Winooski One Hydroelectric
Hydroelectric Station and Waterfront Park
Winooski One Hydroelectric
Burlington/Winooski, VT
Under the jurisdiction of the FERC this multi-faceted, multi-million dollar development project involved the design, permitting, and construction of a new reinforced concrete powerhouse, dam sections, two 8-foot high inflatable rubber spillways, a mechanical fish elevator system, waterfront parkway, heated trashrack deck, and a pneumatic air blaster for the removal of trashrack debris. The powerhouse is capable of withstanding 5 ft. of water over the top of the roof and accommodations for environmentally sensitive plant species.
The 7.4-megawatt hydroelectric facility with 3 bevel gear turbines is located on the Winooski River immediately upstream of Lake Champlain bordering Burlington and Winooski, Vermont.
Project amenities include a fish elevator system complete with a fish trapping, sorting and trucking station. A waterfront parkway designed for handicap accessibility includes brick walkways, cast-iron tree wells, decorative guardrails, site lighting, retaining walls, and project plantings. Also included are an access tunnel, a 20-ton overhead crane, a heated trash raking deck, hydraulic trash rack vibrators and an intake air blaster system and heavy concrete restoration.
Ottaquechee River
Minimum Flow Turbine Installation
Ottaquechee River, Windsor County; North Hartland, VT
The Turner Group was retained to complete an evaluation and perform the structural design for the renovation of an existing 64,800 SF retail space into a Wal-Mart.
Turner Group visited the site to measure and evaluate the existing structural system and performed all structural designs to bring the existing structure into conformance with current code requirements. Construction drawings and specifications for the structural work were produced and construction administration was provided.