Stockwell Engineers, Inc. provided civil engineering services for the expansion of the 123 acre ethanol facility near Chancellor. The services provided included a topographic survey, site design, construction staking and assisting with permit applications. The plan documents were prepared in a design/build format.
The expansion of the facility to incorporate new technology and enlarge production prompted the need to increase the infrastructure to include a leachfield system, water main loop and increase the storm drainage system. The improvements also included asphalt surfacing of the truck route, expansion of the visitor parking lot, grain bin expansion, gravel access roads and the development of more than 17,000 feet of siding, storage and loop track. As this is an existing facility that remained in operation during construction, special attention was made to phasing and coordination.
The facility expansion also incited the need for additional on-site rail car storage. This need was best met with the addition of two new loop tracks. The rail expansion required the demolition of existing track to accommodate the two new loop tracks as well as connection to the existing tracks.
The geometrics of the loop track necessitated special attention to the degree of curvature and maintaining minimum design standards. The rail design also included No. 9 and No. 11 turnouts, derails, crossings and a crossover track.
