dwm division of planning and design year end review

Department of Watershed Management

Division of Planning and Design “We Solve Problems”

Year End Review

Division of Planning and Design

Office of Engineering Services


City of Atlanta, Georgia

DIVISION OF PLANNING AND DESIGN MANAGERS

Dr. RASHEED AHMAD, P.E.

LEE HUNT, P.E.

DIRECTOR, SENIOR NOLTON JOHNSON, P.E.

SCOTT PARKER, R.L.S.

DESIREE ARMSTRONG-WRIGHT

LOUIS A. ROUSSELLE, P.E.

SUNDAY AIYEJORUN, P.E.

GEORGE JOHNSON, P.E. SUPPORTING CONTRACTOR

BRENT BREWER, E.I.T.

LOUIS A. ROUSSELLE, P.E.

PAMELA JONES MELVIN JOHNS

DESIGN TEAM 1 — FACILITY GROUP

FARANGIS ALASVAND

GISELLE MELVILLE

ANTHONY DISTEPHANO

JOHN REINHARD, P.E.

LEE HUNT, P.E.

DAVID WINTERS, P.E. STEVEN SCARLETT, P.E.

PERMITTING SUPPORT / CAPACITY CERTIFICATION

MARK HEDDEN, SUPPORTING CONTRACTOR

TIMOTHY COTTON

OCTAVIUS BARRETT

MARK L. HARROD

MARCUS PACE

C.A.D.

GRADY WALKER


JOSEPH BIRTS

TOMMY TOMS

MICHAEL GEIGER MARK L. HARROD

DESIGN SUPPORT GROUP

SURVEY

TERRY JOHNSON BARBARA MIDDLEBROOKS LATONYA MOORE

SHARNYA THRASHER MELVIN VICTOR KAREEM WYATT

MONICA CALLIER

LAND ACQUISTION

AGATHA OZONU-WHEELER

LARRY EDWARDS

MARK L. HARROD

MARKUS BUTTS


DESIGN SUPPORT GROUP (CONT’D)

MICHAEL JOHNSON, SUPPORTING CONTRACTOR

JEREMY REAGAN, SUPPORTING CONTRACTOR

MICHAEL NDUKA

UCHE CHIOKE, P.G.

DESIGN TEAM 2

NATHANIEL GREENHOWE

WATER AVAILABILITY GROUP

STRATEGIC WATER ASSESSMENT TEAM

BERND SERDA

PARETT A. SMITH.

MOHAMED HAYEK

JARRELL L. THORNTON

ERIK LEE, E.I.T.


RONALD BROWN

CIP / STORMWATER SUPPORT GROUP

PHOXAY INTHISANE

E. WILLETTE BURTON

MAGLOIRE AKPO-SANNI, P.E.

DESIGN TEAM 2 (CONT’D)

BRIAN JONES, P.E.

NASER RAHIM, P.E.

BACK FLOW PREVENTION TEAM

WATER DISTRIBUTION DESIGN GROUP

REMI OKUNOLA, P.E.

JESSE J. JONES

REGINALD CRAYTON, P.E.

DANNY FRIEND


AHMAD CADE

GDOT/ INTERGOVERNMENTAL JURISDICTION GROUP

TRACIE THOMAS

VAHE KOKORIAN, P.E.

MARIA B. THOMAS

MARK L. HARROD

ALBERTO BECHARA, P.E.

ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGETING GROUP

MOHAMMED HASSAN, E.I.T.

MODELING SUPPORT GROUP

DR. RASHEED AHMAD, P.E.

DESIREE ARMSTRONG-WRIGHT

Division of Planning and Design

Office of Engineering Services


City of Atlanta, Georgia

DIVISION OF PLANNING AND DESIGN GROUPS

DIRECTOR, SENIOR NOLTON JOHNSON, P.E.

WATER AVAILABILITY

SURVEY BACK FLOW PREVENTION

LAND ACQUISTION

PLANNING & DESIGN TEAM PROJECTS

YEAR 2013

SAGII Phase 1-Permeable Pavers: Project provides stormwater detention with permeable pavers on selected streets within Peoplestown, Mechanicsville and Summerhill communities. In-house 30% level design, CAD & survey was provided for the Zone 2 Summerhill area. The remaining Zones 1 & 3 were designed by A/E and managed by the design staff.

