diff --git a/dbt/adapters/vertica/__init__.py b/dbt/adapters/vertica/__init__.py
index a03e756..8e99d8e 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/vertica/__init__.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/vertica/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from dbt.adapters.vertica.connections import verticaConnectionManager
 from dbt.adapters.vertica.connections import verticaCredentials
 from dbt.adapters.vertica.impl import verticaAdapter
-from dbt.adapters.vertica.column import verticaColumn
+from dbt.adapters.vertica.column import VerticaColumn
 
 from dbt.adapters.base import AdapterPlugin
 from dbt.include import vertica
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/vertica/column.py b/dbt/adapters/vertica/column.py
index a9d57c7..404f5a9 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/vertica/column.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/vertica/column.py
@@ -15,164 +15,16 @@
 
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-import re
-from typing import Dict, ClassVar, Any, Optional
+from typing import Dict, ClassVar
 
-from dbt.exceptions import DbtRuntimeError
 from dbt.adapters.base.column import Column
 
 @dataclass(init=False)
-class verticaColumn(Column):
-    TYPE_LABELS = {
+class VerticaColumn(Column):
+    TYPE_LABELS: ClassVar[Dict[str, str]]  = {
         "STRING": "VARCHAR",
         "TIMESTAMP": "TIMESTAMP",
         "FLOAT": "FLOAT",
         "INTEGER": "INT",
         "BOOLEAN": "BOOLEAN",
-        "string": "VERCHAR",
     }
-    column: str
-    dtype: str
-    char_size: Optional[int] = None
-    numeric_precision: Optional[Any] = None
-    numeric_scale: Optional[Any] = None
-
-    @classmethod
-    def translate_type(cls, dtype: str) -> str:
-        return cls.TYPE_LABELS.get(dtype.upper(), dtype)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def create(cls, name, label_or_dtype: str) -> "Column":
-        column_type = cls.translate_type(label_or_dtype)
-        return cls(name, column_type)
-
-    @property
-    def name(self) -> str:
-        return self.column
-
-    @property
-    def quoted(self) -> str:
-        return '"{}"'.format(self.column)
-
-    @property
-    def data_type(self) -> str:
-        if self.is_string():
-            return self.string_type(self.string_size())
-        elif self.is_numeric():
-            return self.numeric_type(self.dtype, self.numeric_precision, self.numeric_scale)
-        else:
-            return self.dtype
-
-    def is_string(self) -> bool:
-        return self.dtype.lower() in ["text", "character varying", "character", "varchar"]
-
-    def is_number(self):
-        return any([self.is_integer(), self.is_numeric(), self.is_float()])
-
-    def is_float(self):
-        return self.dtype.lower() in [
-            # floats
-            "real",
-            "float4",
-            "float",
-            "double precision",
-            "float8",
-            "double",
-        ]
-
-    def is_integer(self) -> bool:
-        return self.dtype.lower() in [
-            # real types
-            "smallint",
-            "integer",
-            "bigint",
-            "smallserial",
-            "serial",
-            "bigserial",
-            # aliases
-            "int2",
-            "int4",
-            "int8",
-            "serial2",
-            "serial4",
-            "serial8",
-        ]
-
-    def is_numeric(self) -> bool:
-        return self.dtype.lower() in ["numeric", "decimal"]
-
-    def string_size(self) -> int:
-        if not self.is_string():
-            raise DbtRuntimeError("Called string_size() on non-string field!")
-
-        if self.dtype == "text" or self.char_size is None:
