Plant construction and relocation logistics

What plant logistics involves

A plant build or relocation is a sequence problem. Components arrive from many suppliers or a barge discharge, must be stored or staged, and have to reach the crane in the order the erection plan calls for. A late column or an early exchanger with nowhere to sit costs crane time and schedule.

Total Connection builds the delivery sequence from the erection plan, arranges laydown yards and staged storage, and runs the heavy haul and cranes so each piece arrives when the site is ready for it.

Plant logistics services

Sequenced delivery

Deliveries scheduled to the erection plan, with tracking and daily updates to the site.

Heavy haul and flatbed

Multi-axle, double drop, extendable and flatbed capacity with permits and escorts for oversize pieces.

Cranes and barge discharge

Crane sourcing and lift plans for barge terminals, rail sidings and the site.

Laydown yards and storage

Mid and long term yards and warehousing sourced near the site to stage components ahead of demand.

Relocation and export

Dismantled plant components packed, shipped breakbulk or in containers and delivered to the new site, with quarantine compliance where required.

Soybean plant expansion, Minnesota

75 oversized components totaling 1,939,359 lb discharged from barge at Winona and delivered 180 miles to the Fairmont construction site using 33 flatbeds, 19 double drops, 17 extendable double drops, 5 six-axle step decks and an RGN, on time, with no penalties or incidents, through COVID-19 constraints and canceled DOT route surveys. See the case study.