Vancouver, Washington, US-based welded steel pipe producer Northwest Pipe Company (Northwest Pipe) has announced the receipt of an order from Roanoke, Texas-based Oscar Renda Contracting for the supply of pipes for Bi-County Water Tunnel for the Washington Suburban Sanitation Commission.
Under the scope of the contract, Northwest Pipe is to supply approximately 29,000 feet of 84-inch steel pipe, valued at approximately $11 million, for an engineered and custom fabricated piping system. The pipes will be produced at Northwest Pipe's Parkersburg, West Virginia division with delivery scheduled in the first quarter of 2011.
The Bi-County Water Tunnel project consists of a 5.3 mile tunnel and associated steel pipe liner. The water main will be part of a transmission system to deliver potable water from Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission's Potomac Water Treatment Plant to points in Prince George's County, Maryland.