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Here is your regular scheduled update from the Holly Plant Decommissioning Project Team:
The TRC, LVI, and Austin Energy team have continued to remove steel and concrete from the Holly Power Plant Building. This week’s post details, through the following series of images, the team’s removal of half of the turbine hall, and the demolition of the power plant building concrete floors that support the turbine hall.
This image highlights the power plant building in the background with the control room building in the center. Holly units 3 and 4 are on the left hand side of the image.
- Power Plant Building
The demolition team has left an opening into the turbine hall after removing the control room that was featured in the previous image. A portion of Holly 3 boiler is visible on the left.
- Power Plant Building
This image highlights the team’s progress in removing portions of the turbine hall. If you look carefully at the center of the image, you will see an opening into the concrete building at ground level where the control room used to reside. Holly 3 boiler is on the left.
- Power Plant Building
The team has completely removed half of the turbine hall. Also, part of the concrete floor has now collapsed.
- Power Plant Building
A worker is using the excavator to remove more concrete and widen the opening in the space formerly used as a control room.
- Power Plant Building
The worker uses the excavator to pound and crack the concrete floor.
- Power Plant Building
The excavator grabs the steel beam at the top on the right side of the image.
- Power Plant Building
First, the excavator yanks the beam from the right side.
- Power Plant Building
Next, the excavator brings down the beam and exposes a considerable amount of rebar that was used to reinforce the concrete.
- Power Plant Building
Finally, the excavator drags the beam which will be placed in the scrap yard.
- Power Plant Building
Inside the power plant building, you can see the opening made by the excavator on the right hand side of the image. This image highlights the subterranean floor. The demolition team will use the concrete debris to create and shape a ramp. They will then be able to maneuver the excavator into the lower floor.
- Power Plant Building
The following image is a perspective from the lower floor featuring the opening made by the excavator sitting at ground level. The ramp will be created with the featured concrete debris.
- Power Plant Building
This is another view of the area on the lower floor.
- Power Plant Building
This is the lower floor of the power plant building. The background light features the area where the demolition team will create a ramp out of the concrete debris. The team will remove all of this floor’s equipment, piping, and valves and use the future entrance ramp to lower the necessary demolition machinery.
- Power Plant Building
Lastly, more images can be found in our image gallery. Click Here.
Here is your regular scheduled update from the Holly Plant Decommissioning Project Team:
The TRC, LVI, and Austin Energy team have continued and completed removing one half of the turbine generator building. This week’s post details, through the following series of images, the latest view of the team removing one half of the turbine generator building that housed the four steam turbines and electric generators.
Working on the east end of the turbine generator building, a welder prepares to remove a steel beam.
Turbine Generator Building
With the beam being held by the overhead crane, the welder makes a cut to clear it from the supporting structure.
Turbine Generator Building
The beam is lifted and moved to the scrap yard.
Turbine Generator Building
The demolition team removed the beams and roof covering the truck bay on the east end of the building. In the middle of the image, you can see a section of the roof has been removed by the team.
Turbine Generator Building
A welder cuts the opposite end of the roof section.
Turbine Generator Building
The team is cutting the building roof width wise at every fourth column. Notice the gap that appears in the roof in the middle of the image. This indicates the steel that has been cut and removed by the demolition team in preparation for pulling the building section to the right of the gap.
Turbine Generator Building
An excavator is set up with cables attached to the building section.
Turbine Generator Building
The excavator pulls on the cables causing the building section to collapse forward.
Turbine Generator Building
The demolition team has completely removed the building section and the concrete floor is ready to be removed.
Turbine Generator Building
This image shows the collapsed building section over the concrete portion of the remaining structure. Also, Holly 3 is in the background on the left. Lastly, you can see there are still two sections of the turbine generator building that still need to be removed by the demolition team.
Turbine Generator Building
Notice, day light is now entering the turbine hall. The demolition team has finished lowering the steel columns and left them on the concrete floor, as seen in the background towards the middle of the image. The photographer took the image from the interior of the turbine generator building and facing east.
Turbine Generator Building
In similar fashion as described previously, the team uses the excavator to bring down the second section of the building.
Turbine Generator Building
The excavator grabs and pulls portions of the building off of the turbine hall concrete floor.
Turbine Generator Building
In the lower middle of the following image, a welder cuts one of the steel columns. The rest of the demolition team is preparing to pull the building section down over the concrete floor.
Turbine Generator Building
With cables attached to the middle columns at the top, the excavator pulls on the cables and the building section begins to tilt forward. A water truck is parked in the middle ready to spray water on the collapsed roof debris to contain the dust particles.
