SSC Construction, Inc.

Bakersfield, California

The “Henry C. Garnett Water Purification Plant Expansion Project” located in Bakersfield, California has established the progressive move by SSC to provide services beyond the Southern California market.

Awarded in 2008, SSC has completed in excess of 50% of the project to date and is on track to meet the contractual requirements allowing the agency to utilize the new portions of the plant by the end of 2009, while SSC repairs and replaces aspects of the existing plant throughout the year in 2010.

Furthermore, by self performing over 75% of the work onsite, SSC has maintained tight control over quality, scheduling and costs, and in turn has provided the client with a project that not only has had zero effect on the current water producing operations of the plant, but also is in line with Kern County’s highest expectations.

• Contract Value: $67,556,068
• Plant expansion from 45 MGD to 90 MGD
• 8,000 psi concrete with the addition of Microsilica for strength and chemical resistance was batched onsite as local suppliers could not facilitate the mix design
• Construction of a new 4.7 MG finished water clearwell with groundwater suppression system and hypalon baffle curtain
• Installation of over 7,000 feet of yard piping ranging in size from 12-inch to 72-inch
• Construction of a new chemical feed facility
• Construction of a new filter facility
• Misc pumping and flash mix facilities

Azusa, California

The “Canyon Filtration Membrane Treatment Upgrade and Expansion” was awarded to SSC Construction with the purpose of expanding the existing plants capability to treat intake from the C9 canal. With construction commencing in 2007, SSC completed construction of what is the largest west coast installation of US Filter – Memcor (currently Siemens) CMF-L pressurized membranes and as such has become a showcase for Siemens.

With time driven constraints for shut downs and the necessity to keep the plant in operation, SSC staff devised methods to reroute the existing raw water intake, without relying on mechanical equipment; which allowed the existing plant to remain in operation while the new intake structure was constructed.

With successful start-up in April 2009 the Canyon Filtration Plant has confirmed SSC Construction position as one of the premier general contractors for water/ wastewater projects in California.

• Contract Value: $36,422,696
• Plant expansion from 7.5 MGD to 12 MGD and expandable to 16 MGD in the future
• Installation of 6 each US Filter-Memcor (currently Siemens Water Technology) CMF-L Pressurized Membranes each with 2 MGD capacity at 25 PSI and 128 modules per train
• Construction of a pretreatment facility consisting of a flocculation basin with 12 each flocculators and a sedimentation basin with plate settlers.
• Construction of a 4 MG finished water reservoir.
• Construction of chemical feed facility.
• Construction of 3 each 726,000 gallons concrete lined evaporative ponds
• Misc pumping facilities for the membrane feed, finished water and flash mix systems