Charter Steel
Saukville, Wisconsin
Key Railroad Development, LLC. personnel provided design and construction services for the rail infrastructure to a new steel rolling mill and ingot loading facility. The rail service consisted of an industrial rail line, multiple yards, and weigh-in-motion track scale.
- Client Benefits
- Design allows for in-house switching capabilities resulted in transportation cost savings.
- Elimination of the dependence on truck loading resulted in reduced shipping costs.
- Design allows much greater utilization of various steel components for the specialized mill products.
- Unique Issues
- Weigh-in-motion track scale system to monitor in-bound materials to the mill.
- Design included run-through switches to improve operating safety and reduce the risk of rail car derailments.
- Project Details
- Project consisted of facility siting, design, project management and construction services for the industrial rail system.
- Design required the balance of in-bound material shipments with switching capacities and scale location.
- A switching yard configuration was utilized to allow the client the flexibility to alternate between delivered raw materials.
- Coordination and cooperation with plant manager, milling department, and shipping department was performed to successfully accomplish the on-time project schedule.
