HEAVY INDUSTRIAL

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airbus a320 final assembly line

$80 Million - Mobile, AL

Services: Structural, Process Piping, Electrical, Fire Protection, Life Safety, LEED Consulting

GSE provided building and equipment foundations and slab design, Medium Voltage, Process Piping, Life Safety, and Fire Protection for Airbus’s first North American aircraft assembly plant.   In order to meet the aggressive schedule, GSE supported a hybrid construction approach implementing both fast-track and design-bid-build methods.  The completed project will be one of the largest LEED Silver projects built in the United States.

 

SeverCorr steel

$350 M – Columbus, MS

Services: Life Safety, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Structural Engineering.

SeverCorr  is a 1.2 million sq. ft. facility that produces 1.5 million ton of flat rolled steel products for the automotive industry. GSE designed all facilities in the cold mill area including the pickle line, cold rolling mill, galvanizing line and annealing bay.

 

thyssenkrupp stainless steel MILL

$1.2 Billion – Calvert, AL

Services: Structural, Civil, Mechanical, Survey, Process Piping, Electrical, Fire Protection, Life Safety 

GSE provided the design of the Stainless Steel Hot Annealing and Pickle Line (HAPL) and the Cold Annealing and Pickle Line (CAPL).  Also included was all associated infrastructure, medium voltage distribution, fire protection system design for the entire site, and the lightning protection and grounding design for the Carbon Steel complex. The HAPL and CAPL processes involve the heating and acid etching the steel through series of ovens and acid baths. These processes require the support of extensive process piping and systems. They included a variety of acid storage and distribution, steam, cooling water, natural gas, electrical.

 

ssab – vtd project

$60 M – Axis, AL  

Services: Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering, Piping Engineering  

SSAB, formally IPSCO, is an existing steel manufacturing facility in Axis, AL.  In an effort to provide more control over their steelmaking process, SSAB installed a Vacuum Tank Degasser (VTD) at their melt shop. The VTD project involved placing equipment in a 20,000 square foot footprint, 80 feet high, with three working levels. Structural Engineering services included the design to support a 300 Ton overhead crane.   Electrical and Piping design included rerouting existing utilities to allow the VTD process area to be added at the existing facility. The addition was required to be implemented with only minor disruption to the operations of the facility.

 

oceaneering

$30 M - Panama City, FL  

Services:  Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Permitting,  

GSE provided planning, design, engineering, and construction supervision for a new undersea pipe umbilical facility.  The general construction scope was the renovation of an approximately 165,000 sq.ft. manufacturing space with two 50,000 sq. ft. circular buildings designed to spool pipe umbilicals.  Detailed design included the manufacturing facility, spooling building, guard building and gate. In addition, design of the site, including grading, paving, storm drainage, fire water, domestic water, sewage, electrical, and communications were carried out.  The site was built on a brownfield with serious environmental considerations found during construction, which added additional constraints and complexity to the planning of the facility.

 

thyssenkrupp stainless steel MILL - SIEMENS

$500,000 – Calvert, AL

Services: Structural, Electrical

GSE teamed with Siemens to provide all electrical design services for the medium voltage, communication and data systems for the 1500 acre ThyssenKrupp Mill Complex. The work was completed as part of a design-build effort with G.A. West.

 

mobile container terminals

$250 M -Mobile, AL  

Services: Construction Management, Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Site Development,  

GSE was part of a design team that provided planning, design, engineering, and construction supervision for a new container terminal at Choctaw Point for Mobile Container Terminal, Inc.  The planning and layout of the terminal along with the gate considered future expansions of the facilty.  Detail design included an Administration Building, Maintenance Building, Longshoremen's Shelter, and several smaller buildings and gate. GSE provided all structural, mechanical, electrical design for all buildings civil site design, and structures.  Work also included the planning and design of a fully automated gate complex for this terminal. GSE also provided long term construction administration at the site.

