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Plant for NYC
 STOCKHOLM,
Sweden -- Skanska has landed its largest order in the U.S.
to date. The contract is for the Croton Water Filtration
Plant in New York. The total contract amount is USD 1.3
billion, of which Skanska has 80 percent, corresponding to
USD 1.04 billion. Skanska’s share of the order amount is
being included in order bookings for the second quarter.
The customer is the New York City
Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP). The
Croton Water Filtration Plant is one the facilities that
supplies the City of New York with all drinking water. The
plant, with a capacity to treat 1.2 million cubic meters of
water per day (320 MGD), is located at the Mosholu golf
course in the Bronx.
Skanska’s assignment includes
both the construction and installation work. Most of the
plant is constructed in concrete covering a footprint area
of 35,000 square meters. The plant is being built on four
levels underground. Skanska is responsible for the concrete
work, but not excavation. Some 200,000 cubic meters of
concrete and 27,000 tons of reinforcing steel are expected
to be used.
Skanska’s project includes
installation of machinery and piping as well as control
equipment. The project is a turnkey delivery and Skanska
will also be responsible for start-up and commissioning but
not for meeting projected design criteria of the treated
water.
The project is being carried out
in a joint venture with Tully Construction, which has the
remaining 20 percent of the contract amount. The
project starts later this summer. Construction work is
scheduled to be completed in 50 months and the start-up
phase is expected to take an additional six months.
This is Skanska’s largest project
ever in the U.S. The second largest is the New Meadowlands
Stadium being built for the New York Jets and New York
Giants. This contract amount is USD 998 M.
Skanska is currently building and
up-grading six water treatment plants in New York. The total
order value of the projects under way is about USD 1
billion, excluding the new contract.
Skanska USA Civil’s operations
focus on transportation infrastructure and facilities for
power generation, water and wastewater treatment in the
eastern US, Colorado and California. Skanska USA Civil has
some 4,000 employees and had sales totaling approximately
SEK 9.8 billion in 2006.
Source:
http://www.skanska.com/
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Columbian TecTank Upgrades to
Double Capacity
 KANSAS
CITY, KS -- The board of directors of CST Industries, Inc.,
parent company of Columbian TecTank, has approved a major
capital improvement program for its Parsons production
facility, located at 2101 South 21st Street in Parsons, Kan.
The multi-million dollar
equipment and technology investment in the Parsons facility,
which manufactures factory coated steel and aluminum storage
tanks for both liquid storage and the storage of dry
commodity products, will double production capacity and
result in the creation of at least 30 new jobs.
With more than 110 years of
experience and over 250,000 tanks installed, Columbian
TecTank is the leader in the design, fabrication and
installation of field bolted and factory welded tanks for a
variety of end uses. The Parsons plant is an ISO 9000/9001
Certified facility.
Columbian TecTank’s business has
grown rapidly since 2003, placing a heavy demand on its
various production facilities, including its Parsons
facility. The company’s orders to date for 2007 show an
increase of 40 percent over the same time in 2006. Because
of the tremendous growth, the company has decided to expand
its manufacturing capacity.
“We are excited to expand and
modernize the equipment and processes at the Parsons
facility. Some of the nation’s top consultants on flow and
technology are working side by side with our work force to
arrive at the design for a world-class production process,”
said Steve Allen, manufacturing manager for the Columbian
TecTank Parsons production facility.
The company plans to integrate
the best metal fabricating equipment in the world and
utilize the most advanced material flow techniques to
achieve high output and superior quality. New material
handling equipment and modern loading and unloading systems
will eliminate some of the physical exertion required on
some of the facility’s current equipment and reduce safety
risks on the shop floor.
The modernization and expansion
of the Parsons operation will begin immediately, and be
divided into two phases to avoid interruptions to current
production. Phase I includes developing a new production
cell in an area to the north of the current production line.
Once phase I is completed and the new equipment is in
operation, Phase II will begin, completing the
modernization.
Dick Jarman, general manager of
Columbian TecTank, describes the importance of the project
this way: “Our employees at the Parsons operation have
proven themselves to be the best in the industry. We are
thrilled to expand our production capacity at this facility,
and we look to our Parsons employees as the nucleus of our
business, and key to our success.”
