Small water projects rarely attract the attention given to major treatment plants, but limited staff and tight budgets can make early collaboration especially valuable.
Sherri Leonard, director of collaborative delivery at Water Resources Group, says the approach can help communities of every size get more from their infrastructure investment.
Collaborative delivery brings owners, designers and builders together earlier than the traditional design-bid-build process. That gives the team time to identify site constraints, test alternatives and resolve construction challenges before they become expensive problems in the field.
The approach is not limited to megaprojects. A recent Water Collaborative Delivery Association contract survey included water and wastewater projects ranging from $3 million to more than $1 billion.
That range matters across the Upper Midwest, where smaller communities must meet the same water quality requirements as large municipalities but often have fewer employees available to plan and manage capital projects.
Leonard says the important shift is to evaluate each project by its limitations, priorities and opportunities—not simply its price tag.
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