Atkinson announces $73.8 million hydroelectric contract in West Virginia.SAN BRUNO San Bruno (săn br  `nō), city (1990 pop. 38,961), San Mateo co., W Calif., a suburb on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1914. There is light manufacturing and petroleum refining. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 1995--Atkinson (NASDAQ NASDAQin full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ATKN) Monday announced that its operating unit operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon , Atkinson Construction Co., has been awarded a $73.8 million contract for construction of a 42 megawatt hydroelectric power hydroelectric power: see power, electric; water power. hydroelectric power Electricity produced from generators driven by water turbines that convert the energy in falling or fast-flowing water to mechanical energy. plant on the Ohio River. The project will be built for OMEGA JV5, a joint-venture of 42 Ohio municipal utilities, on the existing Army Corp of Engineers' Belleville Lock and Dam located at Belleville, W. Va. Construction of the project will commence immediately with completion scheduled for late 1997. Atkinson operates through three construction companies providing full service construction to markets for power, industrial and commercial building, pulp and paper, mining, and infrastructure in the United States, Canada, and internationally. CONTACT: Atkinson Jim Stevens, 415/876-1681 |
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