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Three compete for Aberdeen project |
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Written by Steve Triplett
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Friday, 10 December 2010 |
 Gary Williams, with Jones and Henry Engineers, right, hands out three potential plans for building a village water treatment plant to village council on Monday, Dec. 6.
The village had previously hired E.L. Robinson Engineers to provide the engineering work for the water treatment plant project. The company withdrew from the project by submitting a letter to Aberdeen Council at their Nov. 22 meeting due to arguments surrounding the water treatment plant project. E.L. Robinson’s plan had estimated project to cost approximately $1.8 million.
Gary Williams, director of water engineering for Jones and Henry, addressed council first. Williams has been to several council meetings in the past and had previously submitted a proposal for a plant that would cost around $3.3 million. However, Williams said the original plan involved building a plant with several special features that have since been removed, including employee work rooms.
“We were talking about two new wells at that time because there was the mindset to put the plant near the wells, and the plant was much more robust than this plant is,” Williams said. “The building itself had work area rooms and things like that. This plant will be a plant, a water treatment plant.”
The new Jones and Henry plan will cost an estimated $2.5 million for a plant with a 500,000 gallon capacity. Williams said the village is currently peaking at about 300,000 gallons a day, though council should leave some room for growth in the next 20 years. Williams said the plan might reduce in cost once they have more accurate numbers about Aberdeen’s system.
“I think I can go down from here once I know the capacity and if you already have the land for the plant,” Williams said.
Edward Kidston, CEO of Artesian of Pioneer, Inc., also addressed council with a plan. Kidston estimated Artesian would be able to construct a plant for Aberdeen for $2.1 million for a plant with a 664,000 capacity. He said there were ways to tweak the project to be better for the Village of Aberdeen and to reduce costs, but the price would stay about in that range. Additionally, Kidston said he would be willing to verify that price in writing.
“We already have your water plant designed,” Kidston said. “We just have to build it there.”
However, the proposal from Artesian involved building the plant somewhere Aberdeen had been considering as a location for the plant in the past, and not the recently purchased lot on High Street. Kidston said he would have to review the High Street lot before he would be able to make an estimate on building a plant in that location.
Bruce Brandstetter, of Brandstetter Carroll Inc., also submitted a plan to council, that estimated a $2 million project for a plant with a 250,000 gallon capacity. However, that plant would be able to pump 200,000 to 250,000 gallons of water daily.
Each of the engineers said they would have to review the High Street property before they could present final numbers to council. Additionally, council will have to construct at least one new well before the plant can be constructed. While the cost of building a new well was included in each of the proposals, the engineers will have to review the capacity of the current wells.
The Aberdeen Village Council will review the information submitted by each company and continue the discussion at a later date.
Also at the Dec. 6 Village Council Meeting, Dallas Hurt, with Sweney Cartwright and Co., addressed council. Hurt said the he should have documents soon to apply for Recovery Zone Economic Development bonds, and urged council to recess their meeting so they can meet again sometime next week when the documents are ready. Hurt said he hopes to have the documents submitted before Christmas. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 10 December 2010 )
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