
will maintain his role as a leader in Carollo’s Project
Delivery Services Group and a company resource on
alternative project delivery at approximately a 20%
level of commitment. All in all, Jason will be available
(on average) approximately 50-70% to completing the
Utilities’ projects.
2
Plant Engineer: Jill Burrell will commit the necessary
time to provide full service to Fort Collins Utilities.
Jill will be supported locally by Keith Meyer and by
Carollo’s process, mechanical, and structural experts.
If needed on the UV Disinfection or future projects
that occur simultaneously to plant engineering
activities, Ditesco will provide additional resident
engineering staff using Bill Renz, George Latour or
other staff the City may chose such as Jenna Beairsto.
We would ensure a fit exists with the resident
engineer and City staff allowing City staff to interview
and experience our staff’s past work and projects. For
the remainder of 2015, we expect Jill’s role to remain
consistent on the South Process Train (SPT) project
which has occupied roughly 60% of her time.
Simultaneous to the SPT project, Jill has helped with
the T3 Rehabilitation project at the WTF which
is scheduled to be complete in the coming month.
Moving into 2016, we would expect Jill’s role to
continue at this rate unless desired otherwise by the
City.
We feel this approach provides two unique benefits.
First, Jill is uniquely familiar with the plant, staff
and city procedures and second, she can transition
immediately to the plant engineer role with little
learning curve.
SECTION 4 AVAILABILITY
We have assembled a project team that not only has
the technical and management expertise to best serve
Fort Collins Utilities, but also that has the availability
to complete the project work on schedule. A current
workload and availability matrix is provided on the
following page showing that our key staff is available
at the times necessary to complete the UV and
Master Plan projects. As future Utilities’ projects
become identified, we will determine those key team
members and potentially others that will best serve
the particular project.
Meeting Schedule
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Resource Management
Carollo has planning software that is used company-wide to allocate resources to projected workloads. Projects are entered
into the database with budget hours, schedule, and staffing needs. If staffing problems occur, we have adequate resources, in
both our local offices and company-wide, to support the project and commit to meeting the client’s schedule.
As Carollo’s National Director of Discipline Engineering, Anthony Morroni is able to direct company resources to facilitate
timely completion of all project milestones while remaining on-schedule and on-budget.
Key Personnel Project
Assignments
2015 2016 2017
Available
Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4+
Jason Garside
Other Projects 60% 60% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30%
YES
Fort Collins 20% 20% 70% 70% 70% 70% 60% 60% 60% 60%
Jill Burrell
Other Projects 30% 30% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
YES
Fort Collins 80% 80% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Keith Meyer
Other Projects 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60%
YES
Fort Collins 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30%
Anthony Morroni
Other Projects 40% 40% 40% 40% 40% 40% 40% 40% 40% 40%
YES
Fort Collins 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
Bill Tomerlin
Other Projects 40% 40% 40% 40% 40% 40% 40% 40% 40% 40%
YES
Fort Collins 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
John Rehring
Other Projects 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50%
YES
Fort Collins 5% 5% 40% 40% 40% 40% 5% 5% 5% 5%
Tanja Rauch-Williams
Other Projects 70% 50% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30%
YES
Fort Collins 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 30% 20% 20% 10% 10%
Andrew Salveson
Other Projects 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60%
YES
Fort Collins 5% 5% 40% 40% 40% 20% 20% 20% 5% 5%
Jeff Berlin
Other Projects 80% 80% 40% 40% 40% 40% 40% 40% 40% 40%
YES
Fort Collins 0% 10% 30% 30% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10%
Chris Heger
Other Projects 70% 70% 70% 70% 70% 70% 70% 70% 70% 70%
YES
Fort Collins 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30%
Gary Sagehorn
Other Projects 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60%
YES
Fort Collins 0% 0% 20% 20% 20% 20% 10% 10% 10% 10%
Robin Dornfest
Other Projects 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80%
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SECTION 5 SUSTAINABILITY/
TBL METHODOLOGY
Our Team cares. Environmentally sustainable business practices are a matter of integrity for our clients
in the water industry as they are for us. Carollo has implemented company-wide measures to conserve
natural resources and prevent pollution. We endeavor to make sustainability more than just an ‘add-on’
strategy, but rather simply how we do our business. Carollo supports an increasing number of clients
in their decision makings through Triple Bottom Line (TBL) analyses. The following two pages illustrate
some examples of how Carollo implements sustainable practices company-wide, and in our Colorado
offices, and how we use sustainability and TBL analyses to the benefit of our clients.
Sustainability at our Workplace
Carollo has developed a Sustainability Plan to guide our efforts in becoming
a sustainable organization. Our success depends on participation by all
of our employees… it is a shift in our culture that we are aiming for, one
mind at a time. Our strategic sustainability framework includes a triple
bottom line Company Policy and nine 2025 Sustainability Objectives. The
Objectives are the vision toward which
we are working.
Appraise
Engage
Align
Evolve
Our approach is simple:
Align. Align our employees
around a shared vision and goals.
We seek to tap the power of our
employees’ creativity and passion
to achieve our goals, rather than
focusing on checklists and rules. Our
company walks the talk by supporting flex time
schedules, video conferencing, and virtual meetings by our employees to reduce
carbon emissions while still providing the best service to our clients.
Engage. Engage employees as partners in
achieving our vision, so it becomes part of the daily
lens through which they approach their work. We
engage our staff through communications, training,
opportunities to get involved, and incentives to
apply their ingenuity and expertise in their own
areas of influence. Our office in Denver has a Green
Team lead by Jeff Berlin that meets periodically to
broaden green initiatives at the workplace, including
printing reduction, encouraging car pooling, compost
and battery collection, and reducing electrical light by
1/3.
Appraise. We will measure our progress through
a comprehensive set of sustainability performance
metrics. Some metrics are described in the
following pages. Accountability for progress resides within our regular
management channels - office managers and department heads. We
performed a GHG baseline emissions inventory based on EPA’s Climate Leaders
GHG Inventory Protocol to measure the impact of our operations. Carollo
operations, including business travel and employee commuting, emitted 8,100
metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e) in 2006.
Jeff Berlin collecting
organic waste in the
Broomfield office to take
for composting to his
garden in Boulder.
A few examples of 2025 Sustainability
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Section 5 | Sustainability/TBL Methodology
Striving for sustainable business
operations does not end with
Carollo’s own practices, but how we
are able to help our clients realize
sustainable solutions.
Fort Collins has made exceptional
strives towards setting quantitative
sustainability goals in your
community and creating the
organizational structure at the
City level to implement changes
to meet these goals. As one of
major municipal services in Fort
Collins we feel obliged to help you
do your part to support the City’s
sustainability goals.
Carollo’s approach for identifying
sustainable solutions is tailored to
fit the client’s needs and goals, but
typically encompasses the basic
tenets of the triple bottom line:
long-term cost savings, improving
community amenities and relations,
and protecting/ restoring the
environment. Not only do we
take a multi-faceted approach to
decision-making, but the solutions
we recommend for our clients
are often multi-disciplinary in
nature, reaching across traditional
engineering boundaries to achieve
sustainability for the future.
Here is a sampling of the
sustainable services that Carollo is
implementing for our clients.
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Carollo has developed an in-house greenhouse gas
emissions model to estimate greenhouse gas emissions for
projects, which then leads to identifying opportunities
and strategies for reduction, adaptation and mitigation.
We have used this model as part of our sustainable
planning strategy for clients across the nation, resulting
in the identification and design of new facilities with
reduced GHG emissions and a smaller carbon footprint.
TBL Criteria need to be customized to your specific operations and
objectives. Carollo has standardized a method for the integration of technical
criteria into the conventional TBL analysis framework for wastewater facilities.
Metrics and Measures: Whether
your needs are Visioning/ Sustainable
Goal Setting, Internal Operation Planning
and Implementation, Water Conservation
and Efficiency, Nutrient Recovery.
Energy Efficiency and Optimization, or
Energy Audits – Carollo has experience
in helping clients with these services. We
can help you benchmark your practices to
those of other similar facilities nationwide
to help define feasible metrics and
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Section 6 | Cost and Work Hours
SECTION 6 COST AND WORK HOURS
Hourly Rate
Engineers/Scientists
• Assistant Professional
• Professional
• Project Professional
• Lead Project Professional
• Senior Professional
$147.00
$171.00
$206.00
$219.00
$238.00
Technicians
• Technicians
• Senior Technicians
$110.00
$162.00
Support Staff
• Document Processing/Clerical $96.00
Other Direct Expenses
• Travel and Subsistence
• Mileage at IRS Reimbursement Rate
• Subconsultant
• Other Direct Cost
• Expert Witness
• Senior Process Specialist
at cost
$.575 per mile
cost + 5%
rate x 2.0
rate x 2.0
Project Equipment Communication Expense
(PECE) per DL Hour
$11.70
This fee schedule is subject to annual revisions due to labor
adjustments.
Carollo Engineers, Inc.
