Grain Handling Project
Location
Aurora, NE
Owner
A Renewable Energy Company
Engineer
Robinson Construction Company
Services Provided
Design-Build, General Contractor for the grain handling portion
Contract Amount
$13.8M
Robinson is an outstanding contractor, one of the best I’ve ever worked with. Very good at resolving scope issues and planning work.
Project Summary
Robinson Construction 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 Aurora, Nebraska. The project included construction of the following structures (including foundations): grain receiving building, grain storage elevator tower, one 511,000 bushel storage silo, mill building, MCC building, DDGS loadout building designed for both truck and rail loadout, and numerous conveyor support trusses and towers. Underground concrete structures included a grain 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 storage silo, grain hopper bin, grain hoppers and transitions, rotary scalper, diverters, slide gates, weigh belt feeder, articulating arm loadout equipment, sump pumps, exhaust stacks, prefabricated control room, railcar safety gangway, transformer, switchgear, and MCCs.
