The News Review:
- Spirit AeroSystems engineers reject contract
- City to drop another $33K to turn on water plant
- Nuclear plant ends Bechtel contract
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Spirit AeroSystems engineers reject contract
The Associated Press
— Union engineers at Spirit AeroSystems have overwhelmingly rejected a contract offer and have authorized a strike at the Wichita plant. The union said 93 percent of those casting votes Thursday turned down the proposed contract while 92 percent voted to authorize a strike. The engineers won’t necessarily be walking off the job. Leaders of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace had sought the strike authorization so they could bring in a federal mediator. The union represents about 770 engineers at the Wichita plant.
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City to drop another $33K to turn on water plant
Galveston County Daily News
City council members first found out about the problem in mid-July when the city was experiencing a water shortage forcing officials to restrict water consumption for weeks. Council members repeatedly have expressed frustration that they were kept in the dark about the problems at the water distribution plant on state Highway 3 in Webster. fficials at Houston-based engineering firm Camp Dresser & McKee which inspected the plant for months said it appeared to be in “fairly good condition for its age” according to an August memo to the city. The firm said it appeared only minor repairs were needed to get the plant into service further deepening the mystery about why the plant hasn’t worked for nine years even though the city four years ago paid Florida-based engineering company PBS and J $1 million to get it in operation. After scores of unsuccessful attempts by city crews to get the plant started League City sent the firm a letter outlining its dissatisfaction City Attorney Arnold Polanco has said. The city never received a response Polanco said. The city will wait until it tallies a final cost before it considers pursuing any legal action against PBS and J to recoup its losses Randall said.
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Nuclear plant ends Bechtel contract
San Diego Union Tribune
4 million households. •Southern California Edison owns 78 percent of the plant SDG&E 20 percent and the city of Riverside 2 percent. NRTH CUNTY — The operator of the San nofre nuclear power plant has terminated its long-standing maintenance contract with an engineering firm a month before it plans to undertake one of the largest construction jobs in the plant’s history. Southern California Edison owner of the oceanfront plant is ending its deal with Bechtel Corp. The Louisiana-based Shaw Group will take over the job Monday. Nuclear power plant maintenance entails knowledge of systems and procedures to ensure that equipment operates safely and dependably and meets Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations. Edison will still use San Francisco-based Bechtel one of the world’s largest engineering firms to replace two massive steam generators at each reactor which will entail slicing holes in the giant domes.