Case Studies

Metals Production Facility – North Carolina
Horsehead Corporation’s selection of a greenfield site in rural Rutherford County, North Carolina was driven in part by the fact that the site...

Nokian Tyres – Tennessee
Nokian Tyres expanded into the US tire market by locating on a large greenfield site in Rhea County, Tennessee which is served by Norfolk Southern...

Industrial Park Rail Expansion – North Carolina
Martin County’s efforts to market the Martin Regional Business Park and their existing speculative buidling required developing conceptual...

Liquid Asphalt Terminal – Tennessee
To meet the growing need for liquid asphalt in the Chattanooga area, Hudson Materials Company assembled an engineering team to develop their new...

Cement Terminal Expansion – Georgia
With the higher demand for cement in the northeast Georgia region, Cemex contracted with CivilSmith, LLC to provide rail design services to assist...

JIT Warehousing & Logistics – Georgia
With strong warehousing and logistics demands to support the Port of Savannah, JIT developed this greenfield site for a new bulk warehousing...

Plastic Resin Transload – Georgia
With Plastic Express’ second facility locating near the Port of Savannah for transloading plastic resins from rail to outbound shipping...

Plastic Resin by Rail – North Carolina
JBB Packaging selected this existing rail-served facility for their new plastic film product manufacturing facility. Halifax County EDC secured...

Lifetime Products Resin by Rail – Tennessee
Lifetime Products located on a site with an existing building and expanded that building further onto the site which had never been served by rail....

Firestone Building Products – Alabama
Firestone Building Products doubled their rail capacity for receiving a new bulk commodity by rail . This facility has received plastic resin by...

Ethanol Transload Facility – Alabama
A regional fuel supplier’s expansion of their distribution facility included adding a new rail facility to be constructed on a greenfield...

Aggregate Distribution Yard – South Carolina
To meet the demand for high-quality aggregate products in this coastal region, Vulcan Materials chose this greenfield site just north of Charleston,...

Lumber Mill Facility – North Carolina
Klausner Lumber’s selection of a greenfield site in rural Halifax County, North Carolina was driven in part by the fact that the site had very...

Food Distribution Facility – Louisiana
Similar to their other locations around the country, Martin-Brower chose CivilSmith, LLC to assist them with this important project from concept to...

Food Distribution by Rail – Georgia
Similar to their other locations around the country, Martin-Brower chose to expand their Atlanta-area food distribution facility to a new greenfield...

Paper Commodities by Rail – Tennessee
Triumph Sheets’ site selection process included locating an existing manufacturing facility with access to rail for receiving box car loads of paper...

Colonial Chemical – Tennessee
Colonial Chemical and Marion County teamed up to bring this project to a reality after many years of effort to provide rail service to Colonial’s...

Bulk Liquid Asphalt Facility – North Carolina
Hammaker East Emulsions’ expansion of their Greensboro, NC facility included adding two new rail spurs for receiving inbound bulk asphalt....

Avgol Nonwovens – North Carolina
Avgol Nonwovens’ expansion of their Mocksville, NC facility served by Norfolk Southern included adding a forth yard track for receiving...

Agriculture By Rail – South Carolina
CivilSmith worked closely with Tar Heel, Coker Cotton, and South Carolina Central RR to develop rail design layout options to efficiently serve this...

Ethanol Rail Expansion – Virginia
With the expanding demand for inbound ethanol to existing fuel tank farm facilities thoughout the East, TransMontaigne proposed to expand their...

NS Lead Track – Tennessee
CivilSmith, LLC was chosen by ALSTOM Power Turbomachines to design the track layout, develop track construction specifications, and provide...

U.S. Army Yard Upgrades – Virginia
CivilSmith, LLC teamed up with Tar Heel Railroad Contractors to develop a plan for upgrades to Hanks Yard at the U. S. Army’s Marshalling Area...

Shortline Rail Yard Expansion – Georgia
As wood pellet production facilities begin to come online and expand, there is an increasing need for east coast port facilities to transload wood...

