USACE turns over another completed project

Published Jan. 16, 2019
The customer gets a firsthand look at the inside of the pump house.

The customer gets a firsthand look at the inside of the pump house.

Members from the contracting team and end user for Women’s Participation Project get ready for a walk thru of the pump house for the new water tank.

Members from the contracting team and end user for Women’s Participation Project get ready for a walk thru of the pump house for the new water tank.

Police Town Water Tank Replacement project is officially turned over to the end user, Ministry of Interior during a symbolic ribbon cutting ceremony.

Police Town Water Tank Replacement project is officially turned over to the end user, Ministry of Interior during a symbolic ribbon cutting ceremony.

Following the ribbon cutting ceremony contractor representatives and Police Town members have a discussion about the path forward during a lunch break.

Following the ribbon cutting ceremony contractor representatives and Police Town members have a discussion about the path forward during a lunch break.

Showing all the keys they received upon the turnover of the Police Town Water Tank Replacement project are members from the Ministry of Interior along with the contractor representatives and USACE LNQAs.

Showing all the keys they received upon the turnover of the Police Town Water Tank Replacement project are members from the Ministry of Interior along with the contractor representatives and USACE LNQAs.

The end user for the Police Town Water Tank replacement look over the Operation and Maintenance Manual they received with the turnover of the project.

The end user for the Police Town Water Tank replacement look over the Operation and Maintenance Manual they received with the turnover of the project.

No matter how big or how small, it is rewarding when a completed project for the Afghanistan District is turned over to the customer and end user.

Recently a small project, as it was called by one of the program managers from the USACE district, was turned over to the Ministry of Interior (MOI) Police Town.

The Afghan Police Women’s Participation Program was recently fitted with a water tank replacement as the contractor, MoI representative, the Police Town commander and the USACE Local National Quality Assurance team were present for the ribbon cutting ceremony, where they not only received the project keys, the as-built drawings and gate valve keys. They were also given the Operational and Maintenance Manual, along with the O & M training video to assist our Afghan partners with maintaining the facilities far into the future.

USACE Contracting Officer Representative from the Kabul Project Delivery Platform team said it was a successful walk thru and turnover.

Other key participants of this project and present for the ceremony were the Project Manager, Quality Construction Manager, and the Site Safety and Health Officer for the contractor.

New wells were constructed for the water storage tanks and evaluated to ensure safe, potable water providing 800KL a day. The project also included a new elevated water storage tank to accommodate 4,000 residents.

The existing site houses 450 families, with an additional 300 families to be phased in and more apartments to be added on budget in the future.

With the new elevated water tank in place the existing tank will now get demolished and USACE Afghanistan district, with the support and cooperation from our host country, delivers the program.


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