Meal Storage Addition | Weitz

Meal Storage Addition

Washington

The scope of the Meal Storage Addition project is to design and build three new soybean meal storage silos at the Port of Longview site.

This includes:

  • Three new slipform concrete silos each designed as 85’-0″ diameter x ~142’-0″ tall with a combined working capacity of approximately 34,000 metric tons of soybean meal.
  • New material handling conveying equipment to transfer soybean meal from and to the existing annex systems and to the new silos.

WeitzWay

As part of the Lean Last Planner® philosophy, Weitz puts a large focus on collaboration in the field to eliminate waste and drive efficiencies. Onsite meetings were held with representatives from each Weitz crew and each trade group, including Owner and Owner’s trade partners to encourage good communication between all parties. These planning meetings were led by the Weitz superintendent and focused on safety and schedule. Needs were identified and collaboration was stressed to make sure the project continued toward common goals of safety, schedule conformance, and efficiency.