200 TPH Frac Sand Plant, Clayton, Iowa
Engineering Design and Management

The 200 tons-per-hour glass/frac sand mine and processing plant is located on the bank of the Mississippi River in Clayton Iowa. The turnkey project encompassed process development, engineering design, construction plans, and construction management. The plant will produce sand and glass sand products utilizing primarily washing, sizing and drying. This project is the second turnkey under construction.

FEDINC provided detailed engineering design plans and specifications suitable for procurement and construction which included multi-disciplined coordination of Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Piping, Process Flow Diagram (PFD), and Piping and Instrumentation Design (P&ID) engineering.

FEDINC provided supervision, coordination and administration of technical specialty engineering and contractor teams dedicated to specific assignments. Construction management included conceptual project meetings with client, preparation and development of conceptual drawings, preliminary engineering and cost estimating, construction drawing packages, specifications, bidding documents, and provision of certified quality assurance (CQA) and final certification of construction.  Specification preparation, vendor and subcontractor solicitation, quotation evaluation, purchasing, scheduling and expediting was also provided.  Construction related activities began in early March 2007 which included:  preparation of construction drawings, bid documents, contractor selection, provision of construction management and construction quality assurance services and construction certification.