CST Industries, Inc. is the
market leader in factory coated bolted and shop-welded tank
storage systems with manufacturing and assembly operations
in Illinois, Kansas, Tennessee and the United Kingdom. Sales
offices for CST Industries are located on every continent
around the world. Columbian TecTank silos and tanks are used
for dry bulk and liquid storage applications across all
industries, offering long-lasting corrosion and abrasion
resistance. The Parsons facility supports domestic bolted
and welded tank sales, and its tanks may be found in 180
countries worldwide.
For more information, please
visit:
http://www.columbiantectank.com/ |
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AW and WRF to Collaborate on
Research Project
 Voorhees,
NJ -- American Water, the largest water services provider in
North America, today announced it has signed a second
contract with The WateReuse Foundation to conduct a joint
research project on the survival of Cryptosporidium
following various reclaimed water treatment processes.
Titled
"Determination of Cryptosporidium Occurrence, Infectivity
and Genotyping in Wastewater Effluents," this most recent
project will examine various conventional and innovative
wastewater treatment processes.
"Cryptosporidium is a pathogen of medical and veterinary
concern and can cause diarrheal disease when contaminated
water is ingested," said project leader Dr. Zia Bukhari,
Senior Environmental Scientist of Innovation and
Environmental Stewardship at American Water.
Numerous outbreaks of human disease have occurred, with the
largest to-date reported in Milwaukee in 1993 and another
recent outbreak in Ireland. "Water is a precious natural
resource, and its scarcity has increased demands for
reclaimed water," Bukhari continued. "As water providers, we
need to better understand the microbial risks associated
with reuse practices."
American Water also will team with Tufts Cummings School of
Veterinary Medicine to employ state-of-the-art sample
collection, cell-culture and molecular methods to gain
insight into the performance of various wastewater treatment
strategies. Total budget for the 24-month project is
$633,472, with $340,980 in funds contributed by The
WateReuse Foundation and $292,492 of in-kind support from
research partners.
"This
is a very exciting research project," said Bukhari. "This
should allow the impact of treatment processes,
disinfection, storage and system operation to be modeled in
a way that will allow application to a wide range of
reclaimed water systems." The end report will identify
cost-effective strategies to reduce the risks of
Cryptosporidium infections in reclaimed water systems
throughout the country.
American Water is dedicated to the development of
sustainable solutions to address numerous water challenges
facing the U.S. From infrastructure to rehabilitation, to
implementing new compliance regulations and creating new
water sources, American Water is considered the definitive
industry leader.
The
WateReuse Foundation is an educational, non-profit public
benefit corporation that serves as a centralized
organization for the water and wastewater community to
advance the science of water reuse, recycling, reclamation
and desalination.
For
more information regarding the American Water, Tufts
University and WateReuse Foundation research partnership,
please contact Zia Bukhari at 856-309-4554, or via email at
zia.bukhari@amwater.com.
With
headquarters in Voorhees, NJ, American Water employs
approximately 7,000 dedicated professionals who provide
high-quality water, wastewater and other related services to
about 17 million people in 29 states and Canada.
Source:
http://www.amwater.com/
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Koch
Introduces Inducor Tubular Modules
 Wilmington,
MA -- Koch Membrane Systems, Inc., a world-class developer of
innovative membranes and membrane filtration systems, announces
its INDUCOR™ and INDUCOR-G tubular modules for ultrafiltration
of industrial process streams and wastewater. These modules have
higher packing density and require less power than traditional
tubular membranes, resulting in systems with a smaller footprint
and reduced capital and operating costs.
INDUCOR tubular modules utilize the
same proven KMS PVDF ultrafiltration membrane that has been used
with the FEG™ tubes and ULTRA-COR® modules on thousands of
systems for many years. The membrane is compatible with most
industrial wastewater streams and is especially well suited for
the treatment of oily wastes and metal hydroxide wastes.
INDUCOR modules are configured with
one-half inch diameter tubules and INDUCOR-G modules have 1-inch
diameter tubules. These open channel configurations are tolerant
of high solids streams, including food waste and the activated
sludge from membrane bioreactors.
A simplified design eases
installation and maintenance. The modules utilize industry
standard threaded and Victaulic® fittings. Because of their
tubular configuration, the membranes handle system upsets well
and can be mechanically cleaned using spongeballs. The INDUCOR
modules are ideal for new installations and are applicable for
systems with flowrates of 100,000 gpd and higher.
For more information contact:
Koch Membrane Systems
Telephone: 888-677-5624
Email:
info@kochmembrane.com
Web site:
http://www.kochmembrane.com/ |
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