LocationDover, Delaware 19901
MarketWater Treatment Plants
Contract
$765,988
Team Members
- Owner
- Tidewater Utilities, Inc.
- Engineer
- Pennoni Associates Inc.
- Prime Contractor
- Johnston Construction Company
Key Accomplishments
- Constructed a new approximately 912-square-foot, wood-frame water treatment building, incorporating concrete footings, foundation walls, floor slabs, masonry, framing, roofing, siding, miscellaneous carpentry, plumbing, and HVAC systems.
- Performed site preparation and earthwork, including erosion and sediment controls, approximately 300 linear feet of silt fencing, a construction entrance, topsoil removal and replacement, excavation, backfilling, stone placement, and removal of excess soil.
- Installed mechanical and process piping infrastructure, including ductile iron water piping, DR 35 PVC sewer piping, valves, fittings, piping supports, and associated equipment connections serving the replacement treatment facility.
- JCC's treatment equipment scope included two LMI Model A751-920HI chemical feed pumps, each with a specified capacity of 24 gallons per day, supporting the facility's chemical treatment operations.
- Provided for installation of a 200-kW Kohler emergency generator with associated electrical infrastructure to support standby power requirements at the water treatment facility.
- Undertook electrical construction involving utility service connections, power and control wiring, conduit, lighting, receptacles, grounding, and electrical connections to the facility's mechanical and treatment equipment.
- Coordinated the reuse and integration of the existing programmable logic controller (PLC) with the facility's control and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) infrastructure.
- Performed building and site finishing activities, including painting, paving, topsoil restoration, grading, landscaping, and seeding associated with the completed treatment facility.
- Coordinated treatment-system testing, startup, and commissioning requirements, including integration with Tidewater Utilities' existing water distribution system to support the continued provision of water service.
- The Project Was Completed On June 30, 2015.
Project Description
Johnston Construction Company served as Prime Contractor for the Generals Greene Water Treatment Plant Rehabilitation Project in Dover, Delaware, involving the demolition of existing water treatment infrastructure and construction of a new 1,500-gallon-per-minute (GPM) water treatment facility for Tidewater Utilities, Inc.
JCC's contracted demolition scope included the removal and proper disposal of two existing 20,000-gallon horizontal water storage tanks, associated piping, and the existing water treatment plant structure, equipment, and foundations.