New Generating Station and Regional Operations Center Steam Distribution System Replacement Power Plant Emissions Improvements Power Plant Air Regulations Compliance Cooling Tower Replacement Co-Generation Facility Building and Foundations Dense Phase Coal Handling System Replacement Coal-Fired Boiler Updates and Maintenance Power Plant Expansion, Generator Installation Back-Up Power and Auxiliaries Addition/Installation New Generating Station and Regional Operations Center Steam Distribution System Replacement Power Plant Emissions Improvements Power Plant Air Regulations Compliance Cooling Tower Replacement Co-Generation Facility Building and Foundations Dense Phase Coal Handling System Replacement Coal-Fired Boiler Updates and Maintenance Power Plant Expansion, Generator Installation Back-Up Power and Auxiliaries Addition/Installation

Energy Systems Design-Build Construction and General Contractor


Providing professional construction services for energy systems and power generating facilities takes special skills not found in every contractor.

 

Carl A. Nelson & Company has honed those skills over the last 100-plus years and has a successful track record of providing a high level of service and quality construction for customers in the electric energy production market, including power house construction, generator foundations, turbine installation, as well as related services such as steam tunnel excavation and construction, cooling tower installation and more.

As an experienced contractor in the design-build and general contractor methods of construction project delivery, we understand the constraints and priorities of power plants and work with the plant staff to ensure that operations of the facility are not hindered by our efforts. With this understanding, we perform major parts of the work with our own forces to better manage planned shut downs and greatly reduce the risk of unintended and extended power loss for the client.

Having a professional and highly trained work force, which allows us to self-perform much of the work we contract for annually, Carl A. Nelson & Company is the best choice for your next power generation or other energy system project.

<b>Jamie Stanley, Vice President of Operations (Cedar Falls)</b>
Jamie Stanley, Vice President of Operations (Cedar Falls)


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Our Power Plants & Energy Systems Project Portfolio

At Carl A. Nelson & Company, our energy systems experience includes power house construction, turbine installation, coal-handling systems and foundations, as well as cooling tower installation, excavation and construction of steam tunnels and utility tunnels, upgrading coal-handling systems and helping power plant owners to meet current environmental standards for air quality compliance.

Some examples of Carl A. Nelson & Company's project history in the power systems and energy generation marketplace can be found on this page.

Power Plant projects featured in wibi newsletter

Carl A. Nelson & Company's experience in energy systems and power plants includes multiple projects in the University of Iowa Power Plant in Iowa City, Iowa. Those projects were featured in 2017 in our company newsletter, wibi, which is published quarterly.

Click the cover image to be taken to the e-edition of that issue.

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Generating station supplements renewable energy sources

In the Summer 2021 issue of wibi, we featured our projects for Central Iowa Power Cooperative at its Summit Lake Generating Station near Creston, Iowa.

Read about the project and about how our work is helping CIPCO to meet its power generation goals.

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Project Portfolio