JULY 2021 | PROJECT OF THE MONTH
POWER HYDRO
Stantec engineering hires Ace Industries to update old hoists on a hydroelectric project in South Carolina
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nternational engineering firm Stantec has hired Ace Industries, which partnered with IMS, to upgrade the hoists on Duke Energy
hydropower towers on Jocassee Lake dam in South Carolina, in the US. Several rivers in the area, the
Toxaway, Thompson, Horsepasture and Whitewater feed the dam forming Lake Jocassee which acts primarily for hydroelectric power generation and flood control. The dam and reservoir are part of the Keowee-Toxaway
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Hydroelectric Project, owned by Duke Energy, which provides power to a border area straddling both North and South Carolina. Ace Industries is an overhead crane company founded in 1932 and has been through three generations of Arwood family ownership as a company, currently owned by the three Arwood siblings Josh, Cheryl Rossborough and Daniel, grandchildren of the original owner, Bud Arwood. Stantec selected Ace Industries
Modernization Unit Pelham, in Alabama, due to its experience and extensive engineering facilities and as a regular vendor of Duke’s Energy. Duke Energy initiated the multi-million-dollar project to ensure its systems met Federal Energy Regulatory Commissions (FERC) compliance and in the process upgrade and improve antiquated equipment. The Ace team was on the job to work on the two side-by-side intake towers named Alpha and Bravo. These stations bring water down to the dam through
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