Apr 23 2010
EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME), a Fortune 500® leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure and facilities services for a diverse range of businesses, announced that its Poole and Kent Company of Florida subsidiary has been awarded a contract by Miami-Dade County for the construction work within the South District Wastewater Treatment Plant in Miami, Florida.
Poole and Kent will be responsible for the construction of a 60,000 square foot Septage Receiving and Solids Handling Building with two 50,000-gallon fatty oils and greases tanks. The building will include a multi-level structure to house process equipment, a finished area for offices, employee facilities, and an influent channel to receive and transfer raw sewage. Poole and Kent will also install a Motor Control Center, electrical switchgear, HVAC units, and ventilation fans at the facility.
In addition, Poole and Kent will construct a chemical storage area with secondary containment and storage tanks, as well as an odor control system, with blowers, scrubbers, circulation pumps, duct work and associated valves and controls. Its scope of work will also include installation of 2,000 feet of ductile iron pipe, hot tapping of an existing pre-cast concrete pipe, installation of over 1,000 feet of CPVC pipe, and hot taps for flushing and potable water systems. The company will also be responsible for construction of two independent truck scales, along with guard shacks, instrumentation, lighting and traffic control devices, as well as installation of new control valves and piping at seventeen existing injection wells, pumps and piping at a flushing water pump station.
“We are pleased to again be working with Miami-Dade County on this project for the South District Wastewater Treatment Plant,” said Steve Jordan, President and CEO of Poole and Kent Company. “The scope of this work requires a breadth and depth of expertise that optimally leverages our extensive skills and experience; it also allows us to serve the community in a meaningful way, knowing that our work will endure for many years to come.”
Source: http://www.EMCORGroup.com/