Evans General Contractors selected Pruitt Eberly Stone, Inc. (PES) to provide structural design services in BIM (Revit) format for the Firth Rixon manufacturing facility in Midway, GA. The 220,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility was comprised of three buildings and the company brought its manufacturing facility to the community to improve employment rates. The building structures consist of a steel frame with steel bar joist roof framing covered with metal deck roof sheathing. The design called for reinforced slab on grade and load bearing tilt-up panels. The project required intricate design and immense experience as the design proved to be quite complex due to the nature of its use. The facility includes 115,000 sq. ft. press building with two 45-ton cranes and one 25 ton crane supported on a driven pile foundations, and pits for a 2500 ton and a 500 ton press. It also includes a 57,800 sq. ft. parts-testing building and a 30,300 sq. ft. grinding and material storage building. The facility also contains a 16,000 sq. ft. two story office with bar joist-elevated floors. The building has a unique design to withstand 140 mph wind pressures.

Evans General Contractors selected PES due to its understanding of complex projects that demand high levels of coordination. Prior to forming any concrete, PES provided the project team with construction visualization plans in BIM, in order to resolve any issues surrounding the complex design. The PES team’s skill and experience limited the need for client and contractor contingency reserves and advanced the expedited project schedule, allowing for on-time project delivery.