Hourly Rate
1. Fees for services will be based on the time worked on the project by staff
personnel plus reimbursable expenses. The hourly fee for professional services
will be charged as follows unless otherwise noted in the proposal:
• Principal/Senior Consultant II
• Senior Associate/Senior Consultant I
• Associate/Senior Project Manager
• Senior Professional II
• Senior Professional I
• Professional II
• Professional I
• Staff Professional II
• Staff Professional I
• Engineering Technician II
• Engineering Technician I
• Administrative
$242
$193
$185
$145
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Section 6 | Cost and Hours
TABLE 1 - UV PROJECT LABOR HOURS
AND ENGINEERING FEE
(ANALYSIS AND DESIGN EFFORT)
Senior Professional
Lead Project Professional
Project Professional
Professional
Assistant Professional
Senior Technician
Technician
Document
Processing/Clerical
CM Principal
CM Resident Enginer
CM Administrative
Billing Rate $238 $219 $206 $171 $147 $162 $110 $96 $136 $127 $62
Task 1 - Project Coordination 48 224 124 92 48 8 0 20 8 8 0 580 $114,132 $11,000 $11,000 $10,800 $6,786 $153,718
Task 1.1 - Partnering 16 24 24 16 8 0 0 0 8 8 0 104 $20,024 $2,000 $2,000 $400 $1,217 $25,641
Task 1.2 - Weekly APDS Team Meetings 16 120 60 60 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 296 $58,588 $5,000 $5,000 $10,400 $3,463 $82,451
Task 1.3 - QA/QC 8 40 40 16 0 8 0 8 0 0 0 120 $23,704 $2,000 $2,000 $0 $1,404 $29,108
Task 1.4 - Progress Reporting 8 40 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 60 $11,816 $2,000 $2,000 $0 $702 $16,518
Task 2 - Basis of Design 0 48 72 64 24 0 12 12 0 0 0 232 $42,288 $0 $0 $0 $2,714 $45,002
Task 2.1 - Definition of Operating Conditions 0 16 24 12 8 0 4 4 0 0 0 68 $12,500 $0 $0 $0 $796 $13,296
Task 2.2 - Sizing of UV Equipment 0 16 24 12 8 0 4 4 0 0 0 68 $12,500 $0 $0 $0 $796 $13,296
Task 2.3 - Initital Evaluation of Equipment 0 16 24 40 8 0 4 4 0 0 0 96 $17,288 $0 $0 $0 $1,123 $18,411
Task 3 - Preliminary Design 4 80 92 28 36 24 40 20 20 0 0 344 $60,432 $5,000 $2,000 $400 $4,025 $71,857
Task 3.1 - Hydraulics Analysis 0 16 24 0 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 50 $9,816 $0 $0 $0 $585 $10,401
Task 3.2 - Operations and Maintenance Analysis 0 16 24 8 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 58 $11,184 $0 $0 $0 $679 $11,863
Task 3.3 - Preliminary Design Drawings+Specifications 0 24 40 16 16 24 40 16 0 0 0 176 $28,408 $5,000 $2,000 $400 $2,059 $37,867
Task 3.4 - UV Equipment Selection 4 24 4 4 4 0 0 0 20 0 0 60 $11,024 $0 $0 $0 $702 $11,726
Task 4 - Design Development 16 160 120 280 200 160 160 56 80 0 0 1232 $200,624 $2,000 $1,000 $200 $14,414 $218,238
Task 4.1 - Design Drawings 8 120 80 160 160 160 160 16 40 0 0 904 $146,040 $2,000 $1,000 $100 $10,577 $159,717
Task 4.2 - Technical Specifications 8 40 40 120 40 0 0 40 40 0 0 328 $54,584 $0 $0 $100 $3,838 $58,522
PROJECT TOTALS - TASKS 1-4 68 512 408 464 308 192 212 108 108 8 0 2388 $417,476 $18,000 $14,000 $11,400 $27,940 $488,816
TABLE A.1 - UV PROJECT LABOR HOURS AND COSTS (ADDITIONAL SERVICES)
Task 5 - Construction Management 8 240 80 200 84 16 16 8 240 1400 325 2617 $353,202 $5,000 $5,000 $10,000 $30,619 $403,821
Task 5.1 - Construction Administration 4 120 40 120 60 8 8 4 200 200 325 1089 $140,122 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $12,741 $167,863
Task 5.2 - Construction Inspection 4 120 40 80 24 8 8 4 40 1200 0 1528 $213,080 $0 $0 $5,000 $17,878 $235,958
Task 6 - Start-Up and Training 2 40 72 16 0 0 0 6 40 80 0 256 $42,980 $0 $0 $3,000 $2,995 $48,975
Task 6.1 - Start-up Planning 2 24 24 8 0 0 0 2 40 80 0 180 $27,836 $0 $0 $1,000 $2,106 $30,942
Task 6.2 - Validate UV Performance+Programming 0 8 24 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 42 $8,256 $0 $0 $1,000 $491 $9,747
Task 6.3 - Train DWRF Staff 0 8 24 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 34 $6,888 $0 $0 $1,000 $398 $8,286
PROJECT TOTALS - TASKS 5-6 10 280 152 216 84 16 16 14 280 1480 325 2873 $407,206 $5,000 $5,000 $13,000 $34,316 $464,522
TOTAL COST
LABOR HOURS PROJECT COSTS
King Surveying
PECE
Brierley Associates
Total Direct Labor Hours
Total Labor Cost
Other Direct Costs (ODCs)
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Section 6 | Cost and Hours
TABLE 2 - MASTER PLAN PROJECT LABOR
HOURS AND ENGINEERING FEE
(ANALYSIS AND DESIGN EFFORT)
Senior Professional
Lead Project Professional
Project Professional
Professional
Assistant Professional
Senior Technician
Technician
Document
Processing/Clerical
CM Principal
Plant Engineer
Billing Rate $238 $219 $206 $171 $147 $162 $110 $96 $136 $127
Task 1 - Project Initiation and Administration 70 94 48 56 18 0 0 26 0 16 328 $63,884 $0 $0 $5,800 $3,838 $73,522
Task 1.1 - Kickoff meeting and Weekly Coordination 24 72 8 40 0 0 0 0 0 8 152 $30,984 $0 $0 $5,000 $1,778 $37,762
Task 1.2 - Summits (1st-Visioning, 2nd-Operations) 20 16 40 16 0 0 0 8 0 0 100 $20,008 $0 $0 $400 $1,170 $21,578
Task 1.3 - Alternatives Process and Criteria / TM1 8 2 0 0 16 0 0 8 0 8 42 $6,478 $0 $0 $200 $491 $7,169
Task 1.4 - Project Information Manual 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 12 $2,352 $0 $0 $0 $140 $2,492
Task 1.5 - Project Coordination & Progress Reporting 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 22 $4,062 $0 $0 $200 $257 $4,519
Task 2 - Planning Basis - Wastewater Characterization 12 4 40 0 56 0 0 8 0 4 124 $21,480 $0 $0 $600 $1,451 $23,531
Task 2.1 - Planning Drivers Assessment 4 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 $3,424 $0 $0 $0 $187 $3,611
Task 2.2 - Update Flow and Load Projections 2 0 16 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 50 $8,476 $0 $0 $200 $585 $9,261
Task 2.3 - TM2 and Workshop 6 4 12 0 24 0 0 8 0 4 58 $9,580 $0 $0 $400 $679 $10,659
Task 3 - Planning Basis - Regulatory and Other Drivers 22 4 72 0 76 0 0 8 0 4 186 $33,392 $0 $0 $1,000 $2,176 $36,568
Task 3.1 - Regulatory Drivers Assessment 4 0 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 20 $3,776 $0 $0 $0 $234 $4,010
Task 3.2 - TM3 and Workshop 6 4 12 0 24 0 0 8 0 4 58 $9,580 $0 $0 $400 $679 $10,659
Task 3.3 - Identify Preliminary Process Alternatives DWRF 4 0 20 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 40 $7,424 $0 $0 $200 $468 $8,092
Task 3.4 - Identify Preliminary Process Alternatives MWRF 4 0 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 36 $6,600 $0 $0 $200 $421 $7,221
Task 3.5 - Identify Preliminary Process Alternatives MSR 4 0 16 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 32 $6,012 $0 $0 $200 $374 $6,586
Task 4/5 - DWRF and MWRF Treatment Assessments/MSR 44 36 136 0 320 20 0 22 0 12 590 $100,288 $0 $0 $2,000 $6,903 $109,191
Task 4.1 - Update Process Models DWRF/MWRF 0 24 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 84 $14,076 $0 $0 $100 $983 $15,159
Task 4.2 - Update Hydraulic Models DWRF/MWRF 0 0 24 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 64 $10,824 $0 $0 $100 $749 $11,673
Task 4.3 - Analyze DWRF Alternatives / TM4 / Workshop 16 4 40 0 80 8 0 8 0 4 160 $27,256 $0 $0 $600 $1,872 $29,728
Task 4.4 - Analyze MWRF Alternatives / TM5 / Workshop 16 4 48 0 80 8 0 8 0 4 168 $28,904 $0 $0 $600 $1,966 $31,470
Task 5.1 - Analyze MSR Alternatives / TM6 / Workshop 12 4 24 0 60 4 0 6 0 4 114 $19,228 $0 $0 $600 $1,334 $21,162
Task 6 - Integrated Facilities Assessment 44 14 72 0 84 0 0 12 0 4 230 $42,378 $0 $0 $1,400 $2,691 $46,469
Task 6.1 - Integrated Facilities Brainstorming Workshop 8 4 8 0 16 0 0 4 0 0 40 $7,164 $0 $0 $400 $468 $8,032
Task 6.2 - Analyze Integrated Facilities Alternatives 12 4 24 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 64 $12,204 $0 $0 $0 $749 $12,953
Task 6.3 - Decision CAMP Workshop 8 2 8 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 30 $5,754 $0 $0 $400 $351 $6,505
Task 6.4 - Integrated Planning / TM7 / Workshop 16 4 32 0 32 0 0 8 0 4 96 $17,256 $0 $0 $600 $1,123 $18,979
Task 7 - Delivery and Implementation 28 40 24 16 52 0 0 8 0 0 168 $31,516 $0 $0 $300 $1,966 $33,782
Task 7.1 - Schedule of Phased Improvements 4 16 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 36 $6,808 $0 $0 $0 $421 $7,229
Task 7.2 - Draft Implementation Schedule APDS Workshop 8 8 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 28 $5,420 $0 $0 $200 $328 $5,948
Task 7.3 - TM8 Implementation Schedule 12 16 0 0 24 0 0 8 0 0 60 $10,656 $0 $0 $0 $702 $11,358
Task 7.4 - Develop Adaptive CIP Tool 4 0 24 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 $8,632 $0 $0 $100 $515 $9,247
Task 8 - Master Plan Report 68 36 32 48 120 0 52 24 0 20 400 $67,072 $0 $0 $1,200 $4,680 $72,952
Task 8.1 - Populate Phased CIP & Decision Roadmap 8 4 0 24 0 0 4 0 0 0 40 $7,324 $0 $0 $200 $468 $7,992
Task 8.2 - Enhanced Facility Layouts 4 0 0 0 16 0 32 0 0 0 52 $6,824 $0 $0 $0 $608 $7,432
Task 8.3 - Draft Master Plan and Workshop 40 16 16 16 80 0 4 16 0 16 204 $34,824 $0 $0 $400 $2,387 $37,611
Task 8.4 - Revised Master Plan and Workshop 12 12 8 8 24 0 4 8 0 4 80 $13,744 $0 $0 $400 $936 $15,080
Task 8.5 - CIP Summary Presentation 4 4 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 24 $4,356 $0 $0 $200 $281 $4,837
PROJECT TOTALS - TASKS 1-8 288 228 424 120 726 20 52 108 0 60 2026 $360,010 $0 $0 $12,300 $23,704 $396,014
TOTAL COST
LABOR HOURS PROJECT COSTS
King Surveying
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Section 7 | Assigned Personnel
FROM BEGINNING TO END, IT’S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE
On the following pages, you will find resumes for the key staff members proposed for your projects. We have assembled this
team to provide the City:
SECTION 7 ASSIGNED PERSONNEL
A project can have the best technology, process, systems, and funding in place, but without the
right people to implement them, we lose the opportunity to maximize the potential of your WRF and
Biosolids proejcts. Our proposed team comprises an optimal mix of talent, experience, enthusiasm,
and commitment to successfully complete your projects.
Our project team and staff are 100% committed to providing the same quality work and
dedication to the City demonstrated over the years Carollo and Ditesco have served
the City.
Our proposed project manager, Jason Garside, will be the point person and contact
for the City. Jason has delegated his other commitments to be able to focus the necessary attention to the City. Jason will
be at all project meetings and lead our team’s efforts to collaborate with the City’s staff and APDS contractor to determine
the best solution to each project decision.
Our client service manager, Anthony Morroni, will make sure that the necessary company resources are allocated to the
City’s projects, and that we continue to perform to the level that the City expects to see from Carollo and Ditesco.
We want to be the City’s wastewater capital improvements engineer for years to come! We take the opportunity to daily
demonstrate our value to the City very seriously!
100% COMMITTED
Qualified Team to Deliver
Our people set us apart. A team comprised of wastewater experts such as, Project
Manager, Jason Garside, who can deliver cost-effective projects, accompanied by
Plant Engineer, Jill Burrell, and a team of engineering professionals specialized in
delivering wastewater projects in Colorado.
Ready to Provide Superior Service
Your satisfaction means a job well done! Our team is defined by our ability to assist
you in determining your facility’s exact needs. We have provided planning, design, and
construction management services ranging from less than 1 mgd to over 300 mgd in
capacity. Our team knowledge gives you creative options to achieve your desired results.
