Project category

Energy

Location

Mission, BC

Value($)

39 000 000

Customer

Northwest Stave River Limited Partnership

Year

2011-2013

Additional informations

Construction of a 17,5 megawatts hydroelectric generating station on the Northwest Stave River

Main Work Performed

• Building and maintaining acess roads
• Excavation of the floodway, the water intake and the penstock for the generating station
• Water intake including gates and debris trap
• Installation of the penstock
• Concreting the water intake and the station
• Construction of the generating station
• Construction of roads and development
• General coordination of work excluding power lines

Special Features of the Work and Methods Used

• The only access to the site is by water
• Coordination and method for always maintaining the access to the water intake passable in conjunction with the pipe installation
• Portable batch plant operating on site
• Environmental management including spills and sedimentation
• Restoration of the site by different methods applied in an extremely wet or dry environment