Team Members: Nolton Johnson, Erik Lee, Mohamed Hayek, Mark Harrod, Tim Cotton, Tommy Toms, Octavius Barrett, Joseph Birts, Grady Walker, Pamela Jones, Jeremy Reagan, Michael Johnson and Markus Butts

SAGII Phase 2A-Media Lot Vault: Project includes a 5 MG combined sewer storage vault to manage peak flow rates of the combined sewers flowing to Peoplestown, draining much of the adjacent Federal Highway. The 30% level Design and Design/Build Contract were managed in-house.

Team Members: Nolton Johnson, Alberto Bechara, Bernd Serda, Erik Lee, Vahe Kokorian, Mike Gei-ger, Pamela Jones, Markus Butts and Michael Johnson

SAGII Phase 2B-Connally Vault: Project includes preliminary plans for a combined sewer storage vault to manage peak flow rates in the combined sewers flowing to the Peoplestown area. Project work includes coordinating with Atlanta Public Schools in identifying potential sites for the vault, modeling support and A/E contract management.

Team Members: Nolton Johnson, Erik Lee, Monica Callier and Markus Butts

Georgia Power and Civic Center Vault: Project includes an 11 MG and 4 MG combined sewer stor-age vaults to manage peak flow rates of the combined sewers flowing into the Butler Street Trunk and Relief Lines in the vicinity of the Georgia Power, Civic Center draining much of the adjacent Federal Highway I-75 and I-85 Downtown Intersection and Civic Center. The 30% level in-house design will be for a future design/build contract.

Team Members: Alberto Bechara, Bernd Serda, Po Inthisane, Thach Tran (Intern), Vahe Kokorian, Mike Geiger and Mark Harrod

Red Team Spill Group: Project includes a task order from commissioner to develop a CMSS (Computer Management System & Solution) to help link the City’s various Groups: Spills, Monitoring, Modeling, GIS, Grease, Public Information and Rehab, to CMSS dashboard with Hansen Software for better management and reduction of spills (combined and non-combined) that is occurring on continu-ous basis.

Team Members: Dr. Rasheed Ahmad and Alberto Bechara

Model Building for South River/Intrenchment WRC: Working with BGR (Consultant to the City) to build two models in Infoworks CS for the Intrenchment Creek WRC and South River WRC. These dy-namic models will connect and merge with the corresponding calibrated sanitary and combined sewer basins in order to study the hydraulic behavior under existing and proposed design storms.

Team Members: Dr. Rasheed Ahmad, Vahe Kokorian, John Reinhard and Alberto Bechara

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Multi-Modal Transportation Conceptual Design: Work with GA DOT and Consultant to provide pipe net-work in the proposed transportation hub between Five Points MARTA station and CNN, Phipps Plaza. To also study the impact on the combined sewer system for the North Avenue combined basin.

Team Members: Alberto Bechara, Erik Lee and Vahe Kokorian

Fort McPherson Re-development Project: Project includes a re-development of the decommissioned Army Base, which includes propose water, storm and sewer network, and study of the impact on the downstream sanitary sewer in the Utoy Creek basin from the proposed loading and the available capacities

Team Members: Dr. Rasheed Ahmad, Alberto Bechara, Bernd Serda, Po Inthisane, Thach Tran (Intern), Vahe Kokorian, Mike Geiger, Parett Smith and Mohamed Hayek

Nancy Creek Tunnel with RMC WRC: Analysis of the Nancy Creek Pump Station and the Nancy Creek tunnel and study the impact of the tunnel shaft overflows and pumps failures due to backwater from RM Clay-ton WRC headworks.

Team Members: Alberto Bechara, Uche Chioke and Vahe Kokorian

Ridgewood Sewer Improvements: Multiple in-house designs and permitting support for a project to improve the reliability of existing 42 inch and 24 inch sewers, stabilize the slope holding the sewers, and coordination with an A/E designing stream bank restoration of the adjacent Peachtree Creek.

Team Members: Sunday Aiyejorun, Louis Rousselle, Mark Hedden, Mike Geiger, Mark Harrod, Markus Butts, Larry Edwards, Jeremy Reagan, Anthony Distephano, Pamela Jones, Terry Johnson and Marcus Pace

Randall Hall Sewer Improvements: Analysis of alternative alignments, and multiple in-house designs lead-ing to a micro-tunneling project for new extension of an eight inch gravity sewer, and associated easements.

