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Crews in north Georgia are deconstructing a century-old,750,000 sq. ft. (69,677 sq m) textile mill that defined a communityfor generations. Inside the 34 buildings, specialized teams are har-

vesting items that include antique pine, aged maple and close to six million handmade bricks.Built in 1907, the Crystal Springs Print Works mill in Chickamauga specialized in the

bleaching, dying, printing and finishing of textiles, including linens, clothing, scarfs andDefender M Protective military apparel. President and CEO Steve Tarvin, who began work-ing in the mill in 1970, closed the deteriorating structure in July 2013 and sold the mill andall of its contents. “When you’ve walked through the gate of a plant for 44 years and have literally spent

more time with those you work with than your family, an already difficult decision becomesmuch more difficult,” said Tarvin. “The plant closing literally affected thousands of people.We had put some $20 million annually into the surrounding economy. Tarvin said a slow economy, coupled with the fact the textile industry has all but vanished

domestically, played the largest role for closing the plant. “It had become increasingly difficult to collect receivables on a timely basis due to

increased regulation on industry, the effect the Affordable Health Care Act would have onthe down line of our customer base, the unilateral decisions that were being made by the cur-rent administration through the EPA, along with a non-business friendly Senate invoking the‘Nuclear Option’. We saw no future in a business whose profits had continued to decrease.The rewards no longer outweighed the risks.”In April 2014, a team of architects from Atlanta and Florida purchased the mill for an

undisclosed sum. Crews assembled by the recently formed Crystal Springs Recovery Groupare currently in the process of reclaiming as much of the mill as possible. The plan is to sal-vage the maple flooring, heart pine beams and brick from the structures and sell the machin-ery for scrap. The main buildings feature antique flooring, comprised of more than 200,000sq. ft. (18,508 sq m) of maple, all hand inlaid and nailed to the subflooring. The walls are 15

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In Dalton, Ga., construction is under way on a$100 million luxury vinyl tile and plank plant. InJune, International Vinyl Company (IVC) brokeground on the 300,000 sq. ft. (27,870 sq m) LVTplant, which allows IVC US to keep all its domesticmanufacturing activities on the same site. “IVC US Inc. has decided to invest in luxury

vinyl tile and plank [LVT], as this is the hottest andfastest growing hard surface product category inflooring worldwide,” said Xavier Steyaert, Co-CEO, IVC US. “We are already successfullyimporting and selling LVT manufactured in our newplant in Belgium. Just like in 2010, when IVC US

invested $75 million in the largest and most state-of-the-art sheet vinyl plant in Dalton, we will gradual-ly transition from imported product from ourBelgium plants to domestically designed and man-ufactured resilient flooring.”IVC Group was founded in Avelgem, Belgium,

in 1997. It lists more than 1,200 employees, and hasbecome one of the largest independent global play-ers in the floor coverings market, with products forboth residential and contract use. In 2004, IVC US was incorporated to service the

United States and North American markets, and in2011, IVC opened its first U.S. manufacturing facil-ity and new corporate headquarters in Dalton. Itslatest northwest Georgia addition is keeping

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Dewey Brooks photoTarvin said a slow economy, coupled with the fact the textile industry has all butvanished domestically, played the largest role for closing the plant.

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company designed the master plan for the1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, servesas business operations and financial manag-er for Chickamauga Wood. He is overseeingthe project, while his younger brother, GlennZeliff, serves as LEED project coordinator. “Demolition is basically tearing down a

building,” Glenn Zeliff said. “Most of theseold textile mills will meet that fate. Only 10percent of the candidates we select end upbeing financially feasible for deconstruction.We take the buildings down exactly thereverse of how they went up. The flooring is3 and-a-half inches thick by 10 and-a-halfinches wide, and the boards are 26 feet long.The beams are 18 to 20 feet high and 16inches square, all solid wood.”Various pieces of equipment are being

used on the project, which will keep crewsbusy for quite some time.“Our completion date is a 36-month pro-

gram,” said Zeliff. “We are handing one ofthe world’s finest woods. Every nail must beremoved so it doesn’t ruin the saw bladewhen we send them to be milled. Almostevery foot of the milled wood is longleafheart pine. Every unbroken brick is anantique handmade brick. These are productsthat are rare and of the highest standard. Weare environmentalists who are trying to

reclaim the highest percentage of all thematerials, instead of sending them to waste.This job alone allows us to recycle 6,000tons of U.S. steel, which goes right to thesteel mills for use. We try to sell or recycleeverything.”Different metals in the mill’s nearly three

dozen buildings will be recycled. Largepieces of old machinery were first on the listto be removed, making it possible to workfreely in the facility. Dollies and forkliftshave been used to avoid damaging thefloors. Pieces are then sent on a flatbed to alocal recycling plant. The mill is close to the

interstate and a major railroad depot, allow-ing for an easy delivery to various markets.Workers of the Fayetteville-based Steel

