GSE provided front-end engineering services in support of Braidy Industry’s planned aluminum mill in Ashland, KY. The front-end design scope required extensive coordination with primary vendors SMS, Ebner, Gautschi, Amova and several more in support of the melting and casting furnaces, hot mill, cold mill, annealing furnaces, CASH Lines and two automated coil handling bays. GSE’s scope included general arrangements, life safety, material handling, building and equipment foundations, medium voltage electrical, process, and fire protection design for the 1.6 million-square-foot facility, budgeted at approximately $1.4 billion.
Service: Mechanical Engineering
Nucor Mill Complex
GSE provided complete engineering services for Nucor’s Specialty Cold Mill Complex, which spans over 400,000 square feet and contains a Push/Pull Pickle Line. Specialty steels are becoming increasingly vital in the automotive industry, and this facility is equipped with a six-high reversing cold rolling mill, twenty-four batch annealing furnaces, and a reversing temper mill. The complex will produce advanced high-strength, low-alloy, and motor lamination steel products designed to minimize energy losses when used as core materials for electrical equipment and motors.
