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BUSINESS NEWS JONES|CARTER WINS APWA ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT OF THE YEAR FOR THE DALLAS SALMON WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IN LEAGUE CITY Last year, the Water Team at Jones|Carter accepted the 2019 Environmental Project of the Year award from the Texas Chapter of the American Public Works Association. The award acknowledged the rerouting of the Dallas Salmon Wastewater Treatment Plant effluent line and reconstruction of North Kansas Avenue to meet requirements mandated by the Texas Commission on Environment Quality for copper and zinc discharge limits. TCEQ required the city of League City to move the WWTP’s effluent line and outfall location further down Clear Creek. However, 60 percent of the way through design, Jones|Carter realized the effluent line for the WWTP interfered with North Kansas Avenue. Reconstructing the roadway was on League City’s list of capital improvement projects, but was not slated for design and construction for several years. The city determined that combining the road reconstruction with the Dallas Salmon project was both time and cost- effective. Jones|Carter installed 1,500 linear feet of reinforced concrete boxes from the existing discharge location at the WWTP to the new outfall location at the northern end of North Kansas Avenue at Clear Creek. The new outfall line required existing utilities to be relocated as well as the diversion of the existing overland drainage paths. Construction of the new effluent line was completed and certified one month ahead of the three-year deadline mandated by TCEQ. The reconstruction of North Kansas Avenue required the installation of a large culvert sewer system and repaving of the existing roadway. The project was located within a League City
neighborhood, requiring ample traffic safety measures. Jones|Carter and their partners minimized the impact of the reconstruction by implementing a one lane, two-way traffic control plan with flaggers. The reconstruction was completed five months ahead of schedule. “Everyone on our team did their piece of the job,” said Kyle Kaspar, manager of the conveyance and transmission team at Jones|Carter. “But it’s the fact everyone came together to do a great job for the city of League City that made it an award-winning project for both the client and Jones|Carter.” Jones|Carter proudly teamed with Ardurra Group, LLC, Terracon Consultants, Inc., EcoLogic, Inc., C.N. Koehl Urban Forestry, and SER Construction Partners, LLC. The team’s commitment to the timeline from planning to project completion was instrumental to the project’s success. For the past 40 years, Jones|Carter has provided engineering and surveying services to the public and private sectors. The Texas- based civil engineering firm was established in Houston in 1976. Since then, Jones|Carter has grown to nine locations throughout Texas. Jones|Carter is an Engineering New-Record Top 500 National Firm and has consistently been voted a Best Place to Work. NEW LEVEL 10 CONSTRUCTION SAN JOSE PROJECT TO SPEED DELIVERY WITH NEW HYBRID CORE SYSTEM Sunnyvale-based Level 10 Construction announced that erection of its new downtown San Jose project, 200 Park Ave., may take significantly less time using a new hybrid core system. Level 10 Vice President Casey Wend, who is overseeing 200 Park Avenue, says the project will be the first in California to use SpeedCore, a new hybrid core system.
As described by the American Institute of Steel Construction, “SpeedCore is a revolutionary concrete-filled composite steel plate shear wall core. With this remarkable system, erection will take an estimated 40 percent less time to complete than it would with a traditional cast- in-place reinforced concrete core. “Erection of the hybrid core begins with pre-fabricated panels consisting of two structural steel plates held in place with cross- connecting tie rods. After erection, these panels are filled with concrete, creating a unique sandwich-style structure that provides strength and stability along with the benefits of rapid erection. Additionally, SpeedCore is a non-proprietary system, meaning many American steel fabricators can produce the panels.” 200 Park Ave. is the first new speculative office project in downtown San Jose in 10 years. The new 19-story office building will have 16 levels of Class A flexible work space, with three levels of above-ground parking and four levels of below-ground parking. Total rentable square footage is 875,000. Gensler is the architect for 200 Park Ave. Magnusson Klemencic Associates is the structural engineer. Level 10 Construction is a full-service general contractor with offices throughout California, including Sunnyvale, San Francisco, and San Diego. Gensler is an integrated architecture, design, planning, and consulting firm with more than 6,000 professionals networked across 48 offices providing global reach with local touch. Magnusson Klemencic Associates is an international, award-winning structural and civil engineering firm headquartered in Seattle.
plan, be sure to make any necessary edits and updates whether to the plan itself, marketing collateral, or your overall strategy to take advantage of understanding what is working for you so far and what is not. This will ensure you continue to have success implementing your plan each quarter throughout the year. KATIE CRAWFORD is Pennoni’s marketing manager. She can be reached at kcrawford@pennoni.com. necessary edits and updates whether to the plan itself, marketing collateral, or your overall strategy to take advantage of understanding what is working for you so far and what is not.” “Your review shouldn’t stop at just reading through your plan, be sure to make any
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technology that you might want to introduce during the remainder of the year. ❚ ❚ Has your target market changed? And if so, what adjustments to your strategy do you need to make based on these changes? Even a small change to your audience can alter how you approach your marketing goals. ❚ ❚ If you made any changes to your brand/messaging, review your image across your web presence. Do you project the same image and message across all platforms? Your firm voice should be consistent whether you’re on your website or on social media channels. ❚ ❚ Which activities were successful? Have you tracked revenue or other ROI metrics to determine which activities should be prioritized for the remainder of the year and which should be revised or even dropped? Your review shouldn’t stop at just reading through your
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