 

cf industries - HOLDEN ARCHITECTS

$28M – Donaldsonville, LA

Services: Mechanical, Electrical, Fire Protection, Civil, Survey

CF Industries is a global leader in nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing and distribution. GSE partnered with Holden Architects to provide engineering for the new 20,000 sq. ft. two-story maintenance and engineering buildings for CF Industries, located in Donaldsonville, LA. GSE used energy efficient design techniques coupled with advanced equipment selection to follow the building's overall modern approach. Project collaboration and design was performed utilizing BIM modeling of both site and MEP systems. GSE’s scope of work included HVAC design, electrical and lighting for both the building and site, fire protection design, civil engineering, and surveying.

 

pro-tec steel mill

SMS Siemag - Leipsic, Ohio  

Services: Structural and Life Safety  

GSE was contracted by German equipment giant, SMS Siemag, to provide the structural engineering for the design and installation of the steel structures supporting their process equipment which included the vertical entry looper, exit loopers, cleaning section, nickel flash section, continuous annealing, inspection, and recoiling equipment.

 

ipsco steel ql5

$60 M – Axis, AL  

Services: Survey, Construction Planning, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering  

IPSCO built a 60,000 ton capacity Heat Treat and Quench facility at its Axis, AL mini-mill site.  GSE was responsible for all engineering for this project.  Services included survey and construction layout, site civil design, building and equipment structural foundations, building and equipment electrical and mechanical design including the 1 million gallon quench system, and construction management.

 

steel warehouse

$16M Pickle Line – Calvert, AL

Services: Strutural, Process Piping, Electrical, Fire Protection, Life Safety, Interior Design, Mechanical, Plumbing, Construction Management

Steel Warehouse Alabama features a state of the art push pull pickler capable of pickling hot rolled coils up to one inch thick and up to 72" in width. The new facility has rail and truck access and barge access nearby. The line can produce pickled dry, pickled and oiled, Mil-Bond and dry lubed strip. GSE provided full engineering services for Steel Warehouse’s heavy gage Push/Pull Pickle Line constructed at the Calvert Industrial Park. The scope of this work included engineering for all buildings and equipment support for the approximate 106,000 square foot facility.

 

heidtman steel

$18.5M Pickle Line – Calvert, AL

Services- Construction Engineering

Toledo, Ohio based Heidtman Steel, a processor of flat rolled carbon steel, contracted GSE for their new 114,000 sq. ft steel processing facility located at ThyssenKrupp Industrial Park. Phase one of the facility will include installation of a 0.250 in. x 78 in. slitter that is capable of handling 80,000-pound coils.

 

kloeckner metals usa (klockner stahl)

$16M Slitting Line – Calvert, AL

Services: Structural, Civil, Life Safety, Interior Design

Kloeckner Metals Corporation consists of three business segments: Flat Rolled Group, Heavy Carbon Group and Special Products Group. The facility, located within ThyssenKrupp Industrial park, is a 100,000-square-foot, light-gauge steel flat rolled processing center. GSE provided full engineering services for Kloeckner Steel’s new slitting line and coil storage facility. Design included foundation for rail access into the building and a 40 foot deep looping pit. The project design was coordinated with a “fast-track” construction approach.

 

berg steel pipe

$100M – Mobile, AL

Services: Cost Estimation, Environmental Permitting

GSE constructed cost estimate and environmental Permitting. The permitting activities included air, water and solid waste as required for a new spiral welded pipe mill and associated fusion-bonded epoxy coating facility.

 

SAMUEL, SON & CO. lIMITED - STEEL SLITTING FACILITY

$16M – Columbia, TN

Services: Structural, Civil, Life Safety, Interior Design

Samuel, Son & Co., Limited is a steel mill designed to support the growing automotive market in the South, this new facility will house a new world-class hybrid automotive blanking line with a width capability up to 2050mm (80.7”). GSE provided full engineering services for Samuel Steel’s new slitting line and coil storage facility. Design included foundation for rail access into the building and soil reinforcement methods to avoid extensive deep foundations.