Innovative Solutions
Innovation is vital to what we do. With over $2 billion in combined successfully delivered
water reclamation facility improvements, Carollo and Ditesco have worked tirelessly to
advance the engineering and construction of water, and wastewater facilities to create the
most technically sound solutions for the City’s projects.
Trusted, Collaborative Culture
The Carollo/Ditesco Team has consistently met our commitments, developed
mutual trust and respect, and fostered a collaborative working environment,
and lasting partnerships.
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Section 7 | Assigned Personnel
Mr. Garside is a professional water/wastewater engineer with more than 18 years of
experience in project management and engineering with the ability to manage projects from
planning through design and construction. His wastewater treatment technology experience
includes tertiary filtration, UV disinfection, clarification, activated sludge processes, solids
handling, and chemical feed facilities.
Jason Garside, PE
PROJECT MANAGER
Relevant Experience
• Project manager or task lead for multiple alternative delivery projects including the
Santa Barbara’s (CA) $80M Desalination Facility design/build/operate project; the
Longboat Key’s (FL) $25M Subaqueous Forcemain progressive design/build project;
and the South Florida Water Management District’s (FL) $10M BCB Field Station
progressive design/build; and $60M L8 Pump Station and Inflow Control Structure
design/build projects.
• Program task lead for the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District’s $475M Northern
Treatment Plant program. The 6-year program consists of comprehensive management
and engineering services for the planning, design definition, procurement, construction,
and start-up of the District’s new 24-mgd greenfield wastewater facility and regional
interceptor system.
• Project controls manager for the City of Longmont’s $30M Ammonia Treatment and
Biosolids Improvements project.
• Project manager for the implementation of the $25M Phase 1 Water and Wastewater System for the Ute Lake Ranch Public
Improvements District, NM. Phase 1 consisted of design/build delivery of a water transmission pipeline and pump station; a
wastewater treatment facility; and effluent disposal system.
Jason’s Background
Firm: Carollo Engineers, Inc.
Experience: 18 years
Education:
MS Civil Engineering, University of
Colorado, Boulder, 1996
BS Civil Engineering, University of
Washington, Seattle, 1994
Registrations:
Professional Engineer – CO (38073); NM
Technical Expertise
• Wastewater treatment, drinking
water treatment, and storm
water management.
• Facilities design and
construction management.
• Alternative project delivery.
Keith’s Background
Firm: Ditesco
Experience: 20 years
Education:
BS Civil Engineering,
Colorado State University, 1993
Registrations:
Professional Engineer: CO (32976), MT
Mr. Meyer is the owner of Ditesco and brings over 20 years of experience in the engineering
and construction fields. His experience spans program, project, and construction
management for projects ranging from water and wastewater treatment plants. He has
extensive experience with the APDS system and is wel-versed in local, federal and state
contract administration, procurement, project oversight, risk management, negotiations,
claims avoidance, and overall delivery strategy. Collectively, he has managed well over
$300M in capital improvements throughout Northern Colorado.
Keith Meyer, PE
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Section 7 | Assigned Personnel
Jill’s Background
Firm: Ditesco
Experience: 5 years
Education:
BS Civil Engineering,
Colorado State University, 2012
Ms. Burrell has worked with Ditesco for over 5 years and lends her civil engineering
and construction management experience and expertise to each project. She has
been involved with the design and construction management of numerous projects,
ranging from water and wastewater treatment plants, complex utilities and heavy
civil work to buildings and civic areas. In addition, she has managed utility design
and coordination, road grading design, and structural concrete construction projects.
Jill has extensive experience in the APDS system with the City of Fort Collins. She
regularly conducts utility location and design, construction inspection, engineering,
surveying, and drafting. She also has a thorough understanding of job document
control, contract administration, and close out. Her involvement has contributed to
the successful completion of many projects, all of which were brought in on time and
under budget.
Jill Burrell
PLANT ENGINEER
Relevant Experience
Resident engineer for the 23-mgd, $5-million reconstruction of Drake
Water Reclamation Facility North Process Train and $7.5-million
South Process Train for the City of Fort Collins, CO. Work tasks
include submittal review, material testing coordination, start up and
testing, contract management, extensive record drawing preparation,
site surveying, photo documentation, meeting management and
documentation, and on-site construction observation.
Project engineer for the new WAS Thickening, $3-million improvement
project for the Wastewater Treatment Plant, City of Loveland, CO.
Work tasks included structural steel and concrete inspections, masonry
inspection, field engineering changes to extensive utility layout designs,
field engineering changes to road grading design, grading design
surveying, as-built surveying, and record drawing preparation.
Part-time project engineer for the 6-mgd, $22-million reconstruction of
existing wastewater treatment plant for the Mulberry Water Reclamation
Facility, City of Fort Collins, CO. Work tasks included construction
inspection and testing, extensive record drawing preparation, and site
surveying.
Project engineer for this $3-million water treatment plant addition and
improvements project for the Dillon Valley District Water Treatment.
The project includes changes to influent pumping, addition of automatic
strainers, modifications to current flocculation system, media filter
replacement with complete membrane micro-filtration system, and water
metering for residents of Dillon Valley.
Technical Expertise
• Design and construction
management for the water and
wastewater treatment plants and
complex utilities.
• Utility design and coordination,
road grading design, and structural
concrete construction.
• APDS system with City of Fort
Collins.
“I am fortunate to have
worked with the City of Fort
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Section 7 | Assigned Personnel
Mr. Morroni, a senior vice president with Carollo Engineers, has an extensive background
in both the electrical and instrumentation engineering fields, from both a practical and
a theoretical perspective. His work integrates a strong background in mathematics and
physics to provide effective, innovative solutions to engineering problems. Hands-on
experience allows Mr. Morroni to combine electrical engineering knowledge and field-
proven construction techniques to consistently produce sound electrical projects. He also
worked with the City of Fort Collin’s APDS since its inception on its plants.
Anthony Morroni, PE
PROJECT ADVISOR – CLIENT SERVICE MANAGER
Relevant Experience
Electrical and instrumentation quality manager for the PAR 1085 South
Secondary Improvements Project for the Metro Wastewater Reclamation
District, CO.
QM and director of science project for the La Porte Water Treatment Plant
Arc Flash Studies for the City of Fort Collins, CO.
QM and director of science project for the Mulberry Water Reclamation
Facility Arc Flash Studies for the City of Fort Collins, CO.
QM and director of science project for the Drake Water Reclamation
Facility Arc Flash Studies for the City of Fort Collins, CO.
Anthony’s Background
Firm: Carollo Engineers, Inc.
Experience: 44 years
Education:
MS Physics, Colorado School of Mines, 1974
BS Engineering Physics/Engineering
Mathematics, Colorado School of Mines, 1971
Registrations:
Professional Engineer – CO (14336)
Electrical Engineer – KY, MN, WY, ID, WA, CA,
NM, SD
Technical Expertise
• Electrical and instrumentation
engineering for water and wastewater
facilities.
• Strong background in mathematics
and physics to support effective and
innovative solutions to engineering
problems.
Mr. Tomerlin, a process and operations specialist with Carollo, has 41 years experience
in water and wastewater treatment plant operations, maintenance, control systems, and
management. He works on a company-wide basis with plant operators and managers
to test, start-up, optimize, and troubleshoot water and wastewater treatment plants. His
municipal wastewater experience includes master planning, design review, start-up,
operation, and training of most major unit processes. Bill has extensive experience with
Fort Collin’s APDS process.
Bill Tomerlin
PROJECT ADVISOR – OPERATIONS/PLANNING
Relevant Experience
Carollo’s project manager for the City of Fort Collins Utilities’ Asset
Management Program.
Carollo’s Project manager for the carbon footprint evaluation for the City of
Fort Collins Utilities’ two water reclamation facilities.
Project manager and process systems supervisor for development of SCADA
systems used for the Fort Collins Utilities’ water and wastewater treatment
facilities, including on-going system upgrades.
Process and systems supervisor for the Fort Collins Utilities water and
wastewater in-house SCADA system design, installation, and upgrades.
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Section 7 | Assigned Personnel
Mr. Rehring is a vice president at Carollo Engineers with more than 26 years of
experience. John specializes in water supply planning, water reuse, storm water,
infrastructure, and water and wastewater master/facility planning, design and
construction.
John Rehring, PE
PLANNING/SUSTAINABILITY
Relevant Experience
Project manager for the Sand Creek Basin Wastewater Collection and
Treatment Master Plan, a collaborative effort of the Metro Wastewater
Reclamation District and the City of Aurora, CO.
Technical advisor for the City of Longmont, CO, Wastewater Treatment
Plant Master Plan.
Project manager for the Sand Creek Water Reclamation Facility Blower/UV
Replacement project for the Aurora, CO.
Alternatives analysis technical lead for the Plum Creek Wastewater
Authority Utility Plan Update for the Castle Rock, CO.
John’s Background
Firm: Carollo Engineers, Inc.
Experience: 26 years
Education:
MS Civil Engineering,
University of Colorado, Boulder, 1994
BS Chemical Engineering,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1989
Registrations:
Professional Engineer – CO (31351)
Technical Expertise
• Water and wastewater master/facility
planning, design and construction.
• Water supply planning, water reuse,
storm water, and infrastructure.
Dr. Rauch-Williams has 15 years of experience in the water and wastewater engineering
fields specializing in wastewater process performance optimization and process modeling,
water reuse, and soil-aquifer treatment. Project and research experience includes:
Tanja Rauch-Williams, PhD, PE
PROCESS/NUTRIENTS/RESOURCE RECOVERY
Relevant Experience
Lead Process Engineer responsible for the preliminary and final process design
of various wastewater facilities in Colorado, Florida, Arizona, Oregon, and
California, ranging from 2 to over 100 mgd in size. Among them the Metro
Wastewater Reclamation District’s Northern Treatment Plant, and the $135M
South Secondary Improvements Project.
BNR Process Optimization Lead for various Front Range wastewater utilities
including Boulder 75th WWTF, Longmont WWTF, Plum Creek WRA, Metro
Wastewater Reclamation District’s NSEC and SSEC, Focus on BNR operation
to meet daily, monthly, and annual average limits more cost-effectively through
improved carbon management, aeration and solids inventory control.
Wastewater Innovations Lead. Responsible for tracking and communicating
wastewater innovations in and outside of company. Initiating and coordinating
decisions on Carollo’s investments into wastewater R&D projects of relevance
to our clients.
Applied R&D. Principal investigator or co-investigator for several past
research projects related to anaerobic wastewater treatment in cold weather
plants and relevance and removal of contaminants of emerging concern.
BNR Training and Education: Trainer for facility operators on In-Plant
BioWin Use as a Support Tool for BNR Process Operation. Adjunct facility
at Colorado School of Mines teaching graduate course on Advanced Water
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Mr. Salveson has 21 years of environmental consulting experience serving public and
private-sector clients in the research and design of water and wastewater treatment
systems. He is a nationally recognized expert in water reuse and disinfection. In
recognition of his contributions to the industry, he was honored with the 2007 WateReuse
Person of the Year Award for bringing innovative technologies to market.
Andy Salveson, PE
UV DISINFECTION/WATER RECLAMATION
Relevant Experience
Process engineer for the UV disinfection evaluation for the City of Boulder,
CO, 75th Street WWTP Evaluation Project.
