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| CDM wins 2007 Engineering Excellence Awards Two CDM projects have earned awards in the 2007 Engineering Excellence Competition sponsored by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE). The dramatic Los Angeles integrated resources plan (IRP) has received the 2007 Grand Award in Planning from AAEE. In an effort to more efficiently manage sustainability of their water resources, the residents of Los Angeles—from policy makers and engineers, to business owners and community leaders—collaborated to establish a landmark stakeholder-based IRP that identifies the interdependent needs of the city's wastewater, recycled water, and stormwater systems, and optimizes these systems by incorporating the dynamic values of the Los Angeles community. Led by the city of Los Angeles and the joint venture team of CDM and CH2M HILL, the Los Angeles IRP is a technically and environmentally sound, cost-efficient approach to water resources planning. Through focused facilities, environmental impact, and financial planning, the IRP identified best practices to optimize existing service functions. Future facilities will provide new sewers and wastewater treatment for an additional 50 million gallons per day (mgd), increase recycled water use by 120, 000 homes per year, potentially conserve more than 15 mgd of drinking water, and manage up to 800 mgd of stormwater and urban runoff. These multi-benefit capital programs create jobs, provide parks and open space, and decrease reliance on imported water. CDM's landmark coastal development and environmental improvements project for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has received the 2007 Honor Award in Design from AAEE. The project successfully addressed imminent health threats and improved vital services for Budva, Kotor, and Cetinje—coastal communities that attract more than 600, 000 tourists to Montenegro each year. CDM led the complex design-build efforts of the socially imperative 22-month, $8 million infrastructure improvement project—comprehensive initiatives that accommodated a 17-percent increase in tourist visits, resulting in a 22-percent increase in tourist-related revenue during the tourist season, by ensuring reliable delivery of water and wastewater services for citizens and visitors alike. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |