Denver committee advances proposed $44.9 million DIA deicing-waste pond contract
The committee approved the project by consent, but final City Council or Mayor-Council action has not been confirmed in the records reviewed.
Denver’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced a proposed $44.9 million contract to rehabilitate a deicing-waste pond at Denver International Airport, but final City Council or Mayor-Council approval has not been confirmed in the official records reviewed.
The committee approved Resolution 26-1239 by consent on Sept. 2. The measure covers a $44,926,753.46 contract with WW Clyde & Co. for the Deicing Industrial Waste Pond 009 Rehabilitation project. The official committee minutes say construction would take 457 consecutive calendar days after the city issues a notice to proceed.
Denver’s official Legistar matter record lists the resolution as “Approved for Filing,” records the Sept. 2 committee action and leaves the “Final action” field blank. A Mayor-Council meeting scheduled for Sept. 8 was canceled. Its agenda listed Resolution 26-1239 as a proposed contract but does not establish approval.
The project, identified as PLANE-202683151, is intended to upgrade the West Airfield Diversion System, which collects, stores and treats aircraft-deicing-fluid waste from portions of the airport’s airfield and runway drainage system. Denver’s project request says the system has operated for more than 20 years without a formal preventive-maintenance program and that many components have reached the end of their service lives.
Planned work includes replacing pond liners, pumps, valves, gates, meters and control systems; regrading and expanding one pond cell; reconstructing a wet well; installing a 2-million-gallon glycol-recycling tank; and building about 5,000 feet of discharge line to Metro Wastewater. The project also includes backup power for the treatment system and upgrades to laboratory and support facilities.
The records do not provide a notice-to-proceed date, construction schedule, phasing plan or airfield-access plan. They also do not specify potential closures, detours or effects on passengers and airline operations. The project’s stated goal of maintaining winter operations does not establish that construction will have no operational impacts.
The listed funding sources are the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program and Denver International Airport’s Capital Improvement Plan. The documents do not specify how much each source would contribute or identify a separate local match.