Grain Handling Project – Mt. Vernon, IN
Location
Mt. Vernon, IN
Owner
A Renewable Energy Company
Engineer
Robinson Construction Company
Services Provided
Design-Build General Contractor for the grain handling portion
Contract Amount
$14.9M
It was a pleasure working with Robinson Construction and I would recommend them for future work with Kiewit or any other contractor because they would be an asset to any project.
Project Summary
Robinson was chosen to serve as the design-build general contractor for the grain handling portion of a new 108 MMGY corn ethanol facility located in Mt. Vernon, Indiana. The project included construction of the following structures (including foundations): grain receiving building, storage elevator tower, two 300,000 bushel grain bins, mill building, MCC building, truck loadout building, rail loadout building, and numerous conveyor support trusses and towers. Underground concrete structures included a receiving pit, an elevator pit, a transfer tunnel, and a reclaim tunnel. Robinson also installed the following equipment on site: drag conveyors, belt conveyors, bucket elevators, baghouse filters, blowers, truck scale, rail scales, screw conveyors, hammer mills, dust collection piping, galvanized air piping, grain bins, grain hopper bin, grain hoppers and transitions, scalper, diverters, slide gates, weigh belt feeder, articulating arm loadout equipment, sump pumps, exhaust stacks, prefab control rooms, railcar safety gangway, transformer, switchgear, and MCCs.
