We are thrilled to announce that the Village of Buffalo Grove and Ciorba Group have won the APWA Lake Branch and Chicago Metro Chapter Award in the category for Environment – Less than $5M,  for the Cambridge on the Lake Lift Station project. This project was a true collaboration, with a large group of agencies, consultants, contractors, private companies and associations, as well as the residents of Buffalo Grove, all coming together to make it a success.

The project, which began in 2020, aimed to address lift station and capital improvement upgrades in the Cambridge Countryside and Cambridge on the Lake residential neighborhoods. With current permitting requirements differing from historical requirements, the team determined that the best course of action was to consolidate the two lift stations into a single facility, maximizing station capacity while also making operations more efficient.

The Village also saw this as an opportunity to attract private development and enhance public park space while creating local water quality benefits. By selecting Cambridge Park, the project was able to enhance operations, improve surface water quality, and provide detention and volume control improvements for future developments.

We’re proud of the positive impact this project will have on the community and honored to receive this recognition from the APWA Lake Branch.