Woodtone

Experts at coating exterior building materials, with the completion of this facility, Woodtone can now achieve greater product results.  What used to take as long as two days can now be achieved in twenty minutes.  The Woodtone project was a full-service design build opportunity for Donovan Brothers and included the following:  

• Installation of all site utilities and paving a 6.86 acre site.
• Installation of a 39,375 sq. ft. pre-engineered metal building.
• Completion of the build out of a 6,900 sq. ft. tenant improvement.
• Installation and supervision of a state-of-the-art 2,500 sq. ft. dryer room for processing, curing, storing, and packaging both standard and custom pre finished wood product.

All of these tasks had to be completed at different intervals due to owner timelines and final design completion for the metal building, tenant improvement, and manufacturing process machinery.

Site Utilities and Earthwork

A large majority of the site is used for lumber storage of raw and finished product.  For this reason, the drainage of the site is very import.   The entire site was designed to slope from west to east at a 2% grade.  The 2% grade of the site not only provides excellent drainage, but also eliminates the need for catch basins which results in the ability to fully utilize every square inch of the site for storage.

Pre Engineered Metal Building

The Metal Building was a production order, so Donovan Brothers and our Consultants were tasked with coordinating the architectural and structural requirements and designs into the pre engineered Metal Building.  Also included, were the conceptual designs for the Dryer Room and Rack Drying Rooms that were currently being designed and built by the Owner at their Canadian manufacturing facility.

Tenant Improvement

The build out of a 6,900 sq. ft. Tenant Improvement consisted of a 4,044 sq. ft. first floor and 2,856 sq. ft. second floor build out.  The finished office has a combination of warmth and professionalism.  The use of natural materials like the stone fireplace, clear fir ceilings, and exposed beams leave no doubt that Woodtone is in the wood business.  However, the clean lines, white walls, and large windows create a well-lit productive and professional environment that is unique to the industry.

Dryer Room and Manufacturing Equipment

The most critical component of the entire project was the design and installation of the Dryer Room, Rack Drying Rooms, and the equipment associated with the manufacturing process that continues to establish Woodtone as the leader in the pre finished wood products industry.  Today, this plant is Woodtone’s most state of the art plant and the capabilities of this new facility are immense.  The actual dryer is capable of removing 90 gallons of water from the air every hour and can produce over two million FBM of finished goods a day!  The Dryer Room can achieve internal temperatures between 90° and 200° Fahrenheit and can run material through the line in as little as four minutes or as long as thirty.  This flexibility allows Woodtone to coat virtually any wood or fiber cement building component with any coating and achieve a perfect cure.

With this facility, Woodtone has the greatest capacity to produce finished goods of any fluid coat operation in North America.