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2016 Swine Facility Award

Sponsored by Tacoma Engineers

Tacoma Engineers

Awarded to Builder: Middlesex Concrete Forming Ltd.

Designed By: Middlesex Concrete Forming Ltd.
Engineered By: Micro City Engineering
CFBA Member Suppliers: Lafarge, Andex Metals, Moffatt and Powell RONA

Description: 
  • 119’-8” x 167’-8” sow barn with 20’ x 50’ entrance area
  • Entrance area includes double shower facilities, office, laboratory, utility/mechanical room
  • Entrance room walls lined with truss core. Entrance floors with epoxy coating
  • Three weaner rooms, five farrowing rooms and open loose housing area
  • Air works ventilation system with four 8’ x 40’ ventilation rooms.
  • Draws fresh air through air plenums in attic from centre hallway back into rooms
  • Complete open 8’ deep gutter with pre-cast concrete post and beams
  • 10” and 13” bottom concrete sandwich walls and 10” top sandwich wall 9’ ceiling with 3” rigid insulation
  • 18 – 48” x 32” poured in place vinyl sliding windows and translucent roll up doors at chutes for lots of natural light
  • R – 40 blown cellulose attic insulation with R-7 rolled insulation under roof steel. Air plenums also wrapped with R-   7 insulation 
 

 

 

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