Northwest Pipe Co. has received an order to supply approximately $5 million of welded steel pipe to S.J. Louis Construction, Inc. of Waite Park, Minn. The pipe will be used in the Drinking Water Pipeline No. 1 -- Rio Grande to Paseo Del Norte for the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Northwest Pipe will supply approximately 18,200 feet of 48- and 72-inch-diameter steel pipe. The company expects to manufacture the pipe at its Saginaw, Texas, division. Delivery scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2005.

Northwest Pipe Co. manufactures welded steel pipe in two business segments. Its Water Transmission Group is a leading supplier of large-diameter, high-pressure, steel pipe products used primarily for water transmission in the United States and Canada. Its Tubular Products Group manufactures smaller-diameter steel pipe for a wide range of construction, agricultural, industrial and mechanical applications. The company is headquartered in Portland, Ore., and operates eleven manufacturing facilities in the United States and Mexico.