Last Stand for Stacks
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Shown at left is the "before" view of smoke stacks attached to NIH's three incinerators, near Bldg. 11 on Service Rd. South in the center of campus. Idle since 1994 when NIH stopped incinerating at the facility, the stacks were dismantled on Aug. 30. |
| At right, the major steam pipe that supplies several surrounding buildings is kept intact as the new foundation is diverted around the steamline, according to Project Officer Kyung Kim, an engineer at NIH's Office of Research Services. |
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NIH's Office of Research Services' Division of Engineering
Services contracted with Brown & Root Services Corp. to slice
the stacks into sections (left), remove the sections, seal the
ends and haul the pieces to a storage area, where the refractory (heat-insulating material, shown
below) will be packaged and sent for testing.
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Arvind Patel (l), project officer, and Calvin Williams, infrastructure and modernization project director, oversee the day-long Phase III removal and disposal of incineration stacks. Removal lasted from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., concluding with the relocation via truck of the stack pieces to a campus storage area. Disposal will begin after final testing of the stacks' innards. |
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