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1949 Projects completed during this period were; Kerr Power House: Revision and enlargement of Montana Power Company's power house near Poison, Montana, required doubling the size of the original building, installation of a second 78, 000 H.P. turbine and generator, and driving of 1200 feet of horizontal and inclined tunnel 24 feet in diameter. Access was from the side of the existing structure opposite to the new addition, and the $880,000 contract stipulated no interruption of service from the existing facility. Kerr Penstock Tunnel: Some 1200 feet of 24 ft. tunnel for an addition to an existing power house at Poison, Montana, had to be driven with extreme care to avoid damaging an adjacent penstock tunnel then in use. The tunnel was excavated, lined with concrete, tested and put into operation in January, 1949, without interruption of service of the existing facilities. Cost of the project was included in the above. A Thermal power plant in Richmond, California for the Standard Oil Company of California in the amount of $190,000. A haulage tunnel in Utah for the Kennecott Copper Corporation in the amount of $623,000. Industrial Highway in Ukiah, California in the amount of $4,130,000 for the Masonite Corporation. The grading for a copper refinery in Utah for the Kennecott Copper Corporation in the amount of $607,000. An oil pipeline in Wyoming for the General Petroleum Corporation in the amount of $317,000. Pittsburg Coal Company: Utah Construction Company stripped overburden, mined, transported, sized and loaded into railroad cars more than 3,200,000 tons of high grade coal in the period from 1943 to 1949. Stripping the 70 foot deep overburden required disposal of more than 28,000,000 cubic yards of earth and rock. synthetic Detergent Plant: Utah Construction Company directed all and per- formed much of the intricate construction and installation of this Colgate- Palmolive -Peet Company plant in Berkeley, California, completed in 1949 for $131,000.