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Black & Veatch Joins the Water Design-Build Council |
Leading global engineering firm bolsters WDBC efforts to promote design-build solutions for America's infrastructure crisis -
The Water Design-Build Council announced today that Black & Veatch has become the Council's newest member. |
WASHINGTON, ALABAMA, Jan. 19 -/E-Wire/-- The Water Design-Build Council announced today that Black & Veatch has become the Council's newest member.
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Founded in 1915, Black & Veatch is an innovative and highly respected engineering, consulting and construction company with the mission of Building a World of Difference®. An employee-owned company with more than 100 offices around the world, Black & Veatch is listed on the Forbes "500 Largest Private Companies in the United States" and specializes in infrastructure development in energy, water, telecommunications, federal, management consulting and environmental markets.
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Dan McCarthy, President and CEO, will represent Black & Veatch on the Board of Directors. "As the newest member of the Water Design-Build Council," McCarthy said, "we look forward to working with our fellow organizations to advance the use of design-build for water and wastewater projects. We think it is critical to educate the Obama administration, Congress, governors, mayors, and other municipal leaders about the value of design-build in addressing the urgent infrastructure issues we face as a nation."
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"We are pleased to have Black & Veatch as a member," said the Council's new president, Peter W. Tunnicliffe, Senior Vice President of Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. "With the addition of Black & Veatch, the Council now represents over 90 percent of the engineering-led design-build market."
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Design-build delivery has been proven to provide sustainable, energy efficient water systems; consistently lower project costs; and up to 30 percent faster project completion thereby accelerating creation of engineering and construction jobs. The ability to select the design-builder based on overall "best value" and single-point accountability for both design and construction throughout the process results in a powerful and effective solution to meeting the nation's pressing water infrastructure needs.
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The WDBC has urged the President-Elect, new Administration planners, and the Congress to incorporate the preference for design-build contracting into the Stimulus Package so there is clear legislative authority to utilize funds to contract in this manner.
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About the Water Design-Build Council The Water Design-Build Council is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting best practices for the application of design-build in water and wastewater projects in North America. Above all, these best practices should enable owners to realize the full value of design-build: superior design and construction, speed, cost savings, and focused accountability.
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For more information about the Water Design-Build Council, please visit www.waterdesignbuild.org.
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About Black & Veatch Black & Veatch is a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company specializing in infrastructure development in energy, water, telecommunications, management consulting, federal and environmental markets. Founded in 1915, Black & Veatch develops tailored infrastructure solutions that meet clients' needs and provide sustainable benefits. Solutions are provided from the broad line of service expertise available within Black & Veatch, including conceptual and preliminary engineering services, engineering design, procurement, construction, financial management, asset management, program management, construction management, environmental, security design and consulting, management consulting and infrastructure planning. With $3.2 billion in revenue, the employee-owned company has more than 100 offices worldwide and has completed projects in more than 100 countries on six continents.
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Black & Veatch's global water business provides innovative, technology-based solutions to utilities, governments and industries worldwide. Local project teams work with multinational water and wastewater treatment process experts to address site-specific challenges through a broad range of consulting, study, planning, design, design-build and construction management services. The company's Web site address is www.bv.com.
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Water Design-Build Council |
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01-19-2009 |
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Sarah Chittenden
Water Design-Build Council
Phone: 202-833-1950, ext. 4
chittenden@waterdesignbuild.org |
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http://www.waterdesignbuild.org
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