Stickney Water Reclamation Plant

New Aerated Grit Facility

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Delta provided structural engineering design and REVIT drafting services for the new Aerated Grit Faculty at the Stickney west side treatment facility. This required demolition of: Imhoff tanks, east and west valve houses, ejector house in Battery A, and skimming tanks 1 through 8.

Delta was part of the Phase II design effort for the following structures:

  • Aerated Grit Facility: 255 feet wide x 120 feet long, 3-story steel reinforced concrete building with seismic lateral loading
  • Two TAPS support buildings: one-story steel-reinforced concrete
    structures, each approximately 33 feet wide x 222 feet long
  • Steel-reinforced, concrete box effluent conduits: these water transporting conduits vary in size from 7 feet wide x 7 feet long opening to 16 feet wide x 12 feet long
  • Steel-reinforced, concrete junction chambers: these collect
    water to be transported via effluent conduits.
  • Bulkheads and relief structures: diverting of existing plant flows

Construction phase services support was also provided, which included RFI & shop drawing submittal reviews.

CLIENT

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

PROJECT LOCATION

Stickney, IL

DELTA’S ROLE

Subconsultant

SERVICES PROVIDED

Structural Engineering

DESIGN SCHEDULE

2011 – 2014

CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE

2014 – 2018

CONSTRUCTION VALUE

$224,760,000

PROJECT SORT LINKS

PROJECT PHOTOS

Ribbon cutting ceremony with site walkthrough in November of 2018.