Monday, May 16, 2016

Winston Plywood Update 5-13-16


 Buildings:
· Continued work on building punchlist items

· Continued installing additional gutters on Building No. 1 (Tallest section of plant building)
· Began installing additional down-spouts on Building No. 1

Foundations:

· Removed forms and support system from hot tower concrete roof, hog tower concrete is complete

· Placed foundation for pipe truss across north road (truss ties vaults to building)

Site Utilities


· Continued investigating alternate routing of sewer piping to avoid interference with other piping system and electrical duct bank

· Excavated opening for dryer wash-down water pit at southeast corner of plywood plant, and placed concrete bottom for this structure

· Began final grading for sloped paving to storm water system along west wall of plywood plant (between building wall and parking lot)


Racetrack Piping:

· Continued installing trim-out piping and valves to plant equipment

Hog, Glue Room, and Chipper Pad

· Continued block work on second floor of glue make-up and storage rooms


Low Voltage Electrical:


· Continued installing conduit and wiring to breakroom / restrooms / offices at mezzanine area

· Finished connecting and turned on lighting to parking lots

· Cut trench along and across north road, installed electrical duct bank to Vault MCC unit location, installed duct bank in concrete, backfilled/compacted trench with stone, and reopened roadway



Plant Build-Out:

· Continued installing HVAC system components in electrical and MCC rooms

· Began installing five air flow fans in walls of air compressor and boiler rooms



Plant Piping:

· Continued installing steam and condensate piping to Dryers No. 1, 2, and 3

· Continued modifications to return four condensate return lines in No. 2 Dryer

· Continued steam and condensate piping in boiler room

· Continued painting air piping components in offsite fabrication and paint shop


Site Paving:

· Completed grading for paving and equipment foundations on east side of plant (in open strip between Log Pro foundation and Hog Tower. Placed rebar and expansion material in this area. (Concrete being place Saturday a.m.)

· Began grading for area paving north of Building Five

Fire Protection System:

· Continued installing hose reels at building columns

· Continued installing deluge systems in dryers (For WPV)


Log Conditioning Vaults:

· Continued weld-out on galvanized, angled, deflector plates in vaults at base of vaults

· Completed setting support system and forms for east half of vault roof

· Placed and finished east section of vault roof

· Began removal of support structure for vault concrete roof system

· Formed and placed curb around east section of vault roof

· Formed, tied rebar, and placed final concrete structure at north end of Vault No. 20 (concrete inside and at north end of vault)

· Placed west half of concrete apron in front of vaults

· Began construction of 5’ concrete wall along north side of vault drain ditch to holding pit



Equipment Foundations (East and West Residuals):

· Removed jack support system and forming materials on concrete roof on hog tower

· Began installing handrails around hog tower

· Engineer performed layout for four additional fan foundations and bag-house at West-Side Residuals

· Set structural support frame for conveyor feeding East-Side Residual truck bins



RTO Rebuild

· Continued engineering work on arrangement of ID fan and fan motor foundations

· Continued construction of RTO control room

· Set MCC unit in RTO Control Room

· Steam cleaned structure and supports for RTO, as well as RTO burner system, and cleaned up debris from RTO wash-down



Winston Plywood & Veneer

· Continued refurbishing and installing Lathes No. 1 & 2 and related equipment

· Continued installing equipment at both clippers, green stackers, and pull chains

· Continued cleaning and painting green-end equipment

· Continued electrical installation at Green-End equipment (conduit and power wiring)

· Continued installing electrical service from electrical room to Log Pro equipment (unistrut, cable tray, and conduit)

· Continued refurbishing Dryers No. 1 & 2

· Continued assembly and installation of Dryer No. 1, 2, & 3 infeed and outfeed sections

· Continued making modifications to Stackers for Dryers No. 2 & 3

· Continued refurbishing and painting dry-end equipment

· Continued installing electrical power to Dryers 1, 2, & 3

· Continued installation of east side truck bins

· Continued installing air piping on dryers

· Continued refurbishing east side residual equipment (at Roseburg site)

· Continued installing glue lay-up line equipment

· Continued flushing and testing of boiler piping (Reached desirable iron levels in boiler feed water system – water from City of Louisville water system)

· Continued installing trim-saw equipment and plywood stacker

· Continued installing chutework at tree-length infeed bark conveyor and at cut-up saw trash conveyor

· Set Bark Hog and Hog Motor Assembly on Hog Tower concrete slab

· Set support steel frame over hog and motor

· Set Bark Hog Infeed Conveyor on structural steel support system

· Set support column for bark transport system up to hog tower

· Set upper section of two east-west conveyors from debarker line