The majority of the work at the stations was indoors and included progress on heating and ventilation systems, installation of valves, and work on piping and pipe corridors
During summer construction season, pipeline activity concentrated in the critical mountain passes, as the pipeline portion of the project neared completion
Pamela F. Lekanof was working out of the Asbestos Workers Local # 97 hall, Anchorage, Alaska. Her employer was a subcontractor, Brand Insulation. She worked out of the Asbestos Workers hall for over three years, first as a trainee and later an...
Joanne Gottbreht was working out of the Asbestos Workers Local # 97 hall, Anchorage, Alaska. Her employer was a subcontractor, Brand Insulation. Information courtesy of Pamela F. (Lekanof) Horine.
The pipeline project received added recognition during February, when the Senior Project Manager of the Pipeline portion of the project, Frank P. Moolin, Jr., was named "Construction's Man of the Year" by Engineering News-Record magazine.
Moolin directs the work of a 700-member management team which oversees the work of the pipeline's nearly 200 contractors including five execution contractors who employ more than 13,000 workers this year. This concludes the March progress report.
Title from caption. Caption continues: The zig-zag pattern of the pipeline allows for expansion and contraction of the pipe during temperature changes. Alyeska Pipeline Service Company.
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Caption continues: Radial fins atop vertical members of pipe supports are part of heat pipes which maintain permafrost in a frozen condition.