Burns & McDonnell Engineering's broad multidisciplinary staff of 2500 can provide a total solution for ethanol and biodiesel plants. The company teams with industry-leading technology providers to bring a single source of responsibility to a project. Burns & McDonnell will listen to a company's goals and develop a plan to help achieve them, whether it means program management, design-build delivery, integration of used and new equipment, continuous on-site staff, or a unique process.

Burns & McDonnell has been designing and building grain processing and biofuel facilities since 1977. It has worked with major process technologies and understand the unique nature of these facilities.

The company's design-build work on Midwest Grain Products’ distillery rebuild in Atchison, Kansas earned a Design-Build Institute of America Mid-America award and a Special Projects award and a Special Projects award for the state of Kansas from the American Council of Engineering Companies.

The project was completed in 13 months, on budget, with an excellent safety record. In addition to building the distillation unit, the plant’s starch cooking facilities were upgraded.

Project Development Services:
Financing
Site Selection
Business & Site Planning

Environmental Services:
Topographical Surveys
Archeological Surveys
Studies
Permitting
Wastewater

Engineering & Construction Services:
Front-End Planning
Process
Piping/Mechanical
Civil
Structural
Electrical
Instrumentation & Controls
Environmental
Procurement
Cost estimating
Construction Management
Design-Build (EPC)
Start-up & Commissioning
Troubleshooting & Optimizing

Unit Operations Experience:
Heat transfer
Evaporation
Filtration
Centrifugation
Fermentation
Fluid mechanics
Distillation
Dehydration
Cooking
Starch processing
Grain milling
Solid materials handling
Drying
Utilities