PROJECT OF THE YEAR
CATEGORY 2, ERECTION CONTRACT $500,000TO $1 MILLION
BMW ASSEMBLY CONVEYOR REPLACEMENT PROJECT
Sy Croi9 "Todd" Yerke
On November 10, 2005, the last 2005 Z4wascomplctcdand taktn off the assembly line al the BMW automobile production facility in Sparlanburg, SC. Thn.:c years of planning were aboul to bi: put into ac.:tiouas the BM\V Group prcp.;1.rc<l for a (.:or1$lruction pr1>gra1n th;:it would bring dramatic improvements to their facility. Initial pfonning
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involved extensions of the existing l wo automated production line sysrcins. Thc:1),a r;iclicalidea was brougln forth hy tht: BM\.Vengi• m.'(.'ring h,.',:1m to <-ombiru:th<.·two Iinrs hy nmst rucl ing •mt· J)ew line, incorporating both systems. Thus. the BMW Asscmhly Conv<..·yor R1.·phu ..·1,."'n'h··n1Project w:is born.