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was established in January 2016, through the The design services, which have been awarded
Unanimous Membership Agreement by the Cities for the Plant Renewal Project, are a part of a Joint
of Regina and Moose Jaw, which have jointly owned Venture comprising of Graham Infrastructure Inc.
the Plant since 1955. and AECON Water Infrastructure Inc. as the Project
leads, with Stantec & Associated Engineering
“Our mandate is to ensure that the Plant is able providing the design services.
to operate without problems into the future,” says
Johnson. “Our initial decision was whether we built a brand-
new facility or do a major rehabilitation,” says
PROGRESSIVE DESIGN Johnson. “Cost-wise, there wasn’t a clear winner and
BUILD FORMAT we wanted the market to decide and we evaluate
the submissions for the best value.” Johnson says
One of the pioneers in the use of the GAC (Granular another interesting finding came when researching
Activated Carbon) filtration process for the removal procurement models in that the progressive design
of algae-produced taste and odour, the plant is build was “actually the most advantageous.”
now pioneering a new progressive design build
procurement format—and is the first water project in Johnson says that at the end of the day, progressive
Canada to use this method. design build resulted in being the process that
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