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\r\n Metals Production Facility – North Carolina<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
Horsehead Corporation’s selection of a greenfield site in rural Rutherford County, North Carolina was driven in part by the fact that the site...<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Nokian Tyres – Tennessee<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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...<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Industrial Park Rail Expansion – North Carolina<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
Martin County’s efforts to market the Martin Regional Business Park and their existing speculative buidling required developing conceptual...<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Liquid Asphalt Terminal – Tennessee<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
To meet the growing need for liquid asphalt in the Chattanooga area, Hudson Materials Company assembled an engineering team to develop their new...<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Cement Terminal Expansion – Georgia<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
With the higher demand for cement in the northeast Georgia region, Cemex contracted with CivilSmith, LLC to provide rail design services to assist...<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n JIT Warehousing & Logistics – Georgia<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
With strong warehousing and logistics demands to support the Port of Savannah, JIT developed this greenfield site for a new bulk warehousing...<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Plastic Resin Transload – Georgia<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
With Plastic Express’ second facility locating near the Port of Savannah for transloading plastic resins from rail to outbound shipping...<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Plastics Resin by Rail – Virginia<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
Chilhowie, Virginia As part of STX Corporation's design\/build team, CivilSmith, LLC provided detailed rail design services for a new rail spur to...<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Lifetime Products Resin by Rail – Tennessee<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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....<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Plastic Resin by Rail – North Carolina<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
JBB Packaging selected this existing rail-served facility for their new plastic film product manufacturing facility. Halifax County EDC secured...<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Firestone Building Products – Alabama<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
Firestone Building Products doubled their rail capacity for receiving a new bulk commodity by rail . This facility has received plastic resin by...<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Ethanol Transload Facility – Alabama<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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\r\n Aggregate Distribution Yard – South Carolina<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
To meet the demand for high-quality aggregate products in this coastal region, Vulcan Materials chose this greenfield site just north of Charleston,...<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Lumber Mill Facility – North Carolina<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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...<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Food Distribution Facility – Louisiana<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
Similar to their other locations around the country, Martin-Brower chose CivilSmith, LLC to assist them with this important project from concept to...<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Food Distribution by Rail – Georgia<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
Similar to their other locations around the country, Martin-Brower chose to expand their Atlanta-area food distribution facility to a new greenfield...<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Paper Commodities by Rail – Tennessee<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
Triumph Sheets\u2019 site selection process included locating an existing manufacturing facility with access to rail for receiving box car loads of paper...<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Colonial Chemical – Tennessee<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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\u2019s...<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Bulk Liquid Asphalt Facility – North Carolina<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
Hammaker East Emulsions’ expansion of their Greensboro, NC facility included adding two new rail spurs for receiving inbound bulk asphalt....<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Avgol Nonwovens – North Carolina<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
Avgol Nonwovens’ expansion of their Mocksville, NC facility served by Norfolk Southern included adding a forth yard track for receiving...<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Agriculture By Rail – South Carolina<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
CivilSmith worked closely with Tar Heel, Coker Cotton, and South Carolina Central RR to develop rail design layout options to efficiently serve this...<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Ethanol Rail Expansion – Virginia<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
With the expanding demand for inbound ethanol to existing fuel tank farm facilities thoughout the East, TransMontaigne proposed to expand their...<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n NS Lead Track – Tennessee<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
CivilSmith, LLC was chosen by ALSTOM Power Turbomachines to design the track layout, develop track construction specifications, and provide...<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n U.S. Army Yard Upgrades – Virginia<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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\r\n Shortline Rail Yard Expansion – Georgia<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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