Stadiums & Arenas
BIM Services
Posted on Posted onHillsdale Fabricators was the prime steel contractor responsible for the fabrication and erection of approximately 3,500 tons of steel. The primary trusses measured 406 feet in length. This 721,000-square-foot facility seats more than 22,000 people and is the home of the University of Louisville men’s and women’s basketball programs. The multi-purpose venue also accommodates a […]
Healthcare & Commercial Buildings
BIM Services
Posted on Posted onThis challening project consisted of a 7-story structural steel expansion and two 12-story structural steel seismic bays to reinforce the existing hospital. The addition was built above the hospital’s only entrance to its loading dock and ambulance garage, which had to remain in operation during the project. This scenario was further complicated by the fact […]
Stadiums & Arenas
Coatings
Posted on Posted onHillsdale Fabricators was selected as the prime erector and a sub-fabricator for the University of Missouri’s Mizzou Arena. Project scope included barrel roof trusses and column and roof beam framing. The arena project was the largest construction project in the history of the University and features capacity for more than 15,000 fans, with 26 state-of-the-art […]
Petrochemical & Industrial
Steel Erection
Posted on Posted onHillsdale Fabricators erected 14,500 tons of structural steel building modules for the Nickel/Cobalt Electrowinning building (263,000-square-feet) and the Neutralization building (182,000-square-feet) at the new $2.8 billion nickel processing plant. In total, 5,000 pieces of equipment and 160 modules were set, the largest weighing over 500 tons. Work on site peaked at over 4,000 craft workers.
Stadiums & Arenas
Coatings
Posted on Posted onEnterprise Center (formerly known as the Kiel Center, Savvis Center and Scottrade Center) is home to St. Louis Blues Hockey and many other sports and entertainment events. The sleek, technologically-advanced 12-story sports and entertainment center adjoins the existing 1930’s Kiel Opera House and sits on the site of the former Kiel Auditorium. Hillsdale Fabricators performed […]
Petrochemical & Industrial
BIM Services
Posted on Posted onHillsdale fabricated and erected 25,000 tons of steel for the K+S Legacy Mine Project. Built near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, it is the first greenfield potash mine in the area in nearly forty years. In addition to its isolated location, project challenges included a fast-track schedule that peaked during the winter, where high winds battered […]
Heavy Civil & Government
Barge Shipping
Posted on Posted onIn August 2005, Hurricane Katrina sent surges of water into the New Orleans Inner Harbor Navigation Canal. The water overflowed canal walls and levees, causing major destruction. To protect the city and her people from hurricane damage in the future, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers initiated construction of the Seabrook Gates Complex across the […]
Healthcare & Commercial Buildings
BIM Services
Posted on Posted onHillsdale Fabricators supplied, fabricated and erected structural steel for the 193-foot-long-span pedestrian bridge linking the Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital to the parking structure. Pre-project planning and logistics were key in Hillsdale’s project approach as the bridge was erected over a major thoroughfare in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. The challenging design features a main structure that […]
Automotive
BIM Services
Posted on Posted onHillsdale fabricated and erected 13,500 tons of structural steel for the world’s first LEED certified automotive assembly plant – General Motors-Lansing Delta Township. This 1.7 million-square-foot, is a campus-style automotive assembly facility comprised of a body shop, general assembly, administration building, and visitors arrival center interconnected by 101,000 square-feet of elevated conveyor/utility trestles. Raw coiled […]
Heavy Civil & Government
Barge Shipping
Posted on Posted onThe Olmsted project utilized a first-in-the US “in-the-wet” method to build two 110’ by 1200’ locks and a dam comprised of five tainter gates, 1,400’ of boat-operated wickets and a fixed weir. Concrete shells, weighing as much as 2,700 tons, produced at an on-site precast yard were attached to lifting frames. A 5,000-ton gantry crane […]
