Bruce A Units 1 & 2 Restart Project
The Acres–Sargent & Lundy–Fox Joint Venture has been selected to work as an integrated team with Bruce Power on the restart of units 1 and 2 at the Bruce A Nuclear Generating Station in Tiverton, Ontario. We will provide engineering and construction services to upgrade existing fire protection systems and install a new station secondary control facility. Project planning has already begun, with the first unit expected to be back online in 2009. In 2004, ASLF completed the successful and award-winning restart of units 3 and 4.

APPrO Power Conference & Trade Show
The Association of Power Producers of Ontario will host its 17th Annual Power Conference & Trade Show in Toronto on November 21-22, 2005. This year’s theme focuses on procurement and  the supply mix. For more information on the conference, visit www.appro.org. We’ll be at booth 313 with highlights from some of our latest power projects.

Substation design for BC Hydro
BC Hydro has selected Hatch Acres to provide design and installation supervision services for new substations as well as the upgrading of existing substations. The contract is for one year with a provision to extend it for a second. Assignments will include multidisciplinary design work packages undertaken in our own office as well as secondment of engineering staff to the client's offices.

Structural upgrade design for Wanapum Dam
Grant PUD has awarded a contract to our Seattle office for upgrade design work on the Future Unit Intake monoliths at Wanapum Dam. The purpose of the upgrade will be to ensure structural stability under normal loading conditions in the event that the original post-tensioned anchorage system should become ineffective. The new contract is in addition to recently completed Part 12 studies for the same structure.

Truck loading terminal for NARL
SGE Acres will provide engineering design and construction management services for a new truck loading terminal at the Come By Chance refinery in Newfoundland to North Atlantic Refining Ltd. The project consists of: a new two-island rack, four loading lanes with five loading arms each, a new 15,000-bbl gasoline storage tank and secondary containment system, new automation and instrumentation system for the control of all rack functions, as well as new suction and rack piping complete with new pump installations for various product types. Other notable features include vapor recovery systems, site-wide electrical upgrades and several building renovations/expansions.

Long-term care facility in Corner Brook
SGE Acres, as part of an architectural-engineering team, has been selected for structural and site engineering of preliminary design options and design-build tender documents for a new three-story, 192-room healthcare facility in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. The client is the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Transportation and Works.

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