US Steel – Granite City Works
Mechanical contractor for industrial mechanical work at US Steel's Granite City Works in Southwestern Illinois, completed within nine months with zero injuries on site.
- Owner
- Panatonni / CRG / Nissan
- Value
- $14,000,000
- Construction Manager
- Clayco
- Industries
- Industrial
- icon's role
- Engineering
- Fabrication & Modular
- Mechanical Construction
- HVAC & Sheet Metal
As the design-build mechanical contractor, icon Mechanical provided utility services throughout this half-million-square-foot Nissan production facility. The scope included more than 40,000 LF of pipe, much of it built into 54 pipe racks carrying multiple utility systems each. Every component was fabricated in icon's shop and transported to site, with the entire project engineered around modularization for cost-effective, accelerated, and safe installation.
Scope of Work
Central Utility Plant
- (2) 1,500-ton centrifugal chillers
- (2) 1,600 CFM water-cooled air compressors
- Chilled water, tower water, and process water pump skids
- AHU coil piping integrated with isolation and control valves
Project Insights
- 500,000 SF production facility
- 40,000+ LF of pipe across 54 modular pipe racks
- Fully shop-fabricated, modularized utility plant—NTP to substantial completion in ~9 months
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