The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) constructed a 290 million-gallon-per-day (mgd) Water Treatment Plant (WTP) to provide filtration and disinfection for the Croton System water supplied to New York City through the New Croton Aqueduct (NCA), Capital Project No. WM-11.
As a subconsultant, SI Engineering, P.C.’s (SIE’s) construction inspectors performed civil, electrical, and mechanical inspection services for conformance of the work with the plans and specifications and reported deviations to the Resident Engineer. Tasks performed included the preparation and maintenance of daily inspection reports that indicated the contractor’s work activities and progress of the contract. SIE also tracked change work order work, crew size and composition, weather, equipment utilization, and all other information relative to the execution of the work. SIE inspection staff was responsible for maintaining payment records, including verification of submittals and partial payment requests, maintaining as-built drawings of the work, and indicating deviations from the contract or shop drawings.