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venture of CH2M HILL and Western Summit,
working on a fixed-price, design-build contract.
Fostering trust and Collaboration
Communication among the parties involved was
a significant factor in the project’s success and the
owner’s satisfaction. The Buckman Direct Diversion
Board represented all stakeholders’ ideas about the
best ways to satisfy the need for a reliable source of
clean, potable water. Open lines of communication
also helped the board develop a collegial, trusting
relationship with the joint venture.
The CH2M HILL/Western Summit team
made a point of including the board in the design
process. The stakeholders on the board knew
that their needs and concerns were heard and
addressed, creating not only a good working
relationship, but also helping prevent the need
for changes. Every party involved—the designers, builders and stakeholders—collaborated
to develop a design that could be completed on
schedule and within the mandated budget while
fulfilling stakeholders’ needs.
The development and implementation of the
schedule also included input from all parties. And
open communication alerted the design-builders
to the stakeholders’ wish list of items that were
not included in the contract, but—time and budget permitting—could expand and improve the
project’s scope. “Free-f lowing communication
was a significant benefit for the job,” says Rick
Carpenter, project manager. “Trust was fostered
early on and maintained throughout the project.”
taCkling Challenges ProaCtively
In planning, the CH2M HILL/Western Summit
team concentrated on keeping workflows smooth
and preventing the need to make changes later.
One serious issue was the utility and other infrastructure that had to be avoided and the condition
of the ground that supports it. The team’s Pothole
Crew worked with surveyors, exhaustively verif ying the location of each utility. Using this
information, designers finalized the pipeline
design, routing its tie-in points to avoid conflicts
with any utility or structure already in place.
The CH2M HILL/Western Summit joint venture handled the complicated permitting process
behind building facilities and pipeline on property
belonging to the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land
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The facility includes a sediment-removal facility, a raw-water lift station, and two booster
stations to pump the water.
Management, Santa Fe County and the New Mexico
Department of Transportation. In addition to the
permitting requirements of these governmental
entities, the pipeline’s path also traverses environmentally and culturally sensitive areas that are home
to threatened and endangered plants and animals and
may hold Native American artifacts, adding another
layer of requirements. The team tracked the progress
of each permit and documented every element necessary; all were granted in a timely manner.
Right-of-way acquisition was another issue.
Much of the pipeline was originally planned to
run near or through private property, and securing easements from property owners in the very
short 90-day time frame was a challenge. Some
property owners refused to grant the easement,
and others did not respond by the deadline, so
the designers narrowed the necessary easement
from 40 feet to 25 feet and rerouted the pipeline
to avoid private property entirely. Working with
the state Department of Transportation, the team
also won a partial lane closure on frontage roads,
allowing workers to perform the necessary construction expeditiously.
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