Completed Projects
WWTP Equalization Tank No. 2
Rockwood, Mi
Engineer: C.E. Raines Company
Completion Date: February, 2022
Reliance Building Company partnered with DLZ in the design and build out of the City of Rockwood's second equalization tank. The 70' diameter tank will provide valuable storage for the wastewater treatment plant in case of a high-flow event.
Pump Station & Screening Building
Pinckney, Mi
Engineer: Wolverine Engineering
Completion Date: November, 2021
Reliance Building Company constructed a new 20' x 26' concrete block pump station, as well as a new 24' x 32' concrete block screening building as a part of the upgrades to Village of Pinckney's Wastewater System. The pump station will received a new 30' wet well, 8' in diameter, as well as new underground sewer forcemain.
Walled Lake - Novi WWTP East & West Clarifier Renovations
Novi, Mi
Cost: $1,427,500.00
Engineer: Fishbeck
Completion Date: June, 2021
Reliance Building Company performed an overhaul on two clarifiers that are part of the Oakland County Water system. The job entailed the demolition and replacement of existing clarifier mechanisms and skimming equipment, along with the necessary concrete and metal repairs. Additionally, RBC also installed protective coatings to help extend the clarifiers' life cycle.
Water Quality Monitoring Panels
Flint, Mi
Cost: $374,400
Design Build Partnership: HESCO/DLZ
Completion Date: April, 2021
Reliance Building Company is proud to have assisted in the effort to modernize the City of Flint Water System with the Installation of five water quality monitoring panels in various pump and booster stations throughout the City of Flint. These panels are designed to detect various contaminants that could appear in a water system, and are ultimately aimed at providing clean and safe water to the residents of Flint.
Oak Valley Booster Station Improvements
Pittsfield, MI
Cost: $253,050
Architect/Engineer: Stantec Consulting, MI
Completion Date: January, 2021
The Improvements to the Oak Valley Booster Station consisted of exterior grading and site work, exterior architectural repairs, and interior and exterior painting. The station received a new asphalt shingle roof, as well as new vinyl siding, doors, and a concrete driveway.
Hillview Wellhouse Improvements
White Lake, MI
Cost: $747,655.00
Architect/Engineer: Johnson and Anderson (DLZ)
Completion Date: September, 2020
The Improvements to the Hillview Wellhouse consisted the demolition and removal of the dilapidated existing structure and finished with the construction of a new 1,150 square foot Wellhouse containing Variable Frequency Drives for the pumps, new magnetic flow meters, new pressure transducers, new controls, new electrical, and SCADA improvements.
Barry's Let's Rent It
Novi, MI
Cost: $245,000
Architect/Engineer: Lindhout Associates
Completion Date: July, 2020
The renovation of Barry's Let's Rent It new company headquarters consisted of a complete overhaul of the existing showroom and warehouse, ultimately modernizing the showroom, and fitting the warehouse to meet the needs of the new owners.
Morgan Road Booster Station
Pittsfield, MI
Cost: $363,000
Architect/Engineer: Stantec Consulting, MI
Completion Date: November, 2019
This project consisted of the rehabilitation and improvement of an existing water booster station. The building underwent salvage and demolition in which unused pumps and transformers were removed and later received upgraded electrical, mechanical, and cosmetic improvements ranging from energy efficient electrical transformers to a fresh coat of paint.
Oxidation Ditch Renovation
Carleton, MI
Cost: $208,000
Architect/Engineer: Fleis & Vandenbrink
Completion Date: July, 2019
This project consisted of concrete wall replacement at the oxidation ditches, concrete crack repair, application of concrete surface coatings, and all other related work.
Independence Township DPW Building
Clarkston, MI
Cost: $1,767,000
Architect/Engineer: Hubbell Roth & Clark
Completion Date: October, 2019
The project consisted of a new building addition, approximately 7,200 square feet which includes new bays for vehicles, bollards, pulverizing existing parking areas, new pavement and supplemental base course, sidewalks, curbs, underground storm sewers with connections, signage and landscaping. Removal work included pavement removal, base repairs, site clearing, earth excavation, and miscellaneous items of work necessary to parking lot improvements.
Hess-Hathaway & Ridgetop
Water Treatment Facilities
Waterford, MI
Cost: $6,208,000
Architect/Engineer: Johnson and Anderson (DLZ)
Completion Date: July, 2009
This water treatment project is one of our proudest accomplishments at Reliance Building Company. This project consisted of the new construction of a water treatment plant that resembled a barn so as to blend in a park, as well as the addition of a primary water filter to another water treatment plant in the system. These improvements included a pressure filter, laboratory space, and a blower room. Due to Relaince's effective execution of the project, we jointly received the 2010 engineering excellence award from the American Council of Engineering Companies along with DLZ/Johnson & Anderson.