Turbine Generator Building
The building is quickly coming down and is half way towards landing on top of the concrete floor.
Turbine Generator Building
The building section is now totally collapsed over the concrete floor. The demolition team is ready to remove the debris and the steel structure.
Turbine Generator Building
Compare the following image to the last image in the previous week’s blog. Holly 3 is on the far left. However, you can see that only half of the turbine generator building is still standing. The remaining part of the building structure is adjacent to Holly 3 and Holly 4.
Turbine Generator Building
Lastly, more images can be found in our image gallery. Click Here.
Here is your regular scheduled update from the Holly Plant Decommissioning Project Team:
Demolition activities continue throughout the plant. In the following series of images, you will see the joint Austin Energy, TRC, and LVI team start to remove turbine generator building that housed the four steam turbines and electric generators.
This image is of the south wall of the turbine generator building before the demolition team began any major cutting of the walls. The Holly 3 boiler is on the left side of the image.
Turbine Generator Building
Two workers on lifts begin to cut the steel siding on the south wall of the building. The elevator shaft that was between the Holly 1 and 2 units and rising past the roof is still in the center of the image.
Turbine Generator Building
A worker operating the shearer begins to cut the steel columns that formed the elevator shaft.
Turbine Generator Building
The shearer moves to the right and begins pulling on the steel columns.
Turbine Generator Building
The steel column collapses and half of the shaft structure begins falling.
Turbine Generator Building
The entire elevator shaft structure begins to tilt downward as the shearer pulls the columns.
Turbine Generator Building
A worker operating the excavator now approaches the shaft from the left side.
Turbine Generator Building
The excavator pulls the last remaining portion of the elevator shaft. A worker continues to spray water to keep dust particles from becoming air borne.
Turbine Generator Building
The south wall of the building is beginning to disappear as the demolition team removes more sections of siding. The Holly 3 boiler is on the left side of the image. On the right side of the image, the team is beginning to remove the roof at the end of the building.
Turbine Generator Building
Workers, on top of the right side or east end of the building, are cutting the roof panels. The wall siding has been removed by the demolition team. The roof and walls cover the east end truck bay. Additionally, one of the electric generators is still in the truck bay.
Turbine Generator Building
The demolition team continues to remove wall siding from the north side of the building. Workers, on the right side of the image behind the excavator, are on lifts removing siding as they work their way down the side of the building. The excavator at the front is pulling siding panels opening the walls of the building.
Turbine Generator Building
Welders continue to cut and remove the roof panels exposing the roof to the structural steel columns that surround the building.
Turbine Generator Building
On the south side of the building, the excavator is used to pull more of the wall siding down to the ground.
Turbine Generator Building
The excavator tears down the yellow brick siding that appears between the steel columns.
Turbine Generator Building
The demolition team tore off the yellow brick siding which is now dropped to the ground.
Turbine Generator Building
A welder cuts one of the steel roof beams on the east end of the building.
Turbine Generator Building
The crane lifts and moves the steel beam to the scrap yard.
Turbine Generator Building
This is the current view of the turbine building looking in the direction where Holly units 1 and 2 used to stand. The opening in the center of the image will be expanded to allow the shearer and excavator to enter the lower floors of the turbine building and remove all of the remaining equipment.
Turbine Generator Building
Lastly, more images can be found in our image gallery. Click Here.
Here is your regular scheduled update from the Holly Plant Decommissioning Project Team:
The TRC, LVI, and Austin Energy team have continued and completed removing all equipment from the turbine floor. This week’s post details, through the following series of images, the latest view of the team removing the last of the electric generators off the turbine floor.
This image shows the turbine floor when the demolition team began working on the turbine floor. The turbine generator units shown below from the front to the back are unit 3, unit 2, and lastly unit 1.
Holly 3 Generator
A welder is cutting around the end housing of the Holly 3 electric generator. The rest of the demolition team is preparing to remove the Holly 3 generator.
Holly 3 Generator
The demolition team uses the crane to lift the pedestal which supported the Holly 3 generator exciter.
Holly 3 Generator
The pedestal is on its way to the truck bay for disposal.
Holly 3 Generator
The demolition team will use the overhead crane and rigged the Holly 3 generator rotor for a horizontal pull.
Holly 3 Generator
The Holly 3 generator rotor rests on the floor after the team pulled it out of the generator stator.
Holly 3 Generator
A welder begins cutting the end of the Holly 3 generator stator.
