The News Review:
- Strategic Composites looks at putting plant in Tri-Cities
- NRC responds to scare at B&W nuclear plant in Va.
- US seeks firms for hydro powerhouse pumping plant engineering
- Window plant to add 60 jobs in Merrill
- Contractor can’t determine structural stability of TVA coal waste …
Strategic Composites looks at putting plant in Tri-Cities
TheNewsTribune.com
In late May Mark Kean Strategic Composite’s director of sales and acquisitions said the composite-material company was looking to lease a large building in or near Dayton to manufacture lightweight wind turbine blades. He said then the plant would employ up to 600 people. But Kean said that changed after he met with Dayton officials including members of the city and chamber of commerce who were not available to comment Thursday and Friday. “(Dayton) just didn’t have enough infrastructure to do it” Kean said Thursday. “The people were great the town’s great. Kean said he now has one contract secure and another nearly complete to operate two plants in Moses Lake.
NRC responds to scare at B&W nuclear plant in Va.
Reuters
facilities licensed to possess andprocess highly enriched uranium according to the B&W web site. Highly enriched uranium is used to power naval submarinesand aircraft carriers among other things. B&W is a subsidiary of engineering and construction companyMcDermott International Inc (. (Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by Lisa Shumaker).
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US seeks firms for hydro powerhouse pumping plant engineering
HydroWorld
The work is to be nationwide with possible work in other locations as may be assigned by the centers or the Portland District. The estimated start date is February 2010. Work is to include engineering and design of replacement refurbishment or upgrade of major hydroelectric powerhouse and pumping plant equipment and structural and civil components. The contracts also could include asset management project management and engineering design support. Solicitation documents may be obtained from the Federal Business pportunities Internet site.
Window plant to add 60 jobs in Merrill
Wausau Daily Herald
wners Todd and Renea Frederick of Merrill started F-M Enterprises which manufactures aluminum window products in a small building in 1996. The company now occupies a 137000-square-foot plant in the former Ward Paper Mill on the city’s northeast side. The business has produced curtain walls sunshades and fixed windows for local buildings such as Wausau East High School and Church Mutual Insurance Co. in Merrill and other structures throughout the Midwest. Brian Hurley chief executive officer of Graham Architectural Products said the company eventually will bring 60 additional jobs to the existing F-M Enterprises plant. Renea Frederick said the positions would be filled in all areas of the company as it grows including estimating engineering and support staff but she declined to give a pay range for the future openings.
Contractor can’t determine structural stability of TVA coal waste …
Knoxville News Sentinel
Stantec Consulting Services Inc. evaluated the TVA sites following the Dec. 22 failure of the ash pond at the Kingston Fossil Plant that spewed 5. 4 million cubic yards of toxin-laden sludge into the Emory River and surrounding area. The firm sifted through more than 8000 documents on TVA’s ash and gypsum repositories but only found “relatively few as-built construction records or construction testing records” which would have given a clearer picture of whether the structures complied with plans and specifications. “Due to limited record drawings and construction … documentation Stantec is unable to render opinions relative to overall structural integrity” the report concludes. Stantec recommends that TVA pursue geotechnical and hydrological assessments including field explorations laboratory testing engineering analyses and the installation of instruments to keep track of conditions inside the facilities.