Water & WasteWater
As technology changes and systems age, we work with you and your design team to understand your water and wastewater community requirements and build solutions that meet their needs and provide value along the journey.
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GENUINE: Respect for the work we do and the people who do it, recognized for being honest and following through on commitments.
WE, NOT I: Belief in the power of teamwork and a consistent habit of sharing credit.
ALL IN: Fully committed and a reputation as someone people can count on to do whatever it takes to get the job done.
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McCarthy is 100% employee owned. You feel it when we shake hands and look you in the eye. You see it in our organized, tidy jobsites. It’s ingrained in the way we think, plan and execute and it explains why we take responsibility for issues and seek excellence in all we do — throughout every stage of the project. Each of us has a direct stake in the success of your project.
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As the #1 Training Organization in Construction and a Hall of Fame Member of the Training Top 125, McCarthy is committed to growing the capacity of our trade partners.
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156 Years of learning, building and growing – to meet the needs of our clients. In 1864, Irish immigrant Timothy McCarthy began a small business building barns and farmhouses in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is the oldest privately held national construction company in the country – with more than 155 years spent collaborating with partners to solve complex construction challenges on behalf of its clients. With an unrelenting focus on safety and a comprehensive quality program that span all phases of every project, McCarthy utilizes industry-leading design phase and construction techniques combined with value-added technology to maximize outcomes.
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McCarthy has been safely serving the local Water and Wastewater communities for 40 years. Our teams are well versed across an array of product types, specializing in qualification based delivery - where collaboration and partnerships matter. Confidence of best value and exceptional client experience is based on our unparalleled, robust, full service preconstruction department.
Most importantly, you get the industry leaders in safety.
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When a builder self-performs, it adds value to a project by using in-house skilled labor and equipment for critical construction activities including demolition, earthwork, utilities, yard pipe, retaining walls, soil stabilization, paving, concrete structures, administrative structures, process pipe, equipment setting, electrical, mechanical, and more.
A commitment to self-perform not only benefits owners in time and cost savings, but also helps address one of the greatest challenges facing the construction industry today: the craft labor shortage. When a builder performs certain activities with its own experienced crews, owners are no longer at the mercy of fluctuations in the labor market resulting in certainty.
In some cases, McCarthy self-performs as much as 80 percent of our work in specific product types. The many years spent working as a team on projects with similar challenges sets the stage for high quality work done right the first time.
Partnering with a builder that self-performs is one of the best ways to minimize schedule delays and maximize the certainty every owner is seeking. Dramatic population growth in many areas has increased demand for water and wastewater infrastructure. These construction projects ensure our populations can continue growing. We focus on limiting disruption to the ongoing operations and executing updates as quickly as possible. Experienced self-performing builders can plan and execute the work themselves while executing greater control over the entire process from planning to budgeting and scheduling to completing the project on time.
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Safety should be every contractor’s No. 1 priority, and it’s even more important on active jobsites surrounded by ongoing operations. Self-performing builders understand which parts of the construction process can increase risk and cause lengthy delays — making their jobsites inherently safer and outcomes more certain. At McCarthy, we nurture a company-wide culture of safety and start every day on the jobsite with a focus on safety planning. It’s one of the many reasons we’ve been recognized as the safest large contractor in America.
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Self-performing builders have the in-house expertise to estimate costs more accurately and provide the certainty owners want. Knowing how to build isn’t valuable on the jobsite alone. During the preconstruction phase, these builders can work closely with their design partners to determine project constructability based on budget parameters, then can recommend adjustments as needed. Once construction is underway, self-perform builders can work with their in-house talent or better manage trade partners to help keep the project on schedule and minimize the potential for delays and cost overruns.
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With so many experts on the ground at the same time, it’s easier to control the quality of craftsmanship. When there’s an issue on the jobsite, self-performing builders know how to solve it themselves. They also know how to work with their trade partners to plan and deliver exact results. Self-performing builders with that level of knowledge, self-reliance and dedication to quality give owners even more certainty around project outcomes.
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Because of the complexity and amount of time it takes to complete large construction projects, schedule and budget are always top of mind. Tight budgets and consumer demands mean our clients need to know how soon their project can open — and how much it will cost. By increasing control of the schedule and managing costs appropriately, self-performing some of the work can help provide a level of certainty that gives clients the confidence they need to plan their ribbon cutting — on time and within their budget.
