Glen's Market

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Project Overview

Challenge: Large fill volumes off high traffic state highway

Solution: Transfer material across road using conveyor

You’ve heard of creative solutions, but this one might take the cake.

When Rohde Construction of Kentwood, Mich. was contracted to build the new Glen’s Market in Manistee, Mich., it discovered an expensive problem: how to move 65,000 yards of fill across a major state highway to raise the foundation of the construction site – without stopping traffic and breaking the bank.

Well, get a load of this. The Team Elmer’s crew had an ingenious idea: what if the hundreds of tons of fill could cross the road without touching the highway?

With Michigan Department of Transportation approval, and prop... Read more

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1.800.3ELMERS
231.943.3443
231.943.8975  Fax

P.O. Box 6150
3600 Rennie School Rd.
Traverse City, MI   49685