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														Meeting Industrial Water Demands Through Water Reuse Collaborative Delivery
When water resources or municipal infrastructure can’t keep up, industrial reuse projects become essential. For many companies, advanced water treatment is no longer just about sustainability goals—it’s about survival.
 
														Clarity Drives Success: Communicating Process and Expectations in Collaborative Delivery
In recent years, water and wastewater project owners, engineers, and contractors have been increasingly turning away from legacy procurement models like design‑bid‑build, instead choosing collaborative delivery methods such as progressive design‑build or construction management at-risk.
 
														A “Krash” Course in the Benefits of Collaborative Delivery
Shook Construction’s Great Lakes region had been eagerly waiting for collaborative delivery projects to hit the municipal water and wastewater construction industry in northeast Ohio.
 
														Future-Ready Infrastructure: How Collaborative Delivery Enhances Long-Term Value in Water Engineering
Public works infrastructure in the US is at a pivotal moment. Many water and wastewater systems built during the infrastructure booms of the mid-20th century are reaching the end of their service lives.
 
														Breaking Barriers: Why Ambiguity in Legislation Shouldn’t Stop Collaborative Delivery
In the world of water infrastructure, innovation often meets resistance—sometimes because it’s not allowed, but more often because it’s misunderstood.
 
														Scope Creep: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Stop It
Scope creep is the silent budget killer: small changes that quietly pile up until the project is off track. Scope creep happens when a project’s scope expands. Sometimes gradually, sometimes all at once.
 
														Why Risk Registers are the Unsung Heroes of Collaborative Delivery Projects
In the world of collaborative delivery, the conversation shifts from finger-pointing to problem-solving to deliver a project on time and under budget. At the heart of this shift are risk registers.
 
														Collaborative Delivery Reimagines Commissioning and Startup
Collaborative delivery teams will often say that successful commissioning, startup, and planning begins as early as the design and preconstruction phase. But what happens when the owner hasn’t even hired the staff to run the new systems?
 
														The Partnership Blueprint: Risk Mitigation in Collaborative Delivery
Every project starts with optimism. The team is assembled, roles are defined, and goals are outlined. But once the real work begins—when schedules tighten, unknowns emerge, and changes are introduced—the strength of that team is tested.
 
														How Collaborative Delivery Can Help Retain Project Management Talent
In the world of water and wastewater treatment infrastructure, the success of a project hinges not only on technical excellence but also on the people who manage it.