Project manager for the analysis of alternative disinfection technologies for
the City of Santa Rosa, CO. Ozone, pasteurization, UV, and NaOCI were
examined to provide additional treatment capacity.
Process engineer for the retrofit design of UV disinfection for Clean Water
Services, OR, (200-mgd treatment capacity, 36-mgd hydraulic capacity).
Peer review on ozone research for water reuse applications, work done by the
University of Colorado at Boulder for Melbourne Water.
Process engineer for the design of membrane and UV disinfection for water
reuse at two 10 ML/day water reclamation plants for the Water Corporation of
Western Australia (Carollo teamed with SKM).
Andy’s Background
Firm: Carollo Engineers, Inc.
Experience: 21 years
Education:
MS Water and Wastewater Engineering,
University of California, Davis, 1994
BS Civil Engineering,
San Jose State University, 1993
Registrations:
Professional Engineer – TX
Civil Engineer – CA
Technical Expertise
• Nationally recognized expert in high-
level disinfection and water reuse issue.
• State-of-the-art technologies on the
latest industry issues regarding reuse.
• Numerous planning, design, and
research projects.
Mr. Berlin’s experience includes wastewater treatment facility design, cost estimating,
preparation of training and O&M materials, regulatory assessment, permitting and
compliance assistance, water quality monitoring, and environmental data analysis.
Jeff Berlin, PE
CARBON MANAGEMENT
Relevant Experience
Commissioning manager for the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District,
Denver, CO, South Secondary Improvements project.
Process engineer for the preliminary design of Metro Wastewater
Reclamation District’s Northern Treatment Plant, a new 24-mgd (60-mgd
ultimate capacity) regional facility in Denver, CO.
Project engineer for the Nitrogen Upgrades Design for the City of Boulder,
CO. Project includes evaluation and full-scale testing to optimize internal
carbon sources and minimize the need for external carbon addition. The
project includes design of a carbon addition facility to store and feed both
acetic acid and a local brewery waste carbon source to the aeration basins on
an as-needed basis.
Project engineer for the design of an acetic acid storage and feed system to
maintain compliance with stringent nitrate limitations of the PAR 1073 North
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Mr. Heger joined Carollo in 2008, gaining experience in construction management and
electrical and instrumentation design for both water and wastewater treatment facilities.
He also has in-depth knowledge of a variety of software packages including Word, ETap,
AmpCalc and Microsoft Excel®. Common tasks with automated sequences include
conduit schedules, voltage drop worksheets, and load studies.
Chris Heger, PE
ELECTRICAL/I&C
Relevant Experience
Electrical design engineer for the Drake WRF motor control center (MCC)
replacement project for the City of Fort Collins.
Electrical/I&C design engineer of Mulberry WRF for Fort Collins.
Electrical/I&C design engineer of Drake WRF for Fort Collins.
Electrical system study engineer for the Mulberry and Drake WRF and the
Laporte Water Treatment Facility for Fort Collins.
Electrical and instrumentation design engineer for a new pump station at a
new augmentation reservoir for Fort Collins.
Electrical design engineer of the Generator Replacement for Fort Collins,
Laporte Water Treatment Facility.
Carbon footprint analyst for the Mulberry and Drake Water Reclamation
Facilities for the City of Fort Collins.
Chris’ Background
Firm: Carollo Engineers, Inc.
Experience: 7 years
Education:
MS Electrical Engineering,
Colorado School of Mines, 2012
BS Electrical Engineering,
Colorado School of Mines, 2008
Registrations:
Professional Engineer – CO (47129)
Lightning Protection Institute Designer/
Inspector
Technical Expertise
• Construction management and
electrical and instrumentation design
for both water and wastewater
treatment facilities
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Word®
and Excel®, ETap, and AmpCalc
Mr. Dornfest brings 14 years of experience specializing in engineering geology and
geotechnical engineering as they relate to water and wastewater, water supply, and
irrigation. Mr. Dornfest has provided geotechnical engineering services for numerous City
of Fort Collins Utilities projects utilizing the Advanced Product Delivery System (APDS)
and is well versed in the Utilities protocols and expectations.
Robin Dornfest, PG, CPG
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER
Relevant Experience
Geotechnical engineer for the Canal Improtation Ponds and Outfall project
for the City of Fort Collins, CO. Provided a geotechnical investigation and
construction support for a stormwater pipeline and detention basins.
Geotechnical engineer for the Dry Creek Connection Channel for the Fort
Collins Utilities. Reviewed existing geotechnical reports for the site and
provided recommendations for the proposed construction.
Geotechnical engineer for the Northeast College Outfall project for the
Fort Collins Utilities. Provided a subsurface investigation and geotechnical
engineering report providing recommendations and construction criteria for
several stormwater pipelines, detention ponds, and outfall structures.
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Throughout his career as a Land Surveyor, Larry has been exposed to a wide variety
of survey needs. He has worked with Land Developers and Engineers in the annexation
and subdivision platting process. Larry works with many of the local municipalities by
formulating survey scopes for capital improvement projects, drainage improvement
projects and water and sewer line replacement projects.
Larry has extensive knowledge of Right-of-Ways and Route Surveys and has been
involved with several large roadway and pipeline projects including the Bellvue
transmission water line that runs from the Bellvue Water Treatment Plant, south west
to Greeley and, more recently, the rebuilding of Fish Creek Road in Estes Park that was
washed out by the flood.
Larry Pepek, PLS
SURVEYING
Relevant Experience
Topographic surveys for several wastewater projects including:
» Drake Water Reclamation Facility
» Ault Wastewater Treatment Facility
» Windsor Wastewater Treatment Facility
» Eaton Wastewater Treatment Facility
» Greeley Wastewater Treatment Facility
» Boxelder Sanitation District Facility
Robin’s Background
Firm: King Surveying, Inc.
Experience: 21 years
Education:
BS Business Administration/Economics,
University of Northern Colorado
Surveying and Mapping Certificate, Denver
Institute of Techology
Registrations:
Professional Land Surveyor, Colorado #33642
Professional Land Surveyor, Kansas #1567
Technical Expertise
• Experience working with land
developers and local municipalities.
• Extensive knowledge of right-of-ways
and route surveys.
• Experience with the preparation of
CDOT ROW plans for state and federally
funded roadway proejcts.
Ms. Deslauriers’ expertise is in the areas of TBL analysis, climate change impact
analyses, greenhouse gas emission management, life cycle assessment, water and
wastewater master planning, water and air quality monitoring and laboratory analysis,
integrated water resources management, project prioritization using decision analysis,
and asset management. Her experience includes:
Sarah Deslauriers, PE
TBL ANALYSIS
Relevant Experience
Process engineer for the Riverside Public Utilities’ Integrated Water
Managment Plan for the City of Riverside, CA. Led the effort to determine
the current state of research on global climate change and its potential to
affect the City’s groundwater supply.
Project manager for California Wastewater Climate Change Group
(CWCCG) in implementing their vision to be the recognized providers of
education, leadership, and advocacy for the California wastewater community
on climate change issues.
TBL analysis/sustainability lead for the City of Corona’s 2010 Urban
Management Plan. Some of the key challenges on this project include
coordination with WMWD and demonstration of Corona’s previous water
conservation efforts.
Sarah’s Background
Firm: Carollo Engineers, Inc.
Experience: 13 years
Education:
MS Environmental Engineering,
University of Michigan, 2004
MS Atmospheric and Space Science,
University of Michigan, 2002
BS Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Science,
University of Michigan, 2000
Registrations:
Civil Engineer – CA
Technical Expertise
• Expertise includes integrated water
resources management, optimization of
alternative selection, greenhouse gases
emissions, and climate change impact
analyses.
• Carollo’s TBL/Sustainability Lead.
Geotechnical engineer for the Raw Water Pipeline for the City of Fort
Collins. Conducted a geotechnical investigation for replacement of an existing
27-inch diameter steel water line.
Robin’s Background
Firm: Brierley Associates
Experience: 14 years
Education:
MS Geology, San Jose State University, 2005
BS Geology with Distinction, Sonoma State
University, 1998
Registrations:
Certifified Professional Geologist, Professional
Geologist: CO
Technical Expertise
• Engineering geology, geotechnical
engineering, slope stability, expansive
soils, ground modification, earth
retention systems, landslide and
rock fall evaluation and mitigation,
embankment dam design, groundwater
control systems, tunneling, and
trenchless projects
Secondary Denit Support for the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District,
CO.
Jeff’s Background
Firm: Carollo Engineers, Inc.
Experience: 15 years
Education:
MS Environmental Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley, 2002
BS Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000
Registrations:
Professional Engineer – CO
Technical Expertise
• WWTF design, cost estimating,
preparation of training and O&M
materials, regulatory assessment,
permitting, and compliance assistance,
water quality monitoring, and
environmental data analysis
• Carbon optimization and design to
balance available internal carbon with
reliable external sources for consistent,
robust nutrient removal operation.
Treatment and Reuse.
Tanja’s Background
Firm: Carollo Engineers, Inc.
Experience: 15 years
Education:
PhD Environmental Science and Engineering,
Colorado School of Mines, 2005
MS Environmental Engineering,
Technical University of Berlin, Germany 1999
BS Environmental Engineering,
Technical University of Berlin, Germany 1995
Registrations:
Professional Engineer – CO (43343)
Water Treatment Plant Operator,
Class D – CO
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator,
Class D – CO
Technical Expertise
• Wastewater process performance
optimization and process modeling,
water reuse, and soil-aquifer treatment.
City and Carollo’s Project manager for the Fort Collins Utilities water and
wastewater master planning and subsequent updates, wastewater sludge master
plan, 20-year water and wastewater facility master plans, water and wastewater
budgeting and capital improvement, and replacement program projects.
Bill’s Background
Firm: Carollo Engineers, Inc.
Experience: 41 years
Education:
MS Chemistry, Arkansas State University, 1980
BS Mathematics, Arkansas State University,
1973
Registrations:
Water Treatment Plant Operator,
Class A – CO (1156)
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator,
Class A – CO (1126)
Technical Expertise
• Water and wastewater treatment plant
operations, maintenance, control
systems, and management.
• CIP project manager with wastewater
facilities in Fort Collin’s including CIP
budges and schedules.
• Extensive experience with Fort Collin’s
APDS process.
Collins on several successful
projects. I have consistently
and successfully implemented
innovative, reliable, operationally
flexible, and cost-effective
engineering solutions. I will
leverage this experience to
provide best value solutions to
the City.”
PROJECT MANAGER
Relevant Experience
Resident engineer for the 6-mgd, $22-million reconstruction of existing
Mulberry Water Reclamation Facility for the City of Fort Collins, CO.
Project manager for the 23-mgd, $5-million reconstruction of Drake Water
Reclamation Facility North Process Train and South Process Train for the City
of Fort Collins, CO.
Project manager for the City of Evans, CO, $30-million replacement and
consolidation of the Evans Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Project/construction manager for a range of projects including Plum Street
Sewer Utility Improvements, Drake Site Entrance Improvements, Water
Treatment Facility Improvements, Linden Outfall, and the Integrated Recycling
Center for the City of Fort Collins, CO, Utilities On-Call Services.
Technical Expertise
• Construction management for water
and wastewater treatment plants and
conveyance projects.
• Contract administration, procurement,
oversight, risk management,
negotiations, claims avoidance, and
overall delivery strategy.
• Start-up, testing, and operational
coordination.
