Wyandot Solar

Type of Construction

Build 10.01 MW (AC) Photovoltaic (PV) Facility with the following site work:

• Construct road ways and storage areas for facility
• Reclaim storage areas at end of project
• Seed and landscape entire facility
• Install direct buried posts for array racking
• Install racking to house PV modules
• Install PV Modules
• Install PV Inverters
• Install A/C medium voltage collector cable
• Install all D/C cabling for facility
• Install overhead distribution line from PV to facility to utility interconnection point

Project Size

80 acres of land consumed by the facility and construction area.

Contract Value

$4.4 million

Facility Features

• 12,736 posts driven by Vaughn Industries to serve as PV array foundations
• 3,184 aluminum racks installed by Vaughn Industries on posts to house PV Modules
• 159,200 PV Modules Installed by Vaughn Industries
• >1.2 million feet of PV array feeder cable installed by Vaughn Industries
• Approximately 135,500 feet of D/C feeder cable installed by Vaughn Industries
• Approximately 20,000 feet of A/C medium voltage cable installed by Vaughn Industries
• Approximately 5 miles of overhead distribution to connect PV facility to utility

Project Duration

From late October 2009 to late May 2010: 7 months total.

Percentage of Self-Performed Work

Vaughn Industries completed approximately 90% of all work involved.

Construction Opportunities

Several RFP’s were sent to various union and non-union companies for site work, fence, landscaping activities, and various other tasks for the project.  The following non-union companies were awarded various tasks for the project-Fremont Fence Company (fence work), Koehler Engineering (surveying services), Danner’s Towing & Recycling (dunnage refuse), Double K Sanitations (dunnage refuse), Kirby’s Sand and Gravel (trucking services and material supply), Machinery Movers (crane operations) and Shaferly Excavating (directional drilling services).