Team Members: Nolton Johnson, Sunday Aiyejorun, Mark Hedden, Naser Rahim, Mark Harrod, Terry John-son, Markus Butts, Larry Edwards, Jeremy Reagan, Mike Geiger, Marcus Pace, Grady Walker, Pamela Jones, Anthony Distephano and Kareem Wyatt

Joseph E. Boone Street Pervious Pavers Project: In-house design support for 30% level to assist Office of Watershed Protection on a plan to reduce width of Boone Street and incorporate green infrastructure.

Team Members: Mohamed Hayek, Erik Lee, Tommy Toms, Octavius Barrett, Joseph Birts, Grady Walker, Mark Harrod, Tim Cotton and Barbara Middlebrooks

Delano Sewer Realignment: In-house design support for a sanitary sewer realignment to eliminate conflict with an existing storm culvert under Delano Drive.

Team Members: Sunday Aiyejorun, Louis Rousselle, Reggie Crayton, Uche Chioke, Nate Greenhowe, Mike Geiger, Marcus Pace, Jeremy Reagan and Pamela Jones

1250 MLK Stormwater and Drainage Report: In-house analysis of stormwater impact to areas adjacent to 1250 MLK and associated creek.

Team Members: Uche Chioke, Bernd Serda, Mohamed Hayek, Nate Greenhowe, Mike Geiger and Marcus Pace

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Carroll Street Stormwater Improvements: In-house design for stormwater drainage improvements at Car-roll St and Boulevard Ave to alleviate historical flooding.

Team Members: Sunday Aiyejorun, Po Inthisane, Eric Lee, Bernd Serda, Mark Harrod and Grady Walker

RDA Phase 1 & 2 Stormwater Improvements: In-house design of stormwater improvements to a section of RDA between Culbertson and Peeples St.to alleviate flooding.

Team Members: Po Inthisane, Bernd Serda, Mike Geiger, Pamela Jones, Markus Butts, Larry Edwards and Michael Johnson

Whittier Mills Sewer Improvements: In-house design of a new sewer system to replace an existing COA grapevine system.

Team Members: Nolton Johnson, Mark Hedden, Marc Pace, Mark Harrod, Markus Butts, Mike Geiger, Terry Johnson and Jeremy Reagan

Migration from InfoWorks CS to ICM: Project includes setting up and running new modeling software ca-pable of performing faster analysis of stormwater overland flows in addition to infiltration and inflow modeling of sanitary sewer and combined sewer systems. Lead members were involved in setting up the hardware architecture and directing the system protocol. Members also participated in the training on the new soft-ware.

Team Members: Dr. Rasheed Ahmad, Vahe Kokorian, Uche Chioke, Alberto Bechara, Erik Lee and Mo-hammed Hassan

Capacity Re-Certification Models: Project includes updating, validating or recalibrating existing sanitary and combined sewer basin models based on up to date flow monitoring data and completed CIP projects.

Team Members: Dr. Rasheed Ahmad, Alberto Bechara, Vahe Kokorian, Mohammed Hassan, Uche Chioke and Erik Lee

Downtown Water Storage Tank Modeling and Re-Pumping Station: Project includes modeling of water system for estimating the size & identifying possible locations of the tanks, and their impact on the system keeping the current and future water demand consideration of the service area. The project consists of two water storage tanks and repumping stations. It will involve in-house 30% level design for a Design/Build Contract.

Team Members: Lee Hunt, Dr. Rasheed Ahmad, Steven Scarlett, Brian Jones, Bernd Serda, Farangis Alas-vand, Sharnya Thrasher, David Winters, Giselle Melville and Larry Edwards

Flare Pressure Troubleshooting: Model digester gas system in design flow solutions to try to locate prob-lem preventing gas from reaching flares.

Team Members: John Reinhard and David Winters

Various Department of Transportation Projects: City of Atlanta utilities verification and/or relocation, de-pending on GDOT's scope of work.

