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\"\" \"\"The commissioning and closeout phase for WSSC Water\u2019s Piscataway WRRF Bioenergy Project<\/a> has successfully concluded, with final completion achieved in time for the New Year. Looking back on this one-of-a-kind project, which kicked off design in 2018, it is hard to put into words the enormity of the accomplishment associated with successfully starting up and turning over a project of this scale on time and under budget. Since words just can\u2019t describe it, I\u2019ll quantify this last phase in numbers, all since handoff from construction in May 2024.<\/p>\n

9<\/strong> \u2013 The Commissioning Plan went into development at the 65% design stage in 2018 and, once completed, had nine volumes that detailed our approach to functional testing, programming verification, seeding and biological acclimation, sampling strategy, operational demonstration testing, and performance and acceptance testing. The volumes totaled over 2,160 pages of planning and test forms that laid the foundation for our successful turnover strategy.<\/p>\n

10<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 The number of process areas that were in various stages of testing at the same time. The PC closeout team divided up the plant \u2013 from the highly complex combined heat and power area to the extremely temperamental biological processes \u2013 and were able to execute testing safely and methodically to hit schedule milestones.<\/p>\n

109<\/strong> \u2013 The number of training sessions provided to the owner. At an average hourly session, this means that we trained for 27 weeks!<\/p>\n

125<\/strong> \u2013 There were 125 final Operation and Maintenance (O&M) manuals approved, updated, printed, and turned over to WSSC Water. To get to the final manual, each had to be submitted and approved for a preliminary and pre-final version. This resulted in 375 submissions just for O&M manuals! And that is on top of the 1,364 submittals the project team managed for a project this size.<\/p>\n

2,740<\/strong> \u2013 Hard input\/output points were individually checked. And this doesn\u2019t even get close to the soft IO points managed over ethernet for this project.<\/p>\n

1,124<\/strong> \u2013 The number of pages of programming process descriptions the team used to go line-by-line with the integrator to verify that all automation was functional, safe, and reliable.<\/p>\n

1,314 \u2013<\/strong> Assets entered into WSSC Water\u2019s asset management program. As part of the closeout process, the team entered specific attributes ranging from size to horsepower and materials of construction that WSSC Water will use to identify, manage, and maintain the new infrastructure associated with this project.<\/p>\n

34<\/strong> \u2013 The longest continuous shift the commissioning team pulled to execute a series of tests. The team dedicated to the closeout of this project was amazing \u2013 they were committed to its success and were relentless in the pursuit of achieving performance and customer satisfaction.<\/p>\n

306,782 <\/strong>\u2013 The number of samples and data points entered and analyzed during ramp-up and acclimation. From seeding through acceptance, a spreadsheet was maintained between WSSC Water and PC Construction to share sample results and real-time data so we could collaboratively make process decisions.<\/p>\n

14<\/strong> \u2013 There were 14 separate operational demonstration tests completed to prove the reliability of the facility, ranging from eight hours to continuous 30-day, 24\/7 runs.<\/p>\n

25<\/strong> \u2013 There were 25 performance guarantee tests completed to prove the successful performance of the facility. These tests were designed to push systems and subsystems to their limits to ensure the system remains fully functional even in the most stringent conditions.<\/p>\n

4<\/strong> \u2013 The number of acceptance tests completed to achieve full acceptance of the facility.<\/p>\n

The enormity of the commissioning process is so impressive to look back on. I am so proud and honored to have been a part of such a landmark project for WSSC. This project proved that with the right amount of collaboration and planning, anything is possible!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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