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Percent complete as of June 2010:

Engineering - 91.9%

Procurement - 97.1%

Construction - 88.1%

Overall - 92.6%

Construction of the Dry Fork Station is almost 90 percent complete. The project as a whole, including engineering, procurement and construction, is about 92 percent complete (video).

DFS project milestones

2010

June: More than 4,450,000 manhours worked without a lost-time accident
April: operations goes into 24/7 shifts.
March: the Wyoming Supreme Court affirms the air permit for Dry Fork Station.
February: electricity was successfully backfed into the Dry Fork Station for the first time.
More than 3,300,000 man-hours have been worked at DFS without a lost-time accident.

2009

Dressing out RAT and GSU transformers
Last heavy lift for the AQCS building was August 27
Final piece of structural steel set in place on June 24
Steam drum lifted and attached to boiler March 22
First siding installed in March
Generator loader arrived at site in January
Generator/stator arrived at site in January

2006 - 2008

Steam drum arrives in Gillette, WY December 2008
Downcomers installed and first columns for tier 5 boiler steel erected in December 2008
Dry Fork Station 3D PLADES model won a 2008 Bentley Award of
Excellence in the category for Innovations in Power Generation in July 2008
Foundation laid in February First H-piles driven in December 2007
Initial site grading begun in October 2007
Acquisition and development of construction work force housing in 2006
Negotiation of a construction agreement with the Wyoming building trades in 2006
Acquisition of the Industrial Siting Permit in June 2006
Participation by Wyoming Municipal Power Agency in August 2006

As of July 2010, installation of the conveyor covers for CV-A & CV-B and the Final 25 ACC Fan Motors was completed. Construction of the Service Building Elevator was finished. To date, more than 95,000 cubic feet of concrete has been been placed. HVAC and fire protection system installations as well as various startup and commissioning activities are also moving forward. Work continued on construction of the steam turbine/generator and the AQCS and Waste Ash Silo, coal handling system, and installing and welding critical and BOP piping. .

Workers reach 4 million man-hours without lost time incident

Engineering staff hired at Dry Fork Station

Mechanics hired at Dry Fork Station

Electricians hired at Dry Fork Station

Warehouse staff hired at Dry Fork Station

Turman, Heckel, Shama named to shift supervisor positions

Hugo named to environmental coordinator position

Dry Fork Station construction hits two-year mark

Martinez named to lead warehouse position

Three named to shift supervisor positions

Clyde named Electrical & Instrumentation Supervisor

Steam drum lifted on a Sunday to beat wintry weather