Project Profile: Noman M. Cole Jr. Pollution Control Plant Methanol Feed Building Basic Information Owner: Fairfax County, Virginia Engineer: CH2M Hill Approximate Contract Value: $3,900,000 Completion Date: December 2007 Project Type: Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade Awards 2010 Environmental Project of the Year  - American Public Works Associaton (DC Chapter)    Read the report that won over the APWA!    (written by the owner) Certificate of Commendation for Outstanding Performance  - Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services Testimonials "American Contracting & Environmental Services Inc was able to deliver the Methanol Feed Building project to Fairfax County with the highest level of quality, on schedule, and within budget. This was a highly complex project ... which required sophisticated technical, scheduling, and managerial skills and close coordination with the plant staff." read more...   - Department of Public Works and Environmental Services, County of Fairfax, Virginia   Project Description This project is the first of its kind for Fairfax County to maximize the efficiency of activated sludge in the waste water treatment by delivering methanol or acetic acid as a supplemental fuel. A new building was built along with the necessary utilities to store and meter the chemi-cal to the existing activated sludge tanks. Project highlights include: Over 9,000 LF of welded stainless steel piping Construction of a concrete building to house the new chemical system A foam fire suppression system Manufacture and installation of three 9,400 gallon stainless steel tanks Chemical metering pumps, piping, valves and instrumentation capable of pumping methanol or acetic acid to an existing waste water treatment process train Explosion proof construction Instrumentation and controls to operate the system locally or from the existing SCADA