-            # char_size should never be None. Handle it reasonably just in case
-            return 256
-        else:
-            return int(self.char_size)
-
-    def can_expand_to(self, other_column: "Column") -> bool:
-        """returns True if this column can be expanded to the size of the
-        other column"""
-        if not self.is_string() or not other_column.is_string():
-            return False
-
-        return other_column.string_size() > self.string_size()
-
-    def literal(self, value: Any) -> str:
-        return "{}::{}".format(value, self.data_type)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def string_type(cls, size: int) -> str:
-        return "character varying({})".format(size)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def numeric_type(cls, dtype: str, precision: Any, scale: Any) -> str:
-        # This could be decimal(...), numeric(...), number(...)
-        # Just use whatever was fed in here -- don't try to get too clever
-        if precision is None or scale is None:
-            return dtype
-        else:
-            return "{}({},{})".format(dtype, precision, scale)
-
-    def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return "<Column {} ({})>".format(self.name, self.data_type)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def from_description(cls, name: str, raw_data_type: str) -> "Column":
-        match = re.match(r"([^(]+)(\([^)]+\))?", raw_data_type)
-        if match is None:
-            raise DbtRuntimeError(f'Could not interpret data type "{raw_data_type}"')
-        data_type, size_info = match.groups()
-        char_size = None
-        numeric_precision = None
-        numeric_scale = None
-        if size_info is not None:
-            # strip out the parentheses
-            size_info = size_info[1:-1]
-            parts = size_info.split(",")
-            if len(parts) == 1:
-                try:
-                    char_size = int(parts[0])
-                except ValueError:
-                    raise DbtRuntimeError(
-                        f'Could not interpret data_type "{raw_data_type}": '
-                        f'could not convert "{parts[0]}" to an integer'
-                    )
-            elif len(parts) == 2:
-                try:
-                    numeric_precision = int(parts[0])
-                except ValueError:
-                    raise DbtRuntimeError(
-                        f'Could not interpret data_type "{raw_data_type}": '
-                        f'could not convert "{parts[0]}" to an integer'
-                    )
-                try:
-                    numeric_scale = int(parts[1])
-                except ValueError:
-                    raise DbtRuntimeError(
-                        f'Could not interpret data_type "{raw_data_type}": '
-                        f'could not convert "{parts[1]}" to an integer'
-                    )
-
-        return cls(name, data_type, char_size, numeric_precision, numeric_scale)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/vertica/impl.py b/dbt/adapters/vertica/impl.py
index 8acad00..e17b894 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/vertica/impl.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/vertica/impl.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 from dbt.adapters.sql import SQLAdapter
 from dbt.adapters.vertica import verticaConnectionManager
 #from dbt.adapters.vertica import VerticaRelation
-#from dbt.adapters.vertica import VerticaColumn
-from typing import Mapping, Any, Optional, List, Union, Dict
+from dbt.adapters.vertica import VerticaColumn
+from typing import Optional, List, Union, Dict
 from dbt.adapters.base import available
 from dbt.exceptions import (
 
