Award: Waste water treatment project
Value: 200 million dollars
Location: San Jose, California
Customer: Cities of San José and Santa Clara
The second largest advanced wastewater treatment facility in the western United States is gearing up for a major infrastructure upgrade.
The cities of San Jose and Santa Clara, California, which co-own the San Jose-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility, selected Jacobs as the progressive design and construction contractor for a $200 million modernization of the plant, according to a press release. The work is aimed at aging treatment systems and aims to improve reliability and cope with future growth up to 2077.
The Dallas-based contractor will deliver the upgrades under a design-build contract. Chicago-based Walsh Construction and Columbia, Md.-based Structural Technologies will support the work as prime contracting partners, according to the release.
Jacobs will upgrade and replace the mesophilic digesters at the plant. These improvements will reduce the amount of solids that must be transported off-site for disposal, while improving biogas production. This directly feeds the facility’s cogeneration system, which Jacobs also designed and built.
The scope also includes the construction of a new grease, oil and grease reception station, which will accept high-strength waste from local businesses and convert it into clean energy. The addition will reduce natural gas consumption and greenhouse gas emissions at the facility, according to the release.
Jacobs expects the design approach to increase biogas production by up to 36 percent and reduce biosolids production by up to 74 wet tons per day, equivalent to the weight of roughly 50 mid-size cars, according to the release.
Additional water wins in Virginia
The award follows two other water victories for Jacobs engineering contracts and program management with the city of Suffolk, Virginia, the company said in a separate statement.
These contracts aim to expand and modernize the water and wastewater infrastructure. The scope of action includes the reduction of sewer overflows and the expansion of surface water treatment capacity.
Major contractors, including Jacobs, have touted increased demand and the availability of financing municipal water construction as an ongoing national trend in recent earnings calls.
