MEP Engineering is excited to announce the opening of Polystrand Inc’s new manufacturing facility in Douglas County, CO. MEP Engineering provided full mechanical, electrical and plumbing design for the 3-phase construction of this new plastics manufacturing facility located in the Compark development just south of Centennial Airport. Polystrand is expanding their Montrose facility to the metro area.  The total building square footage is approximately 120,000 and includes a 2-story 16,000 square foot office area. The office space includes both open and closed office space including conference rooms, cafeteria/lunch room, training room, computer rooms with 24/7 cooling and group restrooms.  The warehouse is approximately 19,000 square feet with an 85,000 square foot manufacturing area. The final phase of design services included a chilled water system and chilled water distribution to the manufacturing equipment and specific cooling systems for the manufacturing area. The manufacturing and warehouse space includes storage, a maintenance shop, receiving and delivery area, docks with overhead doors and snowmelt system, and electric and propane storage. The facility required a large electrical service at 12,000 Amps, 480Volts to support all the manufacturing processes planned for the facility. The total construction cost was $14,000,000.00. 

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