| ST. LOUIS – Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois (ATXI) has contracted with McGrath & Associates for $3 million of construction services to build a new substation near Palmyra, Missouri, as part of the Illinois Rivers Project.
McGrath’s work on the substation includes site cut and fill, 477 drilled pier foundations, transformer and switchgear foundations, underground conduits and power runs, and fencing. This substation is part of ATXI’s Illinois Rivers Project, a new 380-mile, 345,000-volt transmission line that will interconnect Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, and improve the reliability and efficiency of the electric power grid. The estimated $1.1 billion Illinois Rivers transmission project is Ameren’s largest-ever transmission project and the longest single transmission line project in Illinois history. The transmission line route through Illinois was finalized by the Illinois Commerce Commission on Feb. 20, 2014. McGrath & Associates, celebrating its 30th year, is a 100 percent employee-owned general contractor and construction management firm specializing in commercial, health care, industrial, institutional and pharmaceutical construction projects. McGrath is a member of the Associated General Contractors, the St. Louis Construction OSHA Partnership and has been named “General Contractor of the Year” by the American Subcontractors Association Midwest Council four times out of 15 nominations. For more information, call Ken Knobbe at (314) 772-7600 or visit www.mcgrathconstruction.com. # # #
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