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Weatherization program provides ‘extreme makeovers’
Hester Kneece wasn’t
starring in any reality television
programming, but her Vaucluse
home did receive an “extreme
makeover” Monday, May 15.
SCE&G and its
employees weatherized
Kneece's home as part of
its Spring Weatherization
Blitz and ongoing
community service
efforts.
As part of this effort,
employee volunteers from
SCE&G, in cooperation
with the
Aiken/Barnwell/
Lexington Community
Action Agency caulked,
weather-stripped, replaced
windows and doors and made
other improvements to the
home. The Kneece home was
selected based on criteria
established by the agency.
Nearly 100 SCE&G employee
volunteers weatherized homes
in Vaucluse, Charleston,
Columbia and Mullins May 15
as part of ongoing
community service
efforts.
With a $150,000
contribution from
SCE&G, and in
collaboration with the
Governor’s Office (Office
of Economic
Opportunity), three
community action
agencies weatherized
more than 142 homes
throughout the state.
Lake Murray Backup Dam wins national recognition
SCE&G's Saluda Dam
Remediation Project has been
honored with the prestigious
American Society of Civil
Engineers’ 2006 Outstanding
Civil Engineering Achievement
award.
The OCEA award recognizes
the project’s significant
contribution to the civil
engineering profession and its
local community. The award is
one of the highest honors for
civil engineering projects
worldwide.
The remediation project was
selected over several noteworthy
finalists, including two
other South Carolina-based
projects, the Liberty Bridge in
Greenville and the Arthur
Ravenel Jr. Bridge in
Charleston.
The other finalists were the
Neutrinos at the Main Injector
Project in Batavia, Ill. and
Soudan, Minn., and the Bridge
Apollo in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Past recipients of the award
include the relocation of the
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, the
Trans-Alaska Pipeline, the
World Trade Center Towers and
the St. Louis Gateway Arch.
“South Carolina Electric &
Gas Company officials were
faced with an extraordinary
challenge when [it was
discovered what] the impact a
repeat of the 1886 Charleston
earthquake could have on
Columbia's three-quarters-of-acentury-old
Saluda Dam,” said
ASCE President Dennis R.
Martenson.
“Their proactive approach to
protecting the surrounding
communities, and the
innovative methods they
implemented to achieve that
goal, make this project the
embodiment of everything for
which the OCEA award stands.
We are proud to honor the
Saluda Dam Remediation
Project with this year's award.”
South Carolina State
University art students’
work dries following
class in the Fine Arts
Center.
photo by Robert Clark
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