Letter from the Editor
The January-February issue of Design-Build DATELINE serves two purposes. First, it is an opportunity for us to explore a variety of water/wastewater issues and projects through the following pages. But it is also gives us the opportunity to highlight issues and events at the 2008 Design-Build for Water/Wastewater Conference in Atlanta Feb. 13-15.
Board Reflections
By Tom Sorley, DBIA Chairman
I know … I know. When I joined DBIA, everyone told me the same things you heard — all that talk about membership diversity. I must have been told a hundred times about how this organization is different: “At DBIA everyone matters.”
Best Practices
By Phil Sudol
Most municipalities can point to at least one chronic problem area within their sewer system — frustrating mazes of cracked or broken pipes, root intrusions, leaking laterals and illegal connections that consistently require repair. Typically, it can take several years to achieve significant infiltration and inflow (I/I) reductions in a problem-plagued system. But what happens when these problems need repair?
Legislative Update
By Christopher Prawdzik
Design-build lost out in Congress last month as design-build provisions were not included in the giant $516 billion omnibus spending bill passed before the holidays. In an excruciatingly slow process, Congress decided to roll 11 different appropriations bills into one and pass it after being unable to pass separate appropriations bills earlier in the year.
DBIA Book Club - Book Tackles Worldwide Water Crisis
This month’s DBIA Book Club brings you Reinventing Water and Wastewater Systems, an insightful look at the past, present and future state of water and wastewater services.
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