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@
 from dbt.adapters.base.meta import available
 from dbt.adapters.sql import SQLAdapter  # type: ignore
 
-from dbt.adapters.sql.impl import (
-    LIST_SCHEMAS_MACRO_NAME,
-    LIST_RELATIONS_MACRO_NAME,
-)
-
 from dbt.adapters.base.impl import AdapterConfig,ConstraintSupport
 from dbt.contracts.graph.nodes import ConstraintType
 
@@ -54,7 +49,7 @@ class VerticaConfig(AdapterConfig):
 class verticaAdapter(SQLAdapter):
     ConnectionManager = verticaConnectionManager
    # Relation = VerticaRelation
-    #Column = VerticaColumn
+    Column = VerticaColumn
     
     AdapterSpecificConfigs = VerticaConfig
     CONSTRAINT_SUPPORT = {
@@ -84,6 +79,10 @@ def convert_number_type(cls, agate_table, col_idx):
         decimals = agate_table.aggregate(agate.MaxPrecision(col_idx))
         return "numeric(18,{})".format(decimals) if decimals else "integer"
 
+    @classmethod
+    def convert_datetime_type(cls, agate_table, col_idx):
+        return "timestamp"
+
     @available
     def standardize_grants_dict(self, grants_table: agate.Table) -> dict:
         """
diff --git a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/array_append.sql b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/array_append.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d00583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/array_append.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{# new_element must be the same data type as elements in array to match postgres functionality #}
+{% macro vertica__array_append(array, new_element) -%}
+    {{ array_concat(array, array_construct([new_element])) }}
+{%- endmacro %}
diff --git a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/array_concat.sql b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/array_concat.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fe9d74..0000000
--- a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/array_concat.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{% macro array_concat(array_1, array_2) -%}
-    array_concat({{ array_1 }}, {{ array_2 }})
-{%- endmacro %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/array_construct.sql b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/array_construct.sql
index c10d9fa..f8b9a17 100644
--- a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/array_construct.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/array_construct.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% macro array_construct(inputs, data_type) -%}
+{% macro vertica__array_construct(inputs, data_type) -%}
     {% if inputs|length > 0 %}
     [ {{ inputs|join(' , ') }} ]
     {% else %}
diff --git a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/bool_or.sql b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/bool_or.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 881b29e..0000000
--- a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/bool_or.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{% macro bool_or(expression) -%}
-
-    logical_or({{ expression }})
-
-{%- endmacro %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/cast_bool_to_text.sql b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/cast_bool_to_text.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47185d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/cast_bool_to_text.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{% macro vertica__cast_bool_to_text(field) %}
+  case when {{ field }} then 'true' when {{ field }} is null then null else 'false' end
+{% endmacro %}
diff --git a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/concat.sql b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/concat.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 0669290..0000000
--- a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/concat.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{% macro concat(fields) -%}
-  {{ return(adapter.dispatch('concat', 'dbt')(fields)) }}
-{%- endmacro %}
-
-{% macro default__concat(fields) -%}
-    {{ fields|join(' || ') }}
-{%- endmacro %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/data_types.sql b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/data_types.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index ef240c3..0000000
--- a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/data_types.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
- {%- macro type_string() -%} 
-   {{ return(adapter.dispatch('type_string', 'dbt')()) }} 
- {%- endmacro -%} 
-  
- {% macro default__type_string() %} 
-     {{ return(api.Column.translate_type("string")) }} 
- {% endmacro %}
-
-{% macro vertica__type_string() %} 
-     {{ return(api.Column.translate_type("string")) }} 
- {% endmacro %}
diff --git a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/dateadd.sql b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/dateadd.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dfadef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/dateadd.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{% macro vertica__dateadd(datepart, interval, from_date_or_timestamp) %}
+
+    timestampadd(
+        {{ datepart }},
+        {{ interval }},
+        {{ from_date_or_timestamp }}
+        )
+
+{% endmacro %}
diff --git a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/datediff.sql b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/datediff.sql
index 9e7f97f..5c7f34a 100644
--- a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/datediff.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/datediff.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% macro datediff(first_date, second_date, datepart) -%}
+{% macro vertica__datediff(first_date, second_date, datepart) -%}
 
   {% if dbt_version[0] == 1 and dbt_version[2] >= 2 %}
     {{ return(dbt.datediff(first_date, second_date, datepart)) }}
diff --git a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/except.sql b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/except.sql
index d54fc0f..0f5fffa 100644
--- a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/except.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/except.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% macro except() %}
+{% macro vertica__except() %}
 
     except distinct
 
diff --git a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/hash.sql b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/hash.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ef5793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/hash.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{% macro vertica__hash(field) -%}
+    md5(cast({{ field }} as varchar))
+{%- endmacro %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/intersect.sql b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/intersect.sql
index f9aa379..e29c094 100644
--- a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/intersect.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/intersect.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% macro intersect() %}
+{% macro vertica__intersect() %}
 
     intersect distinct
 
diff --git a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/right.sql b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/right.sql
index 9e5948b..f898f0c 100644
--- a/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/right.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/vertica/macros/utils/right.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% macro right(string_text, length_expression) %}
+{% macro vertica__right(string_text, length_expression) %}
 
     case when {{ length_expression }} = 0
         then ''