The loading dock is formed and almost ready to be poured.
Stripping the wall at the loading dock after the first pour.
Equipment room fans arrive on site.
First steel truck is on site and being unloaded!
Backfilling of the loading dock interior wall.
Progress of steel framing looking North.
Footing along 10 line looking south where rain water has filled the footings.
A continuous footing at the loading dock that is fully submerged by rain water.
Finally some dry weather! East wall at equipment room looking north after the rain water has been pumped out.
Installation of the storm sewer inlet at the southwest corner of the equipment room.
Installation of piers and stem wall at the equipment room is on-going.
Electric service conduits installed as concrete workers continue to form and prep the south side of the Engine Room.
Looking North at the footing excavation along column line 10.
Looking East at the storm line south of the engine room being installed.
Looking North, workers prepare rebar for the footing at the dock office and loading dock.
Looking Southeast at the cleanout for the 6″ storm line.
Looking North, the continuous footing along column line 12 is ready to be poured.
And the rain begins! Rain and high water table combine to make the site very saturated.
Footing K-10 is in the process of being poured. This was one of the footings on K-line that had to be repaired due to the wood piles […]
View looking South of the East stem wall of the building. Progress looks good!
Excavators working to chip out the existing storm line so that a new line can be installed.
Photo looking East down K Column line, footings have successfully been poured.
Photo of flowable fill over the transformer conduit at the engine room.
First week of construction at the Port!
We poured the footers
West side footers
North side footers
Governor Pat McCrory and the North Carolina State Ports Authority, along with USA InvestCo, broke ground on a new 101,000-square-foot cold storage facility this morning. The warehouse facility is located directly on terminal at the Port of Wilmington and is expected to create more than 100 new jobs. North Carolina’s agriculture business has always relied heavily on the Port of Wilmington and this specific construction, offering over 11,000 pallet positions, represents further development in that market.
The Port of Wilmington Cold Storage Facility is the first cold storage facility located on a port in the state of North Carolina. Previously, […]
The contractor has been chosen for the Cold Storage Facility. USA InvestCo has chosen Atlanta-based ARCO Design/Build Inc. as its general contractor to build a cold storage facility at the Port of Wilmington.
According to the company’s website, ARCO is a turn-key design/build firm that has undertaken various industrial project types including cold storage, food distribution, tenant improvements, retrofits and light industrial warehouse/distribution.
ARCO project manager Eric Safko said the goal is to break ground in mid-September.
“We’re glad to finally get moving forward on it and looking forward to working with the Port of Wilmington cold storage,” he said. “It should […]
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