Changshu is located in the lower reaches of Taihu Lake and on the banks of the Yangtze River, embracing both the river and the lake. The area is densely dotted with lakes and marshes and crisscrossed by rivers and ports, making it a typical Jiangnan water town. It has always prospered, grown wealthy, become beautiful, and gained its vitality through water. In recent years, water conservancy construction and management personnel in Changshu have continuously studied and implemented the "sixteen-character" water governance policy, practiced the new-era water conservancy spirit of "loyalty, integrity, responsibility, science, truth-seeking, and innovation," and solidly advanced water conservancy project construction, providing a foundational guarantee for Changshu's high-quality development.

　　Deepening reform and scientifically establishing project legal persons
　　In March 2015, the implementation opinions for Changshu's "smooth flow and living water" project were formally proposed, planning to renovate the city's backbone river network and build a backbone water system connectivity and regulation system. At the same time, a large number of provincial and municipal key projects were about to be implemented, including the urban flood control enclosure project, the Wangyu River risk elimination and reinforcement project, west bank control, and small and medium-sized river improvement. Faced with a situation of numerous projects, large investment amounts, and wide coverage, the Changshu Water Conservancy Project Construction Management Center (formerly the Changshu Water Conservancy Project Construction Management Office) was formally established in May 2015.
Since 2015, it has undertaken construction management for many provincial and municipal key water conservancy projects, including the Wangyu River risk elimination and reinforcement project, the Wangyu River west bank control project, and small and medium-sized river governance. In the process of project construction management, we standardized institutional setup and separated project construction from industry supervision. The bureau's administrative department performs the functions of guidance, supervision, inspection, assessment, and service in water conservancy project construction management, selects outstanding personnel who understand technology and are skilled in management to strengthen the project legal person, strengthens on-site management, and ensures the project legal person responsibility system is implemented.

　　Strict construction management and a dense quality and safety network
　　In the process of project construction management, we have continuously deepened and solidified water conservancy project quality and safety supervision, advanced construction management with high quality, and won 1 provincial high-quality project award "Yangtze Cup," 2 provincial-level high-quality projects, 3 provincial civilized construction sites, 5 Suzhou municipal high-quality projects, and 6 Suzhou municipal civilized construction sites.
　　Quality comes first in a century-long plan, and construction management work is pursued unremittingly. In the process of project construction management, we establish and improve the project legal person's project quality management system, strictly perform quality management procedures, and clarify the responsible entities and responsible persons at all levels of the project. In accordance with capital construction procedures, we promptly form a professional project legal person management team, strictly implement special document systems such as the lifelong quality responsibility system, mandatory provisions, and third-party quality inspection, establish and improve quality management systems, inspect the implementation of technical standards at each stage, strictly control project quality management actions, and further promote the standardization of construction management. We compact the main responsibilities of participating units, continuously increase inspection of key water conservancy projects, and strengthen quality inspection and rectification. At the same time, we fully leverage the exemplary and leading role of high-quality projects, formulate excellence plans, vigorously promote new processes and new methods, and drive the quality of the city's water conservancy projects to a higher level.

　　Truth-seeking and innovative, actively applying the "four new" technologies
　　In the process of project construction, we have always adhered to the construction concept of "quality first, quality as the foundation" and actively promoted and applied the "four new" technologies. For example, in the Xuliujing riverside hub project, the main works were required to use combined tie-rod water-stop screws to ensure the construction quality of the main works; in the Suzhou area, a "quality traceability system" was implemented for key and important concealed parts for the first time, achieving visual and paperless quality traceability; a BIM management system was used, allowing management personnel of all participating units to photograph on-site quality problems through a mobile app and upload them to the BIM management system, with the app automatically sending them to the relevant responsible persons for rectification and closure, thereby improving management efficiency; BIM technology was used for visual disclosure, enabling operators at the construction site to quickly, intuitively, and accurately understand the specific processes of construction procedures and improve work efficiency; raw material quality control was strengthened. In view of the project's 100-year design service life, the construction unit organized all participating units in the early stage to hold a special demonstration meeting on concrete quality, inspect on site the quality of raw materials such as cement, yellow sand, and gravel, and investigate the production capacity of concrete mixing plants. After determining the concrete supplier, a "warehouse reservation" model was adopted to ensure that the commercial concrete manufacturer supplied from dedicated silos.
　　In addition, Changshu also applied prefabricated U-shaped wave piles in the Beifushantang governance project, which greatly accelerated project progress and reduced project cost while ensuring project quality. Members of the QC group of the Xuliujing governance project, through investigation and analysis, on-site measurement, and testing, reduced the ammonia nitrogen content in the water and raised the water level line after seedling planting, greatly improving the survival rate of aquatic plants planted in the river channel.