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Civil & Infrastructure · Water & Environmental

Seven stations. One controls framework.

Program controls, scheduling and cost reporting for water and wastewater utilities. We bring every project, funding source and permit milestone into one framework the utility can manage from.

What is really at risk.

01

Funding comes with rules

State revolving funds, grants and federal dollars each carry their own reporting and deadlines. Miss one and reimbursement stalls.

02

Plants must stay in permit

Tie-ins and shutdowns are planned around flow and permit limits. They belong on the critical path, not in a footnote.

03

Programs outgrow spreadsheets

Several stations, several contractors and several funders quickly exceed what one spreadsheet can control.

Water & Environmental

Where we add control.

  1. 01

    Pump and lift stations

    Multi-site modernization programs controlled as one portfolio.

  2. 02

    Water and wastewater treatment

    Plant upgrades with tie-ins, startup and permit milestones on the schedule.

  3. 03

    Storage and conveyance

    Reservoirs, mains and interceptors with long, linked sequences.

  4. 04

    Capital improvement programs

    Multi-year utility programs reported to boards and funding agencies.

How we control it here.

The KonradBeck capabilities owners in this market call on most.

Program & Portfolio ManagementAdvise

One controls framework across every project, with consistent coding and reporting.

Cost Management & ControlControl

Cost tracked by project and funding source, with forecasts the board and funders can rely on.

Planning & SchedulingPlan

Schedules that carry shutdowns, tie-ins and startup as real, linked activities.

Controls Technology & ReportingResolve

Program dashboards that show every station’s status on one page.

In practice · Pump Station Modernization Program

Seven upgrades, two funding streams, one view.

A utility was modernizing seven pump stations with state and federal funding. We set up a single controls framework: common coding, one schedule structure and monthly reporting by station and by funding source. Leadership could see every station’s cost and schedule side by side, and funders received the reports they required on time.

7
Pump stations
State + federal
Funding sources
2023
Engagement year

Questions owners ask us.

Can you work with state revolving fund requirements?

Yes. We build cost coding and reporting around the funding program’s requirements from the start, so reimbursement requests are ready when due.

How do you schedule tie-ins at operating plants?

We work with plant operators to set shutdown windows and load them as constrained activities, so their impact on the program is visible.

Can you take over controls on a program already underway?

We can. We start with a health check of the current schedules and budgets, then move each project into the common framework.

Water & Environmental

See your water & environmental program clearly.

Share the program, the budget and the date that matters. A senior KonradBeck controls lead will come back to you within one business day.