Projects
Wetlands Project Brings Wildlife Enthusiasts to Delaware
Publish date:Naturalists are now able to enjoy bird-watching at a formerly abandoned facility site in Delaware after a comprehensive remediation effort, thanks to Black & Veatch's focus on long-term sustainability and natural resource management for all living creatures in the Yorklyn Valley region.
First Digital Kiosk Solution Deployment
Publish date:Verizon’s first digital kiosk solution deployment is for the City of New Rochelle, New York. The project will include the installation of kiosks throughout the city. The Verizon Digital Kiosk (VDK) project will provide citizen engagement opportunities for the City of New Rochelle and will drive advertising revenue opportunities for Verizon and the City.
Consulting Services and Needs Assessment
Publish date:The City of Chula Vista selected Black & Veatch to deliver an analysis of sensor technologies, review technologies that can assist with environmental education programs, provide a deployment plan for the cities community Wi-Fi, conduct an analysis of smart technologies for transportation solutions, and make a high-level recommendation for smart technologies and solutions for the city.
A Wastewater Treatment Plant that Pays for Itself
Publish date:Black & Veatch is the designer and builder of a new, $35 million solids treatment system for the Liverpool Wastewater Treatment Plant in Medina County, Ohio. The system provides energy performance savings and other sustainable benefits through an innovative Design-Build Performance Contract.
Deploying Multiple, Smart City Technologies to Reduce Traffic and Broaden Internet Access
Publish date:Verizon designated Black & Veatch as its preferred smart cities deployment partner for its Smart Communities efforts with the City of Sacramento. Black & Veatch is working with Verizon to improve traffic and broaden internet access by deploying multiple, smart city technologies in Sacramento.
Water Reuse Provides Cost Savings to City, Avocado Farmers
Publish date:The city of Escondido, Calif., had too much wastewater and not enough potable water. A 15-mile pipeline that carries treated wastewater from Escondido to the ocean almost overflowed during storms in 2010. More urgently, the aging pipeline was near capacity, no longer big enough to handle the city's growing needs.
Black & Veatch Power Transmission Solution Keeps Industrial Expansion on Schedule in Thailand
Publish date:Industry in Thailand consumes almost half of all electricity generation. Improving the reliability of supply and delivering improvements to the network on time is critical in Thailand’s journey to boost industrial competitiveness.
New Ulu Pandan Demonstration Plant Sets the Global Standard for Water Innovation
Publish date:When PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, set out to build the Tuas Water Reclamation Plant, it did so with the goal of creating the most energy-efficient MBR in the world. To achieve this, PUB needed a comprehensive solution that would be a beacon of innovation for years to come, and drive behavior in the global water industry to new heights.
Industrial Wastewater Treatment Keeps Power Facilities Compliant
Publish date:A large utility located in the Midwest with more than 1 million electric and natural gas customers, needed to make improvements to two of its coal-burning plants which have a combined generation capacity of more than 3,500 megawatts.
Shared Land Mobile Radio Solution Saves $2 Million
Publish date:Rockwall County officials expressed an interest in developing a new shared system that would meet the needs of both the county and the five cities within the county. Those cities included Rockwall, Heath, Fait, Royse City and McLendon-Chisholm.
Consolidated Network Improves Communications for Baltimore County Agencies
Publish date:Black & Veatch worked with Baltimore County, Maryland, to combine their existing public safety and public works communications systems. The 800 MHz systems were consolidated into a single P25 trunked system with a new 700 MHz data system, tower sites, 9-1-1 center and dispatch consoles.
Holistic Public Safety Radio and P25 System Upgrade Brings Long-Term Value
Publish date:Black & Veatch assisted Lake County, Illinois, with the needs assessment of Sheriff’s Department very high frequency (VHF) high band system, and development of an RFP to upgrade the system to a two-channel simulcast receiver voting system through a holistic communications plan.
Statewide Radio Project Boosts Safety, Efficiency for Public Agencies in Oregon
Publish date:The Oregon State Radio Project rebuilt the existing Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and Oregon State Police (OSP) systems to create an integrated statewide network in partnership with the Oregon Department of Forestry, Oregon Department of Corrections and with nearly 40 local public safety agencies.
Monterey County Next Generation Emergency Network (NGEN) Radio
Publish date:The County of Monterey Information Technology Department (ITD) communications systems were developed in the mid 1980s. Many of the tower systems have since aged, and were developed in accordance with older building codes.
First Responder Radio Upgrades Increase Coverage and Interoperability in City of Arvada
Publish date:The City of Arvada is developing two new communications sites in support of the city’s first responder P25 land mobile radio (LMR) system. The new system will expand radio coverage in the west and increase interoperability with the City of Lakewood and Denver.