Project Description
Recent commercial office, manufacturing facility, and residential growth required the City of Chandler, Arizona, to expand its water and sanitary sewer infrastructure leading to the initiation of this 20 MGD Ocotillo Water Reclamation Facility (OWRF) Lift Station, six miles of 42-inch Wastewater Force Main (OWRF to the City’s Airport Water Reclamation Facility AWRF), and five miles of 24-inch Water Transmission Main (McQueen Road to Dobson Road). The city chose Achen-Gardner Construction, LLC, through a qualifications-based selection process, to provide Construction Manager at Risk and general contracting services for this critical project.
What makes it interesting?
The project team incorporated innovative design and construction techniques focusing on redundancy, flexibility, sustainability, and collaboration to meet the city’s budget and schedule requirements.
How HCSS Software assisted with the Project
HeavyBid provided the ability to generate accurate bids quickly. This allowed Achen-Gardner to generate the volume of bids needed to be successful in today’s competitive market. The fact that labor, equipment, crews, and activities are maintained in a database helps ensure that their bids remain consistent.
“HCSS products have certainly created a lot better efficiency. HeavyBid was easy to implement because we had estimators who were already computer savvy. Once we got past the little challenges in implementing the other products, it just opened up a whole new reality as far as what you can do and how quick you can see it.”
- Kevin Nunez, Vice President/General Manager, Achen-Gardner Construction
