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This $48 million, design-build, 50-megawatt hydroelectric project was constructed in less than 30 months. Work included construction of a powerhouse; intake facilities, including a rubber weir, radial gate structure and sedimentation sluiceway; approximately 3,200 metres of water tunnels; and 5 km. of transmission line on the scenic Mamquam River.
As North America’s largest roller-compacted concrete (RCC) dam, the $134.8 million Olivenhain Dam project is part of an overall $750 million emergency water storage program. Kiewit Pacific Co. completed the dam in October 2002, nearly three months ahead of schedule. The team set world RCC production records in the process.
Rising taller than India’s Taj Mahal, the concrete chimney at Sandy Creek Energy Station stands at an impressive 360 feet. The Kiewit team poured more than 2,000 cubic yards of concrete to slipform the tallest structure in McLennan County, Texas in less than 30 days.
This $33 million project involves the construction of a new gravity wall and upgrades to the concrete and earthfill portions of the Seymour Falls Dam. Scheduled for completion in fall 2007, these modifications will allow the dam to meet current earthquake safety standards.
Due to severe infiltration and stability problems, the original Shikwamkwa Dam had to be replaced with a new one constructed approximately 300 metres downstream. The new, $70 million dam is a zoned earth and rock fill structure with an impervious till core, filter zones and outside shells of sand, gravel and riprap. The dam has a crest elevation of 315 metres and a crest length of 500 metres.
This $9.7 million project involved working on the mechanical portion of Suncor's Steepbank Ore Preparation Plant. The seven-month project involved installing breaker drums, pumps, motors, drives, and support equipment for the crushing, screening and initial hydroextraction of oil from tar sands ore.
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