Green field oil seed processing facility

摘要

Integrated project delivery (IPD) and collaboration brought a team of companies together to design and build a green field oil seed processing facility located in the upper Midwest. The facility, with capacity to process 1,000 tons of seed per day, produces food-grade oil. Along with the processing, the facility has capacity to store 830,000 bushels of grain. The site covers 390 acres including the grains receiving, preparation, extraction, refinery, and utilities areas. To leverage market demand for its finished product, the owner had to commit to local growers that the facility would receive grain at the next harvest. The approaching winter season created additional pressure to begin construction of the foundation and underground electrical system. These factors required that the teams collaborate early to make design decisions and proceed with construction without a fully finished design.