Holly 3 Generator
The team removed the end of Holly 3 generator stator while the stator remains in place. Next, they will cut and remove the top half of the stator.
Holly 3 Generator
The team removed the top half of the Holly 3 generator stator and temporarily laid it on the turbine floor.
Holly 3 Generator
The demolition team moved the Holly 3 generator stator into the truck bay where it will be shipped to a recycling facility.
Holly 3 Generator
A welder is cutting the remaining pipes that are connected to the Holly 4 generator stator.
Holly 4 Generator
A welder pulls his torch and hose to make additional cuts on the Holly 4 generator stator.
Holly 4 Generator
The welder has finished making his cuts and the team has removed the Holly 4 generator coolers.
Holly 4 Generator
The team lifted and stored the Holly 4 generator stator in the truck bay. Workers inspect the interior of the stator to determine the best way to remove the copper windings.
Holly 4 Generator
A welder uses a high temperature burning bar to cut the Holly 4 generator rotor into three sections for easier transport to a recycling facility. The Holly 3 generator rotor is on the left.
Holly 4 Generator
The team took the Holly 4 generator rotor sections to the scrap yard for shipment. The thick rough cut featured in the right hand side of the image was made by the welder’s burning bar featured in the previous image.
Holly 4 Generator
This is the current view of the turbine hall after the team has removed all four of the steam turbines and electric generators. Compare this view to the first image. The team has completed the work on this floor and now will start on removing the building structure and equipment in the lower floors.
Holly 4 Generator
Lastly, more images can be found in our image gallery. Click Here.
Here is your regular scheduled update from the Holly Plant Decommissioning Project Team:
Demolition activities continue throughout the plant. In the following series of images, you will see the joint Austin Energy, TRC, and LVI team completely remove the Holly 1 & 2 control room building. This week’s post brings you the latest update on what has happened to the Holly 1 and 2 control room structure.
This image shows the right side of the control room building with glass windows facing the plant grounds in the center. On the right side of the image, you can see it is attached to the steam turbine generator building.
Holly 1 & 2 Control Room Building
This image shows the left side of the control room building. This image also highlights the team’s accomplishment in removing the Holly 2 boiler.
Holly 1 & 2 Control Room Building
The shearer begins removing the wall on the left and front sides of the control room building.
Holly 1 & 2 Control Room Building
The demolition team completed removing all the glass windows from the front of the building.
Holly 1 & 2 Control Room Building
This image highlights the control room on the right side of the building on the upper floor. This floor was where the operators controlled boiler operations.
Holly 1 & 2 Control Room Building
The shearer grabs and pulls on the floor beams bringing down the front of the building and floors.
Holly 1 & 2 Control Room Building
In the top center of the image, you can see the rear part of the control room with one of the control panels. The glass door to the left of the control panel led to the steam turbine generator floor.
Holly 1 & 2 Control Room Building
The shearer on the right side of the image grabs and begins to pull one of the floor beams.
Holly 1 & 2 Control Room Building
As the shearer pulls on the beam, the rear part of the building begins to come down. A worker on the right maintains a spray of water to keep dust particles under control.
Holly 1 & 2 Control Room Building
The building continues to fall with the last of the control room panels.
Holly 1 & 2 Control Room Building.
The team uses the shearer for a final pull to bring down the remainder of the control room floor.
Holly 1 & 2 Control Room Building
Compared to our first image, you can see that the building is gone. The team will demolish the remaining bottom concrete floor.
Holly 1 & 2 Control Room Building
As the team removes the remaining debris, you can begin to see a large opening into the turbine hall in the left of the image.
Holly 1 & 2 Control Room Building
This is a view of the turbine hall. The floor openings is the location of the now removed Holly 2 steam turbine. In the center towards the right, you can see the large opening left by the removal of the Holly 1 & 2 control room building. The stairwell in front of the opening led to the control room floor.
Holly 1 & 2 Control Room Building
The demolition team uses the portable jackhammer to cut the remaining concrete walls into sections. The welder on the right is cutting the concrete rebar.
Holly 1 & 2 Control Room Building
The team pulls the wall sections one by one until the floor is brought down.
Holly 1 & 2 Control Room Building
This view highlights the team’s progress in removing the turbine control building.
Holly 1 & 2 Control Room Building
This is the current view of the turbine control building with Holly 3 and 4 in the background. In this image, you can see the team has demolished the bottom concrete floor.
Holly 1 & 2 Control Room Building
Lastly, more images can be found in our image gallery. Click Here.