Elevator & River Barge Terminal
Description
Project
Grain Elevator & River Barge Terminal
Location
Brandenburg, KY
Details
- Elevator with conveyor belt to barge terminal on the Ohio River
- Complete civil design – utilities and roads
- Complete structural design – reinforced concrete bin, pits and conveyor tower foundations
- Conveyor towers were in floodway of Ohio River
- Using HEC-RAS, had to show “no-rise”
- Permitted through Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet – Water Division
- Multiple design modifications to facilitate construction through one of the wettest, coldest winters in recent history for that area
