Water Security Agency Owner’s Engineer
KGS Group served as owner’s engineer to help the Water Security Agency (WSA) reduce their project backlog and bring consistency to their capital delivery services. Acting as project managers, our team scoped, managed and executed over 20 project procurements on behalf of the WSA.
Our project managers also assisted the WSA with oversight of their larger portfolio of owner’s engineer projects. Our role covered portfolio oversight, procurement leadership and risk and schedule control across multiple projects.
At the start of the contract, KGS mostly worked on process definition, engineering standards development and project engineering. In the later years, KGS was able to progress the work through engineering to construction. Because of this, the WSA spent its full capital allocation, with KGS-managed projects accounting for the majority of the spend, with this trend continuing to this day.
The KGS team accelerated project delivery and budget utilization while establishing a repeatable framework for future projects, enabling continued success for WSA.
Project Highlights
- Managed and executed over 20 project procurements
- Managed over 45 engineering, long‑lead procurement and construction contracts
- $53 million in capital construction delivered (November 2020 – March 2024)
- Helped create a framework enabling consistent, sustainable asset maintenance
- Clearer engagement model for ACEC‑SK members