Pike Island Locks & Dam Hydraulic System Replacement

LOCATION:
Wheeling, West Virginia

CLIENT:

Project Details

The Pittsburgh U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) required Construction Services for the Pike Island Lock Project in WV. BCI self-performed 65% of the work. BCI subcontracted out electrical/control and hydraulic installation. The work consisted of complete replacement of the hydraulic system at the Pike Island Dam.

For this project, BCI replaced the hydraulic system at Pike Island Lock and Dam and had the following responsibilities:

  • Pour six concrete pads for HPU local Control buildings (BCI performed)
  • Demo of Existing MCC HPU units and hydraulic reservoir (BCI)
  • Concrete Removal by means of wire saw and removal by large crane on floating plant (Subcontracted)
  • Furnishing and Installing six Hydraulic Power Units (Subcontracted)
  • Furnishing and Installing the Piping (Subcontracted)
  • Electrical work (Subcontracted)
  • Remove piping on the middle wall gallery, river wall trench, and control station recesses; Removing concrete trench cover and concrete for grating angle on the middle and river walls (BCI Performed)
  • Install and commission controls and fiber for HPUs (Subcontracted)