Feasibility
Studies
Evaluate viability, define scope, and establish realistic budgets before committing to design or construction.
Demolition and Equipment Removal
Scrap & recycling facilities regularly replace worn or obsolete equipment — shredders, balers, conveyors, and processing systems that have reached the end of their life. CR Meyer self-performs demolition, providing controlled removal of heavy equipment and associated structural systems and clearing the way for new installations without creating disruption or safety risk to adjacent operations.
Millwrighting and Heavy Equipment Installation
Installing or relocating heavy material handling equipment in an active facility requires experienced millwrights who understand the mechanical demands of the equipment and the operational constraints of the environment. CR Meyer's millwright crews handle heavy equipment installation, precision alignment, and mechanical system integration, with the rigging capability to move and position equipment that most contractors aren't equipped to handle.
Structural Ironwork
Equipment upgrades, facility expansions, and new material handling system installations frequently require structural steel: new support structures, equipment frames, platforms, and access systems. CR Meyer's ironworkers self-perform structural steel erection in active scrap & recycling environments, coordinated with the installation scopes running alongside them.
Concrete Foundations and Pads
Heavy scrap processing equipment demands foundations designed for the loads it generates. CR Meyer's concrete crews place equipment foundations, housekeeping pads, and structural pours, coordinated directly with the installation sequence to ensure foundations are ready when equipment arrives.
Ongoing Maintenance
Scrap & recycling facilities operate on aggressive maintenance schedules: equipment wears faster, systems require more frequent attention, and the cost of deferred maintenance shows up quickly in throughput and downtime. CR Meyer provides ongoing maintenance support by crews who know the facility, the equipment, and the operational priorities that govern every decision.
THROUGHPUT SENSITIVITY & THE SELF-PERFORM ADVANTAGE
How Does CR Meyer Protect Throughput During Equipment Installation & Replacement?
In a scrap processing facility, the margin between a well-managed installation and a throughput problem is narrow. Equipment goes down, the replacement window opens, and every hour the new system isn't running is an hour of lost material flow.
A contractor who introduces coordination delays — between trades, between the demo crew and the installation crew, between the foundation and the equipment arriving on site — turns a planned replacement into an unplanned production event.
CR Meyer's self-perform model removes those delays at the source.
- Demo, millwrighting, ironwork, and concrete are all performed by CR Meyer's own crews under one project leadership team — so the demo crew and the installation crew are talking to the same superintendent, not to two different companies
- When the foundation needs to be adjusted because the equipment arrived with different anchor bolt locations than the drawings showed, that decision happens in the field immediately — not after a phone call to a subcontractor who doesn't answer on weekends
- One safety culture governs every crew in the facility — no subcontractor arriving with different standards in an environment where crane paths, material movement, and processing equipment create overlapping hazard zones
- A single accountable team is responsible for every scope and every schedule commitment — so when something runs long, there's no gap between who knew about it and who was supposed to act on it
And because our trades coordinate internally, that execution happens without disrupting the processing lines running alongside the work.
SAFETY IN SCRAP & RECYCLING ENVIRONMENTS
We Know What a Scrap Yard Demands — and We Build to Match It
Scrap & recycling facilities carry real safety risks: crane operations, heavy material movement, rotating and crushing equipment, and the hazards of working in an environment where material is constantly moving. CR Meyer's self-perform safety culture is especially relevant here:
- One safety culture governing every crew — no subcontractor variance in standards or behavior
- Pre-job hazard identification specific to the scrap & recycling environment — crane paths, material movement zones, and adjacency risks planned before work begins
- A workforce trained for the specific hazards of heavy industrial environments
Demolition
New Higher-Capacity Powerhouse
Our hydro/power customer needed to replace aging generating units at their Iron Mountain hydroelectric facility with a modern, higher-capacity powerhouse — a $64 million project that combined heavy civil construction, precision turbine installation, and complex waterfront work on an active energy site.
Demolition
Removal and Installation of 50,000-Lb. Evaporator Lamellas
CR Meyer was contracted by the equipment manufacturer to remove the existing lamellas and install the newly designed equipment. This scope included new steam chests, entrainment separators, and associated piping.
Demolition
New Baghouse, ID Fan & Stack for Dust Collection
CR Meyer was responsible for demolition of the old dust collection equipment and installation of a new ID fan, stack, baghouse, and all related foundations.
