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July 2008
7-25-08: DDG building perimter wall footings
7-30-08: Tank Farm: Ethanol storage tanks
7-31-08: Top put on third Ferm

 

June 30, 2008
Stillage alley slab
Energy Center column pad methanator area
Column pads evap area
Second tier on ferm
Ferm alley looking west
Ferm 3, first tier
Energy Center common wall pour
Dryer B pillars
Stillage alley tank bases
Stillage alley looking west
Energy Center common wall
10 inch water main, Harvest Ave.

 

April 14, 2008 Aerial Photos - Click on pictures for larger image.

 

2008 Annual Meeting
At the sign-in table

2008 Annual Meeting
President B. Kletscher delivering the board's presentation at the 2008 annual meeting held April 18, 2008 in Lamberton.

April 2008
President B. Kletscher signing the loan documents.

April 2008
T. VanDerWal (board secretary),
K. Stroup (board legal counsel),
and B. Kletscher (board president)
after loan closing.

April 2008
A completed dryer footing excavation. 

Exterior process tanks.

March 2008
Forms in place and ready to pour concrete.

March 2008
Pouring a ferm tank. 

March 2008
Concrete pumper trucks in position to deliver concrete for ferm tanks. 

February 2008
Footings before backfill installation. 

February 2008
More footing work.

February 2008
Building forms for the first footings.

 

Week 7
Temporary electrical work completed
Geopier modulus strength test:
exceeded design performance!
Geopier installation continues

 

Week 6
Setting up for Geopier strength test
Installing temporary electrical power
Directional boring underground cables
Geopier installation continues

 

Week 5
Installing geopiers
(381 remaining)
Step 1 - drill 13ft deep cavity
Step 2 - Add crushed rock
Step 3 - compact rock with tamper, repeat steps 2 & 3 until filled

 

Week 4
Spreading corn stalks to minimize frost
First temporary structure
Marking geopier locations
Geopier equipment

 

Week 3
Installing Storm-water pond outlet
Removing frozen soil for grain silos
Compacting and spreading fill for grain silos
Geotextile fabric placed under gravel for roadways

 

 

Week 2

Granular fill for Process Building
Stripping storm-water pond
Shaping storm-water pond berm
Unloading granular fill ...
on-the-go!
DDG building
Energy Center Building
Adding 1 ft. 'lift' of granular
fill for Process Building
TERRACON engineer
checking fill compaction

 

Week 1

Stripping top soil
Energy Center excavation
Second load of gravel for Energy Center footing
Scrapers working in tandem

 

Preparing for Construction

First delivery - 3 miles of silt fence.
Equipment ready to go.
 
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