Power Plant Demolition Best Practices

September 10, 2024

Online

AGENDA

Tuesday, September 10, 2024 : Central Time

Contractor Vetting for Selection of Bidders

• How to conduct a background check
  • How to quickly check OSHA records and violations- EPA, OSHA etc.
  • TRIR and Experience Modification Rates (EMR) discrepancies and verification
  • Insurance Coverages and Amount
  • Licensed demolition contractor
  • Experience - type of work to be performed by the contractor
  • Project listing - List of projects with contact names and phone numbers
  • Financial ability – Does the company have the financial ability to handle a project of this size
  • Bonding- company can obtain a Performance and Payment Bond
  • Means and Methods to perform the work
  • Project staff and backgrounds

Specifications Development to Address Expensive Scope Gaps

• Decontamination Scope - How to identify adequately and then thoroughly confirm quantities
  • Asbestos
  • Universal waste
  • Other regulated and hazardous waste
• Deactivation Scope – Who and how is this best approached from a safety and cost perspective
  • Cold, dark and dry
  • Line breaking and air gapping
  • D&D nomenclatures, e.g., green go’s and red stays
• Defining Demolition Scope
  • Existing grade or final grade?
  • Pros and cons of caping, filling or daylighting large diameter
    • Underground utilities
    • Circulating water conduits
    • Conveyor and other tunnels
    • Intake and discharge bulkhead or coffer dam and remove
  • Site Restoration and End State advice

What Does World-Class Work Planning Look Like

• Two-Unit Boiler Pull Lessons Learned
  • Attempted pull of two boiler units simultaneously was unsuccessful
  • Root cause analysis performed of the unsuccessful pull and the
  • Lessons learned for pulling heavy structures
  • Appropriate engineering analyses
  • Pulling equipment configuration
  • Quality Assurance and Quality Control
  • Same walkover approach was unsuccessful due to lack of QA/QC
  • Root cause analysis performed of the unsuccessful pull and the
  • Lessons learned for pulling lighter or any structures -
• Appropriate Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC)
  • By a SME i.e., someone that knows what to look for as in the earlier example the utility team had several years and D&D power plant projects under their belt  
  • Plan the work, work the plan
  • If it’s unsafe for us to inspect, then it’s unsafe any more work to be preformed
  • The dozens of various D&D methods may require other SME’s – no one knows it all and if you don’t have several years and D&D power plant projects under your belt, you need your own SME and should never allow a contractor to fill a QA/QC role on high-risk D&D activities   
• Using the correct qualified personnel for the job -
  Don’t use your electrician or power plant operators or PE’s for these QA/QC roles on higher risk D&D activities, as these are ingredients for power plant D&D fatalities 

INSTRUCTORS

Jason Curtsinger, PE, Decommissioning Engineering Manager, Tennessee Valley Authority

Jason Curtsinger has 18 years of engineering experience with a background primarily in geotechnical engineering. He works at the Tennessee Valley Authority in the demolition group and is responsible for managing engineering aspects of complex demolition projects. He has been a part of the demolition of four coal power plants and numerous smaller structures across the TVA region.

Neil Mortensen, PMO Project Manager, DTE Energy

Neil Mortensen has worked as a Construction Field Engineer, Construction Field Supervisor, Construction Project Engineer, and Project Manager for 35 years. Within the last ten years, Neil has dispositioned three DTE energy power plants, two for developers (The mighty Marysville Power Plant, Marysville, MI and Harbor Beach Power Plant, Harbor Beach, MI) and completed demolition of the third DTE Energy power plant (Conner’s Creek) in Detroit, MI. Neil started the decommissioning of DTE’s fourth and fifth power plants a few years ago, Trenton Channel and River Rouge.  He is currently working on decommissioning DTE’s sixth power plant, St. Clair Power Plant located in St. Clair, MI.

Rick Boyd, Director of Generation Projects, Dominion Energy

Rick, Director of Generation Projects for Dominion Energy, is currently responsible for the engineering and construction of existing power plant capital maintenance projects over $500,000.  He is also responsible for the decommissioning and demolition of Dominion Energy’s retired generation plants in Virginia.  He has been executing the installation of numerous maintenance projects, replacement projects, new systems, and the demolition of several sites.  In 2022-2023, he planned and executed 5 site demolitions all happening simultaneously. 

Tim Barker, Principal, Resolute D&D Consulting LLC

Mr. Barker, the founder of Resolute D&D Consulting LLC, currently serves several utilities and some of the world's largest public and privately owned companies. From early planning, budgeting, specification development, contractor selection, and D&D contractor project oversight, Mr. Barker has served hundreds of companies and D&D contractors to attain zero lost time injuries and safety success for 15 years. Mr. Barker has authored many articles on these subjects and is on the demolition industry professional certification board.

ONLINE DELIVERY

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CEUs

Credits

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Instructional Methods

Case studies and PowerPoint presentations.

Upon successful completion of this event, program participants interested in receiving CPE credits will receive a certificate of completion.

Course CPE Credits: 7.0
There is no prerequisite for this Course.
Program field of study: Specialized Knowledge
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