REC Silicon Restart Projects
IPC provided program management, project management and construction management services for multiple projects supporting the restarting of a curtailed polysilicon plant. The projects involved upgrades to nearly all areas of the facility, and involved major civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and I&C work.
LOCATION
Moses Lake, WA
TOTAL INSTALLED COST
$170 Million
PROJECT DETAILS
REC Silicon modified Silane Plants 3 and 4 to increase their production of very large scale integration (VLSI) grade silane. This required new process equipment, refrigeration skids, and civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and I&C work.
Due to the plant upgrade implemented onsite, the metallurgical grade silicon was a higher purity, so the clean room installed onsite allowed for testing onsite to assure the material had the required quality.
A custom designed ISO 5 to ISO 7 clean room lab was installed in the existing polysilicon reactor building. The enclosure and equipment were designed and supplied by Korean System Trade (KST), a business affiliate of REC.
REC upgraded their fluid bed reactor (FRB) facility to supply high purity polycrystalline granular silicon for solar and electronic grade customers. New polishing and annealing equipment and robotic packaging was installed as part of the upgrade.
The silane plant 3 emergency vent system (EVS) scrubber tank had reached its end of service life and needed to be replaced. The replacement tank is a 32-foot diameter by 40-foot high FRP tank matching its predecessor. The tank was field assembled within the confines of the existing structure.
SERVICES PROVIDED
- Project Management
- Design Management
- Budget Setting
- Capital Cost Estimating
- Scheduling
- Contract Procurement
- Safety Professional
- Warehouse Management
- Startup and Commissioning
- CM Oversight of: Civil, Mechanical, E&I, Structural Steel, Process Equipment, and Tanks and Piping