Gray is providing architecture, construction, equipment procurement, and MEP engineering for the modular, open-air chemical processing facility, which is expected to begin production in late 2026. Gray will set the customer’s 5-story pipe racks and handle all piping and connections from the racks to the customer’s processing modules and utility supply points.

Japan-based fabricator Morimatsu will manufacture the processing modules. In addition to design-build services, Gray will oversee the quality program for the fabrication and coordinate logistics for delivery, which will include the construction of a temporary barge facility on the Mississippi River as well as a temporary bridge over the levee and road.

Construction of the facility and modules will require more than 1,800 helical piles for deep foundations and more than 6,400 metric tons of steel. The finished facility will also feature a 34,000 GPM cooling tower, onsite wastewater and waste gas treatment systems, and specially rated fire protection systems.

When completed, the facility will annually produce 140,000 metric tons of high-purity linear carbonate solvents DMC and EMC.