City of Sarasota Lift Station 87
Sarasota, FL · Wastewater · Client: City of Sarasota
Project details
Lift station project earning ISI Envision Silver Award for sustainability.

People Helping People Solve Complex Infrastructure Challenges
McKim & Creed is an engineering, geomatics, and surveying firm founded in 1984 and ranked among ENR's Top 200 Design Firms. With offices across North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Louisiana, it combines national expertise with local perspective to deliver water, wastewater, energy, site civil, and geomatics solutions. Core strengths include water and wastewater infrastructure, central utility plants, SCADA and I&C systems, climate resiliency design, and a full geomatics practice spanning aerial mapping, mobile LiDAR, and subsurface utility engineering.
Comprehensive planning, design, and construction administration for drinking water treatment and distribution, wastewater collection and treatment, reclaimed water systems, and wet weather programs.
Engineering of central utility plants and medium-voltage distribution systems for healthcare, educational, and industrial facilities, including CHP, heat recovery, thermal storage, absorption chillers, and medium-voltage deliveries up to 160,000 kVA at 34,500 volts.
Electrical systems design for water and wastewater treatment, covering primary and emergency standby power, medium and low voltage switchgear, power transformers, motor control centers, arc flash mitigation, load studies, UPS, variable frequency drives, grounding, and lightning protection.
I&C and SCADA engineering for municipal and industrial clients, delivered by a team of 25 engineers and designers with collectively over 150 years of experience in controls, programming, integration, and field administration.
Analysis, design, and upfit of resilient water, wastewater, and reclaimed water infrastructure to withstand storm-surge flooding, saltwater intrusion, and power disruptions. Includes FEMA/HMGP funding support; McKim & Creed has helped 25+ utilities secure nearly $60 million in SRF and CWSRF funding.
Renewable energy and building systems engineering, including solar, energy storage, and building energy optimization.
Site civil engineering for land development projects.
Full geomatics practice spanning conventional land surveying, aerial mapping, mobile LiDAR, 3D laser scanning, UAS/drone surveys, hydrographic surveying, subsurface utility engineering, and geospatial asset management.
Facility and campus master planning and landscape architecture services.
Water Supply · Wastewater · Stormwater & Flood Control · Healthcare · Education · Industrial · Power Generation · Oil & Gas · Energy Storage · Renewable Energy · Solar · Aviation · Transportation · Highways & Roads · Rail · Ports & Harbors · Federal · Government · Commercial · Residential
Sarasota, FL · Wastewater · Client: City of Sarasota
Lift station project earning ISI Envision Silver Award for sustainability.
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Electrical infrastructure master plan for University of North Carolina Pembroke campus.
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3D imaging and modeling of the steam plant at NC State University.