City of Columbus, Ohio - Division of Sewage and Drainage (DOSD)

• DOSD Capital Improvements Program Professional Program Management Services
  Sub-consultant to Malcolm Pirnie
  
  The purpose of the DOSD Capital Improvements Program 2006-2010 is to upgrade the combined capacity of the Southerly and Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plants to handle 335 million gallons per day. The program employs state-of-the-art technology through 111 individual Capital Improvements Projects to upgrade and re-purpose many of the plant facilities to ensure they are able to handle the increasing demands of the 21st century Columbus. Through a widespread and comprehensive effort between the City of Columbus, area design professionals, and construction companies, the fast track design and construction schedule was developed to complete to complete the increased capacity goal by Summer 2010. CCI is on the core team of companies selected for their record of achievement, their expertise, and the proven ability to keep the project on time and on budget.
  
  Specifically, CCI redesigned Graphics and Technical Standards Manual Section 6.0 for cohesive interoperation through project phase between multi-engineering consultants. This facet of the project included standard abbreviations; symbols acronyms; codes for wasterwater treatment plants upgrade and Allied Facilities Project Standards Manual. Dynamic blocks were designed for project General sheets while continuously meeting with project Engineers and CAD designers to manager the projects' symbol needs. Approximately 500 static symbols were grouped by category and similarity and converted to over 90 dynamic blocks, each with unique permutations and editable fields. These dynamic blocks provided a more streamlined library of symbols for all Design Professionals to use throughout the life of the project.
  
  Additionally, CCI provided on-site CAD support to other consulting firms with WWTP upgrade projects, including: Burgess & Niple, Inc., CH2M Hill, Kabil & Associates, Resource International, Inc., Dynotec, Inc., Donahue IDEAS, LLC, and Chester Engineers, Inc.
  
  CCI audited the drafting quality of the established Southerly and Jackson Pike basemap using AutoCAD , as well as samples of the Design Professionals submittals with WWTP upgrade projects. All paper space viewports were placed onto the 0 layer, along with external references. Drawings were purged and saved to AutoCAD 2000 format to insure compatibility and interoperability among all design firms. Anomalies were noted into the drawing structure, and a style-based pen table was developed. CCI provided training to introduce the new standards and ease their implementation to Design Professionals.
  
  To help ensure a smooth transition to the programming phase of the project and eliminate potential confusion resulting from parallel design efforts, CCI developed a record of WWTP previous and changing building codes and presented to project engineers.
  
  CCI provided HMI application programming, testing and start-up services and related research, updated and maintained HMI screens, and updated and maintained the process programming database.
  
  For the Professional Program Management Project database, over 20,000 records (REC), Conform to Contract (CTC) and Draft Phase Drawings, and 1,000 specifications were catalogued and uploaded to the project's digital library, where they are available to all project contributors. CCI developed a comprehensive User's Guide for the project website that provides step-by-step examples and pictorial instructions detailing every site menu and electronic workflow.
  
  CCI also provided administrative support at the monthly progress meetings, and graphic services for the SOP manuals.
• Hap Cremean Water Treatment Plant Disinfection Master Plan
  Sub-consultant to Burgess & Niple, Inc.
  
  This was a pilot project to evaluate the viability of reverse osmosis using membranes and ozone disinfection of the municipal water supply.
  
  CCI tasks included performing various tests on water samples, document equipment maintenance, troubleshooting equipment problems, and coordinating vendor service calls. Responsibilities were accomplished in coordination with day-to-day functions of the facility.
• Columbus PPM Programming Team, I&C Application Programming
  Sub-consultant to Burgess & Niple, Inc.
  
  CCI provided HMI (Human Machine Interface) application programming for 28 unit processes at the Jackson Pike and Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plants. CCI responsibilities included onsite programming services in support of development in the following areas:
  
  

  • Supported integration of standalone processes with PWPCS (Plant-Wide Process Control System) with no disruption to plant operations.
  • Used PLC data logic signals to build dynamic HMI to animate iFix graphics that respond to the underlying iFix database.
  • Integrated HMI database and graphic updates that resulted from PPM loop testing.
  • Updated and replaced the HMI database and graphics on non-standard existing systems for incorporation into PWPCS.

  
  Further, CCI provided programming support for coordination of services in the following areas:
  
  

  • Ensured conformance of HMI graphics and database with PPM standards currently in development.
  • Coordinated deployment of the HMI database and graphics with the PPM Programming Team to ensure the integrity of the system as a whole.
  • Participated in field deployment, integration and start-up.

  
  CCI also developed and maintained the detailed Primavera project schedule for the update and commissioning of 28 unit processes at the Southerly and Jackson Pike Water/Wastewater Treatment Plants.
  
  CCI was also tasked with gathering, assembling, editing and formatting technical documentation for all unit processes. This effort required extensive editing for GSP, clarity and consistency, and organization for logical flow and ease of navigation.
  
  
  

City of Columbus, Ohio - Department of Public Utilities, Division of Power and Water

• Water Master Plan Chemical Usage Study
  Sub-consultant to Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
  
  CCI performed chemical feed and cost evaluation study and analysis for the three primary water plants for the City of Columbus: Hap Cremean, Parsons Avenue and Dublin Road.
  
  CCI worked with operations managers at each of the plants to review chemical type, usage, cost, sampling and process control plans. Based on the results of our review and evaluation of data from each plant, and our review of chemical costs for the five years previous, CCI prepared a report including a detailed analysis, comments and recommendations.
  
  Recommendations included methods to reduce the overall usage of chemical costs through changes to process control and sampling processes.
  
  This effort was part of the development of the Water Master Plan effort for the City of Columbus aimed at managing projected growth of the water system through 2025.