Power & Energy Market
Hosensack-Quarry & Honeybrook-Twin Valley Projects
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By Josh Clark
During the second quarter of 2015, Cianbro’s Power & Energy team at PPL successfully completed the Hosensack-Quarry and Honeybrook-Twin Valley projects in Pennsylvania. The accomplishment marks the third year anniversary of continuous Cianbro presence on PPL’s transmission system. Cianbro started the Manheim-Donegal project in July of 2012 and hasn’t looked back since. The bond between Cianbro and PPL has produced seven projects since the working relationship was established. Cianbro team members at PPL have completed multiple transmission projects ranging from 10 miles of double circuit 69 kV to 1,200 foot customer taps, a 12 kV-69 kV substation, and recently broke ground on a ¾ mile 138 kV overhead to underground relocation project. More than 87,000 work hours have been performed without a recordable or electrical system event. Since the inception, Cianbro has been able to keep a majority of the same team members on PPL property, which has aided the team in creating and maintaining a “family feeling” to the projects. This atmosphere has proven vital to Cianbro’s accomplishments onsite, leading to better planning, communication and execution of projects by the team. The Hosensack-Quarry and Honeybrook-Twin Valley projects ran concurrently throughout the winter of 2014 and spring of 2015, with the projects starting in July of 2014 and November of 2014 respectively. The HosensackQuarry project consisted of 4.5 miles of double circuit 69 kV rebuild with double fiber and an additional one mile fiber installation with associated hardware change outs. In February of 2015, it was discovered that PPL and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation had some permit issues that forced the project to be accelerated. This acceleration came at the same time the team started its conductor installation of the 5.3 mile single circuit 69 kV with double fiber green field build of Honeybrook-Twin Valley. The team was able to adapt and overcome the complications that arose from working both projects concurrently, located an hour apart under an accelerated schedule, while utilizing the same team members and equipment. The team came together and looked after itself as “family.”
Project Team:
Quinton Johnson, Tom Smith, Caleb Bryant, Joshua Clark, Pat Chamberlain, Shawn Bickford, Kevin Talley, Gary Reed, Luke Chamberlain, Walter Govern, Phil Vigue, Dwayne Tootill, Ryan Graffam, Matt Pooler, Skippy Washburn, Norm Linnell, Josh Turner, Pete Woods, Gary Bell, Guy Berthiaume, Chaz Longmuir, Terry Rosensteel, Craig McConaughey, Lauren Lohn, Ryan Perkins, Matt Sullivan, Eddie Ferreira, Chad Page, Mark Stone, Bryan Boatright, Henry Hardy, Shane Ennis, Joe Thomas, Steve Konka, Dean Schofield
4 20,823 Hosensack-Quarry Safe Hours 4 14,338 Honeybrook-Twin Valley Safe Hours
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