Special task
USACE also handed out a check for almost half a million dollars to the Albert Elia Construction Company. In exchange for this fee, the company took on the task of constructing the cofferdam. But the company was responsible for more than just drying out the falls. They were given another special task.
The construction company was also given the special task of searching the riverbed as it was exposed. Additionally, the workers were instructed to remove loose boulders from the surface (of the falls, ed.) and to install a sprinkler system that would allow moisture to flow toward the rocks.