Biosolids Digester Upgrade Recovery
A digester upgrade running seven months behind with a regulatory deadline on the horizon.
- Owner
- Confidential
- Region
- U.S. Mid-Atlantic
- Market
- Water & Wastewater
- Our role
- Schedule recovery
- Size
- 4 digesters
- Delivery
- Design-Bid-Build
- Duration
- 26 months
- Completed
- 2024
What was at stake.
Tank rehabilitation found more corrosion than expected, and a mixing system redesign held up two digesters. The utility faced a permit compliance date, and the contractor's schedule still showed the original finish with no explanation of how.
What we did.
Beck Franklin's role: schedule recovery. We advise and measure; the contractor builds.
Status from the field
We walked each digester with the contractor and rebuilt the remaining work from what was actually in place.
Recovery options
Three recovery sequences were modeled, including bringing one digester online early to meet the compliance date.
Decision in two weeks
The utility and contractor chose an option within two weeks, and the recovery schedule became the new baseline.
Weekly tracking
Progress against the recovery plan was reported weekly until the first digester was back in service.
What the team delivered.
Recovery starts with an honest count of the remaining work. The schedule that existed did not have one.
Recovery scheduler, Beck Franklin
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