U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brings More Electricity Near Iraq

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Iraqi laborers erect a steel power transmission tower to hold overhead power lines for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineer project near Al Nasiriyah, Iraq. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Mohammed Aliwi
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brings More Electricity Near Iraq
New power line should modernize transmission, increase local area jobs.
By Mohammed Aliwi Corps of Engineers Gulf Region South District DHI QAR, Iraq, April 17, 2007 — In an effort to reduce electrical outages and modernize distribution before the summer heat boosts air conditioning demands, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working on a new power transmission project in An Nasiriyah. According to Lew Tyler, gulf region south project manager, the base and supporting structure for a 132-kilovolt overhead power line will be built between the Nasiriyah Power Plant and the Ash Shatra substation. “Since electrical service has been improving in Iraq,“ projects of this kind will lower the incidence of power outages and help modernize the electrical power system.” Michael Fellenz “The new electrical line will ease the overloaded condition on the existing power line and will supply power to the Nasiriyah Water Treatment Plant and several local neighborhoods,” Tyler said. Michael Fellenz, a Gulf Region South District project engineer for the Corps of Engineers, said the transmission line project will provide relief efficiently and safely. “Since electrical service has been improving in Iraq,” he said, “projects of this kind will lower the incidence of power outages and help modernize the electrical power system.” Iraqi laborers pour concrete to set a steel power transmission tower into place on an electrical project near An Nasiriyah, Iraq. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Mohammed Aliwi	An Iraqi laborer prepares to set a steel power transmission tower foundation on an electrical project near An Nasiriyah, Iraq. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Mohammed Aliwi “The main reason for the lack of electricity production in Iraq is that the older equipment has been destroyed over time, and by sabotage,” Fellenz said. “This project will lower the load rates on the old overload feeders and will effectively modernize the electricity transmission and increase local area jobs. It will also provide the Ash Shatra district with the appropriate conveyance feeders of the power needed, to help keep the power stable.” Engineering services provided throughout the contract duration will include all design, supply, construction and commissioning activities for the project. “Design functions will include the preparation and submission for review by the (Iraqi) government of all design calculations, construction drawings, test programs and methodologies, and blueprints,” Tyler said. Fellenz said that the construction functions include preparing and submitting for government review the vendor data, vendor profiles, catalogs, production of all equipment and related tests. The construction manager will also supply all equipment for the site. “The contractor’s responsibility is to ensure that the equipment and system warranties are valid during the construction and commissioning stages of the projects, and are transferred to the Iraqi minister of electricity on project completion,” Tyler said.

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The US has brought more modern conveniences like electricity, water, and sewerage systems to Iraq in the last 4 years than Sadaam did in his whole 35 years in power. Sadaam gave these conveniences to his friends and allies and built palaces for himself, while leaving vast numbers of Iraqi living in squalor.