corporate overview & statement of...

Corporate Overview &Statement of Qualifications

WATER/WASTEWATER

I founded Milhouse Engineering & Construction, Inc. with the goal of building the best engineering company in the country. It was based on the belief that if I hired great people, challenged them to excel, and maintained laser focus on the needs of our clients, success would come; and so it has. Our portfolio of successful projects continues to grow; our family of highly satisfied clients continues to expand, and our staff, now numbering over 150 strong, just gets better and better. One of the things of which I am most proud is our 11th consecutive selection as one of the “101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” by The National Association of Business Resources.

As you review this description of our company’s qualifications, please note that I have based our business model on combining the wisdom and experience of senior experts with the energy, vitality, and creativity of young professionals. The resulting powerful project teams have proven they can meet any challenge and produce great projects on schedule and under budget. I am proud of our people, and I know that Milhouse can present a project team that equals or exceeds the capabilities of any team from any competitor, be they new or old, large or small.

We will listen carefully to your needs. We will work tirelessly to see that those needs are fulfilled. We will hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity and professionalism. We understand the importance of your projects, and we know that we must earn your trust every day.

We look forward to an opportunity to serve you.

Sincerely,

Wilbur C. Milhouse III, P.E.Milhouse Engineering & Construction, Inc.President/CEO

To Our Prospective Client,

Milhouse is a professional full service engineering and architecture consulting firm with headquarters in downtown Chicago serving public and private sectors. As a multi-disciplinary full-service firm, we offer expertise in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Structural, and Construction engineering. To complement our professional engineering capabilities, Milhouse also offers Architectural services.

Milhouse is comprised of a dedicated team of more than 150 talented engineers including 4 LEED-accredited professionals. As an engineering industry leader, the Milhouse team is committed to delivering technical excellence, innovative solutions, and value engineering to foresee and meet client needs.

About Us

IndustriesAviation, Facilities, Gas, Power, Transportation, and Water/Wastewater

Recognitions• 2016 Chicago’s 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For, 11 Years in a Row• 2015 Zweig Group HotFirm Winner• 2015 ACEC Consultant Exceptional Service Award• 2015 UIUC Power Moves Business & Entrepreneurship Award• 2015 March of Dimes Rufus Taylor Award• 2014 ENR Regional Best Airport/Transit Project• 2014 March of Dimes Construction Project of The Year• 2014 ACEC Excellence in Design Award

CertificationsMilhouse is certified with various cities and states as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE). We are also certified with the U.S. Small Business Administration as a small business concern.

Office LocationsChicago - HQ Michigan60 E Van Buren Street, Suite 1501 2723 South State Street, Suite 150Chicago, IL 60605 Ann Arbor, MI 48104312.987.0061 734.794.4747

Chicago Maryland1000 E 111th Street, 7th Floor 18310 Montgomery Village, Suite 245Chicago, IL 60628 Gaithersburg, MD 20879773.264.4855 240.224.7791

Indiana Texas7725 Broadway Avenue, Suite E 1431 Greenway Drive, Suite 800Merrillville, IN 46410 Irving, TX 75038219.648.2933 972.815.2337

CLIENT: HinesPROJECT: 333 West Wacker Drive

LOCATION: Chicago, ILSERVICE: Retro-Commissioning

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Civil EngineeringSite Civil• Site Civil• Grading & Drainage• Storm Water Detention Design• Utilities• ADA Ramp Design• GEOTECH Analysis• Environmental Remediation

Transportation• Traffic Engineering Studies & Planning• Roadway Design• Roadway Drainage• Utilities & Lighting• Parking Studies & Parking Lot Design• Maintenance of Traffic (MOT)

Natural Gas• Transmission• Distribution• Gathering Systems• Pressure Improvements• Public Improvements• Vault Repair/Replacement• New Business

Mechanical Engineering• Building HVAC Systems• Central Plant Systems• Commissioning & Retro Commissioning• Renewable Energy• Sustainable Design • Condition Assessments & Code Reviews• Value Engineering Studies• Fire Suppression• NFPA Classified Area Designs• Process Systems• Building Automation Systems• Pumping Stations

Electrical EngineeringFacilities• Low Voltage Power and Controls• Medium Voltage Power and Controls• SCADA and Telemetry• Short Circuit, Load Flow, Arc Flash• Condition Assessments & Code Reviews• Fire and Hazardous Gas Alarm Systems• Exterior and Interior Lighting• Lightning Protection