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The best builders empower employees to work as members of high-performing teams to execute jobs at the highest level. This approach enhances collaboration throughout the project. Communication is always clearer and more effective when your team is already on the same page.
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McCarthy tracks leading indicators as well as Total Project Incident Rate (TPIR), rather than the industry standard Recordable Incident Rate (RIR), to capture how well safety is integrated by EVERY worker on site, not just McCarthy’s.
Embedding safety into our company culture propelled McCarthy to become a national leader in construction safety. This Total Project approach is garnering results and in 2019 we worked over 30.7 million man hours with a safety rating more than 4 times better than the competition.
Our goal is to not only be the Best Builder in America, but also the safest. This infographic highlights how our unique approach to safety is making a difference.
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McCarthy uses different types of technology to streamline the onsite construction process. Select the options below to read more about each one.
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RECENT Project Experience
91st Ave. up05 Wastewater Treatment plant
Phoenix, Arizona
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Metro Par 1085 South Secondary improvements
Denver, Colorado
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Winnemucca Wastewater Treatment and Disposal
Winnemucca, Nevada
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Chandler Airport WRF
Phase I & II
Chandler, Arizona
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Chandler Ocotillo Water Reclamation Facility
Chandler, Arizona
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Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant Phase III
Gilbert, Arizona
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DART TRE Beltline Grade Separation
Irving, Texas
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Oxy Texas Solar
Site Preparation
Goldsmith, Texas
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San Jacinto River Authority - Surface Water Facility
Conroe, Texas
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METRO Rail Harrisburg Overpass
Houston, Texas
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Northwest Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion
El Paso, Texas
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Westside Water Treatment Plant
Fort Worth, Texas
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Barry Rose Water Reclamation Facility Expansion
Pearland, Texas
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NEWPP Intake Pump Station and Central Plant
Houston, Texas
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Village Creek Peak Flow Storage
Fort Worth, Texas
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Westside Water Treatment Plant
Fort Worth, Texas
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TRWD Richland Chambers Wetlands
Corsicana, Texas
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Wylie Ozone Plants
I, II, III, & IV
Wylie, Texas
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Wylie Ozone Plants I, II, III, & IV
The Wylie Ozone Plants include construction of new ozone treatment facilities for a 770 MGD Water Treatment Plant including two ozone generation buildings, 11 ozone contactors, chemical feed system, high rate sedimentation basins, electrical substation and distribution, yard piping, roadwork, drainage, grading, yardwork and other miscellaneous items of work.
Wylie, Texas
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Tarrant Regional Water District Richland Chambers Wetlands
The buildout of this construction manager at risk (CMAR) Tarrant Regional Water District Richland-Chambers Wetland added 1,300 acres to the existing wetlands. This entire project was built in a flood plain and the CMAR team effectively mitigated all flood risk on the project with a proactive procurement approach. The expansion included construction of three sedimentation basins, 13 additional wetland cells, bypass channel, conveyance canals, raw water pipeline, upgrades to lift station and mechanical/electrical upgrades to a pump station.
Sherman, Texas
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Westside Water Treatment Plant
The Westside Water Treatment Plant is a 69,700 sf new water treatment facility with an initial treatment capacity of 12 MGD and an ultimate capacity of 35 MGD. The completed facility is expandable to accommodate a final capacity of 35 MGD to meet the future needs of the city.
Fort Worth, Texas
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Fort Worth Village Creek Peak Flow Storage
This construction manager at risk (CMAR) project involved preconstruction services and the construction of two large, earthen storage basins, a 7,000-linear-foot 84-inch diameter pipeline, modifications to a junction structure and existing high rate clarifier facility (HRC) pump station, and five concerte flow control structures. The new storage unit enables the city to divert wastewater flows during a peak flow event to the nearby constructed Peak Flow Storage Basin. The wastewater remains stored there until the peak flow event has subsided.
Fort Worth, Texas
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Northeast Water Purification Plant Intake Pump Station and Central Plant
The two-phase project is part of the City of Houston Northeast Water Purification Plant Expansion project for which Houston Waterworks Team (CH2M/Jacobs & CDM Smith joint venture) is the design-builder. The Early Works Packages includes west filters and transfer pump station structures. The scope of work includes furnishing and installing all rebar and structural concrete, embeds, pipe penetrations, and underslab process mechanical piping. The Central Plant project includes the full build-out of the two facilities under construction, the Phase 1 Filter Modules and Transfer Pump Station. It also includes full construction of the Phase 1 & 2 post-treatment chemical facilities and the Phase 2 filter modules and transfer pump station. Additionally, it includes a 500 MGD raw water intake structure on Lake Houston, concrete bridge deck on drill shaft foundations, trestle bridge with twin 96" raw water pipelines on top, and intake pump cans 35' deep with screens attached directly to the platform.
