Advanced Water Treatment Plant
Fact Sheet
Title of Project
Advanced Water Treatment Plant
Artist
Robert Millar
Commissioner
City of San Diego Metropolitan Waste Water Department
City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture
Commenced
March 1996
Completed
September 1997 (project discontinued at 30% design stage)
Location
Proposed location was adjacent to the merging of two major freeways I-5 and I-805 in San Diego , California , USA . (The project was not built.)
Scope
Building 100' x 580' with two smaller attached nodes each approx. 40' x 65' on a 7.5 acre site (35,000 square meters).
Budget
Design to 30% Design Stage: US$1.45 million
Overall project budget of design and construction: US$150 million
Funding sources
City of San Diego Capital Improvement Budget
Federal Bureau of Reclamation Title XVI grant monies
Summary Artist's Brief
The initial brief, as contained in the City of San Diego Public Art Policy , was to create a public art component in the project as an integral aspect of the overall site or building design. Through negotiation between contractor and artist, this became the following more specific brief: The artist should attend all meetings and give his opinion on all designs - engineering, architectural, landscape - in order to affect the overall design of the project.
Project Managers
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.: Doug Owen, P.E., DEE, Director of Quality.
City of San Diego Metropolitan Waste Water Department: Jim Shamloufard, then Senior Civil Engineer, Engineering and Project Management Division.
City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture: Gail Goldman, Public Art Director.
Other Professionals
City of San Diego Metropolitan Waste Water Department: Representative for technological implementation Paul Gagliardo.
Principal Consulting Engineers: Paul Findley, Rick Kennedy Malcolm Pirnie Inc.
Process/Mechanical Engineers: Bill Everest, Chris Martin Boyle Engineering Corporation.
Architects: Design Team: Andy Chen and Mike Gorishek Tectonics, Inc.
Architects: Art Team: Tom Buresh Guthrie+Buresh Architects.
Landscape Architect: Steve Estrada, Estrada Land Planning.
Contact for further information
Michael Scahill, Supervising Public Information Officer, Metropolitan Waste Water Department, tel: (001) 858-292-6403, e-mail: [email protected]
Victoria L Hamilton, Executive Director, City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, tel: (001) 619 533 3440, email: [email protected]
Robert Millar, artist: e-mail: [email protected]
