| Project: | U.S. Gypsum Plant, Washingtonville, Pennsylvania |
| Client: | Walbridge |
| Value: | $10.5 million |
| Slifco Role: | Controls and Instrumentation Contractor |
| Date: | November 2008 |
Project Details –The U.S. Gypsum drywall manufacturing facility in
Washingtonville, Pennsylvania, required a complete process control installation throughout the 650,000-square-foot facility. The project employed more than 125
on-site Slifco employees, including management and licensed union electricians. Electrical construction was required to service kilns, mills, high-speed conveyer systems (600 linear feet/minute), mixing area, offices and parking lot, as well as standard industrial electrical requirements.
Electrical construction highlights:
- Installation of Flex I/O, Controlnet, Devicenet, and ASI Control systems
- Installation and testing of more than 400 control panels
- Installation of more than 72,000 linear feet of rigid conduit
- 42,000 electrical terminations
- 420,000 linear feet of cable
- Installation of more than 3,600 electrical devices
- Design/Built MCC sub-panels
- Over a six-month period, 125 electricians working six 10-hour days with
“Zero Recordable Time Lost Injuries”
