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Pipe Plant Construction Nears Finish
And Your Hitachi Dealers
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stantial completion projected for July 1, 2011. The facility will include approximately 190,000 sq. ft. (17,651 sq m) for the manufacture of stainless steel pipe. The building was designed under the direction of Byrd Consultants LLC, Tupelo, Miss. Construction consists of a conventional structural steel framework and metal deck with a single ply TPO membrane roof system. Walls include a tiltup concrete wainscot with insulated sandwich panels above to the eaves. Floor slabs vary in thickness from 8 to 24 in. (20 to 60.9 cm). The building also includes multiple girder bridge cranes in both the hot mill and the cold mill areas. Special foundations are included for a horizontal extruder press, a rotary furnace, quench tanks, vertical press and ancillary equipment needs. Allen & Hoshall are the engineers for Tunica County, and the general contractor is JESCO Inc. The project manager is David Bryant, and the project superintendent is Bill Howell. “Dewatering of the vertical press pet in the hot mill has been one of the biggest challenges,” Howell said. “Another series of challenges has involved expediting construction of the project on a fast-track basis as information on the process equipment needs are continually integrated with the overall building design elements.” In the next few months, construction employment will peak at approximately 200 workers. Earthwork and geo-pier work was handled under a separate contract between Tunica County and L & T Construction. Concrete volume is in the range of 12 to 14,000 cu. yd. (9,175 to 12,000 cu m). The concrete supplier for the project is MMC in Tunica. Structural steel tonnage is approximately 1,000 tons (907 t), and is supplied by Ellis Steel Company of West Point, Miss. Subcontractors include Century Construction, Tupelo, Miss., for temporary road and parking; F.L. Crane and Sons, Fulton, Miss., for metal wall panels; T. Gene Edwards, Chattanooga, Tenn., for sheet piling and the vertical press pit; Ellis Steel Company/Bracken Erectors, West Point, Miss., furnishing and erecting structural steel; Gephart Electrical Construction Co., Robinsonville, Miss., for temporary electrical; Jay-Ton Construction Company, Burlison, Tenn., for concrete foundations, partial floor slabs, horizontal extruder, and foundations; Jolly Roofing, Collierville, Tenn., for roofing and sheet metal; L & T Construction, Hernando, Miss., for loop road work; Magnolia Underground, Olive Branch, Miss., for the drainage package; Mersino Dewatering, Davison, Mich., for dewatering; and All-Star Security Services, Southaven, Miss., for guard services. The equipment list includes the following: For JESCO: a Kawasaki Mule 3010 KAF 620J. For Bracken: a Sumitoma 150 Crane LS 238 RH; a LinkBelt 110 Crane LS 218 H; a Genie forklift, an LG forklift; two JLG boomlifts; four Genie boomlifts; four Miller welders; and two Lincoln welders. For Gephart: a Case trencher. For Mersino: an HS2 Freight Liner drill rig. For Magnolia, a Cat 318 C trackhoe, a Cat 312 C trackhoe, a Cat D5G bulldozer, a Cat 420 DIT backhoe, a Cat CP323C roller, an Ingersoll Rand SD 40 D roller, a Milasa MTX80 tamp and a Belle Group PCX 450 sand tamp. For Jay-Ton: a Cat D5C dozer, two John Deere tractors, two John Deere pans, a Ford F-750 water truck, two JLG forklifts, a Miller welder, a Cat FF200 CX506170 trackhoe,
Steel erection is being done by Bracken/Ellis Steel.
Virginia Division Ashland, VA 804/798-6001 Chester, VA 804/748-9324 Burkeville, VA 434/767-5578 Salem, VA 540/380-2011 Fishersville, VA 540/337-3057 Winchester, VA 540/667-9777 Manassas Park, VA 703/631-8500 Danville, VA 434/822-6110 Fredericksburg, VA 540/898-8933
Carolinas’ Division Charlotte, NC 704/597-0211 Greensboro, NC 336/668-2762 Wilkesboro, NC 336/973-8201 Mt. Gilead, NC 910/439-5653 Rock Hill, SC 803/325-1555 Hickory, NC 828/322-4300 Asheboro, NC 336/625-2212 Matthews, NC 704/821-7399 Salisbury, NC 704/636-2671 Asheville, NC 828/667-0176
1206 Blaylock St. P.O. Box 3329 Albany, GA 31706 229/888-1212 Cuthbert, GA 229/732-2631 Atlanta, GA 30336 404/691-9445 Grovetown, GA 706/855-5440 Columbus, GA 706/687-3344 Braselton, GA 770/965-1889 Macon, GA 478/788-1586
Adairsville, GA 770/773-9857 Dothan, AL 334/794-8691 Troy, AL 334/566-4181 Perry, FL 850/584-9200 Tallahassee, FL 850/575-5600 West Columbia, SC 803/794-9340 Simpsonville, SC 864/963-5835 Aynor, SC 843/358-5688
Geo-pier equipment on the job site.
Hot mill slab installation is underway by JayTon.
a Stone roller, a General generator and a Mikasa tamp. For Edwards: five Red-D-Arc generators, two Red-D-Arc welding machines, a Kobelco SK 250 LC excavator with a long boom, a Skytrak forklift, a Bobcat mini-excavator, a Takeuchi mini-excavator, a John Deere dozer, a Terex backhoe, a Kawasaki mule and a Grove 875E crane. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG