The new facilities and existing structures can only be tied in during carefully planned plant shutdowns and only during specific time periods.
Parsons is meeting specific milestones to prevent any delays affecting this project as well as both the coordinated efforts of the Skinner plant maintenance schedule and the efforts of other member agencies. Thus, schedule management is the key to this project’s success—and cooperation is critical among the multiple construction managers, contractors, MWD member agencies, and operations staff. Plant operations continue to report that Parsons’ requirements for early milestone startup activities and shutdown work efforts have resulted in very effective project management.
Parsons is supporting the goals of MWD’s small business outreach program by engaging eight subcontractors who represent more than 30% of the dollar value of the construction management effort. Our subcontractors are fully integrated into the Parsons team and are providing inspection, materials testing, surveying, geotechnical engineering, fabrication inspection, document control, and administrative support services.
When completed, the Skinner Water Treatment Plant will be one of the largest ozone facilities in the United States. It will improve water quality by lowering disinfection byproducts to meet new federal and state laws, reducing taste and odor, and by allowing an unrestricted blending of MWD’s two water sources—California State Water Project and the Colorado River. The project is scheduled for construction completion in May 2009 and the MWD initial and performance testing periods in November 2009.
