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City of Edina • 4801 W. 50th St. • Edina, MN 55424
Contact: Jordan Gilgenbach, Communications Coordinator
Phone 952-826-0396 • jgilgenbach@EdinaMN.gov • www.EdinaMN.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
City’s Water Treatment Plant Recognized Nationally
Edina, Minn., April 25, 2013 – A newly constructed Edina water treatment was recently recognized
nationally for its design.
The water treatment facility was constructed in 2011 and 2012 in the lower level of the municipal parking ramp
adjacent to Jerry’s Foods in the GrandView District. The space had been previously used for park maintenance,
police and public works storage. The site was chosen because there was no additional cost to procure property
and for its central location to northern water wells. The cost of the new water treatment plant was $5.9 million.
The treatment facility’s architect, AECOM, won the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of
Minnesota’s Grand Award in January for outstanding engineering projects. The facility was one of five projects
from Minnesota entered to ACEC’s Engineering Excellence award. While it didn’t win the top award, the project
received Honorable Recognition from ACEC at its awards ceremony in Washington D.C. on April 23.
“This project was very challenging,” said Dave Goergen, Public Works Coordinator. “Designing and constructing
a building inside a building is a huge undertaking. It’s definitely an atypical project and the recognition for
everyone’s time, expertise and effort is appreciated.”
AECOM and the City will present the project at an American Water Works Association conference this
summer. The contractor of the facility, Municipal Builders, Inc. (MBI), was given an Excellence in Construction
award in January from the Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (ABC) Minnesota/North Dakota Chapter.
The project also received a national ABC Eagle Award for construction.
For more information, contact Goergen at 952-826-0312.
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Editor’s Note: Photos available upon request.