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Concrete Pour

at Wadena

Marks Milestone
Moment

Pouring a new elevator attracts
the attention of a community and
permanently changes its skyline.
At Wadena, the concrete pour of our
new facility took place the last week Day 3 of the pour at about noon. At this point Concrete is pumped into hoppers,
of August going from ground level the structure was about 45’ tall and rising and transported by buggies.
on Monday to over 130 feet tall by roughly 11 inches per hour.
Sunday morning.
Successfully executing this phase
of the project involved many people By The Numbers
working closely together and
constantly communicating in order to
stay focused and organized. In fact, 900,000 pounds
there were two crews of 120 people of rebar used
working round the clock in twelve hour 5,000 cubic yards
shifts for the entire week to make sure of concrete
that the pour was completed on time. 269 hydraulic jacks
Once completed, the facility will to support work area
feature a storage capacity of 34,000 1300 pounds
metric tonnes, and will be able to load of concrete each
up to 156 railcars through a loop track. The work area is supported by steel yokes and buggy holds
We expect to begin taking deliveries hollow hydraulic jacks on steel rods, climbing
there next summer. periodically in increments of approximately 1”.

Grand Opening In July, we hosted a grand opening event “In keeping with our ongoing
at Grand Forks, ND to celebrate our new
commitment to operational excellence
at Grand Forks presence there. Employees, customers, we will be making a number of capital
and local government officials were on upgrade at this site to ensure we can
hand to hear about our plans for the provide our customers with a high level
facility, and take part in a ribbon cutting. of service in line with our standards
In his remarks to the audience, Kyle as an industry leader.”
Jeworski said, “We chose this facility Michael Brown, Mayor of Grand Forks,
because we see opportunity here. and Keith Lund, President and CEO
Our mission is to connect more of the Grand Forks Region Economic
customers to more places, and we Development Corporation also spoke
feel that this location is an ideal place at the event. Both emphasized their
to help us continue delivering on optimism that Viterra would be a great
that mission. The US is an important presence in the community and have
market for our continued growth, and a positive impact for local farmers.
we are confident in the future of grain A big thank you to everyone involved
production in this area.” for organizing this event and making

Kyle Jeworski delivers remarks at the He also confirmed plans to ensure that it a success!
Grand Forks event. the facility meets the criteria of other
locations in our asset network.

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