Value Delivered
The Idaho Falls Power Company needed to expand its operations to help ensure energy independence for the city’s growing community. We provided mechanical design-assist and design-build services for a new 17.5-megawatt power plant.
Throughout the design process, we advised both the general contractor (GC) and the engineering team on potential value engineering options. We also worked with the GC to maximize installation efficiency despite delays in customer-provided components. By working together, we completed all work on time and on budget.
Client Objectives
The client needed to expand to avoid incurring premium costs for power sourced from outside its current infrastructure.
Solutions
Our scope of work included:
- Design-assist/design-build services
- Value engineering
- Complete mechanical system installation, featuring:
- 1,800 linear feet of fabricated piping
- Fourteen industrial radiators
- Insulated exhaust and diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) systems
- Administration and maintenance Facilities
- Industrial exhaust and ventilation systems
- Connections for seven Caterpillar generators
- Included natural gas, cooling water, DEF systems, lubricating oil, and more
- Performed in collaboration with electrical subcontractor
- Owner provided generators and set equipment in place
Client Background
Idaho Falls Power is a municipal electric utility serving the roughly 70,000 residents of Idaho Falls, ID, since 1900.