Power Plant Boilers End Interstate Journey in Madison | The Boldt Company

                                Sept. 15, 2011 Update - Video of Boiler Delivery:

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Construction crews will deliver two of the four massive boilers designed to convert the coal-fired power plant on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus from coal-burning to natural gas. Each of the two boilers weighs 120-tons and will be delivered via semi-truck in the early morning hours of July 14. The Boldt Company and its joint venture partner, AMEC, an international engineering and project management company, are providing engineering, procurement and construction services on the project.

The delivery will take place in the pre-dawn hours when Madison area traffic is less of a factor on the roads. The custom built boilers are loaded on a 215-foot semi-trailer and each is 17-feet tall lying on their sides. "The size is significant," said Boldt project manager Gus Schultz. "It’s a little like moving a small house."

Schultz is in charge of coordinating materials delivery to the Charter Street job site and has worked with Cleaver-Brooks, a Nebraska-based boiler manufacturer on transport. The load followed a route through four states and has been accompanied by state patrol units every mile. Delivery was slightly delayed during transport through Minnesota--due to the state’s budgetary shut-down, state patrol escorts were not readily available.

"Due to the size and weight of the boilers, the transport company has taken a route that avoids high traffic areas, low bridges and overpasses and roads with weight restrictions," Schultz said. The boilers are made of steel and could not be shipped by rail because they were too large. When they are installed at the Charter Street power plant, the boilers will be 47 feet long, 20 feet wide, and 16.5 feet high and will be used for steam generation.

The shipment will arrive in the Madison area early the morning of July 14 and will approach the plant on Mills Street via Campus Drive. Along the urban route, crews have taken extreme care to plan for bridges, rail crossings, even the height of traffic lights.

Boiler delivery and installation is a major milestone in plant construction. When installation of the first two boilers is complete later this year, the plant will be able to permanently retire the existing coal fired boilers. After demolition of the existing coal facilities, the final two boilers, water treatment and cooling towers will be installed. The upgrades in systems will provide back-up and growth capacity needed to heat and cool campus buildings for the next decade and beyond. Work on the power plant is scheduled for completion in early 2013.

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The Boldt Company, located in Madison, Wisconsin has 12 offices throughout the United States and is headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin. The firm provides professional construction services to customers in a variety of industrial, institutional, healthcare, commercial and renewable energy markets nationwide. www.boldt.com.

AMEC (LSE: AMEC) is a focused supplier of high-value consultancy, engineering and project management services to the world's natural resources, nuclear, clean energy, water and environmental sectors. With annual revenues of over £2.5 billion (US$3.9 billion), AMEC designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its customers. The company employs some 23,000 people in around 40 countries worldwide. See www.amec.com

Notes to editors:

AMEC is pronounced A-meck as one word, not spelled out like I-B-M. The first "A" is pronounced as a long A as in "hay."

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