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Energy &
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- Vestas Blades Windsor Plant
GROUND Engineering provided a full range of materials testing and laboratory testing
services on the new Vestas Blades Windsor Plant located in Windsor, Colorado. The
project included the construction of a 360,000 square foot steel framed facility
founded on a spread footing foundation. The facility includes offices, process structures,
shipping terminal and will produce an average of 2,000 blades yearly.
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- Colorado Green Wind Farm
GROUND Engineering provided geotechnical exploration and construction materials
testing for the large Colorado Green Wind Farm Project located to the south of Lamar
in Prowers County, Colorado. The project includes approximately 130 large wind turbines,
access roads and transmission lines servicing the facility. Field geotechnical testing
included extensive down-hole pressure meter testing, allowing determination of in-situ
strength parameters.
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- Suncor Refinery
The Suncor Oil Refinery Upgrades project, located in Commerce City, Colorado, is
a $300 million expansion project including extensive amounts of overexcavation
for entirely new units as well as for a crane pad foundation. This foundation was
utilized for a large transi-lift of a reactor weighing over 1.3 million pounds.
GROUND provided an on-site mobile laboratory to generate lab results rapidly and
provide efficient real-time data generation.
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- Hudson Prison
The Hudson Prison is a medium security women's prison located on over 120 acres
in Hudson, Colorado. The construction included approximately 34 acres of site development,
four detention buildings, and a 60,000-square-foot administration and support facility.
In addition, the project included an 8,000 square foot recreation building, a 7,600-square-foot
maintenance facility, and a 1,600-square-foot gate house. The foundation construction
included driven piles and the structures generally were constructed of CMU and pre-cast
concrete.
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- Granby Landfill
GROUND provided geotechnical and construction materials testing for various projects
within the Granby Landfill including the new maintenance facility, compaction for
several landfill cells, the detention berm and geological investigations for unique
geological features associated with the landfill site.
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- Cedar Creek Wind Farm
The Cedar Creek Wind Farm is a 274 wind turbine facility located east of Grover
in north-central Weld County, Colorado. Cedar Creek is an important contributor
to Colorado's New Energy Economy, providing enough wind-powered electricity for
90,000 homes. The project has 221 1-MW wind turbines and 53 1.5-MW turbines. GROUND
provided construction materials testing for this remote project location through
the utilization of an on-site mobile laboratory and full time field and on-site
lab technicians.
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- Red Hills Wind Project
GROUND Engineering Consultants provided materials testing services for the Red Hills
Wind Project located near Elk City, Oklahoma. The project included 82 wind turbines,
access roads and transmission lines servicing the facility. GROUND provided 4 full-time
field technicians, mobile laboratory and concrete curing facility in order to provide
rapid test results that met the demands of a tight construction schedule.
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- Sterling Ethanol Plant
The Sterling Ethanol Plant located in Sterling, Colorado consisted of a new $52
million ethanol production facility including a raw material receiving station,
laboratory, milling and refining facility, the processing/fermentation areas of
the plant and the product shipping terminal. Construction included site grading,
utility conduit, roadway and parking paving and the vertical construction of offices,
process structures and the shipping terminal. GROUND provided timely test results
and reports from our on-site mobile laboratory and field office.
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