Paul Meyer Chemicals
The Rundown
Paul Meyer Chemicals was established in the 1980s in Walcott, IA, and provides Midwest farmers with chemicals, fertilizer, and seed. Paul Meyer Chemicals has continued to grow over the years and needed a new bulk fertilizer storage building due to increased consumer demand.
Feature Details
- 84 ft x 120 ft structure (10,080 total sq ft)
- Rigid steel frame coated with EpoxxiShield™ COR Elite frame finish
- White and tan ExxoTec™ Elite PVC fabric cladding
- 18-in black mesh soffit overhangs, endwall vents, and white ARV-2000 roof vents for passive ventilation
- Icebreakers installed on roof
- Two 16 ft x 14 ft overhead coil doors on endwalls and personnel doors on each endwall
- Precast pier foundation with precast walls
- Conveyor supported by the building's frame
- 1,700-ton building capacity
- 105 mph wind load, 30 psf ground snow load, seismic B, exposure C
- Installed by Legacy crews
Industry
Bulk Commodity
Size
10,080 sq ft
Location
Walcott, IA
Year
2020
Testimonials
The new building will protect the salt supply.
It will be protected from being compromised by wind and precipitation. Once the general contractor completed the footings and floors, Legacy installed the fabric building very quickly, in about two weeks. It was a very positive process with professional communication between Legacy and Dewberry throughout the project.
The Legacy construction crew was very professional and courteous.
Because of our soil issues, we simply couldn't afford to construct a more traditional building. The concrete costs made a more traditional building cost prohibitive. The lightweight design of our Legacy building allowed us to reach a compromise between soil conditions and cost. Regarding the design and construction phases of the building, I can say that the process went exceptionally well. When I made eleventh-hour changes to the job, Legacy handled them with ease. They finished the job well ahead of schedule, worked safely, and followed our stringent safety requirements to the letter.
Legacy was very easy to work with.
The old buildings used tubular steel, and no matter what you do, the salt gets inside the tubes and corrodes them. They came out here with their crew, rented all their equipment, and erected the buildings in three weeks flat – a week ahead of schedule. It's a stand-up company.
