New Sow Facility / Pulaski County, Indiana

Engineering services were contracted for this privately-owned 13,000 head sow, farrow-to-wean facility consisting of a gild development unit, 2 gestation and farrowing buildings, connecting hallways and related ancillary buildings. The buildings consist of both 10’ deep pits and 2’ shallow pits. The scope of services provided included site design development, structural foundation plans and quality assurance construction checks.

Site design began with a topographic survey and geotechnical investigation. Project construction plans included a grading plan with cut/fill volumes, piping plan and a stormwater/erosion control plan for the NPDES Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan. The structural concrete foundation plans included reinforced manure pits, mortality composter and water cistern specifying perimeter and foundation insulation systems.

The provided construction phase services included staking, construction checks of earthwork, rebar and concrete placement, materials testing, record drawings and project certification.