Houston, Texas
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Barry Rose Water Reclaimation Facility Expansion
McCarthy is providing construction manager at risk services and is currently in the preconstrction phase of the project. The project includes the design and construction of an expansion of the currently permitted 3.1 MGD average daily flow (ADF) treatment capacity facility to an 8.5 MGD facility and a currently estimated peak hour flow (PHF) of 32.6 MGD. These flows include the estimated transfer flows from the Longwood WRF. Additionally, the project includes the decommissioning and associated demolition of the 2.5 MGD ADF Longwood WRF facility and the design and construction of an estimated 8.0 MGD PHF transfer lift station and approximately 25,000 linear foot forcemain to transfer flows to the expanded Barry Rose WRF.
Pearland, Texas
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91st Ave up05 Wastewater Treatment Plant
This regional wastewater treatment plant expansion is an end-of-line facility that receives flows from the Arizona cities of Phoenix, Glendale, Scottsdale, Mesa and Tempe. The 37.5 MGD expansion includes primary clarifiers, aeration basins, secondary clarifiers and an odor control facility.
UP05B is an expansion of a wastewater treatment facility with critical connections at its influent and effluent points to the existing 91st Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant, which had to remain operable. Construction of a new wastewater treatment facility of this magnitude — the facility’s capacity is 25.5 mgd — is rare. Another unique aspect of the project, UP05B was the second phase in the construction for an ultimate 385 mgd capacity Unified Plant at the 91st Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Phoenix, Arizona
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Metro Par 1085 South Secondary Improvements
This project took place at the Robert W. Hite Treatment Facility, the largest treatment facility in the Rocky Mount West at 220 million gallon per day capacity. McCarthy worked as a joint venture general contractor to complete the improvements and expansion to the existing facility. The project consisted of the construction of 10 Secondary Clarifiers and an aeration complex along with all supporting structures and processes such as pump stations, RAS and Centrate handling facilities, mixed liquor pumping, WAS piping, electrical facilities as well as a 134" pipe running along side the facility. McCarthy worked collaboratively with the engineer and the owner on several critical tie ins to ensure proper function of the plant while under construction.
Denver, Colorado
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SJRA Surface Water Facility
McCarthy was the construction manager at risk (CMAR) for this new Surface Water Facility that included a new surface water treatment plant with an initial treatment capacity of 30 MGD, and infrastructure for future expansion to 120 MtGD. Starting at an early schematic level, McCarthy worked collaboratively with SJRA and three design firms throughout preconstruction to deliver the project on time and under budget. During design, McCarthy worked with the owner and the design team to find a more economical yet durable and aesthetically appealing building structure and skin system that resulted in $3.2 million in savings which was put towards water quality process enhancements.
McCarthy self-performed 47% of the project, including all mass concrete pours, the intake pump station structure and access bridge trestle on Lake Conroe, all large diameter yard piping, mechanical process piping, valves & fitting, and equipment setting.
Conroe, Texas
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Winnemucca Wastewater Treatment & Effluent Disposal Facilities
McCarthy was selected as the construction manager at risk (CMAR) for this upgrade and build out of the City's waste water treatment facility. The scope included building a new influent pump station while maintaining operation of the City's existing wastewater lagoons as well as a new headworks facility, bioreactor, two clarifiers, RAS/WAS buidling, electirical building, sludge holding tank, dewatering building, and 100 acres of infiltration fields. McCarthy worked with the owner and the engineer on the city's first collaborative delivery project to deliver the project on time and on budget while utilizing the resources required to build in such a remote area.
Winnemucca, Nevada
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Northwest Wastewater Treatment Plant
McCarthy increased the plant capacity from 5.0 to 17.5 MGD. The scope included the addition of three concrete aeration basins, four concrete secondary clarifiers, three concrete effluent filters, blower building and ultraviolet disinfection system.
El Paso, Texas
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Westside Water Treatment Plant
The Westside Water Treatment Plant is a 69,700 sf new water treatment facility with an initial treatment capacity of 12 MGD and an ultimate capacity of 35 MGD. The completed facility is expandable to accommodate a final capacity of 35 MGD to meet the future needs of the city.
