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Wishing You a Successful 2020

 

For many, the end of the year is a time for reflection and introspection. We contemplate the personal meaning of the holiday and Christmas season and look toward a new year, and a new decade, with hope and optimism.

Within our Mid-South family, we look back on a successful 2019 and we’re grateful for a wonderful place to apply our profession and for the people with whom we have the privilege to work: our co-workers, project team members and our clients that place their trust in us daily. We’re excited as we see a 2020 full of opportunity.

We wish you a Happy New Year with hope that you will have abundant blessings in the year to come.

 

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Mid-South Celebrates Milestone Achievements

Attaining the appropriate licensures is a vital component of an engineer’s career. Licensure is typically accompanied by an increase in responsibility. We want to take a moment to congratulate members of our team on their recent accomplishments.

The following individuals put in a lot of time and effort and recently passed the Principles and Practice of Engineering exam, earning their PE certifications, and starting the next step in their journey as Professional Engineers:

Everett Bennett, PE works as a Project Manager in our Orono, Maine office. He joined the team at the beginning of 2018 and has completed multiple planermill projects both on budget and schedule. Outside of his work at Mid-South, Everett is the instructor and mentor for a robotics team at Brewer High School that recently placed in the top 10 in a competition of over 200 teams in New England.

 

Matthew Nevells, PE joined our Mid-South family in August of 2019 working in the Mechanical Department of the Orono, Maine office. Matt previously worked in the pulp and paper industry in positions ranging from Reliability Engineer to Regional Manager for an industry provider. In addition to project work, Matt is also developing a Reliability Engineering offering to broaden Mid-South’s capabilities and has recently completed the first reliability project for a motor shaft failure at a biomass facility.

 

Lauren Nufer, PE works as an Engineer in our Project Planning and Development Group and joined our Hot Springs team in 2014. Lauren earned a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Memphis. She specializes in Project Estimating and Project Management and is currently managing multiple large wood pelleting projects.

 

Gabriel Peret, PE works in the Hot Springs Office as the Design Drafting Manager and joined the Mid-South team in 2014. Coming to Mid-South from FMC Technologies in Texas, his area of expertise is in mechanical and machine design. Gabe took the PE exam in Texas and believes his work experience and education prepared him well for the exam.

 

In addition, three of our young engineers recently passed their Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam, gaining the Engineering in Training (EI) title and becoming one step closer to their goals of becoming Professional Engineers.

 

Dylan Earl-Johnson, EI works as an Engineer in our Structural Department and joined our Orono, Maine team in 2018 as an intern before being offered a full-time position upon graduation from the University of Maine in May 2019. He designs steel, concrete, and wood structures, as well as completing structural analyses using finite element analysis software. He is also proficient in Revit.

 

Thomas Ford, EI joined our Structural Department in the Cary, North Carolina office as an Engineer in January of 2018, upon graduation from Clarkson University. He specializes in 3D design and analysis in tools such as RISA and Revit. His developing knowledge of code requirements will continue to guide him in his career.

 

Adam Palmer, EI joined the Electrical Department in our Hot Springs, Arkansas office as an Engineer in June of 2015. Adam graduated from Arkansas Tech University and worked for a pipe manufacturer for a few years prior to joining the Mid-South team. He is proficient in Visual, which is a program used to run lighting fixture simulations to produce a side by side comparison used to determine the most economical fixture for the facility in terms of quantity needed and electrical load required.

Nicely done! We are proud of you.

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Mid-South Engineering Celebrates Fifty Years

 

In 1969, Mid-South was founded by four engineers with a common vision – to be a complete engineering service provider focused on total dedication to the client. The path to their goal was simple: work with good clients, select and train good employees, delegate authority, and allow room for the proper execution of the job.

Over the past fifty years, Mid-South Engineering has served as a trusted independent consultant to the wood products industry, delivering a full range of engineering services, including civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and architectural engineering, project development, project management, and construction services.

We’d like to thank all of our clients and vendors for the confidence they place in us on every project. We are excited to see what the next fifty years will bring to the wood products industry.

 

Timeline

  • In 1969, Roy Murphy, Larry Stephens, Jack Copeman, and LC Gaither decided to start Mid-South Engineering Company following the acquisition of their employer, Dierks Forests, Inc. of Hot Springs, Arkansas by Weyerhaeuser.
  • 2006 saw Mid-South Engineering add to its industry reach by bringing CPM Engineering Services of Cary, North Carolina into the group, enabling better service clients in the eastern United States.
  • Mid-South expanded again in 2013, adding the talents of D&S Engineering in Millinocket, Maine, to enhance the company’s paper mill and power experience for clients in the northeast.
  • Towards the end of 2017, Mid-South became an independently managed, but wholly owned subsidiary of sawmill and plywood mill equipment manufacturer, USNR.
  • In the third quarter of 2019, Mid-South extended and strengthened its sawmill and pellet mill expertise into Western Canada, the Pacific Northwest, Australia, and New Zealand with the addition of Stolberg Engineering of Richmond, British Columbia.
  • This month Mid-South celebrates fifty years of providing engineering solutions for customers from all over the world.

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Mid-South Adds Drones to Engineering Toolkit

Mid-South has recently added unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to our engineering toolkit. Drone imagery has proven to be an effective complement to traditional site documentation for many ongoing engineering projects. The images captured provide complete and up-to-date high-resolution pictures that are continuously referenced through the life of the project. Time on site can be reduced by allowing preliminary site data to be taken directly from the flight images, including layout, lengths and elevation profiles. Simple 3D modeling is even possible with processed drone image sets, providing a new preliminary visualization tool.

