American Steel Pipe has started work on a $55 million expansion that was originally announced last fall.
Birmingham-based contractor Brasfield and Gorrie was recently awarded a $9.6 million building permit by the city of Birmingham, that will encompass the new building for the American Cast Iron Pipe Co. division.
The new facility will be 150,000 square feet when completed and will be the home of testing equipment, including two hydreotesters, two ultrasonic testing machines and a new end facing system to bevel the ends of the pipe, the company’s website said.
The website went on to say the current processing facility will be decoupled from the north mill and adjoined to the plant’s south mill, doubling its processing capacity.
“With production upgrades and the new processing facility, we will be able to make pipe far more efficiently than we can now, allowing us to compete with anyone in the world on lead times for the highest quality ERW steel pipe.” said Jon Noland, division sales manager for American Steel Pipe.
The goal is to have the expansion completed by this fall.