Partnering Case Studies

Tertieary Waste Water

Tertiary Waste Water Treatment Facility
Ft. Dix, NJ

AGC | Tertieary Partnering Lesson:

  • Our first effort at Partnering...it worked
  • It worked with our customers

Project Description:

  • Demolition of an existing facility and construction of a 4.6 MGD facility consisting of: ten new structures; a state-of-the-art Bardenpho Aeration tank system; 48,000 liner feet of 48" and 24" force main; installation of mixers, clarifiers, sludge-handling and filter equipment; and an 80-acre land application site
  • Cost: $46 million
  • Duration: December 1992 - December 1994

Project Challenges:

  • First-time Partnering - starting the project under less than optimal conditions
  • Major modifications ($7M) implemented and completed on time
  • Court-ordered completion date met
  • Joint Army/Air Force Project
  • State-of-the-Art Facility
  • Phased transition/continuous operation of old site
  • Land Application Site / Architectural changes
  • Contractor site management changes

Issue 1 - What Worked:

  • Safety - No Accidents
  • Integration of major change
  • Meeting critical schedule dates
  • Transition through five contractor Project Engineers
  • No claims

Issue 2 - What did not Work:

  • Warranty repairs
  • Transition to customer's operations contractor
  • Land Application Site: Differing site conditions

Benefits of Partnering:

  • For success it requires continuous hard work, trust, and communication
  • Use mini-team meeting to work through minor issues
  • Continued assessment of the health of the Partnership is needed to be effective
  • Must ensure new members are fully integrated into the Partnership
  • Do not let minor problems wait
  • Must understand other member's concerns and issues

Contact:
MCI; FORSCOM; AMC; Ft. Dix; McGuire AFB; MPI; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers