Gorsuch Plant

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Owner:

American Municipal Power, Inc.

Location:

Marietta, Ohio

Facility Type:

Electric generation facility

Scope Of Work:

  • Asbestos abatement universal/special waste handling and disposal

  • Transite siding removal Asset recovery

  • Stack demolition

  • Selective demolition

  • Intake and discharge closure

  • Ash pond closure

  • Earth moving

  • Backfilling

  • Dewatering

  • Final site grading

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Project Info:

Brandenburg contracted with American Municipal Power for the decommissioning of the Richard H. Gorsuch Generating Station (RHGS), a 1950’s vintage four-boiler/220 megawatts coal-fi red power plant, located near Marietta, Ohio. “Harry Truman was President when this plant first began generating electricity,” AMP President/CEO Marc Gerken said. Brandenburg designed and implemented a project plan for the demolition, asbestos abatement, universal/special waste handling and disposal. Additional work performed included asset recovery; demolition of turbine hall, boiler house and office building; demolition of a 360-foot stack; scrap recycling; foundation removal; intake and discharge tunnel closure; backfill; ash pond closure; final site grading and seeding. Decommissioning started in July 2012 with asbestos abatement, universal/special waste handling and disposal, followed by structure demolition. The job was completed in October 2013. More than 140 employees and over 79,000 man hours were recorded with zero injuries.