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  Freeport, TX
  Navajoa, Mexico

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Freeport, Texas

Owner: American Rice, Inc.

Rice mill and storage facility designed and constructed by Borton

Description:
This comprehensive project included rough rice receiving, cleaning, and storage; parboil plant with drying and tempering bins; byproduct storage and shipping facilities; warehouse and office; waste water pretreatment facility with control building, influent and effluent lift stations, aeration service, and mechanical equipment. For rough rice storage, there are 27 silos, each 26” x 135’. The milled rice storage consists of 48, 21’ x 95’ silos. The 8 tempering bins are 21’ x 63’ and the 9 silos for byproduct storage are 21’ x 90’. The headouse is 38’ x 83’ x 135’, the parboil plant is 60’ x 125’ x 110’. This site required 200,000 lineal feet of 14”-diameter auger cast-in-place piling.

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