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was established in January 2016, through the The design services, which have been awarded

Unanimous Membership Agreement by the Cities for the Plant Renewal Project, are a part of a Joint

of Regina and Moose Jaw, which have jointly owned Venture comprising of Graham Infrastructure Inc.
the Plant since 1955. and AECON Water Infrastructure Inc. as the Project

leads, with Stantec & Associated Engineering

“Our mandate is to ensure that the Plant is able providing the design services.
to operate without problems into the future,” says

Johnson. “Our initial decision was whether we built a brand-
new facility or do a major rehabilitation,” says
PROGRESSIVE DESIGN Johnson. “Cost-wise, there wasn’t a clear winner and

BUILD FORMAT we wanted the market to decide and we evaluate

the submissions for the best value.” Johnson says

One of the pioneers in the use of the GAC (Granular another interesting finding came when researching

Activated Carbon) filtration process for the removal procurement models in that the progressive design
of algae-produced taste and odour, the plant is build was “actually the most advantageous.”

now pioneering a new progressive design build
procurement format—and is the first water project in Johnson says that at the end of the day, progressive

Canada to use this method. design build resulted in being the process that

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