General Description
Agru America is part of an international manufacturing company. Their US operations focus on the manufacturing of a heavy duty liner material that is used for large settling ponds at mine sites as well as a liner under land fills. The liners produced at this facility will be shipped as far away as South America.

The 40,000 plus sq ft manufacturing facility consists of a pre-engineered metal building utilizing masonry walls for durability and esthetics.  The flexibility of pre-engineered steel allowed the 4- 16 ton cranes and the 2- 5 ton cranes to be supported by the building structure minimizing the need for a separate support structure for the cranes themselves.  The North end of the building was designed with a fully loaded endwall frame which will allow for future expansion of the building with minimal cost impact.

The 11,000 sq ft office structure is constructed of masonry walls with a steel and concrete floor and roof system. The main focal point of the building is the 40 foot tall curtain wall glass entry structure.  It is a custom manufactured system that utilizes the company’s corporate color of Agru Blue.

Various products Agru manufacturers were used in this project.  These items included, process water pipes, air pipes, single-ply roof membrane, and the signature Agru blue fence and gates at the front of the property.

The project included a rail spur and a state of the art vacuum system for off loading the rail cars into the 4- 55’ storage silos.

The 10,000 gallon tank used to hold the water that cools the liner machines is under the manufacturing floor.  The machines themselves are custom made by Agru and were actually used in Austria to make sure they preformed properly after they were fabricated.

The project demonstrated a true partnership with the Owner both during the design and construction phases. One of the most important tools used in this project was the design assist approach that was used on this project.  This approach saves the client money and directly involves them in the project allowing greater flexibility throughout construction to assure the building they need and want is exactly what they hoped for.  The Plant Manager was on site for the last four months of the 8 month construction schedule to coordinate the set up of his equipment.