Macomb County Biofilter
Fraser, MI
Cost: $1,840,000
Architect/Engineer: Giffels Webster
Completion Date: 2015
This project included construction of an underground concrete vault for a 20,000 CFM fan and three media filter beds. The fan is designed to pull air from the adjacent sanitary sewer system and filter it through the filter beds to reduce corrosion of the downstream system by hydro sulfuric acid.
Village Acres Iron Removal Plant
White Lake, MI
Cost: $2,465,000
Engineer: Johnson and Anderson (DLZ)
Completion Date: June, 2016
This project consisted of the demolition and reconstruction of an existing well house for two new horizontal iron removal filters capable of filtering up to 2 million gallons of water per day. Additional equipment included chlorine and chemical feed equipment, process air blowers, and compressors. The building also housed a lab with sampling equipment. Exterior improvements included a new underground backwash retention basin and pipe connections to the distribution system.
Walled Lake - Novi WWTP
Retention Basin
Novi, MI
Cost: $1,400,000
Architect/Engineer: Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber
Completion Date: May, 2016
This project consisted of constructing a 500,000 gallon cast-in-place concrete retention basin including level measurement instrumentation and site piping. The installation of a 2,500 gallon hydro-pneumatic tank and associated process piping and instrumentation was also included.
Water Treatment Plant
East China, MI
Cost: $4,900,000
Architect/Engineer: Wade-Trim/Associates
Completion Date: August, 2001
For the Charter Townships of East China and China, Reliance Building Company constructed a state-of-the-art membrane micro-filtration water treatment plant, the first plant to use the Zenon system in the Midwest. The new Zenon system was constructed to replace the 1950's era Sand filtration system and address long-standing problems with East China's source water, allowing them to meet current and future drinking water requirements. The new 2.7 million gallon per day Zenon system includes a 500,000-gallon water tank, a new water intake structure and various water distribution improvements. Construction was completed in July of 2001 and the plant was immediately brought online. This project was awarded the 2003 ACEC-MI/MSPE Engineering Excellence Merit Award and the 2004 APWA-MI Project of the Year Award, Environment $2 to $10 Million.
West Bloomfield DPW Building
West Bloomfield, MI
Cost: $2,120,000
Architect/Engineer: Johnson & Anderson (DLZ)
Completion Date: 2017
This project included the construction of a new four bay storage garage, new fuel island and canopy, energy efficient interior and exterior lighting and façade improvements to the existing building. Site improvements included permeable pavement, concrete paving and biological swales utilizing native vegetation for stormwater retention.
Water Storage Tank
Harrison Township, MI
Cost: $1,379,000
Architect/Engineer: Johnson & Anderson (DLZ)
Completion Date: August, 2012
Reliance Building Company partnered with Johnson & Anderson to design and build a 750,000 gallon water storage tank and pump station system for the Charter Township of Harrison. The system will allow the township to pump and store water purchased from DWSD during non-peak hours for later use during periods of high flow.
Water Treatment Plants
Grand Blanc, MI
Cost: $3,600,000
Architect/Engineer: Tetra Tech MPS
Completion Date: September, 2004
This project consisted of the construction of additions at two existing water treatment plants on two separate well sites along with the installation of a membrane treatment system. This system included five, 300 gallons per minute low energy (LE) reverse osmosis (RO) membrane packages, and two clean-in-place systems. Various electrical upgrades were made for the additions one of which being the installation of diesel generators.
Wet Weather Storage Facility
Richmond, MI
Cost: $1,590,000
Architect/Engineer: Tetra Tech
Completion Date: January, 2008
This project consisted of the installation of a 1.3 million gallon storage tank with foundation, a 7.5 million-gallon per day pump station, and associated electrical, instrumentation and site work.
Water Treatment Plant
Chelsea, MI
Cost: $4,600,000
Architect/Engineer: Tetra Tech MPS
Completion Date: June, 2002
A new 0.85 million gallon per day Water Treatment Plant was built for Chelsea with the associated site work, utilities and a water production well. This plant is based on the Tonka WT System utilizing a combination of gravity filters and Osmonics RO process.
Kensington Metropark WWTP
Milford, MI
Cost: $2,204,000
Architect/Engineer: Stantec Consulting
Completion Date: November, 2013
Kensington's aging wastewater treatment plant could no longer service the park. As a result, this project involved directionally drilling two miles of new HDPE forcemain to connect the park's sanitary with Milford, replacing two-thousand feet of forcemain under Kent Lake and upgrading two existing pump stations. Finally, the existing wastewater treatment plant was decommissioned and demolished.