Stallion Express have the daunting task ofmaking sure items are carefully handled andtaken apart. Teams are well aware of thesensitive inventory, including the mill’sbricks, which were made by forcing localclay into forms and then baking them inovens. The outside skins are very hard,while the interiors are softer than bricksmade today. They have 110 years of weath-ering, which gives them a patina. “It’s important to realize that longleaf

heart pine has been a premiere lumber forcenturies,” said Zeliff. “A longleaf heartpine takes 200 to 500 years to mature. It’sflame resistant and water resistant, becauseof all the sap that’s in the tree. It’s very hardbecause it takes so long to grow and the ringsare so close together. “Once you cut down the longleaf heart

pine, it was a done deal. It’s not a renewableproduct. After 1850 through 1900, 97 per-cent of all the longleaf heart pine forests hadbeen cut down. Then the government camein and ‘red-listed’ the remaining stands andput them on the endangered species list. Soyou won’t get any new growth trees, you canonly get it from disassembling old buildingsmade with it, or from river bottom recovery.According to Zeliff, the mill wood was

examined by a third party to verify it is gen-uine longleaf heart pine. “We took one the beams, sawed the end

off and sent it off for authenticity testing.The beam is 16 inches square. By the nakedeye, we counted 450 rings. There’s one lightring and one dark ring for each year ofgrowth. When we say we counted the ringswe mean the dark rings. On the corners, thewood gets really dark. We had to get mag-nification to count those rings, and therewere 60 more. So this tree was at least 510years old.” To understand the mill’s significance, one

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“This facility is unique, due to the addi-tional heavy loading of the steel structureand foundations,” said Steve Fox, presidentof Calhoun, Ga., based general contractorFox & Brindle Construction Co. Inc. “It’sbeen designed to carry the supporting rawmaterial delivery system to and through theactual roof steel structure of the building.

“The floor slab thicknesses vary from 12inches reinforced to 48 inches reinforced.Incorporated in the design is a seven thou-sand square-foot, five-floor steel/concretestructure that’s about 100 feet tall.”

Currently, the foundations for the steelstructure are being excavated and poured.The five-floor tower shear wall is being con-structed. The steel structure framing also isbeing erected on the south end of the manu-facturing facility. The tower, or multi-floor,slab and foundations have already beencompleted, along with the south half of theproduction foundations.

“Two thirds of the 54-foot tall shear walland the large concrete pit is formed andpoured,” Fox said. “The structural steelframing also is being erected. The mechani-cal systems are being installed to the newfacility from the existing facility. Most of thework is left to be done during the next sixmonths.”

For crews, the main concern is gettingeverything completed on time.

“This project is under a very aggressivetime and completion schedule,” Fox said.“Getting started with the right constructionteam in place is always the most importantaspect of what we do as the general contrac-tor. We have every subcontractor under ourscope of work, and keeping everyone onschedule is always a challenge. This projecthas a great team, and things have fallen intoplace very well.”

The main production facility includes themulti-level tower at the very south end. Themain structural framing is steel and concrete.The roof system is metal deck rigid insula-tion and a TPO weather-tight roof system.

“The adjacent warehouse is constructedusing the same materials, except for the exte-rior wall system,” Fox said. “The exteriorwalls of the warehouse are precast insulatedconcrete panels, since the west walls of thisstructure location form the boundary limitsof the future construction, and will be visibleas the final exterior wall of the completedcomplex.”

The site was originally cleared and roughgraded for the original building. The gradingfor this new addition consisted of testing forany bad soils located under the footprint ofthe new buildings removal and replacementof all bad soils. The sub grade was leftapproximately 16 in. (40.6 cm) below finish

floor. This sub-grade elevation allows forstone base under slab and the new 12 in.(30.4 cm) thick reinforced concrete floors.