Team Members: Brian Jones, Latonya Moore, Remi Okunola, Tim Cotton and Sharnya Thrasher

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Edgewood Avenue Sanitary Sewer Realignment: The City of Atlanta Department of Public Works and Atlanta Beltline, Inc. have sponsored a project to replace the existing bridge on Edgewood Avenue between Airline Boulevard and Krog Street. The pipes and manhole structures of the existing sanitary sewer system were in conflict with the locations of the proposed bridge abutment and pile locations. The Department of Watershed Management designed and installed 452 feet of 24” Ductile Iron pipe for the new sanitary sewer alignment relocation project. The project went under existing duct banks and other obstructions and was installed at depths from 15 to 30 feet. Approximately, 154 feet of 24 inch RCP was also designed and in-stalled to replace an existing storm sewer that was also discovered while the sanitary sewer system was be-ing installed.

Team Members: Sunday Aiyejorun, Steven Scarlett, Latonya Moore, Anthony Distephano, Reginald Cray-ton, Mike Geiger, Marcus Pace, Markus Butts, Ronald Brown, Michael Johnson and Jeremy Reagan

931 Monroe Drive, Storm Drainage Improvements: The purpose of this project was to minimize ponding problems at 931 Monroe Drive in front of an existing Marta Bus Stop Shelter. The project included the de-sign and installation of a double grate inlet and approximately 14 feet of 18 inch of Reinforced concrete pipe to solve the ponding issue.

Team Members: Sunday Aiyejorun, Marc Pace, Mike Geiger and Reginald Crayton

Niskey Lake Culvert and Road Improvements: In-house design to assist Department of Public Works with three culverts and associated road improvements at Niskey Lake Road and Niskey Lake Trail.

Team Members: Bernd Serda, Anthony Distephano, Mike Geiger, Marcus Pace, Naser Rahim, Markus Butts and Jeremy Reagan

1067 Cascade Road Stormwater Improvements: In-house design to assist Department of Public Works with stormwater improvements to a section of Cascade Road between Eastridge Road and Belmonte Drive to alleviate stormwater flooding.

Team Members: Mike Geiger, Marcus Pace, Mohamed Hayek, Jeremy Reagan and Larry Edwards

Barge Road Stormwater and Road Improvements: In-house design and cost analysis to assist Depart-ment of Public Works with stormwater drainage improvements and road improvements at Barge Road near Greenbrier Parkway to alleviate flooding.

Team Members: Sunday Aiyejorun, Mike Geiger, Marcus Pace, Terry Johnson and Mohamed Hayek

Barnett Street Stormwater and Drainage Report: In-house analysis of stormwater impact to areas adja-cent to Barnett Street at Bolton Road and associated creek.

Team Members: Uche Chioke, Nate Greenhowe and Mike Geiger

Hemphill Reservoir #1 Embankment Repair: Finalization of plans to add a few feet of fill to the existing reservoir dam, to install a siphon and drainage piping to allow drainage of reservoir, and to install monitoring wells within the dam.

Team Members: Lee Hunt, Brian Jones, Naser Rahim and Nate Greenhowe

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South Downtown Waterline Improvements: In-house design of waterline improvements on sections of Piedmont Road, Washington Street and Fairlie Street to improve distribution system redundancy and reliabil-ity.

Team Members: Brian Jones, Marcus Pace, Mark Harrod, Tommy Toms, Octavius Barrett, Joseph Birts and Grady Walker

Water Distribution System Improvement: In- house design of water main improvement thru out the City of Atlanta. It is divided into four quadrants (north, south, east and west).

Team Members: George Johnson, Brian Jones, Latonya Moore, Sharnya Thrasher, Remi Okunola, Jarrell Thornton, Parett Smith, Ronald Brown, Michael Nduka, Mark Harrod and Grady Walker

Hartsfield International Airport Pump Station Improvement: In house design to replace several valves at the Airport pumping station.

Team Members: Magloire Akpo-Sanni, Bernd Serda, Brian Jones, Sharnya Thrasher, Jarrell Thornton, Jor-don Massey (Intern), Steven Scarlett and Mike Geiger

Utoy Creek Access Road Culvert Replacement: The purpose of this project is to replace an existing cul-vert for access road to Utoy Creek. Currently the existing culvert has been washed out and to allow for con-tinuous use of the existing access road, 24 linear feet of 24” Dia. RCP will be installed. The existing access road will have to be raised a few feet for the installation of the pipe culvert, and 8 inches of crushed aggre-gate will be placed as the top layer of the access road for the entire length of the improvement.