Power• Substation Design• Protection & Control Design• Distribution Systems

Professional Services

Structural Engineering• Construction Engineering for Contractors• Bridge Design (Advanced Typical, Highway, Railroad, Moveables)• Bridge Condition Assessments• Bridge Inspections• Retaining Walls• Substation Structures & Foundations• SPCC

Construction EngineeringPre-Construction• Construction Documentation Review• Construction Cost Estimating• Project Schedule Preparation Program Development• Project Development

Construction• Roadways• Site Civil• Vertical Construction• Process Systems• Control & Telemetry Systems• Major Equipment• Low & Medium Voltage Systems• Materials Testing• Document Control• Claims Management

Post Construction• Operation and Maintenance• Manuals/Warranties• As-Builts & Record Drawings• Punch List & Close-out• QA/QC Plan(s)

Architecture• Preliminary & Schematic Design• Design Development• Construction Documentation• Construction Administration• Feasibility Analysis• Physical Assessments• Program Development• Value Engineering Studies• Space Planning• Remodeling• Furnishings

Clients• Ameren Corporation• Atlanta Gas Light Resources• Chicago Public Schools• Chicago State University• City of Chicago • Department of Aviation • O’Hare Modernization Program • Department of Sewers • Department of Transportation • Department of Water Management• ComEd • DC Water• DePaul University• DuPage County Department of Public Works• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)• General Services Administration (GSA)• Illinois Department of Transportation• Illinois State Toll and Highway Authority• Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD)• Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewer District• Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)• Navy Pier• Nicor Gas• NIPSCO• Peoples Gas• Pepco• Public Building Commission of Chicago• Rush University• Scott Airforce Base• The University of Chicago• United States Housing Urban Development (HUD)• University of Illinois at Chicago • U.S. Cellular Field• Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC)• WEC Energy

Partners• AECOM• Arcadis• Benesch• Black & Veatch Corporation• Burns & McDonnell Engineering, Inc.• CH2M • Cotter Consulting, Inc.• Crawford Murphy & Tilly, Inc.• Environmental Design International, Inc.• ESI International• EXP, Inc.• JACOBS Engineering, Inc.• HDR Engineering, Inc.• HNTB Corporation• HOH Group• Parsons Brinckerhoff• Parsons Corporation• Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) Architecture• US Equities

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Milhouse has extensive experience in the planning, design, construction, and rehabilitation of a large variety of water/wastewater processes, stormwater facilities, and collection systems. Our experience includes traditional process equipment such as screens, pumps, chlorination, clarifiers, digesters, SCADA, tertiary filters, grit removal and sludge processing as well as new technologies such as combined heat and power from CAMBI digestion and state of the centrate ammonia stripping using the DEMON process.

Our engineers are experts in tunnel design and construction, sewer rehabilitation, wireless telemetry, large pumps, and large pump stations. Based on extensive experience in the construction and management of wastewater collection systems, we have developed designs that mitigate the harmful, corrosive effects of hydrogen sulfide and methane.

Milhouse is at the forefront of sustainability and water/wastewater initiatives, including transforming digester methane gas to electricity and steam in combined cyclic turbine generator plants. Our engineers are leading potable water initiatives. Milhouse’s experience working on the United States’ largest water purification plant in Chicago, Illinois readily transfers to other clients looking to improve the reliability of their water supplies.

Water/Wastewater

PHASE I - Planning• Stakeholder Identification• Scope Development• Preliminary Budget• Schedule• Define and Identify Resources• Impacts on Operations• Identify Codes and Standards• Conceptual Design Documents

PHASE II - Design• Develop Plans and Specifications• Client Reviews• Value Engineering• Construction, Maintenance and User Safety Reviews• Bidding Services• Construction Phase Services• Safety in Design Considerations

PHASE III - Construction• Focused inspections to ensure compliance with contract documents• Administrative Functions• Pre-functional Testing• Functional Testing• Commissioning• Record Documents

PHASE IV - Rehabilitation• Field Condition Assessments• Review Operating Records• Opportunities for Improvement• Recommendations to Client• Design• Construction

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Highlighted Projects

Combined Heat & Power FacilitiesWashington, District of Columbia

Milhouse was retained by Black & Veatch (B&V) to perform electrical engineering, mechanical specialty design and construction administration services for the $60M design-build-operate combined cycle methane gas turbine generating station at the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility in Washington D.C. The 20 year agreement between DC Water and Pepco provides approximately one half of the 27 megawatt electrical load of the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant by utilizing methane gas generated by the newly installed CAMBI sludge process. The project consist of a classified area gas blower building, a classified area gas compressor and conditioning building, and a turbine building which has classified areas.

