NAFCO designed, detailed, fabricated and delivered this 14′ diameter, 84′ long chemical storage silo. It is a skirted design with 4 integrated columns provided for load cells interface at grade. The columns had adjacent jacking positions to allow for complete load cell replacement even during a full silo event. The Silo was designed for an…
This steel plate duct work system, weighing 150 tons, was made up of gas flow spaces up to 33’ wide and a max of 9’-2 deep that included interfaces at the Boiler Outlet, Filter Fabric House Inlet and Outlet, Dual ID Fan Inlet, Fan Outlet, and Stack Inlet. The duct work included flat and rolled…
NAFCO contracted for the design, supply, electrical design, detailing, fabrication and installation of the entire material handling system for CPS Energy at the Calaveras Lake Generating Station near San Antonio, Texas. They system which allows CPS to receive shipments of coal and transport it to the power plant. The project included the construction of a…
NAFCO contracted to demolish and replace the preparation plant and conveyors at Cliffs Natural Resources’ Oak Grove facility, which were severely damaged by the tornadoes that swept through Alabama in April 2011. The scope of this project included the engineering, manufacturing, and installation of a 54-inch-belt-width plant feed conveyor, a 48-inch-belt-width refuse conveyor, a 48-inch-belt-width…
In 2015 NAFCO worked with Auburn University to complete the fabrication and erection of the new Jordan-Hare Stadium Scoreboard, which is still the largest in all of college football. In spite of delays in design and by other contractors, NAFCO worked around the clock in both fabrication and erection to meet the project’s very aggressive…
NAFCO joined the mssions to Mars through the work completed for NASA’s test stands at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL. This three year project included the detailing, connection design, fabrication and erection of over 4,500 tons of steel. The test stands will be used for static testing of the liquid oxygen and…
NAFCO worked on multiple projects from 2003 through 2009 to detail, fabricate and erect hangars for Osprey Aircraft. These large hangars featured prismatic pipe trusses that were fully field-bolted, reducing cost and improving schedule. After initial fit-up, NAFCO trial-fit these 200′ trusses together at our shop facility to verify jig accuracy before final welding, painting,…
In August 2014, Wolf Point Engineers & Contractors contracted with Oxbow Calcining LLC for complete engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPC) for a new screening, crushing, storage and rail loading system to be incorporated into their existing calcining facility located near Enid, Oklahoma. The new system utilizes a series of five bucket elevators and five…
NAFCO designed, fabricated, and supplied 6,201 feet of conveyors for a Frac Sand Processing plant in Humbird, Wisconsin. The project included two 48” conveyors with transfer towers, screening building, and associated chutework. The project included 1,600 tons of steel with a two coat sophisticated paint system applied for corrosion protection. (See Pictures from WPE W…
Start-to-finish, NAFCO provided turnkey architectural coordination, structural engineering, detailing, fabrication, coating and erection of our corporate headquarters in Birmingham, AL. The steel-framed building features architecturally exposed steel columns, braces and trusses throughout the structure to showcase our business. In depth coordination during connection design and detailing helped support erection completion in less than 5 weeks,…
