Pump Station Modernization Program
Seven pump station upgrades, two funding sources and one controls framework the utility could audit.
- Owner
- Confidential
- Location
- U.S.
- Market
- Water & Environmental
- Our role
- Program controls
- Scale
- 7 stations
- Completed
- 2023
A single controls framework across seven pump station upgrades funded by state and federal sources.
The utility was upgrading seven pump stations with state and federal funding, each source carrying its own reporting, eligibility and drawdown rules. Stations were delivered by different contractors on overlapping schedules, and each had to stay in service. The utility needed to know where every dollar came from and whether the program would finish inside its funding deadlines.
The approach.
- 01
A program cost structure
We set one cost code structure for all seven stations, with every line tagged to its eligible funding source.
- 02
Schedules rolled up by station
Contractor schedules were reviewed and rolled into a program schedule showing float to each funding deadline.
- 03
Drawdown forecasting
A cash flow forecast by funding source told the utility when to request draws and where eligibility risk sat.
- 04
Change control across stations
Change orders were logged and priced the same way at every station, so lessons and unit prices carried across the program.
The outcome.
“Public money comes with rules. We designed the controls so the utility could prove it followed every one of them.”
Program controls manager, KonradBeck
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