Facts about CDM Smith
CDM Smith provides lasting and integrated solutions in water, environment, transportation, energy and facilities to public and private clients worldwide.
Established - 1947 as a partnership; incorporated in 1970.
Size - More than 5,000 employees working from offices worldwide.
Ownership - CDM Smith is employee owned, instilling pride in our work and allowing us the freedom and independence to put our clients first.
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Innovative Seawater Desalination in California
CDM Smith has been at the forefront of making seawater desalination a viable and sustainable option in California. The city of Sand City selected the firm to design-build a 0.6-million-gallon-per-day (mgd) desalination plant. With the first full-scale desalination plant in California to receive permitting approval under new regulations—and the only municipal seawater desalination project that operates continuously—Sand City has set a new standard.
California American Water Selects CDM Constructors for Desal Project
California American Water Selects CDM Constructors fCalifornia American Water Selects CDM Constructors, Inc. To Design and Build Monterey Desalination Facility
HIGHLIGHT EXCERPTS:
PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (December 6, 2013) – After a nine-month procurement process, California American Water has selected CDM Constructors, Inc. to design and build the desalination facility proposed as part of its $320-million Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project. CDM Constructors ranked highest of the four finalists on a combined business, technical and price evaluation. CDM Constructors submitted a proposal of $86 million for the desalination facility portion of the project, which is consistent with earlier estimates from a consulting engineering firm. CDM Constructors’ bid was the lowest of the four proposers, with other proposals ranging from $90-110 million.
CDM Constructors is a wholly-owned, design-build and general construction subsidiary corporation of CDM Smith which was founded in 1947. CDM Smith’s team brings proven technical expertise gained from other similar projects locally, nationally and throughout the world, including seven in California and more than 35 international desalination projects. Their projects involving advanced membrane treatment in California include two Monterey Peninsula successes - the Sand City desalination facility, which produces potable water from brackish groundwater, and the Pebble Beach Company’s reclamation project, which irrigates golf courses with highly-treated recycled water.
California American Water identified its preferred firm after short-listing responses to its Request for Qualifications, issuing a Request for Proposals to those firms and conducting formal interviews. The company will now send the statements of qualifications, proposals and reports regarding its findings along with a draft contract to the project’s Governance Committee, which will have ten days to conduct its own review and make further recommendations. The committee is set to discuss the matter in public during a special meeting set for Wednesday, December 11, 9:30 am, at the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District office located at 5 Harris Court in Monterey.
CDM Constructors is a wholly-owned, design-build and general construction subsidiary corporation of CDM Smith which was founded in 1947. CDM Smith’s team brings proven technical expertise gained from other similar projects locally, nationally and throughout the world, including seven in California and more than 35 international desalination projects. Their projects involving advanced membrane treatment in California include two Monterey Peninsula successes - the Sand City desalination facility, which produces potable water from brackish groundwater, and the Pebble Beach Company’s reclamation project, which irrigates golf courses with highly-treated recycled water.
California American Water identified its preferred firm after short-listing responses to its Request for Qualifications, issuing a Request for Proposals to those firms and conducting formal interviews. The company will now send the statements of qualifications, proposals and reports regarding its findings along with a draft contract to the project’s Governance Committee, which will have ten days to conduct its own review and make further recommendations. The committee is set to discuss the matter in public during a special meeting set for Wednesday, December 11, 9:30 am, at the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District office located at 5 Harris Court in Monterey.
Cal Am recommends contractor for new desal project
The Monterey County Herald
Jim Johnson, Herald Staff Writer, 12/06/2013
HIGHLIGHT EXCERPTS:
Cal Am officials announced Friday that Massachusetts-based CDM Constructors, Inc. is its recommended choice to design and build the desal plant at the core of the Monterey Peninsula water supply project. CDM is a subsidiary of CDM Smith.
The choice follows a nine-month procurement process in which a number of firms competed for the contract, and will now be subject to a 10-day public review led by the project's Public Governance Committee.
Cal Am's recommendation now goes to the project's Public Governance Committee, which has 10 days to conduct its own review and make recommendations, and is set to conduct a special meeting on Wednesday to discuss the matter.
The water authority will also hold a pair of public meetings to discuss the issue on Monday, with a technical advisory committee meeting set for 10 a.m. and a board of directors meeting set for 12:30 p.m. at Seaside City Hall. The water management district board is also scheduled to review the issue at its 7 p.m. meeting on Monday.
