Blymyer Engineers, Inc. was retained to provide engineering design and construction management services, together with field engineering support for several projects in the packaging and shipping areas of an existing beverage plant. Projects included the layout of new materials handling and conveying systems; verifying and documenting as-built conditions of the existing systems; performing a constructability analysis of proposed changes; developing bid documents, and providing engineering support through the course of construction. The scope of work included the modification or installation of several different systems. These systems included: bottle handling conveyors, a case handling conveyor, glass crushers and cullet conveyors, can filters, shrink-wrapping systems, palletizer, high-speed inspection systems, keg washing systems, bottle washing and recycling systems.

Blymyer Engineers, Inc. was retained by a large flour mill operation to survey the condition of drainage and of their existing railroad track system. Based on this survey, Blymyer Engineers, Inc. developed a new site plan and provided detailed recommendations for track repairs and drainage improvement. As part of the design, Blymyer Engineers, Inc. diagnosed and provided a solution for the client's frequent derailing problem in several areas of the facility. Construction surveillance was also provided, throughout the project.

Blymyer Engineers, Inc. has been retained by a national brewery since 1994 to provide full-time construction management services for their Fairfield brewery. As their construction manager, we have been responsible for the coordination and administration of construction services including: constructability reviews, bidding and contract administration, schedule and budget control, construction coordination and surveillance. Our scope of work included site civil engineering, building modifications, power house upgrades, new bottling, packaging, and conveying systems, waste water treatment system modification, process piping and control system modifications, major electrical system upgrades and repairs, major structural repairs and maintenance of the building. Blymyer received an award for over 2 million construction man hours with no lost time accidents, minimized construction change stoppages, and completed projects on schedule.

Blymyer Engineers, Inc. was retained to provide engineering design and construction management services for several projects. Modifications were made to the existing heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems, both in the powerhouse and the brewery itself. Our scope of work included upgrading the existing ammonia refrigeration system for improved seismic safety; modifying the existing refrigeration system to eliminate potential ammonia contamination of the products produced; the design and installation of a new caustic recovery system for the keg washing line; installation of a new boiler system and the development of formal maintenance procedures for the ammonia systems to improve plant safety.

Blymyer Engineers, Inc. has completed numerous projects for General Mills, Inc. since the mid-1960's. These projects have included a bulk four blending project, a bulk mill run facility including air conveying storage and truck load-out, grain truck and rail loading and unloading facilities, and packaging conveyor systems for bulk and small packaging. In addition to design engineering and project and construction management services, Blymyer Engineers, Inc. acted as General Mills' representative at various state, county, and city regulating agencies. Our most recent project for General Mills included the conceptual design, permitting, and limited project management for a new bulk storage and load-out facility. The slip form concrete structure is capable of storing up to 800 tons of flour. The flour is then pneumatically conveyed from a separate mill building and is selectively fed from storage to a single lane truck load-out within the building or to an automated packing line in the adjacent warehouse. Key features of this project include: a 75-foot tall slip formed concrete building; pneumatic product conveying throughout; fully enclosed drive-thru load-out; Extra Hazard I Fire Suppression System; semi-automatic load cell weigh bin system for truck loads; and air pollution control for PM-IO compliance.

Among the numerous projects Blymyer Engineers, Inc. has performed for this manufacturing company, the installation of the new bag packer is the project which involves almost all of the engineering disciplines and is probably is the most challenging project to date. Our client has used the old packaging system for over 50 years. The new bag style requires a new system, which now will be completely automated and PLC controlled. Blymyer Engineer’s responsibilities include providing the arrangement drawings for the feed and discharge systems, design of all structural components of the installation, and procurement of the equipment involved in the process: screw conveyors, belt and roller conveyors, magnets, scales, etc. We are also responsible for the dust collection system design and complete electrical and controls design for the process. Upon completion of the design phase, Blymyer Engineers, Inc. will administer the bidding and contractor selection process. Our responsibilities also include construction and start-up support.

Blymyer Engineers, Inc. was retained to provide engineering design of several process piping projects involving the modification of existing brewery piping systems. We were required to conform our work to the client's established piping standards and procedures and all systems were designed to facilitate installation with an absolute minimum disruption to on-going plant operations. Blymyer Engineers' scope of work included the design of food-grade brewery piping systems, CIP (clean-in-place) systems, sparge water systems, fuel gas piping, ammonia system piping, steam system piping, domestic water systems, and process water systems.

Blymyer Engineers, Inc., as the prime consultant and project manager, was retained to upgrade our client's yard drainage system. Blymyer Engineers, Inc. surveyed the existing storm drain system, and designed the new system upgrade utilizing the old system. The yard was regraded and 80% of the site rail track system was upgraded.