Team Members: Sunday Aiyejorun, Reginald Crayton, Mike Geiger and Marc Pace

Sandy Creek Phase I: Project provided capacity relief to reduce potential sewer overflows in the Proctor Creek sewer service area in West Atlanta. Project consists of replacing and upgrading existing 2060 LF of 30 Inch and 360 LF of 8 Inch pipes and manholes with upsized pipes, and aerial crossing on piers.

Team Members: Nolton Johnson, Lee Hunt, Lou Rousselle, Mag Akpo-Sanni and Anthony Distephano

Sandy Creek Phase II: Project provided capacity relief to reduce potential sewer overflows in the Proctor Creek sewer service area in West Atlanta. Project consists of replacing and upgrading existing sewer pipe with 1040 LF of 30 inch and 360 LF of 8 inch sewers, including two creek crossings and a gas line crossing.

Team Members: Nolton Johnson, Lee Hunt, Lou Rousselle, Mag Akpo-Sanni and Anthony Distephano

West Wesley Sewer Extension: Site Investigation and design of 325 linear feet of 8” sanitary sewer line extension to provide services for the property owners who are currently using septic tanks on West Wesley Road.

Team Members: Sunday Aiyejorun, Louis Rousselle, Scott Parker, Remi Okunola, Mark Hedden, Terry Johnson, Marc Pace, Mike Geiger and Alan Autry

132 East Lake Drive SE Sanitary Sewer Evaluation: Sanitary sewer pipes capacity evaluation for sewer realignment and size increase.

Team members: Louis Rousselle, Mark Hedden, Mohamed Hayek and Erik Lee

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East Point Sewer South River Basin Construction Phase: The project was at construction phase in 2013. This is a consent decree order project. The project is limited to East Point Trunk, South Camp Hapeville and South River Outfall Replacement Sewers. The entire sewerline is to be upsized to alleviate the current hy-draulically overloaded condition and to accommodate future sanitary flow requirements. The project limits include 15,000 linear feet of pipeline with sizes from 18” to 42” Diameter of which 1,300 linear feet were in-stalled utilizing trenchless technologies. It impacts 320 linear feet of perennial stream, 150 linear feet of in-termittent stream and 350 linear feet of ephemeral stream. The contractor encroach 18 different areas of stream along the project corridor. The design group is involved in the followings: 1. Alignment change, re-view & approval, 2. Review and approval of pay request, 3. Processing of State and Federal agencies permit application (USACE, GDOT, GDNR, GA EPD), 4. Tree planting approval updating and 5. Co-supervision of tunneling and Jack & Bore construction.

Team Members: Lee Hunt, Remi Okunola and Ronald Brown

South Replacement South River Basin Construction Phase: The project was at construction phase in 2013. This is a consent decree order project. It is for the upsizing and replacement of various trunk and out-fall sewers within South River Basin including Jonesboro Trunk, and Trunk Relief, and Forest Park Outfall. The design group is involved in the followings: 1. Alignment change, review & approval, 2. Review and ap-proval of pay request, 3. Tree planting approval updating and 4. Co-supervision of tunneling and Jack & Bore construction.

Team Members: Lee Hunt and Remi Okunola

North Replacement South River Basin Construction Phase: The project was at construction phase in 2013. This is consent decree order project. The project includes McDaniel Trunk Replacement, and lower Tenth Ward Trunk partial replacement and Lakewood Outfall upgrades including flow transfer and negative slope correction. The design group is involved in the followings: 1. Review and approval of pay request, 2. Tree planting approval updating, 3. Processing of State and Federal agencies permit application (USACE, GDOT, GDNR, GA EPD) and 4. Co-supervision of tunneling and Jack & Bore construction.

Team Members: Lee Hunt and Remi Okunola

342 Henry Aaron Avenue S.W. Storm Water Analysis: In-house hydrology analysis of stormwater impact to areas and storm pipes adjacent to Henry Aaron Avenue SW and associated creek.

Team Members: Bernd Serda, Mohamed Hayek, Marcus Pace and Thach Tran (Intern)

Adams Drive Bridge Replacement with Culvert: Plans prepared to replace the existing bridge with cul-verts. Hydraulics study was required to size the culverts.