Electrical work included the design of a 13.2kV to 480V 4 mVA substations, multiple motor control centers, power distribution for processes and facilities, lighting systems, grounding systems, ductbanks, gas alarm systems, fire alarm systems, security systems, and classified areas design. The scope also included the design of electrical systems for three 4.5 mW combined cycle size gas turbines, design of reduced voltage starting systems for three 450 horsepower two pole compressors, siloxane treatment systems, 250 horsepower gas blower systems and SCADA interfaces. Milhouse also conducted load flow, short circuit, coordination, arc-flash and harmonics studies for the facilities.

The mechanical work included the design of the instrument air systems, an auxiliary boiler, water treatment and chemical system for the co-generation facility. Also included:

• Support design• Steam distribution system guides and anchors

The overall project work was performed in several offices around the country and required extensive collaboration of all consultants. The designs utilized the D.C. Water standards, the latest code updates and good practice design standards for power generating facilities.

ClientDC Water/Pepco

PrimeBlack & Veatch

RoleElectrical and Mechanical Engineering

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Filtrate Treatment FacilityWashington, District of Columbia

Milhouse provided electrical engineering design and construction management services for the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority’s (DC Water) Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant (AWTP) Filtrate Treatment Facility (FTF) project. The AWTP treats an average of 370 mgd of wastewater from the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area. It is the largest AWTP in the world.

The FTF project included design of a new sidestream treatment system for removal of ammonia-nitrogen and carbonaceous biological degradable from belt filter press filtrate discharged from the Final Dewatering Facility (FDF). The FTF incorporated sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) and support systems to reduce ammonia-nitrogen and BOD loading returned to the Main Process Train. The SBRs are designed with flexibility to operate in either of two process configurations, Nitration-Denitration (N-DN) or Deammoniafication (DEMON®). The electrical engineering design services for the FTF included a new medium voltage substation to supply power to the FTF, power distribution for all FTF electrical requirements, including process and building systems, instrumentation and controls raceways and conductors, interior and exterior lighting, motor controls and adjustable frequency drives, harmonics correction systems, security systems, telephone and intercom systems, lightning protection systems, fire alarm systems, underground duct banks for electrical power, instrumentation and communications cables and conduit and wire schedules for power, instrument, control system wiring. Milhouse also performed load flow, short circuit, coordination and arc flash studies for the project.

Milhouse met an aggressive schedule for 30% completion of housing for electrical apparatus by adding staff and closely collaborating with multiple equipment manufacturers.

Additional staff was also assigned to construct multiple duct banks in congested utility corridors. Workers researched previous project plans and manholes to confirm as-built conditions.

ClientDC Water

PrimeBlack & Veatch

RoleElectrical Design and Construction Management Services


Nutrient Recovery System at The Stickney Water Reclamation PlantChicago, Illinois

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) selected Black & Veatch to design and build a new nutrient recovery system at its Stickney Water Reclamation Plant (SWRP). The plant removes and recovers phosphorus from two streams at SWRP – the centrate produced from the Post-Digestion Centrifuge building and the centrate produced from the Pre-Digestion Centrifuge Building. The process improved water quality in local rivers, lakes and streams. MWRD anticipated recovering an estimated 1,300 tons per year of phosphorus at the SWRP and converting it into a slow-release fertilizer, a marketable product.

Milhouse provided HVAC and electrical engineering design services.

ClientMetropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

PrimeBlack & Veatch

RoleElectrical and Mechanical Engineering Services


DC Water Bryant Street Pump StationWashington, District of Columbia

The Bryant Street Pump Station is the heart of DC Water’s potable water distribution system. The facility was originally constructed in 1904 and has undergone various renovations. In recent years, various HVAC improvements were needed to improve the comfort of employees and to protect the modern sophisticated control equipment deemed critical for the plant’s operation.

Milhouse served as a sub-consultant to Johnson, Mirmian & Thompson (JMT) to perform various HVAC improvements. Milhouse evaluated, designed and prepared contract documents for the project. Structural design was performed by JMT. The design basis was provided by a third party consultant under a prior study contract. The recommended HVAC improvements included structural, architectural, mechanical and electrical work as follows:

• The addition of 19 destratification fans to the 3rd floor ceiling are of the pump station. The fans sensed temperature at the 40 foot ceiling height and operated fans as required to maintain a maximum 10 degree differential between the floor space and ceiling space. The fans improved winter comfort level and reduced heating energy.