Fort Worth, Texas
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Edward W. Bailey Water Treatment Plant
Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Orange County Water District Ground Water Replenishment System
The project consisted of the 89,000 sf, 30 MGD expansion of the existing 70 MGD Advanced Water Purification Facility to a total production capacity of 100 MGD. McCarthy purchased, installed, and commissioned 30 MGDs in treatment capacity of new Siemen’s submerged micro-filtration membranes and equipment, Doosan reverse osmosis membranes, Trojan UV advanced oxidation equipment, and ancillary pumping, storage tanks, and chemical storage and feed equipment to service these systems. The work included demolition of existing facilities, dewatering, modifications to existing concrete structures, installation of over 3,000 deep pile foundations, trenching, hand excavation, and sheeting and shoring while protecting all of the existing and operational structures. This project had over 110 plant tie-ins that all required detailed planning and coordination to ensure the existing plant stayed in operations at all times.
Fountain Valley, California
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Tomahawk Creek Wastewater
Treatment Facility
The Tomahawk Creek plant is needed to handle the overflow that is currently sent to Kansas City, MO to process. McCarthy provided construction manager at risk services for the demolition and removal of the existing 7 MGD facility and construction of a new 19 MGD conventional treatment plant with capacity to treat up to 208 MGD wet weather. The project included a new Peak Flow Pump Station, Influent Pump Station Modifications, Headworks Building, Primary Clarifiers, Bio-Nutrient Removal Basin, Blower Building, Chemical Disinfection Building, Final Clarifiers, Sludge Pump Station, Final Effluent Pump Station, Compressed Media Filter Basin, Chlorine Contact Basin, Re-aeration Structure, Digesters, Solids Handling Facility, Sidestream Treatment Facility, Odor Control Facilities, and Administration Building.
Leawood, Kansas
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City of Sioux Falls WRF
Improvements and Expansion
This construction manager at risk project includes improvements and expansion project for the City of Sioux Falls at their end of line water reclamation facility.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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Chandler Airport Water Reclamation Facility Expansion - Phase III
McCarthy provided CMAR services on the expansion from 15 MGD to 22 MGD to an existing facility. The project included a remodel to the existing Headworks Building in order to accept increased plant flows (while maintaining operability of the structure and facility). The odor control and chemical feed facilities were also upgraded. The project includes construction of a Pre-treatment Basin, three Aeration Basins, two Flocculation Basins, and a Chlorine Contact Basin as well as the addition of four tertiary treatment filters and bulk chemical facilities. In addition, the expansion required a Carbon Source Feed Facility, Headworks screening, a Sludge Holding Tank, and extensive instrumentation, yard piping, and related earthwork throughout the campus.
Chandler, Arizona
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Built With Communities in mind
Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant Phase II
The Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant is one of the largest and newest water reclamation plants in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The sewage treatment plant expansion included a new facility to provide treatment capacity of approximately 16 mgd of liquids, and 24 mgd equivalent solids. The biggest success of this project was being able to meet the needs of three owners (City of Mesa, Town of Gilbert, and Town of Queen Creek), and collaborate with two design engineers. The project also required, maintaining in operation, the existing sewage lift station, which is located on the project site and incorporating all components of the existing lift station into the new plant. This award-winning project was completed 8 days before scheduled contract completion date.
Gilbert, Arizona
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This project included design-build delivery of a new water treatment plant (WTP) with 50 MGD capacity, expandable to 130MGD. It included a 53 mile buried pipeline, one water treatment plant, three water pump stations and two reservoirs. The WTP and FWPS generally consists of the following unit processes and project improvements - 10 million gallon raw water tank, rapid mixing, 4-stage flocculation, lammella plate sedimentation, ozone feed system and contractor, ozone deduct system, sodium hypochlorite disinfection, 10 million gallon finished water tank, dual level finished water pump station, power supply to WTP site from nearby utilities substation.
BY UTILIZING MAPPING the project team is able to find and plan around unforeseen obstacles. A total of $4.62 in savings for every $1 spent on subsurface utility mapping was quantified. Provide cost certainty earlier during design and preconstruction phases, as mapping results give clearer vision for operations.
BIM INTEGRATION facilitates the execution process on the job site, all in a virtual environment that allows us to ensure that the work put in place is coordinated with all our partners to successfully achieve the best results. The creation and use of Building Information Models has allowed better visualization and understanding of the project resulting in fewer RFIs and change orders.
