Black & Veatch
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| - | '''Black & Veatch''' is a global engineering, consulting and construction company specializing in infrastructure development in energy, water, telecommunications, management consulting, federal and environmental markets | + | '''Black & Veatch''' is a global engineering, consulting and construction company specializing in infrastructure development in energy, water, telecommunications, management consulting, federal and environmental markets. |
| - | == | + | ==Ragged Dam feasibility study== |
| + | The firm was hired by the City of Charlottesville in June 2010 to conduct a feasibility study on repairing and adding on to the [[Ragged Mountain Dam|Lower Ragged Mountain Dam]]<ref>Wheeler, Brian. "City Hires Firm to Study Saving 102-year Old Dam." Charlottesville Tomorrow News Center. 2 June 2010. Web. 20 Aug. 2010. <http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2010/06/1908_dam_study.html>.</ref>. The report indicated that it is feasible to do so without significantly lowering water levels. <ref>Dixit, Rachana. "Water Supply Plan Critics Hail Firm's Findings | Daily Progress." Home | Daily Progress. 4 Aug. 2010. Web. 20 Aug. 2010. <http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2010/aug/04/water-supply-plan-critics-hail-firms-findings-ar-413231/></ref>. The city paid Black & Veatch $250,000 <ref>{{cite email|subject=RE: cost share allocation questions|from=Judith Mueller|sourceorg=City of Charlottesville|to=Sean Tubbs|repositoryorg=Charlottesville Tomorrow|senddate=December 2, 2011}}</ref> for the work, but the plan was abandoned after council agreed in February 2011 to proceed with an earthen dam. <ref>{{cite web|title=A split city council endorses earthen dam for water supply pl|url=http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2011/02/earthen_dam.html|author=Brian Wheeler|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=February 23, 2011|accessdate=December 5, 2011}}</ref> | ||
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Black & Veatch is a global engineering, consulting and construction company specializing in infrastructure development in energy, water, telecommunications, management consulting, federal and environmental markets.
Ragged Dam feasibility study
The firm was hired by the City of Charlottesville in June 2010 to conduct a feasibility study on repairing and adding on to the Lower Ragged Mountain Dam[1]. The report indicated that it is feasible to do so without significantly lowering water levels. [2]. The city paid Black & Veatch $250,000 [3] for the work, but the plan was abandoned after council agreed in February 2011 to proceed with an earthen dam. [4]
References
- ↑ Wheeler, Brian. "City Hires Firm to Study Saving 102-year Old Dam." Charlottesville Tomorrow News Center. 2 June 2010. Web. 20 Aug. 2010. <http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2010/06/1908_dam_study.html>.
- ↑ Dixit, Rachana. "Water Supply Plan Critics Hail Firm's Findings | Daily Progress." Home | Daily Progress. 4 Aug. 2010. Web. 20 Aug. 2010. <http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2010/aug/04/water-supply-plan-critics-hail-firms-findings-ar-413231/>
- ↑ E-mail. Judith Mueller, City of Charlottesville. "RE: cost share allocation questions." Message to Sean Tubbs, Charlottesville Tomorrow. December 2, 2011.
- ↑ Web. A split city council endorses earthen dam for water supply pl, Brian Wheeler, Charlottesville Tomorrow, February 23, 2011, retrieved December 5, 2011.
