Twin Falls County, Idaho (Southern Idaho Solid Waste)
Transfer Station Facility Expansion and Improvements
Facing overcrowding and safety concerns. Southern Idaho Solid Waste (SISW), the County’s solid waste district, hired Great West Engineering as part of a Design-Build Team to expand and improve the facility. A new waste transfer building was constructed allowing full-time facility operations during construction along with a new wood waste tipping area, site grading and drainage improvements, and provisions for a new access road and automated commercial scale.
Project Highlights
- Site planning and layout for improved capacity and safety
- Design-Build project
- Addition of a new 7,000-sf waste transfer building with drive-through tunnel and pit scales
- Site improvements: grading and drainage, retention pond, site surfacing
- New Waste Transfer Building allowing uninterrupted operation during construction
- Provisions for future access road realignment and automated commercial truck scaling
- Project cost: $1.3 million
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