Whether you want to capture an existing layout, monitor construction progress, or inspect an area of your site that would otherwise be hard to access, contact us today to set up a flight of your site by one of our licensed drone pilots.

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Mid-South Acquires Stolberg Engineering

 

Mid-South Engineering of Hot Springs, Arkansas, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Canada’s Stolberg Engineering. Going forward, Stolberg Engineering will operate from its office in Richmond, BC, as the Mid-South Engineering Stolberg Group, where it will continue to be led by industry veterans Norm Stolberg and Rod Gronlund.

Marc Stewart, President of Mid-South Engineering, commented, “The Stolberg team is widely respected and the company has a rich history over the nearly 40 years it has been providing engineering services to the building products and wood pellet industries. This acquisition really strengthens our team and launches Mid-South into a whole new region.” ​

Marc explained further that the combination is expected to allow Mid-South and Stolberg team members to expand their professional experiences by being part of a broader team – both groups will be able to bring additional expertise and services both to their respective existing clients, and to new clients in wood products related industries.​  Together, Mid-South and Stolberg can handle the challenges of large-scale industrial projects across virtually all of the wood processing regions in North America.

Says Rod Gronlund of Stolberg, “I’m really looking forward to being a part of this larger combined organization: I think our clients will appreciate the greater depth, capacity, and range of services that we will be able to offer as part of Mid-South. It will be great to see the Stolberg legacy continue on.” Norm Stolberg adds, “I think our construction background and experience in the industry will bring another facet to the combined group and we look forward to continued growth and enhanced opportunities as we integrate the legacies of these two great companies.”

All Stolberg staff will continue to work out of the company’s existing offices in Richmond, BC, and will carry on serving clients with ongoing projects.  The cohesion of these two independent engineering firms will enhance the wood processing industry with coordinated and professional engineering services that are second to none.

Mid-South Engineering. Experience and innovation working for you.

Stolberg Engineering was founded in 1980 as an offshoot of Stolberg Construction, which had been building plants and installing equipment for the wood products industry across Western Canada since the late 1940s. Today Stolberg employs 21 engineers, draftsmen, project managers, and support staff, including four licensed engineers, and regularly serves clients across Canada, the Northwest U.S., Australia, and New Zealand. For more information about the Stolberg Group, please contact Norm Stolberg or Rod Gronlund at 604-273-1915.

Since 1969 Mid-South Engineering has served as a trusted independent consultant to the wood products industry, delivering a full range of engineering services, including civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and architectural engineering, project development, project management, and construction services. Mid-South is headquartered in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and has additional offices near Raleigh, North Carolina, Bangor, Maine, and now with the addition of the Stolberg Group, near Vancouver, BC, as well. Since 2017, Mid-South Engineering has been an independently managed, but wholly owned subsidiary of sawmill and plywood mill equipment manufacturer USNR. For more information about Mid-South Engineering, please contact Marc Stewart at 501-321-2276.

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MEET US AT SFPA 2019

Mid-South Engineering will be at Booth #644 at the Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Expo in Atlanta, GA from June 26-28, 2019. Learn more about the expo here. Be sure to stop by our booth to see how drone imagery and 3D design can be used on your next project. We will have virtual reality software in our booth for you to experience immersive design first hand. While you’re there, drop off a business card to enter a chance to win a FREE drone flight of your site. We hope to see you all later this week!

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Mid-South Projects Recognized

Mid-South recently received three Engineering Excellence awards for its work on a new 388 MMBF Weyerhaeuser sawmill in Dierks, Arkansas; including the top award of “Grand Conceptor”. The awards were given by the Arkansas branch of the American Council of Engineering Companies. In addition to the overall award, Mid-South Engineering’s design took first prize in two categories – Large Special Projects and Large Structural Systems.

The Weyerhaeuser-Dierks sawmill was an immense project. Here are a few statistics:

  • 8,500 engineering drawings
  • 45,000 tons of concrete
  • 1,500 tons of structural steel
  • 750,000 cubic yards of dirt work
  • 1,000+ pieces of equipment
  • 58,000 feet of underground electrical conduit
  • 23,000 HP connected
  • 9 transformers (8 x 2000 kVA + 1 x 5000 kVA)
  • 608,000 square feet of metal buildings

Mid-South provided conceptual and feasibility study assistance for this sawmill in addition to the detailed design effort which included: plant layout, civil design, foundations, structural steel and power distribution.  Mid-South also generated and reviewed bid specifications.

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Code Matters

Code Matters by Karen Griffin, Staff Architect, Mid-South Engineering, Hot Springs, AR

“How do I classify an electrical room located inside a larger building, and is it required to be fire-rated or sprinklered?”

Continue reading in the Barn Raiser

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USNR Acquires Mid-South Engineering

USNR announced that it has recently completed the acquisition of Mid-South Engineering Co., the leading consultant and provider of engineering services to the wood products industry in North America.

Continue Reading in the Barn Raiser

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SFPA: 2017 Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Expo

2017 Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Expo

Join Mid-South Engineering on June 14-16, 2017 at the Georgia World Congress Center in downtown Atlanta for the 2017 Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Expo.

Sponsored since 1950 by the Southern Forest Products Association, the Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Exposition has provided the a venue for equipment manufacturers to display their products and services to the wood processing industry.

Check us out at Booth #1836. We will see you then!

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