The largest capital project in Conroe, Texas history
Despite a late location change, the Conroe Central Wastewater Treatment plant saved $4 million through value engineering and construction optimizations.
The City of Conroe's largest capital project in history is the Conroe Central Wastewater Treatment Plant. Originally designed with anaerobic digestion and carbon diversion, plans shifted at 75% of the design phase when the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality required the plant be relocated due to environmental concerns.
Despite that setback, the designer, city and contractor managed to save $4 million on the initial $64 million price while fulfilling the city's needs and staging the plant for future expansion and growth.
Bob Crossen is the vice president of content strategy for the Water and Energy Groups of Endeavor Business Media, a division of EndeavorB2B. EB2B publishes WaterWorld, Wastewater Digest and Stormwater Solutions in its water portfolio and publishes Oil & Gas Journal, Offshore Magazine, T&D World, EnergyTech and Microgrid Knowledge in its energy portfolio. Crossen graduated from Illinois State University in Dec. 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in German and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. He worked for Campbell Publications, a weekly newspaper company in rural Illinois outside St. Louis for four years as a reporter and regional editor.
