We were awarded the contract for all of the interior concrete on this project. This included 15’ tall vertical walls, concrete slabs with integrally placed steel plating for a moving floor system, below floor walls for a conveyor system, and pads that were elevated to hold boilers that weighed in excess of 70,000 pounds each.

All vertical walls were constructed off of a line drawing, which all dimensions were taken from the center of the building. Elevations pages and details were not available for construction. We created in house shop drawings for our own use during construction and used these for the layout and construction of all of the walls.

Another challenging facet of the project was the change in elevation. Each building end contained pits that were up to 15’ below finished floor. Running the center of the building were two separate tunnels that were 4’ wide and 5’ below the finished floor. In addition to the tunnels, there were 8 elevated pads where the boilers sat.

• Footings and walls contained 1368 cubic yards of concrete
• Wall heights varied from 4' to 15' Tall
• 58 tons of rebar in footings and walls
• Steel welding plates strategically placed in the walls

• Slab mostly 6 inches thick with select areas that were 10 inches thick and 750 cubic yards
• Steel brackets poured in place to allow for slabs and conveyor belts

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