Plant Name: Grand Gulf Nuclear Station
Project Location: Port Gibson, MS
Owner: Entergy
EBI Client: CB & I / Shaw Group
0 OSHA recordable incidents
Project completed ahead of schedule

EBI’s superior past performance at Grand Gulf lead us to select them for the emergent scope when it arrived. It was a pleasure working with their crew and leadership during our forced outage at Grand Gulf. The crew had a positive attitude and good skill set to perform a variety of tasks.

Marty Hendrix, Project Manager, Entergy

EBI provided excellent quality work. It was a pleasure working with your crew and leadership during our forced outage at GGNS. The crew had a positive attitude and good skill sets to perform a variety of tasks.

Marty Hendrix, Project Manager, Entergy

Why EBI:

We responded to an eleventh hour call at Entergy’s Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, due to issues CB&I/Shaw Group experienced with another vendor. Our contract called for an entirely new isolated phase bus installation including doghouses, generator terminations, GAC unit and air ducts. In addition, our expertise was called upon to convert the existing self-cooled IPBD system to a force-cooled system.

Scope

  • New isolated phase bus installation (installed AZZ/Calvert IPBD system).
  • Complete isolated phase bus inspection and maintenance.
  • Repair of the isophase bus system and flexible connectors.
  • Removal and replacement of seal-off bushings.
  • Other related work to support the extended power uprate (EPU) project as requested.
  • Conversion of self-cooled IPBD system to a force-cooled system.

Challenges

  • Replaced a contractor very shortly before project launch.
  • Due to the point of the project when we were called in, EBI was unable to participate in the pre-project planning meetings that are so critical to a successful isolated phase bus installation.

Success

  • We mobilized quickly on behalf of our client.
  • Our successful history and project continuity at nuclear plants allowed us to minimize the in-processing schedule.
  • Our focus on safety allowed us to complete the project with zero OSHA recordable incidents.
  • Our efficient and high caliber technicians allowed us to deliver another high quality isolated phase bus installation project ahead of schedule and on budget.