比弗顿市启动了一项主要的水系统改善计划，该计划包括四个主要部分。该项目旨在满足日益增长的城市日益增长的生活用水和消防用水需求。最大的项目是一个1500万加仑的蓄水池和泵站。由于该市的债券评级非常好，比弗顿决定，为这些改善提供资金的最可行方法是出售水收入债券。该市致力于在债券金额内完成这四个项目，并愿意考虑以最具成本效益的方式提出建设这些项目的可能途径。 事实证明，大型水库替代设计招标是实现这一目标的有效方法。

The City of Beaverton embarked on a major water system improvement program that included four major components. The program was to satisfy the increasing water demands for both domestic consumption and fire protection in a growing city. The largest project was a 15 million gallon reservoir and pump station. Because of the City's excellent bond rating, Beaverton determined that the most feasible method of funding those improvements was the sale of water revenue bonds. The City was committed to completing these four projects within the bond amount and was willing to consider suggestions on possible ways to construct these projects in the most cost effective manner. The bidding of alternative designs for the large reservoir proved to be an effective method to meet this objective.