Denver council to consider $44.9 million DIA deicing-waste pond contract
The proposed contract would upgrade a system that collects, stores and treats aircraft-deicing waste at Denver International Airport.
Denver City Council is scheduled to consider a $44,926,753.46 contract Sept. 14 to rehabilitate a deicing-waste pond system at Denver International Airport. The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved the resolution by consent Sept. 2.
The council agenda lists Resolution 26-1239, awarding the contract to WW Clyde & Co. The official matter record shows the resolution on the Sept. 14 agenda and identifies the committee approval as its most recent recorded action.
The project, identified as PLANE-202683151, would 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. The 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 contract calls for 457 consecutive calendar days of construction after the city issues a notice to proceed, according to the committee minutes. The listed funding sources are the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program and Denver International Airport’s Capital Improvement Plan.