Scope of Services and Experience

INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING

Master plans for water and sewer systems are often developed by a variety of municipal, county, state and quasi-public agencies.  PPC normally participates in infrastructure plans as part of a larger, inter-disciplinary project team; in some cases, however, PPC is requested to take the lead role.  The responsibility of PPC in these infrastructure planning projects is to:

• inventory existing facilities via the application of geographical information system (GIS) software;
• evaluate regional demographic, economic and land use trends;
• analyze potential community growth areas;
• evaluate the location and size of existing and potential service areas;
• calculate anticipated service demands, e.g., average and maximum day water demands, for facilities and services;
• evaluate the capacity of existing facilities to support anticipated service demands; and,
• examine the facility management requirements and organizational structure necessary to carry out future facility operations and maintenance, planning and design, and construction management.

Experience