Jet Farm Bridge Project
KEMRON was awarded a modification to the Bolles Canal contract under a South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) award for the restructuring of the canal as part of the global Everglades Restoration program. The modification was to replace a bridge across Bolles Canal on the property known as Jet Farm. The site is located in south Florida approximately 40 miles west of West Palm Beach. The project included demolishing the existing bridge, widening 200 feet of canal, relocating farmer-owned pump stations and piping, constructing concrete footings, wing walls and backs walls called endbents and placing a new bridge. The bridge selected by the SFWMD is a weathered steel bridge 90 feet long and 16 feet wide delivered to the site in 335 pieces. KEMRON assembled the bridge in the field. KEMRON staff visited the fabrication plant in Alabama and met with the design engineers to gain knowledge of the bridge components and assembly. KEMRON personnel were trained in the proper technique of bolt tensioning on a Skidmore-Wilhelm instrument rented for the project. Bolts of every Lot # and size were tested on site daily and recorded by an oversight engineer before utilized on the bridge. The main frame of the bridge is comprised of (4) I-Beams and numerous cross braces and guardrail posts. Concrete form pans are attached between the beams to support an 8 to 10-inch concrete deck which will be poured on the completed bridge. Each 90 foot I-Beam weighs approximately 25,000 lbs and was placed on the foundation endbents with a 200 ton crane. The correct placement of the beams was critical, anchor bolts in the concrete had to line up perfectly with holes in the steel beams. A crew on each side of the canal positioned the beams while communicating with 2-way radios. Crews worked from KEMRON’s deck boat in the water to bolt on the cross-braces connecting the beams together. Safety was of utmost importance due to the nature of this project. Hazards included crushing/pinching, lifting/rigging, crane operation, working over water, alligators and poisonous snakes. 
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KEMRON awarded a new contract at Mississippi Phosphate Corporation!
KEMRON was recently awarded a contract with EPA Region 4 at the former Mississippi Phosphate Corporation (MPC) fertilizer manufacturing plant in Pascagoula, MS. The scope for this contract is to prepare 50 acres on the northeast slope (known as Phase 1B) of the East Gypsum Stack (EGS) Complex for liner installation. Currently, KEMRON is installing liner on the west slope (Phase 1A) under a separate contract with EPA. This firm fixed price contract was awarded under an unrestricted acquisition by Region 4. The scope includes 313,800 cubic yards of total earthwork.
KEMRON has been supporting EPA at the MPC Superfund Site since February of 2017; first with water treatment services that will continue throughout the EGS closure process and later with preparation and cover installation of the Phase 1A portion of the EGS. This contract represents the second step in a multi-step process to completely close and cover the EGS and associated wastewater ponds.
KEMRON awarded Task Order at McAlester Army Ammunition Plant
KEMRON West Virginia Office Wins Project at Fort McNair!
KEMRON’s West Virginia office was recently awarded a contract through the USACE Baltimore District for underground storage tank (UST) removal and soil excavation at Fort McNair in Washington DC. Specifically, the scope includes: preparation of site plans to include the Project Management Plan, Uniform Federal Policy Quality Control Plan and Accident Prevention Plan; cleaning and removal of one 1000-gallon capacity UST; excavation of approximately 10 cubic yards of contaminated soil exceeding the DOEE risk-based screening levels; site restoration and recapping of the area with asphalt; and the preparation of at UST Closure Assessment Report.
KEMRON welcomes Tim Miller, PG
KEMRON welcomes Tim Miller, PG as a senior geologist and technical project manager reporting through the Marietta office. Tim has more than 30 years of professional geology experience including both private client and USACE work. Tim hails from Kentucky where he graduated from the University of Louisville with a BS with honors in Geology. He is registered as a PG in Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee and has performed and managed projects throughout the Midwest, including Brownfields investigations and remediation under the Ohio Voluntary Action Program. His technical experience includes application of MIP and USEPA’s TRIAD approach to site closure, including risk based closures, vapor intrusion investigation and remedial design for chlorinated solvent plumes, karst geology investigations, DNAPL investigations, as well as many DOT corridor projects, Phase I and IIs and NEPA work for DOT and USACE. His work experience has included RCRA and CERCLA, as well as work under multiple state regulatory programs. Tim will be supporting VI and deep well injection projects currently underway in the Marietta office, as well as proposal and document development on ongoing private and federal projects.
