Modular Firm Chooses Aiken Park For New Facility
Ram Synergy will open a 60 000 square foot modular building factory on five acres at U S 1 and I 20 in North Aiken near the Aiken Industrial Park bringing about 130 local jobs. First hires start in February with 60 workers, total sales expected in the multi million range, and major customers including Proctor and Gamble GE and Ford.
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Aiken
Ram Synergy
Trans 10 Technologies
Richard J. Vossler
USC Aiken
Crown
Hess
Vossler
Weldon Wyatt
Ronald B. Bolton
U.S. 1
I-20
North
Esti
Proctor and Gamble
General Electric
Ford Motor Company
Atlanta
Woodside Plats Approved by Aiken Planning Board
Aiken Planning Board approved subdivision plats for Woodside Plantation phases 1 at two tracts creating 94 detached homes on 46 acres. Club Villas at Woodside gets four lots for a developer to build three condominium units on six acres. Three more phases cover 42 condominiums, plus Woodside Executive Office Park on 13 acres with six buildings and 120000 square feet of space. A Lionel Smith development for four condominiums at Colleton Avenue and Horry Street was also approved with units sold individually and the rest kept in one ownership.
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Woodside Plantation
Planning and Zoning Commission
Woodside
Club Villas
Woodside Executive Office Park
Silver Bluff Road
Lionel Smith
Colleton Avenue
Horry Street
Fire Control Gas Causes Injuries at Savannah River Plant
A firefighting gas release during a test at the Savannah River Plant injured four construction workers at the Defense Waste Processing Facility site. About 2,000 SRP workers were evacuated as a precaution. no radioactive materials were involved. The incident occurred near an incinerator used for solvents and low level wastes.
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Savannah River
Defense
Carl Nandrasy
U.S. Department of Energy
DWPF
Nandrasy
University Hospital
Augusta
Richard Arnau
Beech Island
Percy Kent
Waynesboro
LSCOG to hear 1986 audit and grant plans
The Lower Savannah Council of Governments will present its 1986 audit Thursday night at Barnwell State Park starting 6 p.m. Two federal project notices are included: Bamberg County School District No. 1 seeks a $4.2 million Farmers Home Administration loan to renovate and expand facilities, and the CDG seeks a $54,000 Economic Development Administration planning grant with $18,000 local match. An incinerator incident released Halon-1301 fumes, injuring four subcontractor workers. the incinerator is shut down pending investigation.
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Lower Savannah
Anderson Business to Move Into Army Optical Device Manufacturing
A New Jersey firm Barrett and Blandford Associates will relocate equipment to a vacant Anderson textile outlet to produce night-vision goggles and M-16 rifle scopes for the Army. They expect about 10 initial workers, with potential to reach 100 within two years, marking a notable defense industry move in Anderson County. City and county officials view it as a sign of new manufacturing and job growth in the area.
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Anderson
Anderson Textile
Barrett and Blandford Associates
Joseph B. Blandford
Anderson County
Jimmy Cox
No Arrest Expected On Man's Charges Of Lawmaker Drug Use
Solicitor James Anders said he does not expect to arrest a man who claimed he smoked marijuana and used drugs with a General Assembly member. His remarks followed a State newspaper report about the information from an informant.
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Columbia (Ap
James Anders
General Assembly
Anders
Burst Pipe At Reactor Injures Eight At Surry Plant
An 18 inch pipe rupture at the Surry nuclear plant vented 340 degree water injuring eight workers and triggering an alert. Unit 2 automatically shut down as NRC investigates a probable structural wall failure near the pipe and Virginia Power reports five patients with extensive burn injuries.
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Surry
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Ken Clark
Atlanta
Clark
NRC
Virginia Power
James River
Norfolk
Bill Hall
Sue Scarborough
Unit 2
Mark G. Lazenby
Lazenby
Norfolk General
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LSCOG
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Wyman Pope Jr
Langley
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Kathy Horning
Anderson Business
Army
Lash
The
Augusta Walton Corner
Edgefield
Greenwood
Riverside Hospital
Newport News
Anne Adler
Surry Unit 1
SAUS
Entertech Photon
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