Metals Production Facility – North Carolina
Horsehead Corporation’s selection of a greenfield site in rural Rutherford County, North Carolina was driven in part by the fact that the site...

Nokian Tyres – Tennessee
Nokian Tyres expanded into the US tire market by locating on a large greenfield site in Rhea County, Tennessee which is served by Norfolk Southern...

Industrial Park Rail Expansion – North Carolina
Martin County’s efforts to market the Martin Regional Business Park and their existing speculative buidling required developing conceptual...

Liquid Asphalt Terminal – Tennessee
To meet the growing need for liquid asphalt in the Chattanooga area, Hudson Materials Company assembled an engineering team to develop their new...

Cement Terminal Expansion – Georgia
With the higher demand for cement in the northeast Georgia region, Cemex contracted with CivilSmith, LLC to provide rail design services to assist...

JIT Warehousing & Logistics – Georgia
With strong warehousing and logistics demands to support the Port of Savannah, JIT developed this greenfield site for a new bulk warehousing...

Plastic Resin Transload – Georgia
With Plastic Express’ second facility locating near the Port of Savannah for transloading plastic resins from rail to outbound shipping...

Plastic Resin by Rail – North Carolina
JBB Packaging selected this existing rail-served facility for their new plastic film product manufacturing facility. Halifax County EDC secured...

Lifetime Products Resin by Rail – Tennessee
Lifetime Products located on a site with an existing building and expanded that building further onto the site which had never been served by rail....

Firestone Building Products – Alabama
Firestone Building Products doubled their rail capacity for receiving a new bulk commodity by rail . This facility has received plastic resin by...

Ethanol Transload Facility – Alabama
A regional fuel supplier’s expansion of their distribution facility included adding a new rail facility to be constructed on a greenfield...

Aggregate Distribution Yard – South Carolina
To meet the demand for high-quality aggregate products in this coastal region, Vulcan Materials chose this greenfield site just north of Charleston,...

Lumber Mill Facility – North Carolina
Klausner Lumber’s selection of a greenfield site in rural Halifax County, North Carolina was driven in part by the fact that the site had very...

Food Distribution Facility – Louisiana
Similar to their other locations around the country, Martin-Brower chose CivilSmith, LLC to assist them with this important project from concept to...

Food Distribution by Rail – Georgia
Similar to their other locations around the country, Martin-Brower chose to expand their Atlanta-area food distribution facility to a new greenfield...

Paper Commodities by Rail – Tennessee
Triumph Sheets’ site selection process included locating an existing manufacturing facility with access to rail for receiving box car loads of paper...

Colonial Chemical – Tennessee
Colonial Chemical and Marion County teamed up to bring this project to a reality after many years of effort to provide rail service to Colonial’s...

Bulk Liquid Asphalt Facility – North Carolina
Hammaker East Emulsions’ expansion of their Greensboro, NC facility included adding two new rail spurs for receiving inbound bulk asphalt....

Avgol Nonwovens – North Carolina
Avgol Nonwovens’ expansion of their Mocksville, NC facility served by Norfolk Southern included adding a forth yard track for receiving...

Agriculture By Rail – South Carolina
CivilSmith worked closely with Tar Heel, Coker Cotton, and South Carolina Central RR to develop rail design layout options to efficiently serve this...

Ethanol Rail Expansion – Virginia
With the expanding demand for inbound ethanol to existing fuel tank farm facilities thoughout the East, TransMontaigne proposed to expand their...

NS Lead Track – Tennessee
CivilSmith, LLC was chosen by ALSTOM Power Turbomachines to design the track layout, develop track construction specifications, and provide...

U.S. Army Yard Upgrades – Virginia
CivilSmith, LLC teamed up with Tar Heel Railroad Contractors to develop a plan for upgrades to Hanks Yard at the U. S. Army’s Marshalling Area...

Shortline Rail Yard Expansion – Georgia
As wood pellet production facilities begin to come online and expand, there is an increasing need for east coast port facilities to transload wood...