For Immediate Release Contact: Dennis Hill dennis.hill@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-4690 Oak Ridge, Tenn., December 14, 2011 – Question: What is better than having a monster 94-ton 385C Caterpillar Excavator on a large demolition project? Answer: Having a free 385C Cat on the project (Shipping and handling not included — some assembly required.) URS | CH2M Oak…
For Immediate Release Contact: Wayne McKinney wayne.mckinney@ettp.doe.gov (865) 576-6284 Oak Ridge, Tenn., December 8, 2011 – Employees of URS | CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) and its subcontractors have worked 1 million hours without an injury or illness. UCOR became the Department of Energy’s Environmental Management contractor at the Oak Ridge Reservation on Aug. 1,…
For Immediate Release Contact: Dennis Hill dennis.hill@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-4690 Oak Ridge, Tenn., December 1, 2011 — URS | CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) and a team of its subcontractors recently cleaned up a contaminated area of First Street at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), putting the area back into safe, productive use. The $85,000 project was…
For Immediate Release Contact: Fran Poda fran.poda@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-6226 Oak Ridge, Tenn., November 30, 2011 – Six facilities in the East Tennessee Technology Park’s (ETTP) Poplar Creek area have been rendered “cold and dark” and are one step closer to demolition. URS | CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) performed the work under a contract with ORISE,…
For Immediate Release Contact: Fran Poda fran.poda@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-6226 Oak Ridge, Tenn., November 28, 2011 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) has made its 2,000th shipment of K-25 demolition rubble since it assumed management of the East Tennessee Technology Park cleanup contract on Aug. 1. Materials shipped included processed steel, asbestos, concrete rubble, compressors…
For Immediate Release Contact: Dennis Hill dennis.hill@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-4690 Oak Ridge, Tenn., October 7, 2011 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) today began offsite shipments of soils excavated from around an underground waste tank located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). This removal action is being performed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation…
For Immediate Release Contact: Dennis Hill dennis.hill@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-4690 Oak Ridge, Tenn., September 14, 2011 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) on Monday began excavation of a 4,000-gallon stainless steel waste tank at the former main campus of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). This action will eliminate a known source of contaminants being…
For Immediate Release Contact: Dennis Hill dennis.hill@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-4690 Oak Ridge, Tenn., September 1, 2011 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) has begun shipping for disposal debris generated from demolition of the K-25 Building East Wing at East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP). “One of our main objectives,” said UCOR President and Project Manager Leo…
For Immediate Release Contact: Dennis Hill dennis.hill@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-4690 Oak Ridge, Tenn., August 31, 2011 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) had a literal breakthrough this week when workers completed a cut through the east wing of the K-25 Building, segregating the north 16 sections of the structure from the six southernmost sections, five…
For Immediate Release Contact: Fran Poda fran.poda@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-6226 Oak Ridge, Tenn., August 1, 2011 — URS | CH2M Oak Ridge, LLC (UCOR) took over the environmental cleanup of the Oak Ridge Reservation for the Department of Energy today, after a safe, three-month transition. UCOR is headquartered at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP), where…
