Steel Joist Manufacturer New Millennium Building Systems
Steel Fabricator Steel Fab, Inc.
This is the Painting Facility for the Nissan Leaf Electric Vehicle. The project consisted of girder, short-span and long-span joists with wide flange beam headers being bolted to joist vertical members.
The use of a steel joists and joist girders over a heavier, less flexible structural system was economical as well as structurally effective.
Manufacturing Facility
Industrial, Manufacturing Buildings
This is a new manufacturing facility in Midland, MI, that will produce batteries for electric and hybrid automobiles. Steel joists and joist girders were utilized for the support of a very complex layout of mechanical equipment and process piping.
This manufacturing building consists of concrete tilt-up panel construction with approximately 67,200 square feet of roof area with various roof elevations. Open web steel joists were designed to span between panels up to 86 feet long.
This project had an aggressive schedule with only six weeks for engineering and start of delivery. The entire project delivered in three to four months and each sequence required multiple loads of material on-site at one time.
