Liquid Malt Extract Plant Expansion

This Ohio malt producer needed to expand their existing malt production facility to install a new vacuum belt spray dryer, new packaging equipment, new product receiving and blending equipment, new MCC room and new office and break areas.

WORK COMPLETED:

This project included conceptual, preliminary and detailed engineering phases, as well as construction cost estimates, engineering assistance during construction and start-up and commissioning assistance. Engineering and design were done on a fast-track schedule and took 8 1/2 months to complete.

  • Began structural design while equipment and vendor selection was still being finalized. A strategic design approach was taken in order to continuously adapt to evolving information while also limiting rework.
  • Converted the existing Starch Warehouse area into a new blending area. This included foundation work for new blend tanks, a new 450 square foot, 2nd floor, elevated concrete slab at the north end of the dryer, 300 square feet of access platforms with stairs and a new dividing wall on the east side.
  • Designed an approximately 9,200 square foot two-story building extension to south of the existing LME building. This structure included:
    • New dryer building foundation, including required design modifications to existing LME building and truck dock foundations.
    • New dryer building ground floor slab design, including the packing line equipment supports, pump station design, a number of tank supports and access platforms.
    • New dryer building 2nd floor elevated concrete slab, including concrete piers supporting the new dryer, office/break areas, a new 600 square foot MCC room and support for a new condenser unit.
    • Structure to support a new one cell cooling tower on the roof.
    • New 5 level product receiving tower with an elevated concrete floor slab at each level and each level sealed for cleanliness.
    • All new construction was designed to be “clean” for to help facilitate sanitary food processing.
  • Thirty structural CAD drawings were issued.