Team Members: Bernd Serda, Naser Rahim and Stephen Calhoun (Intern)

Tee Road Retaining Wall Replacement with Culvert: Plans prepared to replace existing retaining wall with culverts. Hydraulics study was required to size the culverts.

Team Members: Sunday Aiyejorun, Po Inthisane, Naser Rahim and Terry Johnson

78 Lindbergh Avenue: In-house design for storm drainage system with green infrastructure for Lindbergh Avenue and vicinity.

Team Members: Naser Rahim, Bernd Serda, Uche Chioke, Kareem Wyatt and Tommy Toms

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181 Burbank Dr. SW Drainage Improvement: Plans prepared for Culvert Replacement at 181 Burbank Drive Structural design was included in order to modify the GA DOT 1125 std. detail. Hydrology and hydrau-lic analysis were performed to size the structure.

Team Members: Nolton Johnson, Bernd Serda, Naser Rahim and Stephen Calhoun (Intern)

City of Atlanta Street Car Project: The project is a comprehensive, regional modern streetcar and light rail transit system. It is approximately 2.7 tract miles that will operate with vehicular traffic, 12 stations and 4 ve-hicles. It will have direct transfer to Marta Rail service at Peachtree Center rail station. The streetcar will travel along Jackson Street, Auburn Avenue, Park Place, Luckie Street, Edgewood Avenue, Peachtree Street, Ellis Street, Carnegie Way, Andrew Young International Boulevard and Centennial Olympic Park Drive. In-house 30% level designs of sewer, storm & water lines were completed. This project is ongoing and should be completed by next year.

Team Members: Nolton Johnson, George Johnson, Steven Scarlett, Bernd Serda, Jarrell Thornton, Parett Smith, Phoxay Inthisane and Brian Jones

Peachtree Liddell Drive Equalization Facility: The project addresses overflows in the Peachtree Creek sewers. A 10-million-gallon sewer storage tank will be constructed near Liddell Drive to capture sewer over-flows. Once the flow decreases in the sewers, water stored in the tank will be discharged back to the sewage collection system at a controlled rate.

Team Members: Bernd Serda, Parett Smith and Justin Gobbel (Intern)

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876 Ormewood Avenue: Hydraulics study was required to determine number of drop inlet required to be installed to protect neighborhood from flooding of rain events. Hydrology and hydraulic analysis was per-formed to size the structure.

Team Members: Sunday Aiyejourn, Naser Rahim and Stephen Calhoun (Intern)

Ormewood Avenue / Flat Shoals Road: Plan and profile for extension of 225 linear feet of 36” reinforced concrete storm sewer system is prepared for the Department of Public Works.

Team Members: Sunday Aiyejourn, Naser Rahim and Melvin Victor.

Bernice Street Water Distribution System Improvement: Plan prepared for extension of approximately 600 linear feet of 8 inch water main.

Team Members: George Johnson, Naser Rahim, Jarrell Thornton and Latonya Moore

Hillside Drive: In-house design plans for extension of approximately 275 linear feet of 8 inch sewer line to replace failed septic tanks.

Team Members: Nolton Johnson, Mark Hedden, Naser Rahim and Tim Cotton.

Macerator Pump Evaluation: Modeled macerator in design flow solutions to see if it would operate.


Master Guideline Specification Review: Evaluate and markup specifications in sections 11 and 15 to be used in the Master Specifications.

Team Members: Sunday Aiyejorun, John Reinhard, Tracie Thomas and David Winters

Utoy Chemical Feed Building Roof: Recommendation of roof type for Chemical Feed Building at Utoy.


Intrenchment Creek FM Interim Repair Investigation: Find the temporary repair location on the Intrench-ment Creek WRC force main and inspect area to determine if temporary repair is holding. Permanent repair has been moved to the Intrenchment Creek WRC Decommissioning and New South River WRC Primary Clarifiers.

Team Members: Scott Parker, Mike Geiger and John Reinhard

Sewer Rehab Contract 3B Designs & Permitting Support: Land disturbance plans of 22 sewer repair lo-cations. Submittals to GA EPD for stream buffer variances and Corps of Engineers for inclusion under Na-tion-Wide Permits (NWP). Work also included tree removal and replanting plants for these locations.

