Carollo Engineers and Oak Harbor Clean Water Facility Receive APWA 2019 Public Works Project of the Year Award

Carollo Engineers and Oak Harbor Clean Water Facility Receives APWA 2019 Public Works Project of the Year Award

Seattle, WA – October 15, 2019 – The Carollo-designed Oak Harbor Clean Water Facility recently received the American Public Works Association’s (APWA) 2019 Public Works Project of the Year Awardfor infrastructure projects that promote excellence in construction management and administration and are publicly developed, owned, and maintained. These awards recognize the alliance between the managing agency, the contractor, the consultant, and their cooperative achievements.

The APWA Public Works Projects of the Year Awards are presented annually at APWA’s PWX conference. Awards are given in four divisions and five categories. The four divisions are projects less than $5 million; projects over $5 million, but less than $25 million; projects between $25 million and $75 million; and projects over $75 million. The categories are structures, transportation, environment, historical restoration/preservation, and disaster or emergency construction repair.

Carollo’s Oak Harbor Clean Water Facility project received APWA’s 2019 Public Works Project of the Year Award in the environment category and the >$75M division. For this project, Carollo worked closely with the City of Oak Harbor to replace two treatment facilities in an environmentally sensitive area with a single MBR facility. Because the City anticipates population growth over the next 20 years, the new MBR facility will meet modern standards for reliability and performance, allow the City to provide continuous reliable wastewater service to the community, and protect and preserve the surrounding environment.

This year’s awards were recognized during APWA’s PWX (Public Works Expo) 2019, which took place September 8-11, 2019, in Seattle, Washington, at the Washington State Convention Center.

For more information about the APWA awards program, please contact APWA Awards and Chapter Relations Associate Rhonda Wilhite at [email protected].

About APWA

The American Public Works Association (www.apwa.net) is a not-for-profit, international organization of more than 30,000 members involved in the field of public works. APWA serves its members by promoting professional excellence and public awareness through education, advocacy, and the exchange of knowledge. APWA is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, and has an office in Washington, DC, with 63 chapters in North America.

For more than 85 years, Carollo Engineers has provided a full range of innovative planning, design, and construction management services to meet the water and wastewater needs of municipalities, public agencies, private developers, and industrial firms. As the largest water-focused engineering firm in the country, Carollo has been a One Water leader—developing innovative, comprehensive water management strategies that promote institutional collaboration, provide multi-benefit solutions, and achieve sustainability and resilience. To learn more about how Carollo is “Working Wonders With Water®,” call (800) 523-5826 or visit www.wpress-prod-web-001.azurewebsites.net. ###