Maguire started having those serious discussions in 2020. Its 1990s-era manufacturing campus, comprised of three manufacturing buildings and about 60,000 sq. ft. of shop floor space, had been sufficient for many years, but it made any possible business growth in the company’s water tower fabrication business difficult. (Maguire, formerly known as Maguire Iron, was a longtime player in water tower maintenance and repair until it purchased Master Tank of Slayton, Minn., in 1982, which added design, fabrication, and erection capabilities to the company’s offerings. Today, Maguire is one of the few companies that specialize both in maintenance and fabrication of water towers.)
In an episode of The Maguire Podcast from Jan. 4, Dan Engelsman, Maguire’s senior vice president of construction, said any new building had to be conducive to better material flow. In the old configuration, too many parts were moving far too much between processes.
Pour lire l'article complet : A look at a modern water tank fabricating facility (thefabricator.com)
