SEC ADVANCING IN RICHLAND
Substantial award with WCH and additional lab offerings
RICHLAND, WASHINGTON Safety and Ecology Corporation’s (SEC) Richland Office celebrates recent awards and additional service offerings to WA laboratory. In late July, SEC was awarded a significant subcontract by Washington Closure Hanford LLC (WCH). SEC will clean up contaminated burial grounds and remaining sites in D Area at the U.S. Department of Energy’s 586-square-mile Hanford Site located in southeastern Washington State.
"SEC is very excited about the opportunity to support WCH on this critical project. We have a strong local management team that will bring senior leadership to WCH while implementing a culture that will exceed the expectations for safety and performance on this project. SEC is looking forward to becoming more integrated with the Tri-Cities community with the expansion of our Richland office and laboratory,” said Christopher Leichtweis, SEC’s CEO.
The D Area was home to D and DR reactors, which produced plutonium during World War II and the Cold War. The two reactors operated from 1944-1967. Both reactors have since been placed in interim safe storage – DR in 2002 and D in 2004. SEC will mobilize and begin some preparatory work immediately. They will begin remediation of waste sites after completing readiness activities. The current goal is to finish the project in 2010. The SEC team includes a Tri-City based team: Permit Surveying, Inc., J-U-B ENGINEERS, Inc., and American Electric, Inc.
“This was a competitive procurement and set aside specifically for small businesses. SEC was selected based on the cost and qualifications outlined in its proposal and we’re pleased to add SEC to our list of small business, remediation subcontractors,” said Jon Fancher, Washington Closure Field Remediation Manager for the D Area remediation project.
In other exciting SEC News, SEC’s Richland Calibration laboratory was officially launched in April 2006 providing world-wide rental, calibration and maintenance services for radiological and industrial hygiene instrumentation. SEC offers long-term lease, short-term lease or lease-to-own instruments in addition to professional consultation for customer instrumentation application and development. The following new capabilities have been added: 1) the ability to perform sealed source leak testing, 2) the ability to transport and analyze analytical samples, and 3) Iodine-129 as an additional calibration source.
About J-U-B ENGINEERS, Inc.
Founded in 1954, J-U-B ENGINEERS, Inc., is an employee owned, full service civil engineering firm that provides innovative ideas and responsible engineering services to public agencies and private industry throughout the Northwest. With 15 area offices in five states, J-U-B’s staff of over 250 employees specialize in civil engineering, transportation engineering, sanitary engineering, agricultural engineering, environmental engineering, urban site planning, GIS Mapping, construction administration, surveying and structural engineering. www.jub.com
About Permit Surveying, Inc.
Permit Surveying, Inc., has successfully completed numerous remediation projects at Hanford and is well acquainted with the facilities. Working in the tri-cities for over 32 years, owner Daniel Strasser is home grown to this area.
About American Electric, Inc.
American Electric, Inc. has been an electrical contractor since 1995 and is owned by Jose Gonzalez Jr. AEI has performed the electrical work on the Cold Vacuum Drying Facility at 100 K, Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility Cells 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, Intergrated Disposal Facility 200 East, 100 C and 100 H Safe Storage Enclosure, and various projects thru out the Hanford site. American Electric, Inc. is an NQA -1 contractor and a UL 508A Listed Panel Building Shop.
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