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Reclamation Awards $911,637 Contract for Canyon Ferry Elevator Replacement Work

Media Contact: Tyler Johnson, (406) 247-7609, tjohnson@usbr.gov

For Release: December 11, 2014

BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $911,637 contract to Skyward Construction, Inc., of Ridgefield, Wash., for elevator replacement and modernization work at Canyon Ferry Dam, approximately 17 miles East of Helena, Mont.

The work includes removal and replacement of existing elevator equipment, furnishing additional hardware to improve selected car and counterweight guide rail support brackets and associated spreader beams and anchors that are severely corroded and no longer reliability. There will be additional repairs in the hoistway. Work will also include modifications to the machine room by cutting and removing concrete and furnishing and installing an equipment roof hatch.

The contract was awarded on December 10, 2014. Work is scheduled to be completed in 2015.

The Canyon Ferry Unit is a multi-purpose project, which provides low cost power generation and makes an important contribution to the flood control, irrigation, and power supply in the upper Missouri Basin.

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