Location
Stokes County, NC
P&J Role
Prime Contractor
Completion Date
October 2012
Stokes County, NC
Prime Contractor
October 2012
The Belews Creek Steam Station is a two-unit coal-fired generating facility that is one of Duke Energy’s largest coal-burning power plants in the Carolinas. Cooling water for the station is obtained from Belews Lake which is a man-made feature that was formed when the station was constructed in the early 1970s.
P&J was contracted to complete closure of a 22-acre beneficial reuse fly ash structural fill area located at the Belews Creek Steam Station. After removing overburden material, P&J transported fly ash from the site to the Craig Road Fly Ash Landfill located near the station and relocated fly ash at the structural fill area. Closure activities included installation of 40 mil linear low density polyethylene liner, geosynthetic drainage layer, 24” protective soil cover, and toe and interceptor drains. The remaining fly ash fill at the site was regraded to comply with required slope and grade specifications.
P&J also installed erosion control blanket and ditch matting, seeded acres of land, constructed aggregate base for access roads, and constructed a beneficial use parking/storage area on top of the closure area. The owner realized significant project cost savings as a result of P&J’s effective management of the existing overburden material resulting in less fly ash being hauled to the Craig Road Fly Ash Landfill than was originally planned.