Along with the numerous upgrades to the daily operations at the Goodland Facility cannot forget the little things too. The main office got a new entry canopy reflecting the updated logo, pretty sharp!



Next few photos show the troughed dug beneath the rail spur to incase the steel flume that will allow running of the many fluid transfer lines.  

Many pad containments have been strategically positioned to control minor spills or those nuisance drips. The pad contouring the spur will house the load / unload rail manifold.

This week Two Guys Mechanical are on site again fabricating the many pipes and joints for the fluid transferring . Also on-site for the past week are Ron Andrews and Randy Harris from our Michigan location, they are working to continue hooking up the numerous components that run all the automations upgrades along with sonar sensor to monitor the liquid levels for the 500,000 ga tanks. Weather permitting and God willing both crews will be closing in on their last trips.





GROUNDBREAKING FOR NEW GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS

Wed April 11 a ceremony was held to commence groundbreaking on the new global headquarters for Agro Culture LIQUD Fertilizers.

Troy Bancroft (President and CEO) and Nick Bancroft (VP of Operations) address the gathering of 85 attendees consisting of media, community and employees.

Representatives from sectors of the project join in for the inaugural shovel toss



Right around the corner earth moving equipment is expected to be arriving on location to begin what will certainly be exciting progress to following over the next 12-13 months

NEARING COMPLETION



Randy Harris works to finish up a channel cut out in the concrete that will allow connecting of product transfer lines between each containment. 

 

 

Newly constructed office to service loading and unloading tank cars and trucks



Installation of upgraded loading  system with 4" meter, 6" pump & 6" filter

Containment pads were poured recently for transfer pumps at the 500,000 gallons tanks

 



Fabricated flume to be installed beneath the rail spur that will house 12- 4" lines for product transfer

ON SITE AT GOODLAND

Last Week Shaun Schneider and I (Tony) took a road trip to Goodland, KS site to see for ourselves the progress on the 500,000 ga tank project.

View of the tanks from back of site near the rail yard  

To remain in compliance for complete containment these valve structures were installed 

Dust Bowl?

Beefed up with new 800 amp service to comply with all the upgrades

Another Milestone for Agro Culture Liquid Fertilizers

February 14, 2012 marked another milestone for Agro Culture Liquid Fertilizers. Official announcement was delivered to immediately begin construction on a new 42,402 sq ft Corp Headquarters to be located adjacent to the current office. The announcement was giving by Troy Bancroft (CEO) during a meeting attended by owners, employees, local land owners and the selected partnering firms for the project venture of Wieland-Davco Corp., Hobbs + Black Architects and LSG engineers.  These displayed renderings are conceptual at this time but represent what the final completion will portray.      

More Than Just Tanks at Goodland

Another project in process at Goodland is an upgraded exterior load-out office. This newly constructed office is 16'x16' replacing the previous smaller 8'x12'.

 Beside larger and cozier there will be operational upgrades also for loading trucks and tank cars.

Touch screen monitors will be implemented and supported by an PLC system to advance accuracy.

On the efficiency side 25HP 6"x4" pumps will be installed, doing so will increase the Gallons Per Minute (GPM) from 250 to an expected 600 GPM or higher.   

GROWING WEST

As the  company continues to grow and expand so must the project list to stay pace with the future at the world of LIQUID. The latest checked off from the project list was purchasing property in Stockton, California

 The property is 13 acres, to begin the site will serve as a stocking point with phased development.

Phase 1 to begin immediately will include construction of 60'x100' two bay truck loading building along with a 50'x100' containment for 540,000 gallons of storage using 18- 30,000 gallon tanks.



Along with the purchase of the property the site included this 2,100 sq ft office and rail spur to accommodate 7 tank cars



Projected operational date of Phase 1 is June-July 2012