Team Members: Sunday Aiyejorun, Louis Rousselle, Terry Johnson, Mohammed Hayek, Brent Brewer, Bernd Serda, Anthony Distephano, Mark Hedden, Stephen Calhoun (Intern), Kirsten Merrick (Intern) and Jordan Massey (Intern)

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Repair West CSO Treatment Facility Outfall: West CSO outfall damaged in Sept 2009 flood and May 2010 Clear Creek Tunnel Influent Gate Failure. Rip-Rap washed out. JJ&G to provide initial input, structural analysis and QA/QC review.

Team Members: Lou Rousselle, Mohamed Hayek, Bernd Serda and John Reinhard

Decommission Northside Pump Station: Decommission of the Northside Pump Station. Northside Pump Station is no longer needed to be in service since Nancy Creek Pump Station and Tunnel is on line. Only serves one house.

Team Members: John Reinhard, Mohamed Hayek and Alberto Bechara

Jonesboro Road Pump Station PSAT: Perform pump station evaluation per Department of Energy guide-lines which consist of system analysis, flow and pressure test and analysis using DOE software.

Team Members: David Winters and John Reinhard

Wastewater Master Plan Biowin Modeling: Review Consultant’s Biowin Modeling Group deliverables. Review updated Biowin Model. Further define skill sets on Biowin so model will be useful and staff trained to use on future projects.


Gas Meter for RM Clayton Digester Gas Flares: Installation of gas meter for flares missed in the design build. Completed meter specifications and obtained vendor quotation. Installation design moved to RM Clay-ton CIP projects due to lack of Operation’s funding.

Team Members: David Winters and John Reinhard

Intrenchment Creek WRC Influent Sewer Walk-Thru: Field surveys performed to find large sources of inflow into the Intrenchment Creek WRC sewer lines which may account for the high 49 MGD hourly flow reported (4 to 1 peaking factor) going to Intrenchment Creek WRC.

Team Members: John Reinhard, Scott Parker, Mike Geiger and Tommy Toms

New Falcon Stadium Water Network Analysis: Project includes modeling the existing system, simulating the abandonment of water mains and identifying alternate water main routes for meeting the domestic and fire flow demands.

Team Members: Dr. Rasheed Ahmad, Sunday Aiyejorun, Parett Smith, Brian Jones and Vahe Kokorian

East River Elementary School: Expansion of East Rivers Elementary School requires installation of an 8 inch pipe, an 8 inch detector check for fire service and a 4 inch domestic water meter.

Team Members: Parett Smith and Michael Nduka

Water Treatment Plant Various Improvements: Capital project to implement many project sub-tasks to upgrade both the Hemphill and Chattahoochee Water Treatment plants.

Team Members: Lee Hunt, Farangis Alasvand and Sharnya Thrasher

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Back Flow Compliance Program: In accordance with the Safe Water Drinking Act and the requirements of the Georgia State Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division, the Georgia State Plumbing Code, the City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances and the City of Atlanta Bureau of Drinking Water has established policies and procedures for the protection of the Atlanta potable water supply system through a “Cross-Connection and Backflow Prevention Program” by containment. These policies and proce-dures along with applicable codes, rules and regulations are intended specifically to provide reasonable and required protection for the Atlanta Water Supply System against contamination and/or pollution resulting from backflow and/or back-siphonage through cross-connection and/or controlled plumbing connections.

Team Members: Danny Friend, E. Willette Burton, Ahmad Cade and Jesse Jones

Georgia State Humanities Law Building: Construction of a new building that requires installation of an 8 inch fire service detector check and a 4 inch domestic water meter.


Sewer Availability: Determining property accessibility to sewers in the public right-of way for permit appli-cants.

Team Members: Terry Johnson, Reginald Crayton, Steven Scarlett and Brent Brewer

Water Availability: Determining property accessibility to water mains in the public right-of way for permit applicants.

Team Members: Parett Smith, Michael Nduka, Ronald Brown and Jarrell Thornton

Capacity Certification Program: This task was turned over to the City by the Program Management Team and Clean Water Atlanta in January 2009. Estimated to save the City and DWM over $1 million/year, the Cap Cert team processed a record number of applications (over 500) during 2013. As an example of excel-lent customer service provided, the Cap Cert Team answered approximately 400 Requests for Information (RFI) from the general public and the development community during 2013.

