Michael Baker International secures contract for wastewater plant in Pittsburgh

Michael Baker International, a US-based engineering consulting services provider, has secured a multi-year contract to provide professional construction management and inspection services to Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN).

This contract will enable the expansion of ALCOSAN’s wastewater treatment plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Following the expansion, the wastewater plant, which is located along Ohio river, will be able to process up to 600 million gallons of wastewater each day in case of  wet weather event.

Currently, its daily processing capacity is 250 million gallons.

With this expansion, approximately 3 billion gallons of wastewater is expected to reduce from flowing into Pittsburgh rivers and streams annually.

In the Pittsburgh region, ALCOSAN serves around 823,600 people.

Michael Baker Construction Services national practice lead Tom Zagorski said: “Michael Baker is proud to continue supporting ALCOSAN with such an important initiative in the City of Pittsburgh.

“The plant expansion project is a major and logical step toward ALCOSAN’s goal of cleaner rivers in the city, ultimately providing cleaner water to the citizens, and we are excited to be a part of it.”

Under the contract, Michael Baker will help the authority in administering several construction contracts by enforcing the project schedule and cost monitoring.

During the pre-construction phase, the company will offer professional construction services by undertaking design reviews, value engineering, independent cost and schedule development.

Once the project reaches the construction phase, Michael Baker will offer resident engineering and quality inspection of the plant until it is commissioned.

Planning for the plant has already begun. Its construction is expected to begin in 2020, with completion by 2027.