News
October 2, 2008
Benton Plant Site Commended For Workplace Safety
The construction site of the City of Raleigh’s Dempsey E. Benton Water Treatment Plant has been recognized by the North Carolina Department of Labor (NCDOL) for its commitment to jobsite safety.
The water treatment plant project was one of four jobsites of Archer Western Contractors that have been qualified to participate in NCDOL’s Building Star Program. Archer Western, based in Atlanta, is the general contractor for Raleigh’s Dempsey E. Benton Water Treatment Plant. The company’s other jobsites that were recognized by NCDOL are the Terminal C expansion at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, the Target Distribution Center in Newton and the I-85 rehabilitation project in Vance County.
State Labor Commissioner Cherie K. Berry will present each of the four jobsites with a certificate for its accomplishment.
Committed to creating and maintaining safe jobsites, Archer Western believes that safety should not be sacrificed for production but rather considered an integral part of quality control, cost reduction and job efficiency. The City of Raleigh shares Archer Western’s commitment to job safety and supports the contractor’s participation in the Building Star Program.
“The City of Raleigh is obviously very pleased and proud that Archer Western is being recognized by NCDOL for the significant safety commitment and achievement the company has accomplished to date while constructing the City’s new Dempsey E. Benton Water Treatment Plant,” City Public Utilities Director Dale Crisp said.
The Dempsey E. Benton Water Treatment Plant is located on a City of Raleigh-owned 55-acre site at Lake Benson, off of N.C. 50 (Benson Road) at Buffaloe Road, south of Garner. Construction of the $90.5 million plant remains on schedule, with completion set for February 2010. The new plant will be the City’s third water treatment plant ever and the second to be in operation. It will make 20 million gallons of water available daily to City of Raleigh water customers.
The facility is named for Dempsey E. Benton, who served as Raleigh’s city manager from 1983-2000. Mr. Benton is currently secretary of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.
The Dempsey E. Benton Water Treatment Plant will allow the City of Raleigh to meet the area’s future water needs by providing additional water system reliability and capacity. The City will continue to operate the E.M. Johnson Water Treatment Plant in north Raleigh after the Dempsey E. Benton plant opens. The two plants are expected to meet the area’s water needs through 2020. To accommodate water needs beyond 2020 to 2040, the City of Raleigh’s long-term supply plan includes expanding the Johnson plant to its maximum capacity of 120 million gallons of water per day, building a reuse water distribution system to offset current potable water use by up to 10 million gallons per day, and building the Little River Reservoir in eastern Wake County.
The City of Raleigh’s water and sewer system serves 167,501 metered residential and business customers in Raleigh, Garner, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Knightdale, Wendell and Zebulon.
Prepared by:
John Boyette
Public Affairs Specialist
Public Affairs Department
For More Information Contact:
Dale Crisp
Director
Public Utilities Department
One Exchange Plaza, Suite 620
Raleigh, NC 27602
919-857-4540
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