Bierlein bags contract to drop disused Nebraska power station.
An idle power plant in Scottsbluff, owned by the Nebraska Public Power District, will be torn down beginning in March.
The NPPD board approved the demolition of the Scottsbluff Generating Station, at its Friday meeting in Columbus. The plant has been closed since 1989.
Workers will demolish the power plant building which houses boilers, turbine generators, offices, control rooms, fuel oil storage tanks including foundations and associated piping; the warehouse and truck garage; and remove all piping on the site, and other miscellaneous yard structures.
Having the building demolished will eliminate the need to maintain and secure the facility in the future, the Columbus-based district said in a news release.
Bierlein Companies, Inc., of Midland, Mich., will be responsible for the work with the cost for demolition and salvaging operations set at $968,500. NPPD will maintain ownership of the land.
Demolition costs are being offset by an anticipated high metal salvage value. NPPD said the project should be completed in November.
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