There was approximately 25,000 cu. yds.(19,113.8 cu m) of new compacted fillinstalled to bring the existing building foot-print to the proper sub grade.

A Cat D6 dozer, a Cat 320 excavator,sheepsfoot compactors, laser equippedmotor graders and various models of dumptrucks were used by the grading contractor toinstall the compacted earth fill. The erectionof the structures will require telehandlers andcranes, as well as telescoping lifts and plat-form lifts of all makes and sizes. The con-crete will be poured using laser screeds anda concrete pump delivery system. The proj-ect consists of approximately 1,800 tons(1,632.9 t) of steel and 16,000 cu. yds.(12,232.8 cu m) of concrete.

Fox also commented on the facility’sunique feature.

“The tower has a very large vertical shearwall that stands approximately 55 feet high.This wall is constructed in the shape of a ‘T’.The strength of this multi-floor structure isachieved by this shear wall.” In Dalton, Ga., construction is under way on a $100 million luxury vinyl tile and

plank plant.

The main structural framing is steel and concrete.

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Teams Carefully Sift Through Premiere Lumber, Materialsin the northwest corner of Georgia just 18miles south of Chattanooga, Tenn., the Cityof Chickamauga was incorporated in 1891.The Chickamauga Battlefield, located justnorth of the city, is the oldest and largestCivil War battlefield in the country. In theearly-to-mid-19th century, the present townof Chickamauga was a large plantation in thehills of Georgia. By the early 20th century,Chickamauga had become a textile-milltown that, at one time, supplied jobs to 72percent of its residents. The operation thatultimately became Crystal Springs MillWorks was a major employer in the area. “Seeing that every tree used to build that

mill was harvested right off the Civil Warbattlefield at Chickamauga, which was donein 1907, we can expect that most of thewood is about the same age,” Zeliff said. “A500-year-old tree has sap that’s 500 years oldand is just one step away from becomingamber. That’s why there’s that red-orangecolor to the wood. Then dry that same woodfor another 107 years, and it’s really hard.”For the Zeliffs, being good stewards of the

land is crucial in tackling any recovery proj-ect.“It’s not just this mill, it’s the mentality of

the people in this country — use it, and then

throw it away. That generally equates to ahole in the ground at a landfill,” said Zeliff.“Landfills mean methane gas. They meanchemicals leeching down into existingaquifers. They mean rats and seagulls.Meantime, there is new technology called

plasma arc gasification that is being spear-headed by General Electric. You can put oneof these plants next to a landfill, siphon offthe methane gas and use it as a fuel, and takeall the trash on a truck, back it up and dumpit in one of the plants hoppers.

“The trash is ground up into pieces andruns by conveyor belt to the plasma cham-ber, where it’s subjected to temperatures thatequal the surface of the sun. Everything getsgasified. All that’s left is a black obsidianmaterial that’s inert. Nothing escapes into theair but steam. And it generates electricity,which is sold back onto the grid, clean andcost-efficient. We have to think like this. So,rather then fill up a landfill, we’ll recycle,which means reuse. Any building parts thathave been destroyed, we’ll use as clean fillfor some of the holes we have on the site thatneed filling.”As for the mill’s 74 acres and nearby land,

they could be developed into a gated com-munity with high-end homes, once the areais cleared. There are no set plans for the useof the property, which might remain busi-ness-related. It’s simply too soon for Tarvinto plan for the future, as he reflects on theshutdown. “The loss of the plant will be felt for

months to come. The decision to close was avery tough one; however, it was the correctone.”

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Investment to Create More Than 200 New Jobs in DaltonSo far, weather has not been a

problem.“This is always the best time of

year to start a project,” said Fox.“When it rains, the temperaturewill quickly improve the condi-tions after the rain, so it’s not real-ly a factor.”If all goes according to plan, the

new plant is expected to be fullyoperational by the first quarter of2015. For the leadership team, theaddition can’t come soon enough.“This $100 million investment

in LVT for construction and equip-ment will create more than 200new jobs in Dalton and is locatedon the same 44-acres site as ourfirst plant,” said Steyaert. “It willallow IVC US to further strength-en its market leadership position indomestic resilient flooring anddouble the size of the company inthe next three years.”

(This story also can be foundon Construction EquipmentGuide’s Web site at www.con-structionequipmentguide.com.)CEG If all goes according to plan, the new plant is expected to be fully operational by the first quarter of 2015.

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