GCC – Rail to Truck Cement Storage Distribution – Brookings, SD
Location: Brookings, SD
Matrix PDM engineered rail to truck cement storage expansions at GCC 's Brookings cement distribution terminal. To increase the storage capacity to 30,000t. Engineering services included electrical, mechanical and structural design.
400tph
air gravity conveyors
10600yd3
of structural fill at Brookings
100%
commitment to safety
Scope of Work
- Worked with GCC for project feasibility studies to determine the most effective method for improving facility operations
- Dealt with flooding challenges and raised the dome floor approximately 10 feet and the reclaim tower 25 feet
- Imported 10,600 yd3 of structural fill at Brookings
- Reutilized the removal clay and top soil from Irondale facility as capping layers outside the storage dome at Brookings
- Provided site construction observation services
- Replacement of existing receiving screw conveyors with 400 tph air gravity conveyors
- Replacement of existing receiving bucket elevator with a new one and extension of pit
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