The city’s public utilities department plans to create a master list of pre-vetted engineers and other contractors, which officials said will help projects get done quicker. The requests for qualifications now being advertised by New London Public Utilities (NLPU) seek firms with engineering expertise in one or more areas: water treatment facilities, water supply dams, water tanks and storage facilities, wastewater pressure and force mains, wastewater treatment facilities, and storm water systems. Water and Water Pollution Control Authority Chairman Barry Weiner said the city in the past has waited until a project is “well along” in the planning process before screening potential contractors, including those that specialize in pre- and post-construction work. NLPU, which owns and operates a series of water, wastewater and storm water systems in New London, Waterford and East Lyme, is seeking consultants able to provide project planning, design, construction oversight, general technical support and on-call services and to “work well with groups of city officials, citizens and businesspersons,” according to the bid documents.
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