Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority And CH2M HILL Accept ACEC Connect Grand Award

American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Connecticut recognizes outstanding engineering achievement at the 2007 Joint Connecticut Engineering Excellence Awards Dinner

Berlin, CT — Stamford, Connecticut recently completed the largest capital project ever undertaken by the City, and the hard work and determination is already starting to prove worthwhile.

The American Council of Engineering Companies Connecticut recognized CH2M HILL and the Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority with its highest honor, the Grand Award, for Engineering Excellence.

The Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority Executive Director, Jeanette Brown, PE, DEE and CH2M HILL Senior Project Manager Brian Gackstatter, PE accepted the award during the Annual Awards Dinner in Berlin, Connecticut.

"We are honored to receive this award," says Brown. "The American Council of Engineering Companies Connecticut Grand Award recognizes engineering companies that demonstrate the highest degree of achievement, value and ingenuity and to be included among these other success stories is a testament to the success of this project founded by the relationship between the City and CH2M HILL."

CH2M HILL partnered with the Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority to provide engineering design and services during construction for a $105 million upgrade and expansion of the 30-year-old Stamford Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF), $60 million of which is associated with nitrogen removal processes. The City hired CH2M HILL in 1996 for the massive project, though the partnership between Stamford and CH2M HILL began in 1989 through proactive projects addressing nitrogen removal in the Long Island Sound.

The upgrade and expansion project will have several positive impacts on the Stamford community, including environmental enhancements to the region and community, the opportunity for waterfront revitalization, the capacity to support growth in the City, and economic benefits through the State of Connecticut's unique nutrient removal credit trading program.

Previously, the U.S. Conference of Mayors recognized Stamford's partnership with CH2M HILL with its Outstanding Achievement in Public-Private Partnership Award.

Regionally, CH2M HILL has offices in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts.

SOURCE: CH2M HILL