MWH RECEIVES ENR INTERMOUNTAIN AWARD OF MERIT FOR LOGAN REGIONAL WWTF PROJECT
MWH was awarded the 2023 ENR Intermountain Award of Merit in the Water and Environment category for the Logan Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF). The award recognized the team’s hard work and dedication in completing the largest single capital improvement project for the City. Lance Ota, Project Manager, graciously accepted the award on behalf of the team. “Most of the contractors would agree that you get a once-in-a-lifetime job where you have a great owner – the City of Logan, a collaborative engineer – Carollo, and all the trade contractors that were involved that didn’t only look after themselves but watched over everybody. The team on the job was more like a family.” This sentiment was echoed throughout the project, which addressed the inadequacies of a 460-acre lagoon system in Cache County, Utah. The 8
City of Logan undertook this project to replace the lagoons with a new 18 million gallon per day (MGD) regional WWTF. It’s not only the largest magnetite dosing (BioMag®) municipal treatment plant in the United States but also represents the city of Logan’s most substantial capital improvement project.
Having a sense of urgency to meet stringent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, Logan, with MWH and Carollo, shifted from a designbid-build delivery method to a The whole Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) method project, every to expedite the schedule. The day, was exciting to result was a facility completed in a remarkable 3.5 years, go to. It’s one of those featuring over 24,500 cubic jobs where all of us yards of structural concrete and more than 6.6 million pounds of will look back as a high reinforcement.
point in our careers. L A N C E OTA
Senior Project Manager MWH
However, the project initially faced financial hurdles, with estimates exceeding the city budget by $64 million. The City almost abandoned the project. During pre-construction, MWH huddled
