The team working on the plant's wet-weather pumping station upgrade consists of general contractor Tomar Construction, East Brunswick, N.J., and the Piscataway, N.J. office of electrical, structural and civil engineer AECOM. Work includes replacing electrical distribution equipment and switchgear and synchronous motor controllers, which will be replaced with low-maintenance controllers. The team will also service three wet-weather pump motors off site.
Work is expected to begin in "about two months," says John Rotolo, the utility's chief engineer. The project is scheduled for completion by 2018. He says the scope of work also includes converting large wound rotor motors to variable frequency drive service; electric motor rebuilding; building modifications; switchgear and monitor and control systems; and instrumentation systems.