• CDPHE permitting experience, PNA,
site applications, PDRs.
• SRF program experience.
PECE
Brierley Associates
Total Direct Labor Hours
Total Labor Cost
Other Direct Costs (ODCs)
$129
$110
$98
$91
$79
$93
$65
$65
2. Overtime hours will be charged at straight time rates.
• Technicians
• Senior Technicians
$110.00
$162.00
3. Fees for laboratory tests will be computed on a ‘per test’ unit basis. Current
laboratory test unit rates are as follows:
Laboratory Test Unit Rate ($)
• Atterberg Limits
• Full Gradation
• -200 Wash
• Standard Proctor
• Modified Proctor
• Relative Density
• Swell/Consolidation
• Swell/Consol (Remold)
• Unc. Comp. Strength
• Sulfate
• Hydrometer
63.00
99.00
52.00
120.00
133.00
220.00
84.00
120.00
78.00
26.00
131.00
4. Payment: Invoices generally are submitted once a month for services
performed during the previous month. Payment will be due and payable upon
receipt of invoice. Interest may be added to accounts in arrears at the rate
of one and one-half (1.50%) percent per month on the outstanding balance.
In the event Brierley Associates must engage counsel to enforce overdue
payment, Client will reimburse Brierley Associates for all reasonable attorney’s
fees and court costs.
5. The billing rates given above are subject to change at the contract renewal
each year, unless noted otherwise in the signed proposal.
Brierley Associates Corporation
Hourly Rate
Registered Land Surveyor $99.00/hr. (RLS)
Project Manager $88.00/hr. (PM)
Draftsman
• Senior CAD Technician
• CAD Technician I
• CAD Technician II
$84.00/hr (SR Cad)
$76.00/hr (Draft I)
$71.00/hr. (Draft II)
Field
• Senior Surveying Technician
• Surveying Technician I
• Surveying Technician II
• Crew Rate (2-man)
• GPS Crew
$84.00/hr. (SR Tech)
$76.00/hr. (S Tech I)
$71.00/hr. (S Tech II)
$144.00/hr. (2-man)
$134.00/hr. (GPS Crew)
Expert Witness $198.00/hr (EW)
Clerical $48/hr. (Cler)
A.T.V. $30.00/hr.
Boat $30.00/hr.
Copies
• 8.5 x 11”
• 8.5 x 14”
• 11x17”
• 18x24” Prints
• 24x36” Prints
• 24x36” Mylars
$0.15/copy
$0.20/copy
$0.25/copy
$1.50/copy
$2.00/copy
$8.00/copy
** All copies & meetings are billed in addition to estimates, unless
otherwise noted.**
**All fees are subject to change without notice**
King Surveyors
Hourly Rate
Principal: $130.00 – $145.00 per hour
Project Manager: $100.00 - $140.00 per hour
Construction Manager/Resident
Engineer:
$110.00 - $130.00 per hour
Project Engineer: $95.00 - $110.00 per hour
Engineer: $75.00 to $100.00 per hour
Administrative: $60.00 to $75.00 per hour
Mileage Reimbursement: $0.75 per mile
Subconsultant Mark up: 5% of cost
All other costs at direct expense
Terms: 30 days net
Ditesco
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measures.
As an example, to increase the
Acceptance of the new
Northern Treatment Plant in
Brighton, Carollo worked with
the District to include natural
wetland areas and public trails.
TechnicalSocialEnvironmental Reliability + Financial
Flexibility
Safety
Future
regulations
Innovation
Capital $
Net Present
Worth
Return of
Investments
Noise/
Odor
Issues
Visual
Impacts
Community
Assets
Resource
Recovery
Water Quality
Habitat
Protection
GHG Emissions
Future
Regulations
Objectives include:
Attract and Retain Smart, Talented Professionals - Our
approach to attract and retain talented staff is two-
fold. We will continue to offer competitive benefits as
well as work to engage employees in sustainability
activities and improve communications about our
successes.
Innovation Toward More Sustainable Technologies -
Limits drive innovation. Carollo develops sustainable
water treatment technologies that do more while
using fewer resources. We also help others validate
new technologies to meet sustainability objectives.
Energy Efficiency and Renewables - In addition to
sustainability evaluation tools and green building
techniques, Carollo plans and designs facilities and
processes to enhance energy efficiency and produce
clean energy. As we develop energy programs, we
evaluate ways to conserve energy, more effectively
utilize/enhance digester gas, and utilize other power
generation technologies, such as solar, wind, fuel cells,
and hydroelectric power.
Be Climate Neutral - Carollo is actively replacing its
fleet cars with “greener” electric hybrid and other Ultra
Low Emissions Vehicles. Carollo added its first hybrid
car to its fleet in 2002. We currently own 8 hybrids, as
well as several other ultra low emissions vehicles.
Contribute to Long-Term Workforce Sustainability in
our Industry - Carollo is a workplace giving partner and
continues companywide support of Water for People
and other local non-profit organizations. In 2014 we
raised $26,000 for Water for People. In 2014, we
also raised in our Colorado Offices alone more than
$4,000 in cash for local food banks. We continue to
support and foster employee engagement in outreach
activities, both to improve the lives of others and to
help ensure long-term workforce sustainability in our
industry.
YES
Fort Collins 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10%
Sarah Deslauriers
Other Projects 70% 70% 30% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20%
YES
Fort Collins 0% 5% 2% 2% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 5%
Larry Pepek
Other Projects 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80%
YES
Fort Collins 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10%
Current Key Personnel Workload and Project Commitment
Our team has more resources in the Denver area dedicated exclusively to the water/wastewater industry than any other team,
with sufficient resources to complete all aspects of your projects. This team is committed to start IMMEDIATELY on your
projects upon your Notice to Proceed. The table below is an estimate of availability and resource allocation. As shown, our key
team members have more availability beyond 2015. We are open to working with you to plan your needs adequately into our
resource management.
Drake WRF UV Disinfection Project
Master Plan Project
As you will find in contacting our references, Carollo/
Ditesco has continually demonstrated our ability
to meet schedule. We pride ourselves on meeting
deadlines and client schedule expectations. We see no
issue being able to complete the UV and Master Plan
projects in accordance with the planned schedules.
Project management is a critical aspect of your
projects. We attribute our ability to complete
projects on time to careful management, continuous
coordination of our staff and subconsultants, working
hand-in-hand with our clients, appropriate and timely
meetings or workshops, and a proven reporting and
quality management system. These tested project
management policies serve to eliminate problems and
resolve issues before they affect the project schedule
(or budget).
Resource Availability
Carollo and Ditesco have been fortunate to complete
numerous projects along the Front Range, and, as a
result, have each grown our respective local offices.
Locally, we have a diverse and experienced staff
that is capable of managing and executing projects.
Carollo is also supported nationwide by professionals
that cover the spectrum of experience in the water
and wastewater industry. Using a baseball analogy,
we have a strong starting lineup in our local, key staff
members, with a deep bench consisting of over 400
water/wastewater engineers nationwide.
Our Team has the ability, availability, and qualifications to perform this work. We look
forward to continuing our record of quality service to the City.
assumptions and risks; process
evaluation approaches; and final
recommendations for meeting
near-term and long-term regulatory
requirements, treatment goals, and
process optimization goals. Some key
components of the Draft Master Plan
Report will include:
• Overview of existing facilities and
key assumptions used in the Master
Plan
• Summary of evaluation and
alternative comparison criteria
• Anticipate future water, air, and
biosolids permit constraints
• Planning goals and objectives
• Alternative descriptions
• Cost estimates and implementation
schedules for each element
• A 10-year CIP (2015 through
2025) and a 10-year CIP decision
roadmap (for 2025 through 2035)
derived from the cost estimates and
schedules for each project for your
use in financial and engineering
planning
• Facility layout drawings that include
existing and planned facilities
Because of the dynamic regulatory and
economic environment, many of our
clients are developing adaptive Master
Plan deliverables at the conclusion of
planning in order to support simplified
and efficient updates as additional
information is obtained.
If you are interested in creating
some portions of the Master Plan
deliverables in an adaptive format,
Carollo has recently worked with
several agencies to develop a variety
of adaptive tools. If interested, we
will work with you to identify need,
value, likelihood of ongoing use, and
departmental ownership of each tool.
Example of adaptive deliverables
Carollo will deliver to support
maintaining an accurate CIP and
communicating upcoming projects,
costs, and schedules to your
stakeholders are described below.
Graphically Enhanced Facility
Layouts
Typical Master Plan documentation
provides one-dimensional engineering
style layouts of proposed facilities.
Our approach to the Master Plan
will move beyond a single method
of representation and include aerial
photo representations and possibly
three-dimensional renderings of
proposed DWRF, MWRF, and MSR
layouts.
We can incorporate electronic-
based layouts and renderings that
are interactively linked to project
descriptions, costs, and CIP schedules
to allow users to drag their cursor over
various elements and pop up additional
information about each project. This
We can incorporate electronic-based
layouts and renderings that are
interactively linked to project descriptions,
costs, and CIP schedules to allow users
to drag their cursor over various elements
and pop up additional information about
each project. This format of Facility Plan
deliverable is more consistent with today’s
communication practices.
cost, and a schedule indicating timing
and triggers for each activity.
Phase 3 - Comprehensive
Facility Plan Deliverables
The Master Plan documents and
electronic deliverables must be well-
organized and well-written to facilitate
widespread understanding of critical
assumptions, goals, objectives, decision
processes, alternatives development,
and evaluation approach. The
preferred near- and long-term
alternative descriptions, cost estimates,
and implementation schedules must be
clear and concise.
In support of these goals, several
interim progress submittals will be
provided including a series of technical
memoranda (TMs) and a Draft Master
Plan Report. The TMs will be used to
document key decisions in each major
evaluation area. Following submission
of each draft TM, a workshop will
be conducted to review the TM and
to get feedback and buy-in from
UV
Disinfection
Process
Optimization
Energy
Efficiency
Process
Piloting
Asset
Management
BNR
(N, P Removal)
Reg 31
Resource Recovery
Energy Neutrality
CECs
2015 2020 2025
Long-Term Objectives Short-Term Objectives
Your over-arching objectives are broken down into manageable near- and long-term action
items that are synchronized with your CIP plan.
Master Plan Objectives
A Master Plan Executive Sumary will
be developed to allow staff to use in
communicating to funding decision-
makers, the community, and other
stakeholders.
evaluated.
Our decision-making approach
combines our deliberate documentation
of the City’s preferences with a broad,
national perspective. Carollo will first
prepare a set of preliminary evaluation
criteria and performance measures
based on the goals established in
Phase 1. The draft criteria will be
reviewed and modified in a workshop
setting prior to the development
of theme- based alternatives. The
criteria will be weighted by City
staff and used throughout the Phase
2 analyses to measure, compare,
and rank the alternatives. Where
necessary, alternative analyses will be
supported by a Criterium DecisionPlus®
(CDP) model. Sensitivity analyses
can determine the elements of each
alternative that best meet the entire
range of criteria and priorities.
Sustainability analyses will be
conducted to incorporate triple bottom
line assessment, similar to that used
by the NTP team on recent work for
MWRD.
