Case Study
LOCKING UP SUCCESS IN THE SOO
LOCKING UP SUCCESS IN THE SOO WINDEMULLER Partners in your success windemuller.us CHALLENGE CLIENT Detroit District of the US Army Corps of Engineers PROJECT Soo Locks - MacArthur Lock Modernization PROJECT SIZE $7.6 million LOCATION Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Every day and night, vessels traverse the Soo Locks to maneuver the 21-foot drop between Lake Supe- rior and Lake Huron. The 800-foot MacArthur Lock was built in the 1940s and implemented the same manual process for more than 70 years. Fast forward to the present: advancements in technology and a need for increased safety measures meant it was time to bring the hard-working Lock into the 21st century. After a competitive bid process, Windemuller was selected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to tackle the MacArthur Lo