ENHANCED VISUALIZATIONS are used to show our clients how we plan to sequence a project and experience a McCarthy project, virtually. We want to add as much transparency to our approach as we can. EV helps our internal and external partners visualize their project’s logistics, challenges and final states far before a shovel hits the ground.
VIRTUAL REALITY enables verification of the design intent and enhances decision-making way ahead of actual construction. It allows the user to experience the design in a 100% digital world. For many people, the culmination of the design experience is to be able to take a virtual tour of the project before a shovel hits the ground.
3D PRINTING allows our team to create models of existing infrastructure to implement into 3-dimensional models of proposed changes, updates, and additions. This process gives invaluable viewpoints into a proposed project’s area of influence and possible areas of concern. Most importantly, teams can better understand the impact to citizens and day-to-day operations.
AUGMENTED REALITY helps users visualize complex systems and project details. While wearing a hologram headset, AR gives the viewer the opportunity to view 3-dimensional holograms of existing and proposed utilities and site improvements. With this technology you get the real-world vantage point of how proposed improvements will look and fit with existing infrastructure.
LASER SCANNING is used to aid in the 3-dimensional modeling of existing conditions.Capturing highly accurate existing conditions in a fraction of the time it takes to survey the traditional way results in reduced risks, reduced costs, and fewer topographic surveys. It also allows for stakeholders to make more timely decisions, and decreases interruptions to daily operations.
DRONES are used for project inspections, high definition photos, site topography, documenting current conditions and more. They save significant amounts of precious time when gathering site information while resulting in higher quality of work and deliverables.
COLORIZED LiDAR SCANNING is typically flown with a drone and provides high-density colorized point clouds that can be seamlessly merged with our 3-dimensional model of existing utilities.
360 REALITY CAPTURE is used to provide 360-degree site walks throughout an area, as well as side-by-side views between the real world and 3-dimensional model at any desired location.
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Augmented Reality
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COLORIZED LiDAR SCANNING
360 reality capture
A strong safety culture directly impacts the wellbeing of each and every person on our projects. This personal commitment also directly translates to on-time delivery and monetary savings for owners. In other words, a safe jobsite helps clients achieve business goals.
Embedding safety into our company culture propelled McCarthy to become a national leader in construction safety. We then took our innovative approach significantly further than most – working to improve safety not only for our own employees and crews, but also for our trade partners. This Total Project approach is garnering results and in 2019 we worked over 30.7 million man hours with a safety rating more than 4 times better than the competition.
Our goal is to not only be the Best Builder in America, but also the safest. We’re working together with owners, industry partners, associations and communities to continuously improve. This infographic highlights how our unique approach to safety is making a difference.
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Airport Water Reclamation Facility Expansion - Phase III
Chandler, Arizona
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City of Sioux Falls WRF Improvements & Expansion
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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Tomahawk Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility
Leawood, Kansas
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Orange County Ground Water Replenishment System
Fountain Valley, California
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Edward W. Bailey Water Treatment Plano
Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant Phase II
Gilbert, Arizona
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Mesa South CAP
Mesa, AZ
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CAP Water Treatment Plant
Scottsdale, AZ
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Oxnard Advanced Water Purification Facility
Oxnard, California
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Deer Valley Water
Treatment Plant
Phoenix, Arizona
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Lake Pleasant Water
Treatement Plant
Phoenix, Arizona
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Pyramid peak water
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Glendale, Arizona
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Chandler Airport WRF Ph. I & II
McCarthy was the construction manager at risk for the expansion to the existing Chandler Airport Water Reclamation Facility. McCarthy worked with the Engineer and owner in producing a full scope of work on time and on budget. The scope of the project included a pre-stage basins, aeration basins, secondary clarifiers, flocculation basins, solids storage tanks, reservoir, and support facilities all equating to 5 Million Gallons per day of added capacity to 15 Million Gallons per Day total capacity. McCarthy utiltized process piping modeling extensively to insure quality and expedite procurement, fabrication, and self performed installaiton of all process piping. This process laid the groundwork for the detail modeling used on all McCarthy infrastructure projects.
