Case Studies

DAKOTA PUMP LIFT STATION

Location: Upper Midwest

Application: Wastewater Treatment System

Highlights: Fiberglass shelters for an integrator’s turn-key lift station package.

FIBERGLASS HOUSE FOR PUMP SKID

Environment: Water Treatment Plant

Location: Seal Rock, OR

Application: Fiberglass shelter for an integrator's turn-key pump station skid.

Pump House for Superfund Site

Environment: Hazardous chemicals and high daily temperatures

Location: Rialto, California

Application: Two Fiberglass Shelters for Pump Station & Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Equipment

Highlights: 3” Insulated walls for climate control in a hot environment and PE stamped certification for California’s building codes.

FIBERGLASS CABINETS

Environment: Boiler Room

Location: Illinois, USA

Application: Fiberglass cabinet for Chemical Dosing System.

Highlights: Fiberglass enclosure to protect pump system from harsh environment.

Tough Shelters

Environment: Tropical

Location: Destin, Florida

Application: Fiberglass Shelter Designed for Water & Wastewater Application

Highlights: Two fiberglass shelters to protect chemical feed systems. Gel coat layer to protect from excess moisture in air, chemicals, and UV damage that occurs in tropical environments.

Natural Gas Sound Attenuation

Environment: Residential Community

Location: Texas

Application: Fiberglass Shelter Designed For Natural Gas Application

Highlights: 14' x 35' x 8' fiberglass shelter that included one door on each of the long walls, two vents for basic natural ventilation, and two skylights to assist in visual inspection of the station.

Leachate Pump Station

Environment: County Landfill

Location: Maryland

Application: Fiberglass Shelter for Leachate Pump Station

Highlights: Replacement fiberglass shelter for leachate pump station. Withstand average rainfalls of 45 inches a year and average humidity of 77%. Also accommodate for average winter temperatures of 29 degrees. The shelter's insulation was increased, providing an R-Value of 15.

Remote Hydroelectric Facility

Environment: Remote Wilderness

Location: Alaska

Application: Fiberglass Shelter for Intake Air Valve Protection

Highlights:  6’ x 9’ x 8’ shelter, 3.5” foam core insulation furnishing them with an R-Value of R-24 to prevent the pipeline from freezing in average winter lows of 21°F that can dip as low as 3°F

City of St. Peters

Environment: Flood Plain

Location: Missouri

Application: Elevated Well Pump Houses

Highlights:  Fiberglass shelter with metal base for mounting on a pedestal and 4’ x 4’ roof hatch.

STS Global

Environment: Hilltop

Location: Hawaii

Application: Protect Telecommunications Satellite Equipment

Highlights:  Offsite construction of shelter with highly complex internal systems.

Rural Water District

Environment: Water Treatment Facility

Location: Kansas

Application: Skid Mounted Pump Station Shelter

Highlights:  Turnkey solution with excellent service and great value.

Knight Hawk Coal

Environment: Coal Mine

Location: Illinois

Application: Outdoor Shelter for Slide Gate Air Compressor

Highlights:  Integrated heater and exhaust fan to keep the environment at desired levels.

Military Base

Environment: Hot, Humid Area

Location: Southeast USA

Application: Well House and Electrical Equipment Shelters

Highlights: Replace three rotting wood shelters with fiberglass shelters backed by a 25 year warranty.

Alcon Pharmaceutical

Environment: Corporate Campus

Location: Texas

Application: Shelter for Commercial Sprinkler System Equipment

Highlights: Aesthetically-pleasing shelters with a faux brick finish and meadow green color to blend in on beautiful corporate campus.

Ohio DOT

Environment: Chemical Storage Area

Location: Ohio

Application: Protect Brine Making System

Highlights: Shelter durable enough to withstand wind, snow, ice, and seismic loads for critical systems.

DuPage County Public Works

Environment: Wastewater Treatment Plant

Location: Illinois

Application: Shelter to Protect Three Unique Systems

Highlights: Prefab shelter with internal walls to create three isolated rooms for a chemical feed system, water heater and SCADA system.

Dekalb County Sheriff’s Office

Environment: Shelter Next to Communications Tower

Location: Illinois

Application: Shelter for Public Safety Radio Equipment

Highlights: Chose Shelter Works fiberglass over concrete shelter for customization and value.

Knoxville Utilities Board

Environment: Various Public Utilities

Location:  Knoxville, TN

Applications: Chemical Injection and Water Booster Station Shelters

Highlights:  Shelter Works provided money-saving solutions for a variety of equipment protection applications.

Utility Company

Environment: Natural Gas Facility

Location: Midwest

Application: SCADA and Odorizer Equipment Shelters

Highlights:  Durable and portable shelters designed to latest for years and be used for many different applications.

Old Dominion Electric

Environment: Power Plant

Location:  Pennsylvania

Application: Storage Shelter for CO₂ bottles.

Highlights:  Design and build a customized shelter to store sensitive CO₂  bottles

Private Airfield

Environment: Airfield

Location:  Gulf Coast

Application: Equipment Shelter

Highlights:  Build a frangible, hurricane-resistant shelter in safety orange and white with custom windows, doors, and roof.

