Construction and Photo Update
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May 22-29, 2007 - Construction continues to go well; we are currently on schedule. Phase I dirt work is complete and Phase II activities are underway and will be complete by the beginning of August. Loiseau Construction is working on the rail dirt work and is over half way complete. Fagen continues to pour concrete footings and piers for the process building; they only have a few left. The dryer drum piers are complete and ready for ICM to set the drums at the beginning of June. Brown Tank are on site and building the two large ethanol final storage tanks. Winbco is close to getting the beerwell completed and contiues to work on the fermenter #7. Thorstad is finishing up the concrete work on the grains receiving dump pits and will be starting the structural steel on the DDG storage building this week. East River is on site and started construction activities for the electrical sub station. We are doing the concrete form work for the administration building. We plan on pouring the slab on grade during the second week of June.
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Equipment on site |
DDG building knee walls |
Tank farm |
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Pumps on site |
Grains receiving pit |
Grains receiving dump pit |
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View of site from Hwy 12 |
Beer well and ferm #7 |
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Beer well lid |
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DDG building floor |
May 16, 2007
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Last two evaps to arrive on site |
Unloading an evap |
Beer well & ferm #7 |
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Piers in process building |
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May 10, 2007
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Beer well & Fermenter 7
- 2nd rings |
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DDG building concrete floor |
Loiseau Construction working on rail dirt work |
Electrical substation dirt work |
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Fermentation concrete work |
Grain receiving dump pit concrete |
Liquid tank foundations and fermentation |
May 5, 2007 - We had about 2 ½” of water this past weekend – the flood missed the job-site, which was very good. The beerwell and fermenter #7 have the 2nd stainless steel rings up. The liquefaction tank foundations are poured. The dryer pier footings are completed; they are forming the piers now in preparation for the drums to arrive at the beginning of June. The evaporators will start arriving on-site Thursday. Fagen continues to pour footings and piers for the process building. Thorstad poured the first section of the concrete floor for the DDG storage building. The grains receiving main pit concrete work is complete. They are forming up the walls for the truck dump pits. Brown tank is mobilizing on-site and getting ready to start building the ethanol storage tanks in the tank farm. Loiseau continues to work on the rail loop dirt work and should be complete by July 1st.
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