International Projects

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Giza North Power Project

Egypt is building the Giza North 1500 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant, a $1.3 billion project. The goal is to improve the security and efficiency of electrical supply in a sustainable manner. The project consists of (6) - 250MW gas turbines, (2) - 250 MW steam turbines and (4) - heat recovery steam generators. The Giza North project is being built by an Italian contractor.

Portland Bolt was chosen to supply the 60,000 pounds of galvanized anchor bolts due to the urgency of this project. In addition to manufacturing and galvanizing this product on an expedited delivery schedule, we also were required to have all of the threads magnetic particle (MT) and liquid penetrant (PT) tested prior to galvanizing to guarantee that the threads were free of cracks. The entire order was inspected and approved in Portland, Oregon prior to shipping the anchor bolts to Egypt. Portland Bolt shipped 20,000 pounds of anchor bolts via air freight, with the balance shipping ocean freight. Read more...

Gary Rusynyk

• Phone: 800.599.7838
• Email: gary@portlandbolt.com

Samalkot Power Plant Expansion

In February 2011, Portland Bolt was called upon to supply the anchor bolts required for six heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG) capable producing 2,400 megawatts of electricity for the Samalkot Power Plant Expansion in India. The project will be the largest gas turbine combined cycle power project in India's history. With much of the financial backing coming from US banks, the project requires a percentage the material be of US domestic content and because of this, the project is expected to generate thousands of jobs here in the US. The project is scheduled for a fast track delivery and has an expected completion timeline of less than two years. Read more...

Greg Lindsay

• Phone: 800.599.0565
• Email: greg@portlandbolt.com

Piedra Blanca Substation

The Piedra Blanca Substation is being built for the Pueblo Viejo Gold Mine expansion project. Portland Bolt has already supplied over 100,000 pounds of galvanized steel anchor bolts for this project. Every phase of this project has been on a fast track.

In June of 2011, Portland Bolt provided 8,200 pounds of anchor bolts immediately for the Piedra Blanca Substation project. We manufactured and galvanized over 500 ASTM F1554 grade 36 headed anchor bolts in just 12 days.  These anchor bolts ranged in diameter from  1” through 1-1/4 and were all 30” in length. This included full assembly of nuts and export packaging. A follow up order two months later included 1-1/2” diameter galvanized F1554 grade 55 bent anchor bolts. Read more...

Gary Rusynyk

• Phone: 800.599.7838
• Email: gary@portlandbolt.com