Florida Power & Light copes with Andrew

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Industrial facilities should also require damage assessments after storms like Hurricane Andrew. Engineers noted that Florida Power and Light's two electrical generating station facilities sufferedstructural damage including the failure of a 400 ft high reinforced concrete chimney. The chimney sustained cracks which made it unstable to withstand Florida's winds. Engineers demolished the structure using explosives but not before removing piping and equipment within the site and installing protective sand berms to protect underground utilities and nearby structures.

Florida, Buildings and facilities, Maintenance and repair, Florida Power & Light Co., Structural failures

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Micropiles to the rescue

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Consumers Energy, a Michigan based concern instructed its engineers to discover an economical and nondisruptive method to support the new loads in the foundation. After verifying their assumptions about the stress withstanding capability of the micropiles, the engineers went ahead with the idea of installing 112 micropiles before the upgradation

Electric Utilities, Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Contracts & orders received, Michigan, Construction machinery, Construction Machinery Manufacturing, Contracts & orders let, Construction & Related Equip, Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing, Installation, Contract agreement, Construction equipment, Technology installation instructions, Consumers Energy Co.

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Florida agency issues DBO contract

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This article reports on the development of a surface water treatment plant in Florida. The facility will be used to treat water from the Hillsborough and Alafia rivers and the Tampa Bypass Canal.

United States, Management, Brief Article, Water resources development, Water resource development, Storm sewers, Tampa Bay Water

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