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Mid-Atlantic Ocean Port
Mid-South Engineering worked with a national conveyor supplier & fabricator to engineer & design the structural support systems for the conveyors at a Pellet Loadout Facility at a major international port facility. Mid-South was responsible for the structural engineering and design (member sizing) of the conveyor truss systems, bent support systems, and all transfer structures; including head houses on the top of the storage domes. This facility is capable of storing up to 90,000 metric tons of wood pellets and shipping the pellets around the world. There were many obstacles and clearances requiring special engineering of some support bents to allow for both vehicle (Tractor Trailer) and railroad passage for both during construction as well as once the facility was operational.
South Carolina Particleboard Plant
Four separate projects combined to make one large plant expansion. Expansion of the facility allowed the plant to grow the capacity of its particleboard and thermally-fused laminate operations. The particleboard expansion will increase by 60 million square-feet annually. These investments will allow the company to meet the growing demand for particleboard and broaden its TFL design offering in the region.
Virginia Pellet Plant
Both facilities produce 500,000 metric tons of high-quality wood pellets annually from a mix of roundwood and purchased chips, which are loaded out by truck and delivered to a port facility in Virginia. Construction of Virginia site overlapped that of the North Carolina facility, and started up within a year of North Carolina’s first pellet. This site had unique challenges due to the soil conditions, and the design process was very dynamic as learnings from the previous facilities were being incorporated during design. Services provided included process design, project controls, detailed design (mechanical, electrical, civil, structural), and site construction support.
