Pre-Stress Concrete Plant

CLIENT | OWNER:
Wells Concrete

PROJECT LOCATION:
Brighton, CO

KEY WORDS:
Advanced Manufacturing, Arc Flash Analysis, Chemical Handling, Chilled Water, Commissioning, Compressed Air, Construction Administration, Design Build, Dust Collection, Electrical Engineering, Laboratories, Mechanical Engineering, New Boilers, Power Distribution, Process Piping, Steam Systems, Warehouse

Wells Concrete’s new Brighton facility consolidates two existing Denver locations into a single, comprehensive manufacturing operation to enhance production capability and flexibility for the Denver market. The 122,673-square-foot precast facility sits on 64.5 acres and features year-round indoor production capabilities for architectural precast and outdoor structural forms, with lifting capacity upgraded from 15-ton to 25-ton cranes to accommodate larger products and higher volumes.

The manufacturing facility incorporates long-line prestressing forms and an expanded inventory of movable forms to meet diverse project demands. The versatile production facility enables identical product manufacturing with consistent quality while maintaining flexibility to meet demanding schedules and minimize project risk. The specialized facility includes a 4,500-square-foot mold shop, steel shop, lunchroom, office, maintenance bays, boiler and air-compressor room, production area, beam bed/storage area, tool room, QC lab, chemical storage area, and washroom.

As the project’s mechanical and electrical engineer, RMH provided mechanical and electrical design and construction-phase services for the new concrete pre-stress plant. Services included chilled water, steam, compressed air, power, and natural gas systems to support the specialized manufacturing operations.