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Council approves scope amendment for High Dam work, removes Unit 4 from contractor scope
Summary
The council authorized the mayor to sign an amendment reallocating Siemens’ contract scope for the High Dam hydroelectric rehabilitation, removing Unit 4 from contractor work and shifting resources to Units 1–3; councilors asked for a Siemens briefing on schedule and relay upgrades needed to sell power on the open market.
City Engineer Jeff Hinderliter told the Administrative Services Committee on Jan. 21 that the mayor should sign Amendment No. 1 with Siemens Industry Inc. to change the contractor's scope on the High Dam hydroelectric rehabilitation project. The amendment removes Unit 4 from the contractor's scope and reallocates those funds to work on Units 1, 2 and 3.
Hinderliter said the change responds to problems found during disassembly of Unit 1 and the risk that Unit 4 may not reassemble correctly if it were removed and rewound. "The concern right now is that if we were to do what we did to Unit 1 to Unit 4 that unit may not go back together where today it's able to operate," Hinderliter said. He described cracks and misalignment discovered earlier and said reallocating…
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