L1/P3 PET Resin Expansion
Wellman, Inc.
Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Lauren Engineers & Constructors provided the engineering, procurement and construction for Wellman’s Pearl River Plant P.E.T. Resin expansion, located in Port Bienville Industrial Park, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. This project included the addition of 300 million pounds of additional solid stating capacity annually to the facility, using Buhler technology.

P.E.T. Solid Stating Facility
Tolaram/Buhler
Asheboro, North Carolina

Lauren Engineers & Constructors provided engineering, procurement and construction services for a new P.E.T. solid stating facility at Tiepet's Asheboro, North Carolina plant. Work included foundations, structures, buildings, access facilities, equipment, piping, electrical and instrumentation.

Polymer Expansion Project
DAK AMERICAS
Charleston, South Carolina

Lauren Engineers & Constructors was responsible for detailed engineering, procurement, and construction for this polymer expansion project. The project included the addition of a new 450 ton/day solid stating facility, using proprietary Buhler technology, the addition of IPA handling and mixing facilities, increasing the capacity of the existing melt phase process, and installation of material handling facilities including storage and railcar loading and unloading. Plant utilities were also upgrades on this project. The work was fixed price and was completed in fourteen months.

Solid Stating Facility
ITW / Signode
Florence, Kentucky

This solid stating facility that processes recycled plastic bottles into the raw granules used to manufacture plastic strapping was designed and constructed by Lauren Engineers and Constructors. Lauren worked with the client and the technology provider to prepare a schedule "A" package and definitive cost and estimate for the project. Lauren then performed the detailed engineering for the facility and self-performed construction for a five-story, 100 foot high building adjacent to the client's existing facility. The project lasted nine months and Lauren completed the work within the original scheduled completion date.

Polymer Solid Stating Plant
Eastman Chemical Company
Columbia, South Carolina

Lauren Engineers & Constructors was responsible for the design and construction of this Polymer Solid Stating Plant in Columbia, South Carolina. Detailed construction drawings for the foundations, mechanical, electrical, piping, instrumentation and architectural scope were based on process design prepared by the client. The design was prepared concurrent with construction to support the aggressive schedule for project completion. A new four-level steel-frame process building [19,000 sq. ft.] was constructed to house the new process systems. The process equipment scope included the installation of large heaters, reactors, and storage bins in addition to numerous pumps, blowers and cyclones. The product piping systems were large diameter [18" to 60"] low pressure systems made from stainless steel material. All lighting, branch circuits and control wiring systems utilized the extensive cable tray and steel conduit systems. The new distributed control system was installed to interface with the existing Control Room platform to blend the operation of the new process into the existing. The project was commissioned for operation thirteen months after the start of detailed design.