The concepts that support our
approach to analyzing alternatives
and defining a preferred set of
improvements, layouts, CIP, and
schedules are described in the following
In order to navigate through the
myriad of decisions, the decision
process will be:
• Transparent
• Well-documented
• Defensible
• Robust
• Interactive
sections. Development and screening of
the alternatives will be conducted hand-
in-hand with City staff, combining input
and ideas based on the goals determined
during Phase 1 brainstorming efforts.
Evaluation and Planning of Treatment
Processes
As noted earlier, we anticipate that
a theme-based definition of process
alternatives might be a valuable way to
brainstorm process ideas. The themes
described below are simply examples of
what might come out of Phase 1; the
final list of themes will be identified by
the City as a result of the goal-setting
process.
• Theme A - Optimize Use of Existing
Assets.
• Theme B - Optimize Nutrient
Removal and Recovery.
• Theme C - Enhance Energy
Management and Production.
Previous Master Plans for the MWRF
and DWRF evaluated process
alternatives such as standalone “all or
nothing” propositions. This approach
created a reluctance to change from the
familiar systems that have been operated
for years. As we evaluate new theme-
based alternatives for the Master Plan,
there is an opportunity to integrate other
processes (IFAS and MBR, etc.) into
portions of the existing plant to enable
you to do more with less and get the
most out of your existing investments.
Predictive process performance modeling
using a plant-wide Biowin model
incorporating the major secondary
liquid and solids processes will be used
in Phase 2 for evaluation, prioritization,
and ranking of theme-based alternatives.
For critical alternative evaluations,
sensitivity analyses will be performed to
assess the impact of input variability on
the predicted model output. Examples
where such analyses could provide
considerable value include assessing costs
of chemical treatment for the removal
of phosphorus based on the variability of
influent phosphorus concentrations, or
the reliability of meeting potential future
PHASE 2
Enhanced production of additional
energy could enable the City to offset
capital costs. You might consider
feeding FOG or food wastes, for
example.
4. Generate Renewable Power. There
is a growing interest in on-site power
production using methods other than
digester gas. A new potential source
of renewable energy for the City could
include the use of strategically-sited
solar photovoltaic units or wind parks.
Treatment for Trace Organic
Contaminants
Trace organic contaminants
have been detected at low levels in
Front Range surface waters, leading
to concerns that these compounds
may impact human health and aquatic
life. It is reasonable to presume that
these contaminants will be regulated
in the future. In the absence of specific
treatment targets, a prudent planning
strategy accounts for potential treatment
needs, with the understanding that the
specifics must be defined as the picture
becomes clearer.
Our team member Tanja Rauch-Williams
is our trace organics expert and actively
involved in treatment and regulatory
developments in this field on a national
level.
periods (i.e., daily max total inorganic
nitrogen limits) or in some cases longer
averaging periods (i.e., annual average
phosphorus limits). These regulatory
changes will require a different
approach to process selection, sizing,
and performance evaluation to ensure
that treatment systems are capable
of mitigating short-term excursions
without unnecessary oversizing.
Achieving lower effluent nutrient
limits provides the opportunity
for resource recovery and reuse.
Sustainable recovery of nutrient
resources can generate revenue
while providing treatment benefits
associated with lower phosphorus in
plant effluents and biosolids. Carollo
Tiered Compliance
Requirements Offer the City
Two Important Opportunities
1. Cost-effective phasing of
improvements to meet
performance criteria no earlier
than needed for nutrient
compliance, while maintaining
the flexibility for subsequent
upgrades when limits become
more stringent.
2. Integration of alternate process
technologies within your existing
facility to “achieve a higher
level of treatment in the existing
tankage” so you can defer capital
and operational expenses.
There are not many examples to date for how energy neutrality can be achieved in
(waste)water utilities. The few examples we have to date show that a very systematic
re-evalution of both, treatment technologies and new sources for renewable energy is
necessary to achieve this goal. For Strass, Austria, this process took 10 years.
Rx
The Results so Far:
Electrical Self Sufficiency in 2005
Key Contributors:
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pumping station mechanical treatment A-stage SBR-reject water
B-stage sludge treatment off-gas treatment buildings
total consumption electricity production
and load projections and prepare a
summary of existing and anticipated
future regulatory changes affecting the
City’s planning efforts. In particular,
we will incorporate updated forecasts
of Regulation 31 requirements as they
may apply to the DWRF and MWRF,
given the timeline for stream standards
development, permit limit integration,
Incorporating lessons learned from other Similar Agencies
As you know from attending Carollo’s interactive Nutrient Summits, we see
great value in information-sharing between facilities and their staff, and
will extend that approach to this Master Plan. But we think you need to look
beyond the developments in our immediate region. We have summarized
some national innovation trends for you on th following two pages.”
You may benefit in your goal setting by drawing on the experience of
other similar utilities that have recently undergone facility planning and
incorporated advanced treatment processes into their facilities. Treatment
facilities across the U.S. are responding to evolving trends in wastewater
planning in different and creative ways. Agencies are implementing
important projects that can serve as a blueprint for future facilities. The
lessons learned from these and other cutting-edge facilities can provide
valuable insights for the City’s planning. We recommend incorporating a
review of some of the latest facility planning trends from other agencies in
Phase 1 to determine which ideas and lessons learned are worth adapting
for the Drake, Mulberry, and Meadow Springs Ranch facilities. The Visioning
and Innovation Workshop would be an outstanding time – early in the
planning process – to bring in outside perspectives.
and compliance schedules for advanced
nitrogen and phosphorus removal. We
have developed plans and implemented
designs for utilities across the Front Range
– such as our design/build project at
Longmont – to cost-effectively address the
near-term Regulation 85 requirements,
potential daily TIN limits, and pending
temperature limitations, while building
in flexibility for uncertain Regulation 31
limits.
We will present this information in a
technical memorandum and utilize
workshops to obtain general consensus
on the Basis of Planning, assumptions and
methodologies, and the goals of the work
effort.
Potential Trends That Will
Influence Your Future
Carollo has identified
five prominent trends
within the wastewater
industry, as further
discussed in our Research
Solutions journal (scan
the QR code at right), that will shape our
future and have a direct impact on your
planning. You are already working in many
of these areas, and deliberate planning
with these trends in mind will create a
stronger Master Plan.
Your ability for biological nutrient removal
is sooner or later limited by the availability
of organic carbon in your reactors. Team
members Tanja Rauch-Williams and Jeff
Berlin have worked with several Front
Range clients on innovative strategies to
manage internal carbon sources better in
BNR facilities to minimize the need and
costs of external chemical addition (see
also “Software and Tools” on page 20).
Nutrient Removal and
Recovery
Consideration of more stringent
future discharge criteria for nitrogen
and phosphorus are critical elements of
the Master Plan. The State of Colorado
is developing a tiered approach for
numeric nutrient limits for nitrogen and
phosphorus discharges. Averaging periods
are changing from traditional max month
compliance to either shorter averaging
N P
PHASE 1
and
Long-term
Implementa-
tion Schedule
• Adaptive CIP
Tool
• TM4: DWRF
Process Alternatives
• TM5: MWRF
Process Alternatives
• TM6: Solids
Management
Alternatives
W Kickoff Meeting
W Visioning and
Innovation
Summit
W Operations
Summit
W Draft
Implementa-
tion Schedule
Workshop
W First Draft
Master Plan
Review
Workshop
W Revised
Master Plan
Review
Workshop
W TM2 Review
Workshop
9 Flow, loadings,
and peaking
factors projec-
tions
W TM3 Review
Workshop
9 Regulatory
summaries and
potential impacts
on facility planning
W TM7 Review
Workshop
9 Integrated
approach with
process
improvements
W TM4 Review Wkshp
W TM5 Review Wkshp
W TM6 Review Wkshp
9 Model assumptions
9 Alternative
assessments
9 Cost analysis
• Project
Information
Manual
• TM1:
Alternatives
Analysis Process
• Monthly Progress
Reports
Comprehensive
CIP and
Planning
Process
• Detailed CIP
• Decision
Roadmap
• Enhanced
Facility
Layouts
• Adaptive CIP
Tool
Regulatory Driver
Assessment
• Treatment and Effluent
• Watershed
• Biosolids Transport and
Application
• Trace Organics
TASK 2
Planning Basis -
Wastewater
Characterization
TASK 3
Planning Basis -
Regulatory and
Other Project Drivers
TASK 4 / TASK 5
DWRF and MWRF
Treatment Assessments
/MSR Assessment
TASK 6
Integrated Facilities
Assessment
TASK 7
Delivery and
Implementation
TASK 8
Master Plan
Report
PHASE 1: GOAL SETTING AND
BASIS OF PLANNING
Tasks
• Preliminary
process
alternatives
reflect
Ft. Collins
priorities
• Thorough
understanding
and familiarity
with use of
APDS to validate
concepts and
constructability.
• Visioning and
Innovation
Summit
vets innovative
ideas for
consideration
• Operations
Summit
leverages staff
innovation and
preferences at
outset
• Proven PM
supported
by depth of
available
resources
• Accurate
summaries of
existing regulations
and thoughtful
projections of
future regulations
by Carollo staff
well-grounded in
the regulatory
framework
• Experience with
flexible planning at
multiple Colorado
facilities for Reg.
31 uncertainty
• Unparalleled
understanding of
existing process and
options for
integrating new
technologies to
maximize efficient
use of infrastructure
• Proven decision
support process
tailored for City’s
needs and priorities
• In-depth knowledge
of existing power
supply and electrical
nfrastructure
• Knowledge of
DWRF/
MWRF/MSR
shared staffing
and support
operations
provides effective
coordination and
efficiency
• Detailed 10-yr
CIP plus clear
2025-2035
CIP Decision
Roadmap
• Adaptive
deliverable that
City can use
between major
Master Plan
updates
• In-depth
understand-
ing of APDS
procurement
increases
effectiveness
of recom-
mendations
Carollo Value Added Deliverables
Coordination and
Decision Points
Information Flow and Decision Management
PHASE 3:
MASTER PLAN DELIVERABLES
PHASE 2: ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS
AND DECISION SUPPORT
PLAN THE WORK WORK THE PLAN
Operational
and Schedule
Constraints
• Purple text indicates Carollo value-added elements WThis bullet indicates a workshop 9 Requires consensus
Planning Drivers Assessment
• Owner’s Mission Statement
• Sustainability Vision and Goals
• Energy Management
• Optimization Efforts
• Asset Replacement
• Operational Constraints
• Staffing Constraints
• Project Sequencing Constraints
Integrated
Planning Concepts
• Nutrient trading
• Flow/Load
allocation
• Treatment
reliability
and redundancy
• Operations
efficiency
MWRF, and MSR – it will look for
specific ways to further enhance and take
advantage of how the facilities can work
together as a system. Our integrated
approach will provide a complete
assessment of the liquids and solids
process trains and how your facilities can
be further used to realize efficiencies of
a fully integrated system. In taking this
holistic approach, we see opportunities
to integrate new process and equipment
technologies into the existing facilities to
more cost-effectively enhance treatment
and build upon the City’s long history of
operational success.
Carollo is recognized across the Front
Range for developing clear work plans
and creating logical tactics to complete
each task. We refer to this simply as:
“Plan the Work...then Work the Plan”
Our approach to defining tasks
and then executing those tasks in a
straightforward, logical manner means
that you will know what we are going to
do, how we are going to do it, and how
your staff will interface throughout the
planning process.
The work flow diagram on the following
page provides an overview of our
proposed work plan, collaborative
workshops and key decision points, and
deliverables in each phase of the work.