Chandler, Arizona
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Chandler Ocotillo Water REclamation Facility
McCarthy was the construction manager at risk (CMAR) for this upgrade to existing facilities and expansion of capacity project. The expansion included modifications to an existing influent pump station, a new headworks, BNR basins, submerged membrane filters, chlorine conact basin, sludge holding tanks, dewatering building, odor control, chemical facilities, secondary clarifier, reclaimed water pump station, and an administration and maintenance building. The expansion increased capacity by 10 Million Gallons per Day and set up the facility for additional future expansion projects. McCarthy worked with a JV engineering team and the owner through preconstruction and construction to finish the project on budget and on time.
Chandler, Arizona
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Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant Ph. III
McCarthy was the construction manager at risk (CMAR) for this 16 Million Gallons per Day Liquids and 16 Million Gallons Per Day Solids expansion. McCarthy worked with a two engineering firms and three municipalities during preconstruction and through construction to complete the project on time and under budget. The expansion to the facility included added additional headworks facilities, primary clarification, aeration basins, secondary clarification, disk filtration, chlorine contact basin and solids handling and digestion facilities.
Gilbert, Arizona
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Mesa South CAP
McCarthy served as the construction manager at risk (CMAR) for the construction of an 8 million gallon cast-in-place reinforced concrete potable water storage reservoir and booster pump station. The project consisted of the reservoir, pump station, piping facility, electrical building, standby generator, chemical feed facilities, large bore piping for future connections to the treatment plant and waterline delivery to the City of Mesa's Desert Wells and Desert Sage pressure zones. McCarthy worked in preconstruction and construction with the engineer and owner to deliver the project on time and on budget.
Mesa, Arizona
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CAP Water Treatment Plant
McCarthy was the General Contractor on this 4 Million Gallon per Day expansion of the operating 18 Million Gallon per Day drinking water facility. This plant utilized membrane technology for the expansion and was the first of its kind in Arizona. McCarthy installed the advanced water treatment technology, finish water reservoir, and supporting structures and utilities on the project.
Scottsdale, Arizona
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Oxnard Advanced Water Purification Facility
Located in Southern California, the Oxnard Advanced Water Purification Facility (AWPF) was created to provide the city an alternative to imported water from the northern portion of the state.
Using a newly installed microfiltration system with reverse osmosis and ultraviolet (UV) disinfection, the facility is able to produce locally controlled, recycled water that is independent of outside influences, such as the climate or governmental regulations.
McCarthy constructed the 60,000-square-foot project, located on five acres. The result of this building is that now there is a process that requires less energy than what was used to import water to the area. Recycled water produced at the facility will be used in a number of applications, including industrial process, irrigation and indirect potable reuse through groundwater injection.
Oxnard, California
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Deer Valley Water Treatment Plant
During the three-year construction of the Deer Valley Water Treatment Plant East Basins Reconstruction project, over 80 percent of the 150 workers on the project resided in the West Valley and provided a large source of income for numerous West Valley residents. The water treatment plant produces 25% more water than the previous plant and is able to produce more water on a smaller footprint using less energy than before. This benefits the community by allowing for growth of the West Valley without putting strains on water production.
The new treatment plant produces a larger amount of high-quality water to the residents of the West Valley. This water is used in residential dwellings, commercial spaces, restaurants and landscaping. Being able to utilize water for these numerous applications allows this region to be developed into a very user-friendly place. All of the numerous retail locations, sports venues and housing communities require water to exist.
Phoenix, Arizona
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Lake Pleasant Water Treatment Plant
Lake Pleasant was a design-build-operate contract in a joint venture with Black & Veatch. It was the largest design-build-operate contract in North America at the time it was built. The plant processes 80 million gallons of water a day (and can be expanded to 320 million) -- enough water to satisfy 400,000 homes. Plus, there is a storage reservoir on site to store 40 million gallons of water.
Materials included 66,000-cubic-yards of concrete, 9.8 million pounds of rebar, and 2 million linear-feet of electrical wire. In addition, 800,000-cubic-yards of dirt were moved. The project included innovative ballasted flocculation process for high-rate sedimentation, ozonation, deep-bed monomedia filters, post-filtration granular activated carbon contactors, and ultraviolet disinfection.
Phoenix, Arizona
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Pyramid Peak Water Treatment Plant
McCarthy is the construction manager at risk (CMAR) for this 15 Million Gallons per Day expansion to the existing Pyramid Peak Plant in Glendale, Arizona. The project includes expansion and upgrades to improve resiliency and redundancy across the facility. McCarthy has worked collaboratively with the design engineer as well as two municipality stake holders through preconstruction and construction to deliver the project according to time and fiscal budgets.
Glendale, Arizona
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