The Shawnee Park Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Basin project, also known as the Southwestern Parkway CSO Basin, was nationally recognized and honored with three awards at the Design-Build Institute of America’s (DBIA) 2019 Design-Build Conference & Expo The awards received are as follows:
• National Award of Excellence in the Water/Wastewater category (Top honor – one awarded per year in the United States)
• Best in Design for Engineering in all categories (Top honor – one awarded per year in the United States)
• National Award of Merit in the Water/Wastewater category (three awarded per year in the United States)
The 20-million gallon basin is a large “capture and release” system to temporarily store wastewater and stormwater during wet-weather events and gradually release them back to the sewer system for treatment when capacity is available. The project was a collective effort between MSD, Louisville Metro Parks, the Olmsted Parks Conservancy, community leaders, and local residents. It created new park amenities including an open-air pavilion, restrooms, restoration of Paul Hornung Field, refurbished basketball courts with electronic scoreboards and bleachers, a newly paved parking area for the spray ground and a resurfaced Loop Road. Funds were also provided to Louisville Metro Parks for additional park amenities.
The basin project also included a pledge from Design-Build contractor Ulliman Schutte to hire local labor. The project had 225 Jefferson County residents working in positions such as carpenters, ironworkers, electricians, masons, pipefitters, heavy equipment operators, and more. Ulliman Schutte reported 83 percent local labor usage, with 21 percent Minority Business Enterprise and 14 percent with Women Business Enterprise participation.
The $78 million project is part of a $1.15 billion mandate from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to clean up local waterways. Shawnee is the largest of MSD’s underground CSO basins. The basins and the 4-mile long Waterway Protection Tunnel will work together to greatly reduce combined sewer overflows by the end of 2020.
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A summary of awards received for MSD capital programs and projects during calendar year 2019 :
MSD Real-Time Control Program
• Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Advanced Analytics, Operations Research, and Management Science
Southwestern Parkway CSO Basin Project
• American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Kentucky Engineering Excellence Grand Award
• Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) National Award of Excellence (Water/Wastewater)
• DBIA National Best in Design for Engineering
• DBIA National Award of Merit (Water/Wastewater)
• Slag Cement Association Project of the Year
Clifton Heights CSO Basin Project
• ACEC of Kentucky Engineering Excellence Honor Award
• Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Award of Excellence in Construction
• American Public Works Association (APWA) Kentucky Chapter Project of the Year
Ohio River Interceptor Emergency Repair Project
• ACEC of Kentucky Engineering Excellence Grand Award
• Engineering News and Report (ENR) Midwest Region Best Project – Water/Environment
• American Public Works Association (APWA) Kentucky Chapter Project of the Year
• Clean Water Professionals KY/TN Outstanding Overflow Abatement Award
Ohio River Flood Recovery Project
• APWA Kentucky Chapter Stormwater Project of the Year
