Colorado School of Mines has once again selected Gracon to be responsible for the overhaul of their utility tunnels and underground utilities. These utilities will ultimately support the future development on their campus. The campus infrastructure project will change the utility tunnels and underground utilities throughout...
Gracon has been selected to perform a complete turbine and generator replacement for the San Diego County Water Authority, a public agency that serves the San Diego region with more than 24 million residents. Gracon won the project by thinking outside the box and proposing a...
Daniel Teague is a native of Colorado, and started as an electrician apprentice at 15, working for his neighbor before eventually owning his own company. He was planning to be a professional pilot, but the pay was better as an electrician. Interestingly enough, along with...
The Stillhouse Gate Repair project includes time-critical repairs to the flawed sluice gate system at the Water Control Structure, located at Stillhouse Dam, Texas. Work includes removing and replacing two sluice gates and their associated hydraulics systems. The work is being performed for the Army...
The Army Corps of Engineers has selected Gracon to replace the existing Fairbanks Morse & Co. vertical turbine pumps/motors/oilers, with new Morrison VPM-30-27 vertical turbine pumps/motors at the Williston Pumping Facility in North Dakota. Replacing the pumps will require substantial upgrades to the existing electrical...
Gracon has moved office locations and is now located in Lafayette, Colorado. Our new office address is: 130 Miners Drive, Lafayette, CO 80026. ...
Gracon has been awarded work at Green Mountain Powerplant near Silverthorne, Colorado for the Bureau of Reclamation. The Green Mountain Powerplant Penstock Rehabilitation project includes removing and controlling water, rehabilitating the existing penstocks, and repairing cavitation on the turbine runners. Work also includes replacing the...
This $2M, design-build gate project, consists of Gracon repairing eight gates including gate frames, stems, guides, operators, bulkheads, and other equipment at Big Hill Dam, in Osage, Kansas. Gracon is partnering with Deere & Ault Consultants for the design of the new gates. Design work...
Gracon was recently awarded a contract to repair cavitation damage on Diablo Powerhouse’s Hydro-Generator #32 turbine runner. During a narrow window of time, Gracon will partner with Cutting Edge Onsite Machining to safely remove the cavitation damage and reweld new filler material in place on...
Gracon received a contract to overhaul Unit #8 at the Lewiston Pump-Generating Plant near Niagara Falls, New York. The 8th of a total of 12 units Gracon will overhaul for the New York Power Authority, the work will include completely disassembling, refurbishing, and reassembling the vertical...