Forest Products

Our team has extensive experience in providing engineering services for the forest products industry.

Facility Design

  • Equipment layout & design
  • Process optimization
  • Carbon accounting
  • Dry kilns
  • Wood residual conveyance & handling
  • Chip / sawdust drying (belt dryers, rotary dryers, etc.)
  • Permitting

Energy Systems

  • Steam plants
  • Combined heat and power (CHP)
  • Energy audit (steam, motors, pneumatics, combustion efficiency)
  • Efficiency measure design
  • Emission controls
  • Fuel handling
  • Combustion controls

WES provides an array of services for the forest products industry. Our team works on a wide array of projects and programs and has hundreds of satisfied clients.

Past clients include hardwood and softwood sawmills, veneer mills, secondary manufacturers, and drying facilities, among many others.

PROJECTS

Ernst Conservation Seeds
Engineering

Civil / site design, hydrologic modeling, MEP design, occupancy permitting with L&I, special inspections, RFP for mechanical contractor for commissioning of a new 13,000 ft2 clean room facility and adjacent refrigerated warehouse.

Mellott Wood Preserving
Energy Assessment

Energy audit and biennial boiler tuning of wood boilers to ensure MACT compliance.

Oak Hill Veneer
Boiler Tuning

The WES team completed an energy assessment and biennial compliance tuning of the wood boiler. WES performed troubleshooting and repair of the wood boiler control panel to replace a faulty PID controller and improve performance of the induced draft fan.

Rowe Fine Furniture
Energy Assessment

Energy audit and boiler tuning of wood boilers to ensure MACT compliance.

Additional Projects

  • Collins Pine Company
  • Hamer Pellet Fuel
  • Hancock Lumber
  • Jim C. Hamer Co.
  • Froling Energy
  • Woodcraft Industries
  • Kretz Lumber Company
  • Oak Hill Veneer
  • Rowe Fine Furniture
  • Pleasant River Lumber
  • AMES True Temper

CONTACT

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From project concept evaluation to detailed engineering and project management, WES can help. Contact us to see how we can help with your next project today.

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