River Gulf Grain Intermodal Facility
Bettendorf, IA
Client: Alter and Sons
Designer: Various Designers
Contract Amount: $11,200,000
Delivery Method: Design-Build
Summary:
Design and build an intermodal grain transfer facility to handle the transfer of corn or beans from truck to barge. The project included the construction of the following:
- Pre-Engineered Buildings: Control houses and a masonry building for electrical equipment and unloading.
- Maintenance Warehouse: For facility upkeep.
- Grain Storage: Two grain storage bins and a natural gas grain drying bin.
- Off-Specification Grain Bin: For collecting non-standard grain.
- Truck Scales: Two scales (inbound and outbound).
- Conveyor Systems: Complete systems to move grain from the offloading area to storage bins or barges.
- Office Building: A 2,000 square foot office.
Additionally, the project featured a docking system in the Mississippi River with three barges serving as an offshore working dock. Several mooring piles and steel foundations were installed in the water to support this system.