TABLE OF CONTENTS Philip C.Zimmerman
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
White Plains, New York
Successful treatment plant design must address an array of issues, many outside of the traditional area of water quality engineering. The facility must fulfill its primary objective, which is to provide a quality product; but it is also important how the facility is perceived by those who work in it, visit it, live near it, and see it every day. It is often the architectural and landscape design forms, the visual portions of the project, that mold public perception.
Careful consideration must be given during the planning and design process to address the needs of plant personnel for a well-thought-out, conveniently arranged, pleasant working environment. These features will engender positive employee response and provide an efficient and functional workforce.
Construction systems and materials must also be selected that will combine to create a facility that is cost-effective, as well as resource- and energy-efficient.
The design team for a water treatment plant design project generally includes an architect. In a team, the whole is more than the some of its parts. Associated with the benefits inherent in the early involvement of the architect is the additional benefit of team synergy. Team synergy occurs when professionals focusing on the same problem, but approaching it from different perspectives, offer solutions that spark additional ideas that could be realized only with the cooperation of all team members. It is this kind of complementary and cooperative...
