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Spring Hill selects Crossland/Black & Veatch as top progressive design‑build team for new wastewater plant
Summary
Staff recommended and introduced Crossland Heavy Contractors and Black & Veatch as the selected progressive design‑build team to design and fast‑track a new wastewater treatment facility. The approach is intended to compress schedule by overlapping design and construction and produce an initial 5 MGD plant with site capacity planned to 30 MGD.
Spring Hill staff recommended Crossland Heavy Contractors partnered with Black & Veatch as the city’s preferred progressive design‑build team to deliver the new wastewater treatment facility, and the team presented benefits and a conceptual schedule to council on Sept. 11.
City project staff said the existing plant is nearing capacity, and that growth requires a new plant that can be built quickly. The city used a request‑for‑qualifications and interview process that produced three proposers; staff and a selection team that included the city’s owner’s representative recommended the Crossland/Black & Veatch team based on prior joint experience, local knowledge and relevant water/wastewater project history.
Crossland and Black & Veatch explained progressive design‑build as a collaborative delivery method under a single contract where the designer and builder work together from the project outset. The team listed main advantages as: earlier cost‑model development, overlapping design and construction to shorten schedule, and risk allocation aligned with the party best able to manage each risk. Presenters said the approach supports a guaranteed maximum price development process and emphasized experience on comparable regional projects.
Staff and the team discussed capacity and phasing. The presentation showed an initial design target of 5 million gallons per day (MGD) with site build‑out capacity planned to 30 MGD; the graphic was intended to show the 30‑MGD plant can be accommodated on the property the city purchased. Council members pressed for flexibility: staff and the team said they will seek design options that allow staged build‑out or programmatic pullbacks depending on future development needs, and they estimated an aggressive target of bringing a 5‑MGD plant online by August 2028 if the schedule and funding align.
Next steps: staff said they will meet the selected team to scope the project, then return to council in October with a proposed contract for approval. The city has engaged BG Consultants as an owner’s representative to help manage selection and oversight.