• The addition of conditioned supply air to the West Elevator Equipment Room. Existing supply and exhaust ducts were intercepted with new duct work. The revisions reduced ambient temperatures in the room and reduced equipment failure rates.

• Provided a variable refrigerant system to second floor IT room and third floor office spaces to improve summer comfort and IT room cooling redundancy

• Provided a cooling only air handling unit in the meter test area to improve summer comfort for the workers

• Remodeled office space by adding a drop ceiling and new lighting to improve working conditions• Added clean agent fire suppression systems to the IT room and one engineering office

Milhouse Value Engineering drove significant changes to the initial concept, which resulted in material cost savings to the final project.

ClientDC Water

PrimeJMT

RoleMechanical, Fire Protection, Electrical and Architectural Design Services


Program Management ServicesChicago, Illinois

The City of Chicago’s 10-year plan replaced the subterranean web of aging and decayed watermains. The aggressive schedule included the design and construction of 100 miles of watermain pipe annually across a 4,300 mile network.

Milhouse served on the program management team and completed the following tasks:

• Identified water mains for the Capital Improvement Plan

• Updated the department’s electronic records and provided access to the City of Chicago’s Office of Underground Coordination

• Designed watermains

• Oversaw and documented the construction of the watermains and the restoration of the affected areas

ClientCity of Chicago Departmentof Water Management

PrimeCTR Joint Venture

RoleProgram ManagementWatermain DesignWatermain Construction Management


Raw Wastewater Pump Station 2 UpgradesWashington, District of Columbia

This 330 MGD Raw Wastewater Pump Station No. 2 (RWWPS 2) Upgrades project rehabilitated the facility for an additional 20 years of service for DC Water. The RWWPS facility was assessed holistically and recommendations were based on information gathered from site visits, field investigations, records review and workshops with DC Water staff. Milhouse provided architectural, civil, mechanical and electrical design and construction management services for a study and subsequent design work for the upgrades.

The Milhouse Scope of work included developing plans for:• A new stormwater sewer and associated structures which service the areas adjacent to the pump

station includeing SUE investigations, survey data and profiles• An Erosion Control Plan• Lead and asbestos remediation plans• Site restoration plans

In addition, Milhouse designed:• A new roof• OSHA compliant roof guard rail systems• Room modifications to accommodate new apparatus and room program changes• Exterior facade repairs• New overhead door• Plumbing systems for new restrooms• Effluent seal water and cooling water piping systems• Booster water pumping and piping system• Four air handling units• CRAC system the control room• Air filtration systems and positive pressure ventilation systems to mitigate the effects of hydrogen

sulfide• New boilers and hot water piping and terminal units• Facility lighting systems including emergency and egress systems• Facility fire alarm system

ClientDC Water

PrimeArcadis

RoleArchitectural, Storm Sewer, HVAC, Plumbing, Seal Water, Fire Alarm and Lighting Design Services


Clarifier Rehabilitation ProjectsDuPage County, Illinois

Four final clarifiers at the DuPage County Greene Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant and four at the Knollwood plant had exceeded their useful life and required either replacement of all mechanisms or rehabilitation. Milhouse performed condition assessments and concluded significant savings could be realized by rehabilitation of the clarifiers including the replacement of major elements.

Milhouse provided design and construction management services for the rehabilitation of the eight 110 foot diameter clarifiers. Work included:

• The replacement of fiberglass weirs• Sandblasting • Protective coatings • Structural repairs • Ground water valve repairs • Replacement or repair of main drives • Replacement of valve actuators

The replacement of the square serpentine weirs at the Greene Valley WWTP required the sourcing of tooling to mold the fiberglass circular serpentine weirs to match one existing clarifier.

ClientDuPage County Departmentof Public Works

PrimeMilhouse Engineering & Construction, Inc.

RoleElectrical, Mechanicaland Civil Engineering Services


Main Tertiary Screw Pumps Rehabilitation DuPage County, Illinois

Milhouse provided design services for the rehabilitation of three 24 mgd rotary screw pumps at the DuPage County Greene Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant. The pumps, which lift effluent to the tertiary filters, had completed approximately 100,000 hours of useful service life and were in need of mechanical and grouted volute rehabilitation.

