Category Archives: Building Products
Alabama LVL & I-Joist Plant
The Thorsby plant uses the LVL from its continuous press to rip up to 80 foot long material which it then uses as the flanges for wooden I-Joists. OSB panels are ripped and fed into the I-Joists assembly system to complete the process. The joists are finally dried in a heated and controlled environment curing room before a “nester-stacker” assembles the packaged I-Joists for shipment. This plant produces I-Joists that can span up to the full 80 feet length to make large open rooms in buildings possible. Joist of 12-inchs in depth and smaller have the same exact sizes as standard lumber to allow for house builders to interchange or mix lighter weight wooden I-Beams with dimension lumber to improve the housing construction process with robust materials at less cost to the home owner.
Mid-South’s Facility Design Involvement:
• Process Development
• Plant Layouts
• Site Work Design
• Utilities Design
• Mechanical Design
• Structural Design
• Foundation Design
Project Management Including:
• Scheduling
• Bid Package Development
• Receiving & Managing
• Quotations
• Vendor Communications
Louisiana OSB Facility
Mid-South’s Facility Design Involvement:
Provided engineering & design services in all areas.
Project Management Including:
● Process Engineering
● Mechanical Engineering & Design
● Civil Engineering & Design
● Structural Engineering & Design
● Specification Development/Bid Packages
● On-Site Construction Coordinator
Texas Sawmill
The Pineland complex was upgraded from a chipmill, studmill, and plywood facility to include a dimension lumber sawmill. The mill modernization involved the addition of a new log yard, sawmill, kilns, cooling shed and product storage building, and a new planermill located inside the existing plywood plant. ( the plywood plant was modified to produce dry veneer only.)
The Pineland mill modernization was based upon available area at the existing plant site with the intention of using the latest “state of the art” equipment to properly and most efficiently process the incoming fiber. The overall layout allowed for movement of processed material from one area to the next.
Louisiana Particleboard Plant
Mid-South’s Facility Design Involvement:
• Plant Layouts
• Site Work Design
• Utilities Design
• Mechanical Design
• Structural Design
• Foundation Design
• Electrical Power Distribution
Project Management Including:
• Scheduling
• Bid Package Development
• On-Site Construction Coordination
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
