Monday, September 22, 2014

Another Complete Construction Job By Our Machine Foundations Design-Build Team - on Time & in Budget



Many of you know us as press pit and machine foundation design experts. After more than 30 years building pits and designing machine foundations for Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers like metal stamping and machining mills we’d like to think we’ve learned a thing or two as well.



But as we’ve grown and expanded our focus has become meeting all of your industrial construction needs – from the first blue print all the way to a completed and aesthetic construction project.



A while back we had the pleasure of expanding outside of our regular automotive clientele – well sort of.
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The job was to construct a 220,000+ square foot manufacturing plant for Titan Tire, a subsidiary of Titan International, Inc. The new plant was needed to produce a super-giant 63-inch steel belted radial tire for use on agricultural, earth moving, and construction vehicles. Testing performed by Titan on the new tire indicated that tire life could be extended by 20 to 30 percent over conventional tires.



After our machine foundation design team had finished the design, our build team got to work on the massive construction project by installing concrete building column footings and the exterior wall-column base plates.



Then the crew got started on the critical second phase of the operation by designing, building and placing more than 30 different foundations for the new plant. The various foundations ranged in depth from a shallow 12-inches all the way to 30-foot excavations.  The different foundations were needed to accommodate a diverse variety of heavy and complex equipment used in Titan’s manufacturing processes. 



With Tom Lytle as Project Manager the job was completed on time and in budget.  It was a unique opportunity for us to really showcase our breadth of designing and building capabilities outside of our typical zone we’ve gained a reputation for.



Whether flatwork, machine foundations, steel construction, or complete construction jobs like we did for Titan, our goal is always to create an aesthetic and complete work product that stays within your budget and timeline.  With our three locations, here in Michigan and Kentucky and Alabama we can literally do any job from the northern Midwest to the Gulf Coast.

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