NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME), a Fortune 500® leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure, and facilities services for a diverse range of businesses announced that its subsidiary Harry Pepper & Associates has been awarded by NASA a Task Order under a previously awarded Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract. The Task Order is for restoration of the B2 Rocket Test Stand at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi.
Harry Pepper & Associates (HPA) will be responsible for all repairs and alterations necessary to restore the original functionality of the B-2 Rocket Engine Test Stand. Scope of work includes demolishing one of the major levels/decks of the Test Stand, reconstructing it with stainless steel structural framing and deck plate, and restoring its various areas of fixed deck by replacing the carbon steel, galvanized grating, and structural steel. Additionally, scope of work includes demolishing and replacing structural steel of, and performing minor concrete repairs to the Test Stand, as well as refurbishing its Derrick Crane by lengthening the boom and replacing motors, cab controls, load monitoring system, and boom and ancillary equipment.
“We're pleased to have been selected by NASA to work on the wide range of work and projects required at the Stennis Space Center, which provides propulsion test services to NASA and the Department of Defense, is home to more than 30 federal, state, academic and numerous technology-based companies, and is one of our country’s valued research, development and testing facilities," stated David Pepper, President and CEO, HPA. "HPA’s substantial and diverse experience enables us to provide the wide ranging skills required to fulfill the rigorous specifications of this contract."
About EMCOR Group, Inc.
A Fortune 500 company with estimated 2012 revenues of ~$6.4B, EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME) is a leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure, and facilities services. A provider of critical infrastructure systems, EMCOR gives life to new structures and sustains life in existing ones by its planning, installing, operating, maintaining, and protecting the sophisticated and dynamic systems that create facility environments---such as electrical, mechanical, lighting, air conditioning, heating, security, fire protection, and power generation systems---in virtually every sector of the economy and for a diverse range of businesses, organizations and government. EMCOR represents a rare combination of broad reach with local execution, combining the strength of an industry leader with the knowledge and care of 170 locations. The ~26,000 skilled employees of EMCOR have made the company, in the eyes of leading business publications, amongst the “World’s Most Admired” and “Best Managed”. EMCOR’s diversity---in terms of the services it provides, the industries it serves and the geography it spans---has enabled it to create a stable platform for sustained results. The Company’s strong financial position has enabled it to attract and retain among the best local and regional talent, to undertake and complete the most ambitious projects, and to redefine and shape the future of the construction and facilities services industry. Additional information on EMCOR can be found at www.EMCORGroup.com.
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