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I merson, chairman of the London-based use by firefighters, a lobby and a stair­ consulting engineer. Using the elevators well, in a pressurized shaft “The council’s nearly halved the escape time compared Hardened safety areas on each floor to using stairs only. Arup also believes near the core have been mandatory in mission is to that building owners and tenants should Israel since the Gulf War in 1991, said Eri bring a be informed of relative risks from differ- Goshen of D. Eytan E. Goshen Architects ent sources (see chart). Ltd., Tel Aviv, designer of a 70-story tow- condensed Reconfiguring the core can provide cost-effective refuge areas and a dedicat- er in Tel Aviv that is set to start construc- tion next year. version of the ed elevator and stairwell for emergency Emmerson and others agreed that ed­ guidelines for KLEMENCIC egress without increasing core square ucating owners and tenants about emer- footage, said Jeffrey Heller, president of gency systems in buildings should go building Heller Manus Architects, San Francisco, hand in hand with engineering. Toward safety to the pubhc and to ’ The system bundles a service elevator for that end, the council’s task force on the get the message out that i buildings are still safe.” future of tall buildings, which convened iB5B for the second time at the conference, voted to distill the results of the official ■L post-SepL 11 building studies for use by is Ilf owners, tenants and occupants. The q group’s first meeting was in Chicago on lE r ■r Oct 15 (ENR 10/22 p. 12). The guide­ lines for building safety will be present­ II ed at a conference in late May.

F ■ I “The council’s mission is to bring a Header’s Digest version of the technical 1 T papers to the public and to get the mes­ I Building! Building 2 Buildings sage out that buildings are still safe,” said Ron Klemencic, chairman of the council and president of structural engineer Neighbore j^^jlPansport Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire Inc., ^^lEnvIronment J^jUtllltles Seattle. □ JpurcK AHUP ......... .. ..... . . , By NatUne Post and Petar Pana in London ; I.

merchant powerplants for TECO and its Companies partners. Two of the projects, the Union Power Station in Arkansas and the Gila ENRON TOOK NEPCO’S GASH, River Power Station in Arizona, have fi­ nancing in place with a syndicate of banks, says TECO. Financing is being sought for I I FORCING CLIENTS TO FUND WORK the other two projects, although it has been delayed by the Enron bankruptcy BANKRUPT ENRON TOOK THE CASH fund NEPCO to complete our portfolio of because TECO was seeking multi-project from its powerplant construction unit, projects.” Gillis said that the changed financing. the National Energy Production Co. contracts were awaiting approval from All are ahead of schedule and on bud­ (NEPCO), forcing the unit to seek fund­ lenders and final results were “outside get Because of the “swept” cash, the four ing from its customers. TECO Energy Inc. the control of NEPCO.” projects have a potential total capital cost said Dec. 7 thatNEPCO’s cash was “swept” Enron was known to be seeking a buy- overrun of $61 million, well wiAin con- by Enron’s centralized cash management er for NEPCO before the bankruptcy, but tingency amounts provided in ,the origi- system before it could be applied to pay now any acquisition is “going to be much nal $4.3 billion estimate for all four jobs. project costs. more complicated” and take more time Under an agreement reached with NEPCO is building several powerplants to complete, says one industry veteran. NEPCO and TECO’s partner. Panda Ener- for TECO and its partners. Tampa-based Gillis also stated that NEPCO’s staff was gy International, TECO will make direct TECO made the statements while disclos- engaged “in a fight to save our company” payments to subcontractors and suppli- ing to investors that its exposure in the (ENR 12/10 p. 16). ers, allow for no profit or markup to NEP- Enron bankruptcy was not high. Neither Gillis nor other NEPCO offi- CO and require 10% cash retainage on g The disclosure clarifies NEPCO’s pre- cials would comment on the company’s all future payments to NEPCO. § dicament and explains why the Bothell, situation. NEPCO is not in bankruptcy. Lenders have the right to stop fund- g Wash.-based unit has had to renegotiate Gillis stressed in his memo. But Enron ing construction unless the contractual | ! all its contracts since Enron filed for Engineering and Operational Services, violation created by Enron’s bankruptcy 8 i, bankruptcy. NEPCO’s president, John H. formerly known as Enron Engineering is waived. TECO and Panda are working | ■ ! Gillis, stated in an internal memo dated and Construction Co., has subsequently with lenders to obtain necessary approvals j Dec. 2 that the company is negotiating filed for bankruptcy. to permit continued funding. □ | with customers to amend contracts “to NEPCO is currently constructing four By Hichard Korman |

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