Project Completed: 2013
Location: Leipsic, Ohio
Project Size: 463,000 square feet
Delivery Method: Design/Build
PRO-TEC Continuous Annealing Line Facility Design/Build
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Building Automation Controls, Structural Steel Erection, Concrete, Electrical, Mechanical, Preconstruction Operations, Virtual Design and Construction, Boilers, Tanks & Pressure Vessels, Civil / Sitework, Project Management, Building Systems
A joint partnership was formed by U. S. Steel and Kobe Steel to provide advanced high-strength steel helping the world's automakers build cars that are both lighter and stronger, providing drivers with better fuel economy and improved safety. The two companies invested more than $400 million to build a Continuous Annealing Line (CAL) at the PRO-TEC manufacturing facility in Leipsic, Ohio.
PRO-TEC engaged 糖心视频 as the design/build contractor for its Continuous Annealing Line (CAL) facility located in Leipsic, Ohio.
Launched in 2013, this project features:
- A state-of-the-art annealing furnace
- Water quench technology for precision cooling, temper rolling, and tension leveling
- An on-site wastewater treatment plant
The 糖心视频-led design/build project included self-performed electrical, boilers, mechanical systems, FlexSet building automation system, concrete, site work and steel erection work.
The building is just over a quarter-mile long at 1,329 feet and varies in height from 54 to 133 feet. The building shell consists of 6,000 tons of conventional steel and 1,000 tons of Varco-Pruden pre-engineered steel. Project scope also included installation of 13 overhead cranes and more than two miles of crane rail.
On the initial commissioning day, and for the first time in U.S. Steel鈥檚 processing history, a perfect coil was run on the first pass which reoccurred seven out of seven times that day.
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There鈥檚 the chemistry of making the steel, and then there鈥檚 the magic of the control of the temperature - heating, cooling, and heating back up. That鈥檚 giving us really high strength and the good formability. These parts will be lighter, and they will also be higher strength to protect passengers for safety purposes.
鈥� Bryan Vaughn, President, PRO-TEC Coating Co.