MSE has been selected as lead designer for the Stephens Pipe and Steel Tube Mill in Eli (Russell County), Kentucky.

The Judy Construction office trailor has been set up and the project sign installed at the MSE designed Stanford Waste Water Treatment Plant.   The existing filter and drying beds have been removed as well as the chain link fence around the old site.   One tie-in to the gravity sewer has already been completed and our surveyors have laid out the lagoon and headworks and the new lagoon site has been cleared.  Things are happening in Stanford at the waste water plant and there’s  much more to come.

Next month should bring drilling and shooting of the rock at the lagoon and influent pump station wet well allowing earthwork to be done at the lagoons and structure excavation for the the headworks and influent pump station.  Excavation for the oxidation ditch should commence followed by placing stone for the slab at the ditch.  If all goes well, the construction of the box culvert may begin.  The project is scheduled for completion in November, 2012.

The new SafeAuto Insurance Call Center building is located in the Enterprise Center in Somerset, Kentucky’s Valley Oak Technology Park and was designed by the MSE Architectural Staff.

Flex Film USA, a division of UFLEX,  has selected MSE to design and manage construction of their first manufacturing facility to be constructed in the USA at the T. J. Patterson Industrial Park in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.  According to their website, “UFLEX is a multi-million dollar integrated infrastructure spread over 350 acres across four continents. Operating from India, U.A.E., Canada and Mexico, the UFLEX expertise spans the entire spectrum of flexible packaging applications.”
An April 13th press release from Governor Steve Beshears’ office stated, “Following a weekend trip to New Delhi, India to finalize negotiations with UFLEX Ltd., Gov. Steve Beshear today joined company officials and community leaders in Elizabethtown to announce the flexible packaging company will locate its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Hardin County.  The new location project will occur in phases, initially creating 125 new jobs and a $90 million investment, ultimately doubling in scope for a total investment of at least $180 million and 250 jobs.”  Flex Film is the first Indian owned manufacturer in Kentucky.

The Elizabethtown Industrial Foundation has selected MSE to design off-site and support infrastructure for the Flex Film USA project to be located at Elizabethtown, Kentucky.    MSE assisted EIF and the KY Economic Cabinet in the recruitment of Flex Film.  The foundation expects to build up to four plants at the Elizabethtown Industrial Park with each plant representing $90 million investments and 125 employess.  MSE will also design a rail spur, a city building, a detention basin and other related support infrastructure for the project.