ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $750,000 contract to Tunheim Construction, LLC, of Moorhead, Minn., April 6 to repair pump stations in Minot, N.D. and Burlington, N.D.
Six pump stations in Minot and four smaller pump stations between Minot and Burlington will be repaired.
The 10 pump stations covered under the contract were flooded in 2011, making them inoperable. The contractor will clean the pump stations and bring each station back to a fully operational condition. The majority of the work will be to replace damaged electrical components, which will include the control panels at each pump station and the pump motors at the stations in Minot.
Project construction will begin early May and is expected to be completed in the fall of 2012.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, serves the American public in the areas of environmental enhancement, navigation, flood damage reduction, water and wetlands regulation, recreation sites and disaster response. It contributes around $175 million to the five-state district economy. The 700 employees work at more than 40 sites in five upper-Midwest states. For more information, see www.mvp.usace.army.mil.
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Release no. 12-040