Utility Company

Environment: Tropical Location

Location:  Hawaii

Application: Electrical Equipment Shelter

Highlights:  Delivered shelter in pieces to be assembled on-site - minimizing shipping expense.

Public Utility - Oil & Gas

Environment:  Area with -20°F Temperatures

Location:  Wyoming

Application: LACT Equipment Enclosure

Highlights:  Custom built shelter with knockout panels and added insulation.

Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources

Environment: Riverside Location

Location:  Minnesota

Application: Protect Electric Fish Barrier Equipment

Highlights:  Developed a highly customized shelter with extensive HVAC and insulation while still allowing a cellular signal to pass through.

Battery Recycling Company

Environment: Battery Recycling Facility

Location:  Alabama

Application: Equipment Shelter

Highlights:  Non-corroding shelter to house computer equipment, SCADA screens, POC systems, and transformers while protecting against caustic dust.

Water Utility Company

Environment: Small Town Communities

Location:  Missouri

Application: Well Houses

Highlights:  Deliver cost-effective solutions backed by a 25-year warranty to small communities.

Water Treatment Facility

Environment: Area with Potential Flooding

Location:  New York City

Application: Water Treatment System Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works shipped this highly customized shelter by barge to get it to its location.

Bio-Guard Systems

Environment: Farming & Agriculture

Location: Globally

Application: Innovative Water Filtration System Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works fiberglass shelters are chosen for their excellent durability, insulating properties, aesthetics, and light weight.

Chemical Company

Environment: Chemical Processing Plant

Location: Michigan

Application: Chlorine Feed System Shelter

Highlights: Shelter Works designed a completely custom shelter that could withstand the highly corrosive environment.

Coca-Cola

Environment: Bottling Plant

Location: Virginia

Application: PH Adjustment Chemical Feed System Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works completed most of the electrical and plumbing work and obtained state labels before shipping.

Natural Gas Operation

Environment: Natural Gas Transmission Compressor Station

Location: Midwest

Application:  Protective Shelter for Compressors and Valves

Highlights:  Developed a custom engineered elevated shelter with skylights to provide access to workers while protecting pipes below.

Amested Rail

Environment: Metal Foundry

Location: Granite City, Illinois

Application: Electrical Equipment Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works chosen for its low maintenance, high-value shelter backed by 25-year warranty.

Water Treatment Facility

Environment: Water Treatment Plant

Location: Southwest

Application: Chemical Dosing and SCADA Shelters

Highlights:  Shelter Works shelters are selected for three unique applications at this water treatment facility including chemical dosing and SCADA system buildings.

Aqua Illinois

Environment: Sewage Treatment Plant

Location: Illinois

Application: Headworks Bar Screen Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works builds an extra tall shelter with multiple access and knockout panels to accommodate existing pipes.

GPL Odorizers

Environment: Natural Gas Facilities

Location: Nationwide

Application: Natural Gas Odorizer System Equipment Shelters

Highlights:  Manufacturer of gas odorizer systems offers clients Shelter Works shelters to effectively protect its equipment.

Build Illinois

Environment: Remote Locations

Location: Illinois

Application: Regulator Stations and Equipment Shelters

Highlights:  Shelter Works provides a variety of protective shelters to help the state of Illinois upgrade its natural gas infrastructure.

EquipSolutions

Environment: Water Treatment Facilities

Location: Nationally

Application: Chemical Feed and Monitoring Systems Shelters

Highlights:  Customized shelters to help protect critical equipment at water treatment facilities.

Gas Company

Environment: Shelter Next to Road

Location: Ohio

Application: Gas Transfer Station

Highlights:  Impact absorbing shelter protects equipment while sustaining minimal damage.

Precision Pipeline Equipment

Environment: Natural Gas Facilities

Location: Midwest & Northeast

Application:  Analyzer Equipment Shelters

Highlights:  Maintenance-free, turnkey shelters featuring explosion-proof electrical packages for the natural gas industry.

A Civil Group

Environment: School Campus

Location: Missouri

Application: Irrigation Equipment Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works delivers shelter that met the size, wind, and snow load specs and insulation value needed to ensure adequate protection of the equipment. 

Maintenance Company

Environment: Outside Locations

Location: Kansas City

Application: Communications Equipment Shelters

Highlights:  Temperature and weather-resistant shelters needed to protect sensitive communications equipment.

Military Base

Environment: Helicopter Refueling Station

Location: Upstate New York

Application: Mechanical Room Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works' fiberglass composite design provides a frangible building with an inherent thermal barrier and dimensional stability with low conduction.

GCI Communications

Environment: Remote Arctic Location

Location: Anchorage Alaska

Application: Telecommunications Equipment Shelter

Highlights:  Durable weather and temperature resistant shelter with customized floor.

New Windsor Township

Environment: Outdoors

Location: New Windsor, Maryland

Application: Sewage Pumping Station Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works created a spacious shelter that provided better access to workers.