Our understanding of your personnel,
preferences, and procedures has
guided our approach to systematic
planning around three phases of work
including:
1 Phase 1 - Goal-Setting and Basis
of Planning where we will establish
clearly defined planning goals
up-front. The planning team will
know what to expect throughout
the planning process, understand
the anticipated outcomes, and
define the long-term capital and
operations goals for the Drake
Water Reclamation Facility (DWRF),
Mulberry Water Reclamation Facility
(MWRF), and Meadow Springs
Ranch (MSR).
2 Phase 2 - Alternatives Analysis
and Decision Support where we
will develop and assess theme-
based alternatives, operational
strategies, and identify the required
capital improvements and timing
to make the most of all of your
investments at your facilities,
including an assessment of
integrated operations opportunities
and benefits.
3 Phase 3 - Comprehensive
Master Plan Deliverables
where we will compile a well-
written, easy to follow, and easy
to use Master Plan Report with
interactive representations of CIP
improvements and adaptive CIP
schedules to support updates
between the periodic master
planning projects.
1
2
3
• Pre-startup training to review overall design intent.
• Startup training to provide detailed training on major
equipment and operations.
• Post-startup, follow-up training that addresses any
operational issues or questions that occur after facility has
been operational.
Hours and Fee
As requested in the RFP, the hours and fee estimated by
Carollo to complete the analysis and design efforts (i.e.,
Tasks 1-4) is provided in Section 6 - Cost and Work Hours.
It was assumed that the project will be initiated in January
2016 and the analysis and design completed within 6 to 8
months from project initiation. We also included hours and
fee estimate for Tasks 5-6 since these will be services our
team will provide. It was assumed that construction and
startup will be completed in approximately 8-10 months.
quality control. Here, we will prepare monthly budget
reports that show the entire job budget in a cost control
report format.
Quality
We will review all material test reports. We will comment
on reports not meeting specifications and recommend
remediation measures if necessary. We will ensure the
appropriate numbers of tests are taken and that they are
sampled according to industry standards and the project
specifications.
We will conduct a final punch list walk through and start
up sessions for various stages of the work. Formal start
up, testing and training work is anticipated to include
UV train operation. Our staff will assist with testing
sequence documentation created directly from loop/control
descriptions provided by the team.
Ditesco personnel will coordinate or perform all necessary
specialty inspections for conformance with established
codes. As needed, we will coordinate work between the City
and outside agencies (e.g. utility companies, others) affected
by the project.
Construction Administration
We will conduct weekly progress meetings on site with the
APDS contractor and their subcontractors and provide
meeting minutes for all meetings.
We will review and recommend approval of pay applications
to the City, review and manage contract changes for
approval by the City and provide for overall administration
of the construction contract.
We will document daily work progress in the form of daily
logs or progress reports.
Construction Inspection
Our staff will perform daily site inspections to ensure quality
construction and conformity to the plans and specifications.
Inspections will include all specialty inspections required of
the project including structural steel and concrete, masonry,
coatings, pipe, manhole, concrete flatwork and asphalt
to take advantage of the proven sensor technologies and
use them for active and efficient control. The control
formula minimizes energy use by a precise control equation
that tracks flow, UVT, ballast/lamp power, and UV sensor
intensity.
• Channel Maintenance. Our experience has shown that
channel maintenance, or lack of adequate cleaning, is likely
the leading cause of E. coli permit violations. Proactive
channel maintenance results in long-term UV system
compliance. Our design will include methods to rapidly clean
the UV channels, and our engineers will work with Fort
Collins Utilities’ staff up front to produce Standard Operating
Procedures to properly set expectations
Preliminary Design Drawings and Specifications
We will prepare preliminary drawings and equipment
specifications as a basis for further design development and the
procurement of UV equipment. Specifications necessary for the
procurement of the UV equipment will be prepared.
UV Equipment Selection
The procurement package prepared will be submitted, in
accordance with the City’s procurement policies, to the “short-
list” of preferred UV equipment manufacturers. Proposals,
including costs, will be received from the UV equipment
manufacturers and reviewed for completeness. Carollo/Ditesco
will prepare a best-value analysis of the proposals and meet with
the City and APDS Contractor to select the UV equipment to
move forwarded into design development.
service record, equipment warranties and performance,
maintenance scheduling, and operator experience will be
reviewed in detail.
As with any other treatment technology, no UV
manufacturer on the market is currently producing a
perfect UV system. Trojan Technologies sells reactors
with a reliable, on-line sleeve cleaning system, but
lamp replacement can be more troublesome than other
reactors. The lamps and ballasts in Ozonia systems are
easy to replace, but the sleeve cleaning system is not as
well proven as the Trojan systems. Other systems, such
as Wedeco and Calgon Carbon, fall in the middle with
moderate lamp replacement effort and fairly effective sleeve
cleaning. Our team has the experience to make informed,
unbiased evaluations of the pros and cons of the many UV
manufacturers and will identify the reactor that has the best
track record and most efficiently meets current and future
treatment goals.
on-line with one channel in standby. This increases the
project costs but the benefits to operations out weigh the
incremental cost of providing this redundancy.
Sizing of UV Equipment
The design effort starts by answering two fundamental but
critical questions that will drive every subsequent decision:
• How Much UV? To kick-start this project, you need a
team who can efficiently confirm the key variables critical
in sizing UV process equipment. As previously discussed,
these include basic water quality parameters such as flow,
UVT), and associated effluent quality variability.
• How Many Lamps? Once the UV dose has been
determined, we will define the number of UV lamps
required to deliver this dose. The standard approach
used by our competitors is to request vendor sizing using
basic criteria and minimum specified performance (i.e.,
E. coli counts). In this “black box” approach, the number
of lamps is determined by the vendor that desires to sell
their equipment, not by your design team. The drawbacks
of this approach become evident when similar UV
systems (Calgon Carbon, Trojan, Wedeco, and Ozonia)
are sized independently by the manufacturers, and the
power usage between the systems is found to be wildly
different. These systems should all use the same amount
of energy (+/– 10 percent) and variations outside of that
indicate inaccuracy.
project manager, and design and construction management staff that know how
to deliver capital improvement projects using the City’s APDS. The approach
outlined below was designed to fully leverage both our technical and management
expertise, provide for complete collaboration with the City and APDS team, and
promote efficient execution of the UV project.
Project Coordination
The APDS team will include a number of
members, including the City, the APDS
Contractor, Carollo/Ditesco, Brierley
(Geotechnical), and King Surveying (survey). Close project coordination will
be required throughout the design process to deliver a project that meets City
expectations for quality, schedule, and public perception.
Partnering
Our team will participate in focused partnering sessions (4-hours each) with
the City and other APDS team members throughout the delivery of the project.
Consistent with past City projects that we have participated in delivering, it is
anticipated that focused partnering sessions will take place at the initiation of the
project, at the completion of design, and during construction.
Weekly APDS Team Meetings
Carollo/Ditesco’s project manager, design and construction management staff
will meet weekly with the APDS Team and Utilities’ staff to coordinate design
and construction issues. Appropriate Carollo/Ditesco staff and subconsultants
will be in attendance based on the topics of discussion. Meeting agendas will be
provided and Decision Logs and Pending-Issues Logs will be kept up to date over
the course of the project.
QA/QC
Quality assurance and quality control will be on-going throughout the APDS
process and will be discussed weekly at the APDS meetings. In addition, Carollo/
Ditesco, along with Utilities’ staff, will perform internal technical reviews at
specific design development milestones.
Progress Reporting
Invoices will be submitted monthly in accordance with City payment protocols.
Each invoice will be submitted with a progress report detailing the work executed
during the invoice period and work remaining.
economic benefits of all types and sizes of infrastructure
projects.
Envision™ helps teams:
• Meet sustainability goals.
• Be publicly recognized for high levels of sustainable
achievement.
• Collaborate with communities and answer questions such
as, "Are we
doing the right
project?" and,
"Are we doing
the project
right?"
• Make
decisions
about the
investment
of scarce
resources.
• Include
community
priorities in
civil infrastructure projects.
Improved Enhanced Superior Conserving Restorative
EnvisonTM Levels of Achievement
No Negative Impact
Each EnvisionTM credit is assigned increasing
levels of achievement that encourage teams
to “stretch” their goals and implement more
sustainable projects.
TechnicalSocialEnvironmental Reliability + Financial
Flexibility
Safety
Future
regulations
Innovation
Capital $
Net Present
Worth
Return of
Investments
Noise/
Odor
Issues
Visual
Impacts
Community
Assets
Resource
Recovery
Water Quality
Habitat
Protection
GHG Emissions
Future
Regulations
4 SOFTWARE AND TOOLS
•
necessary to be recognized and gain fi nancial support
so you can continue to expand innovative programs
and inspire others.
Branding
3 and Outreach
Carollo’s “Nutrient Summits” provide an open forum for
operators, managers, and experts in the Rocky Mountain
Region to enhance information exchange and idea
development. Being tied into local, national, and international
innovations through LIFT, NACWA, the newly formed RMWEA
Colorado Wastewater Innovation Committee, and other
innovation groups is critical for your staff .
Found Your Kid on our Webpage? Singapore, without
aquifers or abundant land, has turned into a waterhub for
innovation and technical excellence. Singapore’s story would
not have been the same without strong community support,
engagement, outreach, and education.
DC Waters‘ 2020 Strategic
Plan spells out specifi c goals
and an implementation
plan to proactively address
trends and challenges
in our industry.
WHAT ARE
OTHER
INNOVATIVE
FACILITIES
DOING?
The City of Golden Water Treatment Plant off ered
unused space to the Colorado School of Mines to build
and operate a full replication of their treatment process
at pilot scale. The pilot has since been used each
semester for teaching students hands on engineering
process optimization. What a win-win! A similar
concept could also be feasible for you in working with
Colorado State University.
Metro Vancouver takes R&D to the next level. The
Annacis Research Centre was constructed right next to
Metro’s Wastewater Treatment Plant to foster new and
innovative ways to manage (waste)water. The facility is
administered by Metro and was funded in partnership
with the Canadian and Brish Columbia governments.
The centre houses laboratory facilities for research,
education and training, rooms for conferences,
workshops, and community events.
The City of Vienna wastewater treatment
facility EBSwien Hauptkläranlage in Austria
was awarded the European Commission EMAS
(Eco Management and Audit Scheme) Award in
2011 for establishing the fi rst comprehensive
management system for a wastewater facility.
Although not yet formally and systematically
practiced in the US, Fort Collins has many
organizational pieces already in place to
use Management Systems for quantitatively
tracking holistic and continuous improvements.
Keep New Bright Minds
Coming To You
From End of Pipe to First in Line
– The Annacis Research Centre
in Vancouver
Environmental Management?
— Vienna is 100 Percent in it
years, Carollo/
Ditesco has
participated in
many facilitated
partnering
meetings associated with City projects, as well as with
other clients along the Front Range. In fact, all of Carollo’s
projects completed with the Metro Wastewater Reclamation
District included owner/engineer/contractor facilitated
partnering meetings. The most recent partnering meeting
our team participated in with the City was for the South
Process Train Improvements project in October 2014.
We have worked with the City’s Facilitator (Pitzrick and
Associates, Inc.), Red Rocks Advisors, and others.