Additionally, a pump bypass was required to allow for effluent blending when the tertiary filters had reached their hydraulic capacity. A weir gate was added to allow for hydraulic bypass.

The work involved the removal and rehabilitation or replacement of drive induction motors, belt/pulley speed reducers, spur gearboxes, thrust bearings, guide bearings and couplings. Repairs to the concrete pump volute were also included in the scope of work. The designed was structured to allow for the rebuilding or replacement of components based on investigations performed after disassembly in order to maintain low overall project cost.

ClientDuPage County Departmentof Public Works

PrimeMilhouse Engineering & Construction, Inc.

RoleElectrical, Mechanicaland Civil Engineering Services


CAMBI Thermal Hydrolysis Plant Mechanical DesignWashington, District of Columbia

The Cambi Hydrolysis process enhances the digestion process for sludge treatment at a wastewater treatment plant. The process was developed in Norway and has been in operation in Europe for more than 10 years. The process cooks sludge under pressure using steam from the Combined Heat and Power Turbine Facility. Eventually, the sludge is released into a flash tank where it expands the sludge surface. This expanded surface allows the digestion process to be more efficient and effective in treating the sludge. The Cambi system is part of a larger project which adds new high temperature digesters, sludge dryers, a combined heat and power facility to utilize the digester gas generated by the Cambi process and the associated systems. The process results in reduced volume of sludge, Class A sludge, and sufficient methane gas generation to fuel three 4.5 megawatt combined cycle gas turbine generators which supply approximately one half of the total plant electrical load.

DC Water selected Milhouse to act as engineer of record on this project, the largest Cambi installation in the world and the first of its kind in the U.S. Milhouse oversaw the design and drawing production as well as review of the specifications and design for compliance with U.S. requirements. During construction, Milhouse provided all shop drawings and construction reviews to ensure the highest quality outcomes.

Conflicting U.S. and European standards required modifications to the standard Cambi design. Milhouse performed regular field inspections and visits to Cambi facilities to ensure compliance with plans, specifications and standards to effect a solution.

ClientDC Water

PrimeCambi, Inc.

RoleEngineer of Record and process design and construction oversight for the thermal hydrolysis process at the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant


Thornton Composite ReservoirChicago, Illinois

The Thornton Reservoir is a major component of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (TARP). The 7.9 billion gallon combined sewer overflow reservoir, which is connected to the Calumet Deep Tunnel System, protects 182.000 structures and 556,000 people while providing more than $40 million per year in flood control benefits.

Milhouse provided Instrumentation Control Engineering Services for this project. The overall scope of work for this project involved designing the remaining features required for the completion of the Thornton Composite Reservoir (TCR).

Milhouse’s responsibilities included:

• Providing Instrumentation and Controls Design for the Thorn Creek Diversion Tunnel Connection Gate including ultrasonic flow measurement, pressure transducer level transmitters and sluice gate operating logic interfaces

• Assist in the developing of the Human Machine Interface (HMI) for the control and monitoring of the Thornton reservoir

• Construction management reviews of shop drawings, Requests for Information (RFIs), change order reviews and schedule reviews

Milhouse’s team, experienced in Deep Tunnel instrumentation and telemetry, delivered reliable designs for the harsh operating environment.


PrimeBlack & Veatch

RoleElectrical Engineering Design Services


Bio-Solids Processing Facility ReviewChicago, Illinois

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRDGC) processes the equivalent of approximately 500 dry tons of biosolids daily. The “Black Box” pelletizing process was designed to turn approximately 500 tons of wet sludge into 150 tons of Class A biosolids in a dry pelletized form and to commercially market the product. The project was the first design/build/own/operate project for the MWRDGC.

Milhouse provided facility start-up services for this project. The overall scope of services involved the review of the performance of a pelletizing bio-solids facility in Stickney, Illinois.

Milhouse conducted a Post-Construction performance evaluation. We observed the constructed facilities to confirm conformance with contract requirements, accepted industry standards for quality and application of materials, and to ensure readiness for the performance test. Milhouse also reconciled deficiencies and discrepancies between the actual testing procedures and the approved Performance Testing Procedures.

Work included observing, testing and analyzing samples pulled, equipment operation, and other applicable test data with additional onsite observation to review specific issues as they arise.


PrimeBlack & Veatch

RoleEngineering Design Services


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