Bruce A wins again
The Bruce A Nuclear Generating Station Units 3 and 4 Restart won a Projects-of-the-Year award at the POWER-GEN International conference in Orlando, Florida on November 30, 2004. The award was sponsored by Power Engineering magazine. The owners of the winning Projects-of-the-Year were presented with their awards during the keynote session of the conference. This is the second time in one year that our ASLF joint venture received recognition for the Bruce A Restart. In October, the project won the Schreyer Award, the top honor in the Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards Program.
Silver Award for Boundary Dam Special Review – Acres Seattle
The Washington State ACEC presented the Boundary Dam Special Review Project with a silver award for engineering excellence in statewide competition. The project involved innovative use of plumblines connected to the downstream face of the dam with "moveable tables" to measure horizontal deflections of the dam from crest to base. The project was designed and installed with the concurrence of FERC to provide accurate and timely data to monitor the structural integrity and safety of the dam. Acres International, jointly with Shannon & Wilson, was responsible for design through construction of the plumbline system, co-designing the measurement program and results interpretation, and managing the special review for the owner, Seattle City Light, from 1999 through 2004.
New biosolids project in Nova Scotia
SGE Acres signed an EPC contract with the Halifax Regional Municipality on November 30 to design, build and commission a biosolids processing facility to be located near the airport. This is one component of the Harbour Solutions Project that includes sewage collection upgrades and new treatment plants. The plant, with an initial capacity of 10,500 dry tonnes/year, will process dewatered sludge generated by the treatment plants. Following the addition of an alkaline admixture and a heating/drying process, the residue will meet the standards of the Canada Fertilizer Act and will be sold as soil amendment. Work has begun and commissioning is expected in early summer of 2006.
H.G. Acres Seminar – April 29, 2005
April is fast approaching and preparations are under way for this year's H.G. Acres Seminar. The event will be held on Friday, April 29, 2005 and the theme will be "Water Power in Today's Operating Environment – Overcoming the Challenges." As more information becomes available, it will be posted under the News & Events section of the Acres website.