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Hoover Dam Bypass Project
– Boulder City, Nevada – In the spring of 2005 we
were awarded a subcontract by Obayashi Corporation (Project
General Contractor) to participate in the construction of one
of the largest arch bridges in the world. The Hoover Dam Bypass
Bridge has been in the works ever since the tragic day of Sept
11, 2001. Since that fateful day, interstate traffic has been
greatly restricted for crossing the Hoover Dam. All semi trucks
and other large vehicles have been rerouted to other highways
around the dam for security reasons. The rerouting has added
hours of extra travel time for these drivers, so the need for
the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge was very apparent. The Hoover Dam
Bypass Bridge will be the 4th largest concrete arch bridge in
the world. It will span the canyon just below the Hoover Dam.
Our part of this $130 million project will be to erect the 350’
tall twin cable ways that will carry the bridge material across
the canyon. In addition to the cableway erection, we will erect
all the vertical precast concrete columns, horizontal steel
tub girders, and we will install the stay in place metal decking.
This project is scheduled to be complete by late 2007 or early
2008.
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Chevron Refinery – We were successful in our bid to Harder Mechanical of Portland, OR to do the majority of the structural steel and vessel installation for the Chevron Refinery upgrade in Salt Lake City, Utah. The contract required many heavy vessels to be installed and a variety of steel structures to be erected. We were asked to assist with several other items not in our contract so that the project would be finished on time. Much of the extra work was fabricated on site due to time constraints. We completed the project on time and within budget.
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Holly Oil Refinery – North Salt Lake
City, Utah – In October of 2005 we were contracted to
lift and set a 628,000 pound vessel for Holly Oil Refinery.
We used an M2250 with a Maxer 2000 attachment and a M777 truck
crane to perform the lift. First we had to re-position the vessel,
so we “leap-frogged” it and then stood it up, crawled
it into place and installed it. The lift went very well and
the vessel is up and running.
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Hopkins Ridge Wind Project:
Dayton, Washington – In late August 2005 we began to erect
the Hopkins Ridge Wind project near Dayton, Washington. We erected
83 Vestas V80 wind turbines on 67-meter towers and finished
with erecting operations just prior to the Thanksgiving weekend.
This project was built for Renewable Energy Systems of Austin,
Texas.
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NPPD - Ainsworth, Nebraska:–
In June of 2005, we began erecting activities on the NPPD wind
project near Ainsworth, Nebraska. We erected 36 Vestas V82 wind
turbines on 70-meter towers. We finished erecting the project
one day ahead of schedule even though there were almost 4 times
the number of wind days that had been expected. This project was
built for Renewable Energy Systems.
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Sweetwater Phase II In
September of 2004 we began erecting the Sweetwater Phase II wind
project for RES of Austin, Texas. This phase of the project consisted
of 61 GE 1500 turbines on 80-meter towers. The erecting portion
of the project was completed by mid-January of 2005
• Hurricane Arch Bridge Rehabilitation –
In the early summer of 2003, we began the rehabilitation of the
old hurricane arch bridge. (During the first of the year we erected
a sister bridge next to this historic bridge.) We removed all
of the bridge super-structure, blasting, repainting, repairing,
and strengthening to meet current seismic codes. We will also
be widening the bridge to accommodate increased traffic into Zion’s
National Park.
• Henderson Interchange near Las Vegas, Nevada
- We were awarded the contract for erecting two large steel “fly-over
bridges at the Henderson Interchange project located at the South
end of Las Vegas and I-15. We finished this erecting these overpasses
early. The interchange is operational and is a big success to
servicing the tremendous growth to the Las Vegas area.
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