We Have Seen for Ourselves the Return
on Investment that Project Partnering
Provides:
Cost Savings: 10%
Schedule Reduction: 20%
Construction Claims Reduction: 83%
Safety Incident Reduction: 83%
Source: Construction Industry Institutes Benchmark
Study (1999)
3 APDS AND PARTNERING EXPERIENCE
Northern Treatment Plant
Owner’s Advisor, Denver
Partnering: Carollo/MWRD/CH2M
Ammonia Treatment and
Biosolids Dewatering, Longmont
Partnering: Carollo/PCL
Microfiltration/Ultrafiltration D/B,
Clifton Water District
Partnering: Carollo/PCL Constructors
Southern Delivery System D/B,
Colorado Springs Utilities
Partnering: Carollo/McCarthy
Wemlinger WPF
Improvements, Aurora
Partnering: Carollo/Gamey
City’s Project Manager to discuss project activities and resolve minor issues.
• Daily face-to-face meetings with our Plant Engineer, Jill Burrell, and the City’s Project Manager and plant staff to
discuss project activities and status.
• Monthly meeting between Plant Engineer, our Process Expert (Tanja Rauch-Williams), the City’s Project Manager, our
Project Manager and plant staff to discuss and plan for process investigations and analysis.
• Biannual moderated brainstorming meetings open to all team members and invited outside industry experts.
• Weekly conference call or meeting between Plant Engineer and Project Manager to discuss status and any needed
support required from project team. Monthly breakfast meeting with subgroups of team members for informal exchange
on updates and developments.
• Weekly project meetings between APDS team members to discuss project status, resolve issues, and make decisions.
• As needed email and phone contact between team members to coordinate project activities.
determining when each task must be complete to meet the
milestone dates. The schedule is reviewed to determine
staff requirements to complete the project on schedule. If
a project is needed on a fast-track, more staff are assigned
than for a project with a longer schedule.
Obstacles can occur that are beyond our control and
cause delays or added costs. The most important
element in resolving these problems when they occur is
communication. We inform you of potential delays and
their potential impact on project completion before we
get behind. We also let you know if there will be a budget
impact before work is started and expenses incurred.
We monitor progress and
accurately assess budget
and schedule status.
Our PMP is structured to communicate and
emphasize five key areas:
1. Scope, budget, and schedule control
2. Quality Assurance/Quality Control
3. Risk Management
4. Collaboration and communication
5. Up-front planning of the work
Commissioning
Startup and O&M Assistance
Implementation
for reducing energy costs plant wide and
compared life-cycle costs for several
alternatives allowing a conversion from
aerobic to anaerobic digestion followed
by energy recovery from biosolids. As
part of this project, a plant wide hydraulic
model was generated and calibrated, and
a preliminary design prepared.
Dates of Service:
2014 - On-going
Original/Final Costs:
$173,000 / On-going project
Team Involvement: John Rehring,
Tanja Rauch-Williams, Jeff Berlin,
Monte Richard
Reference:
Mr. Joe Michalski, P.E., Project Manager,
(303) 651-8612
Project Description:
Carollo developed a Biosolids Facilities
Planning Report for the City’s 14-mgd
WWTP. Process modeling was performed
to develop sludge generation and
quality projections for buildout flow and
load conditions under current permit
limits, as well as proposed nutrient
requirements. Included an evaluation of
the thickening, digestion, and dewatering
facilities. Carollo’s innovative approach
for maximizing the use of existing
infrastructure was selected, and Carollo
is currently completing the design of
these BNR modifications.
Dates of Service:
2011 - 2012
Original/Final Costs:
$430,000 / $437,000
Team Involvement: Becky Luna,
Tanja Rauch-Williams, John Fraser,
Jeff Berlin
conditions. Validated UV systems by
Engineered Treatment Systems, Trojan
UVSIGNA™, and Calgon C3500™D
reactors were evaluated to replace
existing single Trojan 4000 system.
The existing UV facility was removed
and a new facility constructed to install
the Calgon C3500™D process, expand
capacity from 14 to 20 mgd, and provide
redundant UV channels with controlled
flow splitting between channels.
Dates of Service:
2012
Original/Final Costs:
$940,000 / $1,032,500
Team Involvement: Andy Salveson
Reference:
Mr. Sherman Papke, Project Manager
(303) 286-3000
Project Description:
In order to meet projected discharge
limits, it was necessary to provide
nitrification, denitrification, and future
phosphorus removal capability at Metro
Wastewater Reclamation District’s South
Secondary Complex.
Carollo provided final design services
for this 114-mgd facility. Six new 16.7-
mgd aeration basins were designed for
a three-stage nitrification/denitrification
(A2O) process that can be easily
modified to five-stage biological
phosphorus removal in the future. Three
sidestream centrate treatment basins
were designed/constructed to treat the
nitrogen-rich centrate from dewatering.
Dates of Service:
2007 - On-going
Original/Final Costs:
$19M / $22M includes owner-initiated
changes to original contract
Team Involvement: John Fraser,
Mary Beth Sullivan, Jeff Berlin,
Tanja Rauch-Williams, Ron Burdick,
Gary Sagehorn, Monte Richard,
Anthony Morroni
Anthony Morroni, Chris Heger,
Monte Richard, Bill Tomerlin
Reference:
Mr. Richard Leger, SCWRF
Superintendent, (303) 810-6869
Project Description:
Carollo analyzed the potential for
replacement of blowers and UV
disinfection equipment to address energy
inefficiencies. Carollo recommended the
addition of a jockey blower to reduce
power use and over-aeration water
quality concerns, replacement of UV
systems, and replacement of lighting in
key facilities. Carollo is now designing the
selected UV technology for retrofit in the
existing disinfection building with minimal
structural changes, while reducing the
equipment from two channels to one,
reducing overall lamp counts by over
80 percent, and increasing turndown to
allow 30- to 100-percent operation. The
new technology will significantly reduce
energy use and maintenance needs.
Dates of Service:
2014 - 2016 (est.)
Original/Final Costs:
$352,934/ $313,652
Team Involvement: John Rehring,
Andy Salveson, Jeff Berlin, Tanja Rauch-
Williams, Monte Richard, Gary Sagehorn,
Jim Kriss
projects were completed by the team members proposed
for your projects. We invite you to contact the references
listed to verify the quality of our service, commitment, and
responsiveness.
7 SIMILAR PROJECTS
Jeff Berlin, Project Engineer; John Fraser,
Technical Advisor; Becky Luna, Design Manager
Date of Service: 2009 – 2016 (est.)
“The Carollo Team has integrated with the
Metro District staff...maintaining focus on
following the team reporting structure,
communicating proactively and clearly,
escalating issues in a timely manner... and
being an effective and important partner
as the District moves forward with the NTP
Program.”
– Cathy Gerali,
MWRD District Manager
Relevance to Fort Collins
• Alternative product delivery (progressive design/build).
• Wastewater capital improvements project.
• Integrated project team approach with owner, owner’s advisor, and
contractor.
• Facility planning, BNR for nitrogen and phosphorous removal, UV
disinfection, complete solids treatment and handling.
“integrity.” The best indicator of our ability to exceed the expectations of our clients is the fact that over 80 percent of our
work comes from “repeat” clients. We encourage you to visit these projects to see first-hand the quality of our service.
“Carollo’s ability to listen to and collaborate with the
Owner on innovative design solutions is unmatched
by anyone in the industry. Their attention to detail
and thorough design development translates into a
quality work product in the field, one that the entire
project team can be proud of.”
— Sherman Papke, Treatment Plant Division Head
Metro Wastewater Reclamation District
• Has worked with Carollo on multiple projects
• Senior level geotechnical engineer
Larry Pepek, PLS| Surveyor| 21 Years of Experience
Project Team Responsibility:
• Survey services during design and construction.
Value to the City:
• Familiar with City’s facilities and APDS
Key Personnel of Our Proposed Project Team (continued)
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Project Team Responsibility:
• Bring national process insights to team
• QM review of process recommendations and
deliverables
• Senior level advisor
Value to the City:
• Carollo’s national wastewater practice director
• Local presence - located in Broomfield
• Can efficiently assess process options and validate
designs
John Rehring, P.E.| Planning/Sustainability | 26 Years of Experience
Project Team Responsibility:
• Facility planning lead
• Alternatives analysis and decision support
• Cost/benefit analysis with sustainability emphasis.
Value to the City:
• 26 years of planning experience
• Wastewater master planning for numerous Front Range
utilities
• Collaborative solution-oriented approach
Tanja Rauch-Williams, Ph.D, P.E.| Process/Nutrients/Resource Recovery | 15 Years of Experience
Project Team Responsibility:
• BNR process evaluation lead
• Permitting support with CDPHE, as required
• National perspective on resource recovery
innovations
Value to the City:
• Big picture thinker with detailed BNR process
understanding
• Experienced in CDPHE WW design review/permitting
process
Andy Salveson, P.E.| UV Disinfection/Water Reclamation | 21 Years of Experience
Project Team Responsibility:
• Set UV disinfection sizing criteria
• Assess UV options and support selection of
technology
• Establish approach for retrofit in existing facility
Value to the City:
• Recognized national expert in wastewater UV
disinfection
• Hands-on approach
• In-depth knowledge of all major UV systems
• We have consistently demonstrated our ability to
deliver quality projects for the City.
• We have local staff that can provide the City with
innovative and sustainable solutions.
• We know your electrical, instrumentation, and controls
(E/I&C) systems like no one else.
Please see the following descriptions of our key staff
members for the value to the City that each proposed
team member provides. Additional information on each
team member is provided in Section 7 of our Proposal.
Our clients and projects attest that our team members:
• think differently and are innovative;
• are local, responsive, and stay committed,
• have proven project delivery experience,
• understand your objectives, standards, and Alternative Product Delivery System (APDS),
• put teamwork and collaboration for a better outcome above their personal egos.
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Carollo engineer, Andrew Salveson, protecting himself
from solar UV while commissioning one of the many
UV disinfection systems he has designed.
Carollo team
members have
performed
validation
testing on
nearly every
major UV
reactor,
and helped
write NWRI’s
guidelines for
UV disinfection.
through membranes and disinfection,
whether it is design-bid-build, or any
form of alternative project delivery,
Carollo has the water and wastewater
experience you can count on to make
your project successful.
King Surveyors, Ditesco, and Carollo are working
together on the current South Treatment Train
Improvements project at the Drake Water
Reclamation Facility.
Carollo and Ditesco have been fortunate to have
worked closely with City staff to successfully
complete numerous projects at the City’s water
and wastewater facilities. Our relationships and
working history with the City are predicated
upon continually providing the highest level of
service and dedication. Over the years, we have
developed a complete knowledge of the City’s
organization, facilities, and Alternative Product
Delivery System (APDS). Also, we have continued
to deliver a high-quality work product that, in
part, is used as the City’s master documentation.
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We commit our expertise, support, and personal energy to the success of the City’s Water
Reclamation and Biosolids Design and Construction projects and you have our commitment
to see that the projects are delivered successfully and the City’s expectations, goals, and
needs are met.
Carollo’s local offices have completed projects for most major clients
along the Front Range and across Colorado, including the planning,
design, and construction management for over $500M of wastewater
facility improvements over the last 10 years alone.
to extend that confidence to our full suite
of wastewater services.
Approaches
that
Work
Carollo/Ditesco hopes to continue its long-standing working relationship with the City of Fort
Collins, and to continue to assist you in delivering projects collaboratively and effectively