The Village of Weedsport owns and operates a sanitary sewer system, portions of which date back to the early 1900s, and a 0.30 MGD activated sludge wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) constructed in the 1960s. In addition to the age of the facility, the WWTP’s average daily flow was at nearly 100 percent of the plant’s capacity, and peak wet weather flows are in excess of the plant’s influent pumping capacity, at times necessitating emergency bypass pumping operations by the WWTP operators.  B&L completed a combined collection system I/I Study and WWTP Facilities Plan and assisted the Village in securing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for the project, including approximately $3.0M in principal forgiveness, of which approximately $400,000 is “Green Project Reserve” for energy efficiency measures incorporated into the WWTP improvements design.  An asset management program was developed following the plant upgrades.

Barton & Loguidice staff have been working with ADA Carbon Solutions on the implementation and use of an asset management software system to track all activities on over $400 million of assets. Since the construction of the largest activated carbon plant in the world,  Barton & Loguidice staff have been actively assisting the staff at ADA Carbon Solutions with the management of their assets with a world-class software tool. The Maximo software system tracks all the activities associated with more than 6,000 assets managed by the staff. In addition, all purchasing, inventory control, time tracking, and material management business processes are all tracked by their Maximo software.

B&L was retained to review existing GIS data and establish a Conditions Assessment and Classification system to help automate data collection and inventory the conditions of 65 miles of carriageways within the Minnewaska State Park Preserve and Mohonk Preserve.

B&L collected the data using handheld GPS equipment having sub-meter horizontal accuracy and a two-person all-terrain vehicle.

From this GIS mapping, B&L developed a carriage road naming and stationing convention to assist with documenting work needed on the extensive trail network. After the inventory and analysis was completed, B&L performed an existing systems assessment, cultural resources assessment, maintenance assessment, rehabilitation assessment, and opinion of probable cost. All of this was presented to the client in a Restoration and Maintenance Manual for the Shawangunk Carriage Roads Systems. This manual offers a guide to estimate costs of restoration, reconstruction, and maintenance.