MWH Americas Inc. and a local contractor are battling a $5-million lawsuit connected to 100-ton gates on an Oregon dam that suddenly came crashing down.
The failure of two of the three 102-foot long roll gates at the Leaburg Dam on the McKenzie River was triggered by a “systemic design error” involving hydraulic hoists engineered by MWH and installed by Portland-based Advanced American Construction, claims the Eugene Water and Electric Board. It filed the lawsuit in federal circuit court in Eugene May 5th.