ALL SORTS OF CONSTRUCTION

No I was not on vacation this entire time. As you'll see below, things have been quite busy and only getting busier. Keeping the adoring public informed of the facilties happenings at AgroLiquid is important but sometimes it takes a back seat to making sure site development stays on track. Anyway, tanks are rising, diggers are digging, final touches are being made, and buildings are being destroyed at the facilities.


 GOODLAND, KS

 

2,000,000 GA TANK

Heartland Tank is making progress on the tank in Goodland. They are 2 rows high and moving up. It takes quite some time to work around the perimeter of the tank welding all those seams. On the side walls alone, there is over a half mile of horizonal seams.


ASHLEY, MI

500,000 GA TANK

Heartland Tank is also building a tank for us in Ashley. The erection time on this smaller tank will be about half the time of the one in Goodland. The crane is setting one of the large steel panels in the photo. Each panel is 8' tall x 24' long.

If you were wondering how they keep the panels in place while they weld them together, this photo gives a good visual. With the use of shims, clamps, and jigs, they manage to keep it from moving.

 WILLIAMS, IA

Gehrke Excavating is digging another very large hole at our site in Williams, IA. This one is to construct the tank base for the new and future 2 million gallon tanks. Well, the future one may end up a little smaller due to space limitations. At any rate, it's quite a hole. 

And the next day, Heartland Tank built the tanks. I've been impressed with their efficiency but this is amazing. However, we wanted them green not blue.

I wanted to get a little exercise after sitting in a car for awhile so I made a few trips up and down the stairway. I can't remember for sure but I think there's about 897 steps......... or maybe 40 something.

At the time of this publication, the tanks are green. The white color in this photo is the primer. The tank on the left has just been sandblasted. The poor guys doing that job had the pleasure of wearing full white space suits with matching head gear for ventilation. Did I mention it was over 90 degrees when they did it.

Here is a view looking across the recently installed truck scale. Just to the left on the concrete pad will be a scale house with the readout. The scale was purchased used. Hence the weathered look.

 

 

SAINT JOHNS, MI

 

I won't comment too much here. The pictures can speak for themselves (unless an explanation is needed). Besides,  I need to wrap this up and get on to other things.

 





The old office - destroyed  

The board room is now complete, table and all.

The conference room was put to use for the first time last week. AgroLiquid employees joined local auto parts manufacturer, Mahle Corporation for some management training.

 Employee kitchen. Who needs to go out for lunch when you have these accomodations.

Employee breakroom or cafeteria. I think each name comes with a size requirement . I'm not sure where this falls.

Out back curbs have been poured and the excavator is prepping for the parking lot concrete. In the back ground, the sidewalk for the walking path is getting formed. This week the concrete crew will be busy pouring the rear (south and west) parking lots.

 

Last but not least, the Nutrient Research Lab. Lot's of cool stuff in here that will serve AgroLiquid well in the development of new products and improve on current products.