June implosion will topple Florida Power & Light boilers and stacks.
The deconstruction of Florida Power & Light’s oil-fired power plant in Riviera Beach began in December and is expected to become more noticeable in June, when contractors are scheduled to set off explosives that will bring down the old plant’s boilers and 91 metre (300-foot) smokestacks.
FPL’s demolition contractor, Controlled Demolition, felled a similar FPL plant in Cape Canaveral with explosives in August.
Construction of the new Riviera Beach Next Generation Clean Energy Center is expected to start in the second quarter of 2012. The building contractor, Zachry Construction of San Antonio, is expected to hire about 200 of the 600 or so workers it will need for the job from South Florida, FPL spokesman Greg Brostowicz said.
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