CASE STUDY

SSAB North America

Location

Axis, AL

SERVICES

Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Fire Protection, Life Safety, Survey

INDUSTRY

Metals

SSAB North America (formerly IPSCO) chose GSE to provide all design services for the new heat treatment and quench line 6 (QL6). The new facility has the capacity to produce 300,000 tons of hardened steel per year. Scope included all utilities, building and equipment foundations, and the 1 million gallon quench system. Additional projects for SSAB include the expansion of quench line 5 (QL5), the addition of a vacuum tank degasser (VTD) to their existing melt shop, and water treatment facility design, along with various maintenance projects throughout the site. GSE has further supported SSAB’s operations and construction with conventional surveying techniques, construction support, aerial mapping/construction tracking capabilities and crane rail alignment surveys.