| April 18, 2007
(New York, N.Y.) Three Gannett Fleming projects were recently honored in the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York’s (ACEC/NY's) 2007 Engineering Excellence Awards Program.
The Gilboa Dam Interim Stability Improvements Project received a Diamond Award, the highest honor, in the Water Resources Category of this year’s competition. Built in 1927, the Gilboa Dam is located in New York’s Catskill Mountains. At times, its reservoir provides approximately 12 percent of the water used by New York City. In an effort to improve the dam’s structural stability prior to a major reconstruction project planned for 2008 through 2012, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) elected to implement an interim repair project.
The Gannett Fleming/Hazen & Sawyer joint venture led the interim project, which was implemented on an emergency, fast-track schedule to complete work by the end of 2006. The team led the design of the $25 million rehabilitation within a three-month span, and construction was completed in an eight-month time period.
The Catskill Turbidity Control Studies also received a Diamond Award in the Studies, Research, and Consulting Engineering Services Category. As part of this project, the Gannett Fleming/Hazen & Sawyer joint venture studied ways to reduce turbidity in NYCDEP’s Catskill reservoirs, located in New York’s Catskill Watershed.
The project team identified and developed several conceptual-level designs, including a multilevel intake and curtain baffle at Schoharie Reservoir and the first-ever linked water quantity/turbidity computer model. This custom-designed tool can optimize operations throughout the entire watershed. By effectively controlling turbidity, NYCDEP will continue to ensure that a filtration plant is not required to treat the Catskill supply, which provides 40 percent of New York City's drinking water.
The Village of Northport Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Upgrade Project received a Gold Award in ACEC/NY’s Water and Wastewater Category. Gannett Fleming led a multidisciplinary team to help the Village of Northport, N.Y., upgrade its WWTP, which discharges into the Long Island Sound.
These upgrades ensured the Village’s compliance with new nitrogen discharge limits set to improve the waters of Northport Harbor. A practical and innovative staged construction plan limited disruption to the plant's normal operations and enabled the Village to keep its beaches open during the upgrades.
For more information, please contact Judy L. Hricak, CPSM, at
(717) 763-7211 or via e-mail.
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