McCarthy Selected for Phase III of Chandler Airport Water Reclamation Facility Expansion Project

March 26, 2012 - PRLog -- The Southwest region of McCarthy Building Companies Inc. was recently awarded a contract for the preconstruction and construction services for the Phase III Airport Water Reclamation Facility Expansion project, located at 905 E. Queen Creek Road in the City of Chandler. This project represents a 7 million gallon per day (MGD) expansion that will allow the Airport Water Reclamation Facility to treat up to 22 MGD on a maximum month basis.

Throughout the construction process, all elements of the plant will remain operational and capable of producing A+ reclaimed water. The project will include expansion of the existing facilities by adding an expanded headworks facility, new aeration basins, new clarifiers, expansion of the filtration and flocculation facilities, as well as a new finished water reservoir.

In late 2009, McCarthy completed construction of the Phase II Chandler Airport Water Reclamation Facility Expansion project for the City of Chandler. This project expanded the facility’s liquid processing from 10 MGD to 15 MGD and included new equipment and reservoirs for the water reclamation distribution system and new processes in treating the 15 MGD of equivalent solids. The project received “Project of the Year” awards from the American Public Works Association and the Arizona Water Association.

“The City of Chandler has one of the most robust reclaimed water systems in the state,” said Frank Scopetti, Vice President and Business Unit Leader of McCarthy’s Water Services team. “We are looking forward to our role as Construction Manager at Risk on this project and to collaborating with City staff and Wilson Engineers, the project engineer, during the design stages to maximize cost savings suggestions and best value recommendations for the City.”

The anticipated construction schedule of phase III of the project is June 2012 to June 2014.

“McCarthy’s positive track record with earlier phases of this expansion project means they will have no learning curve,” said Kim Neill, Utility Operations Manager for the City of Chandler. “Their team of water project specialists offers expertise regarding constructability issues, MOPO planning and work sequencing, which will enable us to do more in-depth planning around the existing site constraints.”

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About McCarthy Building Companies
McCarthy is the nation’s 10th largest domestic general contractor (Engineering News-Record, May 2011) and has a diverse roster of heavy/civil projects across the country. The Water Services team offers general contracting, construction management, program management and design/build services for wastewater and water treatment projects in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas. The team also covers construction projects in the mining, solar, nuclear and fossil fuels industries. The McCarthy Southwest Division is based in Tempe, Ariz. McCarthy also has offices in Newport Beach, San Diego, Sacramento and San Francisco, Calif.; Las Vegas; Albuquerque; Dallas and Houston, Texas; St. Louis and Atlanta. McCarthy is 100 percent employee-owned. More information about the company is available at www.mccarthy.com