Northwest Pipe Announces Pipe Supply Contract
05/01/2008 - Northwest Pipe will supply 68,000 feet of 60-inch steel pipe for the Prairie Waters Project for the City of Aurora, Colo.
Northwest Pipe Co. has received a verbal commitment from Reynolds-Tierdale of Denver, Colo., to supply pipe for the Prairie Waters Project for the City of Aurora, Colo.
The Prairie Waters Project is designed to provide a reliable supply of high quality water to the City of Aurora by drawing water from the South Platte River through collector wells. Water will be delivered to nearby natural purification basins where its movement through sand and gravel will take it through a natural cleansing process. Water will then be piped 38 miles south to the Aurora Reservoir where it will be treated at a new water purification facility. The project is expected to deliver up to 10,000 acre feet of water by 2010 and up to 15,000 acre feet by 2012. The Prairie Waters Project is projected to provide enough additional water to meet the city's demands into the 2020s.
For this project, Northwest Pipe will supply approximately 68,000 feet of 60-inch steel pipe valued at approximately $22 million for an engineered and custom fabricated piping system. The company expects to manufacture the pipe in its Denver, Colo., division.
Pipe delivery is scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2008.
Northwest Pipe manufactures welded steel pipe and other products in three business segments. Its Water Transmission Group is a leading supplier of large diameter, high-pressure steel pipe products that are used primarily for water infrastructure in North America. Its Tubular Products Group manufactures smaller diameter steel pipe for a wide range of construction, agricultural, energy, industrial and mechanical applications. Its Fabricated Products Group manufactures propane tanks and other fabricated products. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., and has ten manufacturing facilities across the United States and Mexico.
