Projects Energy Wind Maple Ridge Wind Farm
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The completed project consists of 195 Vestas 1.65 megawatt (MW) turbines with a 12-mile 230 kilovolt (kV) Article VII transmission line. In less than 4 weeks, Tetra Tech reviewed 38 environmental permits and dissected them for any construction-related environmental compliance measures. Working side by side with our client, we developed a program to meet all environmental construction requirements in the most efficient manner possible. We presented the compliance program -- the first ever done in New York for a wind farm. The program received enthusiastic approval from the New York State Department of Public Service, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets. Tetra Tech trained 450 construction workers, agency personnel, and owner personnel in how to use the environmental compliance tools we created. And, most importantly, Tetra Tech obtained every preconstruction clearance that was part of our scope of work two days ahead of schedule.
Tetra Tech provided environmental construction inspection services throughout construction, keeping the project in compliance and construction moving forward. The Delaney Group, a Tetra Tech subsidiary, provided civil construction services, including clearing and grubbing, drainage pipe installation, access road construction, crane pad construction, and widening 15 miles of public roads.
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
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Tetra Tech provided environmental construction compliance, Phase 1a and 2 permitting, value and design engineering, and civil construction services for the Maple Ridge Wind Farm in Lewis County, New York.