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We understand that each project is unique and we work with our clients to determine the best delivery method to support their project, be it a collaborative procurement or a traditional design-bid-build. Our tailored project execution approach layers client standards over Kiewit’s proven procedures to produce a customized, high-quality design which provides a seamless project execution and delivery for any water and wastewater project in North America. According to Engineering News-Record (ENR), Kiewit is consistently ranked as one of the country’s top contractors in the delivery of water and wastewater projects. Our expertise includes water, wastewater, desalination treatment facilities, dams and reservoirs, transmission pipelines, pump stations, and aqueducts.
Driven by the same spirit of innovation that has defined Kiewit for more than a century, our work in the water and wastewater markets is built on the cornerstone of continuous improvement. With decades of experience, Kiewit brings solutions on how to treat, distribute and control water and wastewater sources to utilities, industries, state and federal agencies. All while ensuring that you get the most value from the infrastructure investment.
Yucca Mountain
Nye County, Nev.
A Kiewit-led joint venture excavated over 40,000 ft. of an 18- and 25-ft.-dia. tunnel to develop the Exploratory Studies Facility (ESF). The ESF was constructed to determine the suitability of storing high-level nuclear waste. A unique feature of the project was the use of a "mapping gantry" to provide safe access for project geologists and scientists during excavation.
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) West Closure Complex
Belle Chasse, La.
The GIWW West Closure Complex is a $1 billion hurricane storm surge (flood) protection facility for the city of New Orleans and surrounding areas. This Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) contract included one of the world’s largest interior drainage pump stations and one of the nation’s largest navigable floodgates (225 feet). The pump station has 11 units and is capable of discharging storm water at a rate of 19,140 cubic feet per second.
Permanent Canal Closures and Pumps (PCCP)
New Orleans, La.
The Permanent Canal Closures and Pumps project (PCCP) was a fixed-price, design-build project that provided a permanent, more sustainable solution for reducing the risk of a 100-year level storm surge entering the outfall canals throughout the city of New Orleans.
Charles E. Meyer Desalination Plant
Santa Barbara, Calif.
For the 3 MGD Charles E. Meyer Desalination Plant, Kiewit led BOP design and construction of the projects facilities, structures and infrastructure. The revitalized plant and overall system uses state-of-the-art technology and incorporates design and construction practices – in all facilities and systems – to reduce electrical demand and environmental impacts, while providing a critical water supply for the City.
Magnolia Trunk Sewer Rehabilitation
Orange County, Calif.
This $15 million project will perform condition assessment, design, and construction to rehabilitate a portion of the existing Magnolia Trunk Sewer in the cities of Fountain Valley, Westminster, and Garden Grove, CA.
Texas Street Pump Station
San Bernardino, Calif.
The project involved construction of a new pump station and 0.5 MG reservoir, de-chlorination facility, electrical ductbank, and roadway improvements.
Table Rock Auxiliary Spillway Phase 1
Branson, Mo.
By partnering with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kiewit finished this project four months ahead of schedule. Phase I involved excavating, blasting and preparing the spillway's foundation. Because blasting occurred beside the existing dam and near a heavily-traveled highway, expertise in controlled blasting and seismic monitoring was essential.
Carlsbad Desalination Plant
Carlsbad, Calif.
Kiewit designed and constructed the largest most technologically advanced and energy-efficient seawater desalination plant in the nation. From the SWRO facility with pumping station and produced water storage to the 10-mile 54-in high-pressure welded steel conveyance pipeline; Kiewit also managed the seamless integration of the 50 MGD plant to the distribution system that included 9 jack and bore crossings, 900+ existing utility crossings, a 1,750 LF tunnel, and 42 manways.
East Dam
Hemet, Calif.
East Dam is one of three dams constructed for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California's Eastside Reservoir program. Holding more than 260 billion gallons of water, the reservoir doubles Southern California's surface storage capacity. At 180 feet high and 1,200 feet wide at the base, East Dam is the longest of the three dams.
Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Plant
El Paso, Texas
The largest brackish water desalination plant in North America has the capacity of 27.5 MGD to meet the needs of both Ft. Bliss and El Paso Water Utilities. With the constraints of a 22-month schedule from notice to proceed to substantial completion, Kiewit performed all structural concrete work, set all embed items for mechanical equipment and structural steel, installed pumps and piping, RO skids chemical systems and equipment, and performed start up and commissioning.
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