Power giant Duke Energy is getting down and dirty as it spends more than $2 billion to upgrade its Cliffside Steam Station, in rural North Carolina, with advanced clean-coal technology. The builders attribute much of the job’s success to date to a collaborative team approach and a strategy that involves site preassembly of powerplant components.
“The fabrication and preassembly performed onsite are a significant element of the project’s success,” says Bobby Smith, project director for The Shaw Group, the Baton Rouge, La.-based engineer and contractor.