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September 1 2019 Vol. IX • No. 18
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Practice Makes Perfect for $937M Texas Job By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT
Doggett Breaks Ground on $24M Project...14
Efficiency Marks Phase II of I-5 Project...15
Construction on a $937 million power plant in Southeast Texas is progressing smoothly — due in part to lessons learned from the recent construction of two other Entergy gas turbine power plants. The Montgomery County Power Station (MCPS), under construction at the existing Lewis Creek Power Plant near Willis, Texas, is the first new Entergy power plant in Texas in 40 years. It is expected to be online by mid-2021. McDermott International Inc. is the project’s engineer and construction contractor. “All three plants are state-of-the-art combined cycle gas turbine facilities
The Montgomery County Power Station (MCPS), under construction at the existing Lewis Creek Power Plant near Willis, Texas, is the first new Entergy power plant in Texas in 40 years. It is expected to be online by mid-2021.
Table of Contents ............4
Pipeline Brings More Water to Boulder Area
California Section......15-19
By Cindy Riley
Iron Bound Hosts Auction in Seminole, Texas...60
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Paving Section ..........25-35 Underground Utility, Trenchers, Trench Boxes & Utilities Section ........48-55 Auction Section ........59-63 Advertisers Index ..........62 Business Calendar..........63
At a cost of $45 million, construction crews in northern Colorado are working on a pipeline project that will provide a secure, year-round water supply in Boulder and Larimer counties. Upon completion, the Southern Water Supply Project II (SWSP) pipeline will bring additional Colorado-Big Thompson Project and Windy Gap Project water to the city of Boulder, town of Berthoud, Left Hand Water District and the Longs Peak
Water District. “The project will increase the reliability and delivery capacity for four water providers in northern Colorado,” said Stephanie Cecil, P.E., water resources project engineer at Northern Water. “The participants have been pursuing the project since 2008, and the project is now proceeding because all appropriate permits and easements have been acquired.” Work on the project began in 2018, with all costs to be covered by the project participants. There have been see PIPELINE page 44
that will produce affordable, reliable and clean energy for Entergy customers,” said Russ Cochran, project director. “They’ve learned from the previous two projects … that there’s a better way to do it, and we’re doing that here. As a portfolio, we’re seeing a lot of benefits from doing three in a row,” Cochran said. Contractors recently finished using a trio of massive cranes to lift 20 heat recovery steam generator modules into place on skyscraper-like structures. Cranes on the job include: • Two Liebherr cranes: a 750-ton crane and a 330-ton crane, used for heavy lifts. • Two Kobelco 275-ton cranes. • Six various manufacturer 75-ton to 150-ton cranes see POWER page 40
Northern Water photo
At a cost of $45 million, the pipeline project in northern Colorado will provide a secure, year-round water supply in Boulder and Larimer counties.