CHEETHAM SALT OPTICAL PROCESSING FACILITY

LOCATION Price, SA
CLIENT Cheetham Salt
DESCRIPTION New optical processing facility
PROJECT PERIOD 2020‐2021
PROJECT VALUE $3M

MLEI undertook the site civil works design and structural engineering design, in addition to the documentation for the new multistorey facility at the existing Price location. This facility was to house the new optical sorting equipment and feed silos, and was part of a larger project for expanding the site to satisfy growing product demand.

The building consisted of:
• 3 internal levels
• Capacity to house 150 tonnes of salt silos
• Steel frame designed and detailed with suspended concrete slabs on lost formwork to support equipment.