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Building Systems

Address:
S. 2714 Garfield Rd.
Airway Heights, WA
99001

Telephone:
509.244.5611
800.941.2291
Fax:
509.244.2850

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Presenting the award winners
for Design & Construction Excellence in
HEAVY INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS
First Place:
Plum Creek MDF2
Columbia Falls, Montana

Builder:
Northwest Building Systems		 Plum Creek - Take a Closer Look!
Judges' Comments:
"This $10 million expansion of Plum Creek's medium density fiberboard plant took place over a twelve-month period of time during which the existing production facility continued in full operation. It included over 945 structural tons of steel and 20,000 cubic yards of concrete. The tallest section of the complex is 118 ft. and is comprised of a series of stacked built-up columns."

Second Place:
East Boulder Mine
Big Timber, Montana

Builder:
AFFCO, Inc. 		East Boulder Mine - Take a Closer Look!
Judges' Comments:
"This 352 ft. long building is the mill concentrator for the only operating platinum mine in the United States. It has a 62 ft. eave height and includes numerous overhead and underhung cranes. The project, which was begun in March 2000 and completed ten months later, includes nearly 450 tons of structural steel from Garco Building Systems."

Third Place:
Lost Cabin Gas Plant
Lysite, Wyoming

Builder:
Garco Construction		 Lost Cabin Gas Plant - Heavy Industrial Third Place
Judges' Comments:
"The structure shown here is the compressor building for the Lost Cabin gas plant. It was installed over equipment already in place and later sheeted with explosion relief panels. It is one of five buildings shipped to the site, for a total of more than 600 tons of structural steel from Garco."

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