Project Overview
Nalco consolidated water treatment chemical production from its Tulsa, Oklahoma facility into other manufacturing sites and planned to convert the former process areas into warehouse space.
Phoenix Equipment was engaged to dismantle the processing areas and prepare the property for its next use. The scope included indoor and outdoor equipment removal, rigging, demolition, scrap recycling, cleanup, and the recovery of reusable process equipment.
Phoenix recovered and sold approximately 25 pieces of reusable process equipment, and the value of those assets helped offset the cost of dismantlement and demolition.
The Challenge
Converting the former process facility into warehouse space required complete removal of the remaining production infrastructure. Outdoor process areas had to be dismantled, including equipment, structures, and associated piping, while the main process building had to be cleared of large equipment and related components so the interior could be repurposed.
Phoenix also needed to separate reusable equipment from material destined for recycling. Recovering those assets without unnecessary damage created an opportunity to offset project costs while completing the work in approximately 16 weeks.
Dismantlement & Equipment Recovery
Phoenix removed the outdoor process areas to the tops of concrete, including equipment, process structures, and piping. Inside the main building, large pieces of process equipment and associated components were removed to create an open interior suitable for warehouse use.
During dismantlement, Phoenix identified approximately 25 pieces of equipment with viable secondary-market applications. Recovered assets included stainless steel reactors and vessels, heat exchangers, a distillation column, and a Nauta mixer.
By separating reusable equipment from the demolition and scrap streams, Phoenix was able to recover additional value from the former production facility rather than reducing all of the process assets to scrap.
Converting the Facility for Warehouse Use
Nalco’s goal was to leave the former process areas ready for warehouse conversion. Phoenix removed the outdoor structures and equipment to the tops of concrete and fully gutted the main process building of large process equipment and related components.
The outdoor areas were left broom clean, and the project was completed safely in approximately 16 weeks.
Project Outcome
The approximately $1.25 million project combined dismantlement, demolition, cleanup, scrap recycling, and asset recovery under one scope. Phoenix recovered approximately 25 reusable pieces of equipment, and the resale value of those assets helped offset the cost of demolition.
Nalco was left with cleared outdoor process areas and a fully gutted process building ready for warehouse use.
Project Highlights
- Client: Nalco
- Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Former Use: Water Treatment Chemical Production
- New Use: Warehouse Operation
- Reason for Conversion: Production Consolidated to Other Sites
- Phoenix Scope: Dismantlement, Rigging, Equipment Removal, Demolition, Scrap Recycling, Asset Recovery and Cleanup
- Equipment Recovered for Resale: Approximately 25 Pieces
- Recovered Equipment: Stainless Steel Reactors and Vessels, Heat Exchangers, Distillation Column and Nauta Mixer
- Outdoor Final Condition: Broom Clean / Removed to Tops of Concrete
- Indoor Final Condition: Process Building Fully Gutted for Warehouse Conversion
- Project Duration: Approximately 16 Weeks
- Project Value: Approximately $1.25 Million
- Safety: Completed Safely
Using Equipment Recovery to Offset Site Conversion Costs
Facility conversion does not have to be treated as a demolition-only exercise. At Nalco’s Tulsa site, Phoenix incorporated equipment recovery into the dismantlement plan and preserved approximately 25 reusable assets for resale.
That recovery value helped offset demolition costs while the former process areas were cleared and prepared for warehouse use.