Feasibility
Studies
Evaluate viability, define scope, and establish realistic budgets before committing to design or construction.
Paper Machine Installations and Rebuilds
Installing, rebuilding, or relocating paper machines is among the most mechanically complex scopes in industrial construction. CR Meyer's millwright crews have set and aligned paper machines across the industry — coordinating the mechanical, piping, and structural scopes that major machine work requires under one self-performing project team.
Recovery Boiler and Steam System Work
Recovery boilers are among the most critical assets in a pulp mill. Our boilermaker crews perform installation, repair, outage support, and ongoing maintenance on recovery boilers and associated steam systems, with the safety discipline and planning these high-energy systems demand.
Process Piping and Pipe Fabrication
Pulp & paper mills are defined by their process piping systems — high-pressure steam lines, chemical process piping, and the interconnected infrastructure that keeps production running. CR Meyer self-performs process piping installation and modifications, coordinated directly with our in-house pipe fabrication facility in Kaukauna, Wisconsin.
Structural Ironwork and Facility Modifications
Plant expansions, equipment upgrades, and facility modifications require structural steel — new support structures, equipment platforms, access systems, and modifications to existing structural systems. CR Meyer's ironworkers self-perform structural steel in active mill environments, coordinated with the mechanical and piping scopes running alongside them.
Concrete Foundations and Civil Scopes
Equipment foundations, structural pours, and civil scopes in a mill environment require concrete crews who understand the coordination demands of industrial installation. CR Meyer's concrete crews work within the same self-perform project team as the mechanical and structural trades — ensuring foundations are placed to spec and ready when installation begins.
Shutdowns and Planned Outages
Planned mill shutdowns are the primary window for major maintenance and capital work, and every hour of the outage matters. CR Meyer has decades of experience planning, mobilizing, and executing within mill shutdown windows: coordinating multiple trades simultaneously, managing the sequence of work, and returning the facility to production on schedule.
Ongoing Maintenance
Between shutdowns, CR Meyer supports pulp & paper facilities with ongoing maintenance services — planned preventive maintenance and emergency response, performed by crews who already know the facility, the equipment, and the operational needs that govern every decision.
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Why Do Pulp & Paper Manufacturers Choose a Self-Performing Contractor?
A pulp and paper mill is not a forgiving environment for contractor coordination failures. When recovery boiler work, process piping, structural steel, and mechanical installation are happening simultaneously in a live facility — and the shutdown window has a hard end date — the gaps between subcontractors become the gaps in your schedule.
Pulp & Paper
Installation of a New Coated Recycled Paperboard (CRB) Machine
A manufacturer needed more than a contractor to install a new coated recycled paperboard (CRB) machine. They needed a partner to build an entire 119-acre production campus from the ground up, and deliver it at scale.
Pulp & Paper
Building of a Greenfield Tissuemaking & Converting Campus
Our pulp and paper customer needed more than a construction crew to build their new greenfield tissuemaking and converting campus in Macon, Georgia. They needed a single partner who could deliver an entire production ecosystem — from raw site to fully operational facility — at a scale few contractors can manage.
Pulp & Paper
Expansion of Converting Capacity with 4 New Production Lines
Our pulp and paper customer needed to expand their converting capacity with four new production lines — and needed a contractor who could coordinate complex, multi-system installations with precision, on time and on budget.
