Wastewater Treatment Plant Design/Build
Charleston AFB, South Carolina

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Services:

• Structural design and construction support
• Fast-track design/build
• System integration and commissioning services

Tasks:

• Relocate support tankage and equipment
• Reduce wastewater treatment facility footprint by 70%

Project Description:

Lindbergh and Associates was retained by O’Brien & Gere to provide structural design and construction support at the Charleston, South Carolina Bosch automotive parts manufacturer. The project required fast track design/build wastewater treatment services. Project objectives were to relocate support tankage and equipment associated with a 250 gpm deionized water treatment system, and to reduce the existing wastewater treatment facility footprint by over 70% to allow for manufacturing expansion within the building. The project included:

• Composite piles within the existing building to support tank and equipment loads
• Field erected FRP tanks within the building
• Separation and equalization of oily and non-oily wastes
• Treatment of the oily and non-oily wastewater with ultrafiltration membranes.
• New system controls integrated into a new panel
• Installation in the existing control room.

System integration and commissioning services were provided to streamline the turnover of new and existing systems and to manage system shutdowns. L&A designed auger-cast piles for the EQ tankage to meet local seismic code requirements.  Major support systems designed and constructed were:

• Acid and caustic pressure loops
• Wastewater pumping stations
• Automatic pH control systems
• Flow EQ tanks and jet mixing systems
• Bulk chemical storage
• Process tankage systems