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January 20, 2009
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Begins Work on $89 Million Wastewater Treatment Plant(SEATTLE)
- Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc., an industry-leading civil
engineering contractor, began construction Jan. 19, 2009, on the new
Sunnyside Wastewater Treatment Plant in Lake Stevens, Wash. The $89
million contract with the Lake Stevens Sewer District will run through
2011.
"Securing this work in Washington is an integral part of
our strategy to expand along the West Coast and meet the increasing
demand for more water and wastewater treatment plant infrastructure,"
said Jim Moynihan, president and CEO of Balfour Beatty Infrastructure.
"We look forward to successfully executing this project, which will
provide great value to the community."
Balfour Beatty
Infrastructure will build the 5 million gallon-per-day plant, which
will also include the area that receives the wastewater, an aeration
system, ultraviolet disinfection and all the other parts of the
treatment process. Other structures and earthworks in the project
include a generator building, an administration building, a shop and a
stormwater detention pond. Balfour Beatty Infrastructure will construct
the treatment structures with reinforced concrete.
Balfour
Beatty Infrastructure will also furnish and install an effluent
pipeline in a trench to an outfall in the existing slough. As part of
this contract, the team will also furnish and install a lift station
and sewer pipeline just north of the plant. The construction design
will allow for future expansion.
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc. delivers
industry-leading civil engineering and construction expertise for
transportation and water infrastructure projects throughout the United
States. With more than 1,000 employees in major operations in
California, the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia and Texas, Balfour Beatty
Infrastructure boasts annual revenues of more than $400 million. An
award-winning contractor, Balfour Beatty Infrastructure recently
received the AGC of America's 2008 Marvin M. Black Excellence in
Partnering Award and is recognized by Engineering News-Record as one of
the "Top 20 Transportation Contractors" and "Top 50 Domestic Heavy
Contractors" for 2009. Balfour Beatty Infrastructure is part of Balfour
Beatty plc, a global engineering, construction, services and investment
business organization specializing in large infrastructure and building
programs.
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