Salt Mine Head Frame

AIGMining and Minerals, Project Management

Independent Salt Co. | Kanopolis, Kansas When the decades-old wooden head frame structure was nearing the stage of a catastrophic failure, Independent Salt contracted with AIG to replace it with a new steel structure. The head frame supports the large sheave wheels (pulleys) that haul up skips loaded with salt from the bottom of the mine. The steel structure was …

Limestone Fines Classification

AIGDetailed Design, Mining and Minerals, Project Management

Mississippi Lime Company | Ste. Genevieve, Missouri Installed cost – $800,000 The owner selected the equipment for an air classification system designed to separate 5-micron limestone dust particles from the mine run “raw material stream.” Project required designing a system that integrated all new and existing equipment in an existing fully operational area of the plant. The solution utilized existing …

Salt Plant Consolidation

AIGMining and Minerals, Project Management

IMC Global | Lyons, Kansas Installed cost – $8.6 million The customer closed one plant and moved part of the processing equipment to an existing facility. New features included a warehouse with truck loading docks, a packaging room, a 125-foot tall mill building with bins and equipment, and a new office and lab. Structural steel for the mill building and …

Rice County (Kansas) Law Enforcement Center

AIGAutomation, Non-Industrial, Project Management

Law Enforcement Center & County Jail / Rice County, Kansas Lyons, Kansas Installed cost: $4.5 million This 72-inmate prison provides a range of detention levels, from work-release programs to maximum security pods.  The construction manager broke into multiple packages, which eliminated the general contractor markup and allowed design changes to occur without losing market pricing or sacrificing schedule.  The project …