Team Members: Louis Rousselle, Mel Johns, Giselle Melville and Brent Brewer

Administration Support: Payroll processing for the Planning and Design Team. Generate sanitary sewer overflow daily status report for the Geographic Information System Group. (Maria T.) Keep track of project database. Receive all new or revised incoming projects. Update customers on review comments. Receive deposits and payments on work to be performed. (Tracie T.) Perform other miscellaneous projects when needed.

Team Members: Maria Thomas and Tracie Thomas

New Walmart Super Center at Cascade Road: Construction of a new Walmart building that requires in-stallation of an 8 inch pipe and relocation for road widening at Research Center Atlanta Drive. The building also requires installations of an 8 inch fire service detector check, a 3 inch domestic water meter and a 2 inch water meter for irrigation.


Clear Creek Sinkhole Investigation: Examine possible cause of sink hole at Clear Creek CSO.


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Implementation of a Division Training Coordinator: Implementation of a smooth and effective functioning of training events. This involves researching, planning and execution of regular training programs as well as assistance in planning for and facilitating webinars, “Lunch and Learns”, and other training programs re-quested or required by staff throughout the fiscal year. Must secure and manage training locations, includ-ing event space, securing catering for all applicable events, answering and responding to outside communi-cations such as phone calls, faxes, emails, and web-based inquiries; creating and organizing training mate-rials including participant binders and handouts, name tags, sign-in sheets, etc.; ensuring appropriate sup-plies are on site for all events; housing, maintaining, and updating the hard files and electronic files pertain-ing to training programs and clients; and, assisting all licensed and certified employees with the renewal processes.

Team Members: Desiree Armstrong-Wright and Tracie Thomas

Implementation of a Division Travel Coordinator: Implementation of a smooth, effective and timely sub-mission of travel funding requests to the appropriate persons. This involves the following processes: ensure that all requests are submitted timely, that the employee has his or her manager’s approval to attend an event; all supporting documents are included in the request (F-1 Form); the correct amount is requested; the correct funding, account, and center is used for the monies to be allocated; and that all initials and signa-tures are obtained.


Creation of an Employee Training Tracker: This mechanism allows management to monitor and track the number of training hours that an employee has taken per fiscal year. It is also a way to keep track of any licenses and/or certificate that an employee has obtained.


Chattahoochee Chemical Building Soil Remediation: Remediation activities required for closure of a for-mer UST site.

Team Members: Lee Hunt and Nate Greenhowe

River Intake Erosion Control: Work with USACE to enhance the erosion control measures of Defoors Is-land at the River Intake structure.

Team Members: Nolton Johnson, Lee Hunt and Nate Greenhowe

Bellwood Quarry Reservoir Studies: Engineering analysis and field activities in relation to converting a quarry into a drinking water reservoir.


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Bellwood Quarry TV and Film Industry site agreements: Develop and Administer contract agreements for filming shoots at the quarry site.


Peyton Road Maintenance Building, Training Center, and Warehouse: Development of a new facility for Watershed Linear Asset Operations and Maintenance.

Team Members: Lee Hunt, Farangis Alasvand and Giselle Melville

Fort Peachtree Green Space: Development of concepts to open an area at the River Intake facility for lim-ited public access.

Team Members: Lee Hunt and Giselle Melville

Waterworks Lodge Renovations and Green Space: Renovations of the stone lodge building and concepts to open the facility grounds for public access.

Team Members: Lee Hunt and Giselle Melville

Facility Lighting Replacement: Replace inefficient lighting fixtures at the Hemphill, Chattahoochee and RM Clayton treatment plants.

Team Members: Lee Hunt and Nate Greenhowe

North Area Water Transmission Main: This is a 2 part project to install new drinking water transmission pipe between the Hemphill Pump Station and the Northside Pump Station along Northside Drive.

Team Members: George Johnson, Lee Hunt and Brian Jones

Raw Water Main Improvements: Implement an internal liner repair for existing cast iron pipe in the raw wa-ter system.

Team Members: Lee Hunt, Brian Jones and Giselle Melville

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dwm division of planning and design year end review

Documents

level design

design managers

design staff

design groups director

mark harrod

modeling support group

georgia division of

thomas mark