U.S. Government

Environment: Remote Site in Mojave Desert

Location: Southwest US

Application: Air Compressor Equipment Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works built a fiberglass shelter that offered the ideal level of protection from heat, UV rays, and freezing temperatures.

Utility Company

Environment: Space Under Low Hanging Wires

Location: Midwest

Application: Natural Gas Regulator Station Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works created 2-piece shelter that could be placed under wires and assembled quickly on site.

Public Works

Environment: Open Field

Location: Normal, Illinois

Application: Sanitary Lift Station Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works provides a better building solution to existing wood and brick equipment shelters.

Northwest Water Reclamation Center

Environment: Wastewater Treatment Plant

Location: St. Petersburg, Florida

Application: Electrical Equipment Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works creates climate controlled and thermally stable, storm-resistant shelter to keep sensitive equipment cool and dry.

AMS Sampling Equipment

Environment: Truck Mounted Shelter

Location: Northwest U.S.

Application: Mobile Field Office Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works delivers a low maintenance, durable, insulated work station to protect technicians from the elements while working in the field.

Bolton and Menke

Environment: Next to Existing Shelter

Location: Crystal, Minnesota

Application: Shelter With Containment Floor for Chemical Processing Equipment

Highlights:  Shelter Works delivers "The Works" in terms of customization including doors mounted 2 feet from the floor of the shelter, gas-tight partition wall, and secondary containment basin with grated fiberglass walking surface.

Envirep

Environment: Landfill

Location: Maryland

Application: Leachate Pump Station Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works supplies a complete pre-engineered system including fiberglass shelter, HVAC, explosion-proof electrical, and prefab wall penetrations for piping.

Public University

Environment: College Campus

Location: Southern U.S.

Application: Electrical Equipment Shelter for Power Cooling Plant

Highlights:  Shelter Works creates a prefabricated, 12-foot tall building that can be shipped flat and quickly assembled on site.

Telecommunications Company

Environment: Near Coastal Waters

Location: Caribbean Islands

Application: Telecom Equipment Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works develops air-conditioned shelter with enhanced hurricane, humidity, and temperature resistance.

Dept. of Agriculture

Environment: Research Facility

Location: Alabama

Application: Aquarium Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works fiberglass shelters are designed to last in a high humidity environment.

Power Company

Environment: Nuclear Power Plant

Location: Midwest

Application: Chemical Equipment Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works adds elevated containment floor to protect against spills.

U.S. Air Force

Environment: Airfield

Location: Coastal Location

Application: BAK 12 Arresting Gear Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works designed a hurricane-resistant, yet "frangible" shelter complete with mesh windows and base to fit onto an existing, knee wall.

CH2M Hill

Environment: Wastewater Treatment Plant

Location: U.S.

Application: Electrical Equipment Shelters

Highlights:  Shelter Works's fiberglass shelters offer attractive alternative to cast-in-place concrete shelters.

Descco

Environment: Military Base

Location: Fleetwood, Pennsylvania

Application: Pump Station Shelter - Addition to Existing Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works creates a three-sided shelter that can be affixed to the existing shelter to expand the space without interruption.

Town of Olla

Environment: Recreational Area

Location: Olla, Louisiana

Application: Restroom Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works was chosen for its value, longevity and resistance to graffiti.

Telecom Company

Environment: Remote Arctic Location

Location: Ontario, Canada

Application: Microwave Repeater Stations Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works creates strong, highly insulated shelters that are still light enough to be transported to remote locations.

Marine Survey Company

Environment:  Underneath Ship's Helicopter Pad

Location: Sailing Vessel

Application: Workout Room Shelter

Highlights: Application required a shelter that could withstand a damp, salt-air environment and be easily assembled onsite.

Walker Process Equipment

Environment: Water Filtration Stations

Location: North Carolina

Application: Field Equipment Shelters

Highlights: Walker Process Equipment recommends top-of-the-line fiberglass shelters customized to one's exact needs from Shelter Works.

Water Company

Environment: Water Treatment Plant

Location: Brownsville, Texas

Application: Electrical Equipment Shelters

Highlights:  Custom fiberglass shelters with reinforced walls are ideal solution for protecting equipment near the Gulf of Mexico.

Xylem

Environment: Golf Course Facility

Location: Jacksonville, Florida

Application: Irrigation Pumping Station

Highlights:  Easy to install, prefabricated and certified shelters from Shelter Works are an ideal alternative to concrete shelters.

Newcastle County

Environment: Residential Neighborhoods

Location: Delaware

Application: Wastewater Pumping Stations

Highlights:  Chief of Facilities chooses Shelter Works for the unmatched durability of our shelters.

City of Fayetteville

Environment: Ice Storm

Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas

Application: Pump Station Shelter

Highlights:  During a large ice storm in 2010, a tree fell on the structure and didn’t even leave a dent in it. Plus, since the building had vents, city workers were able to put a generator into the structure so that water could continue to flow despite the power outage. 

Sagebrush Pipeline Equipment

Environment: Natural Gas and Liquid Petroleum

Location: Montana

Application: Flow Control Valve Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works shelters are an ideal choice due to extreme temperature resistance and flexibility in design - especially integrated knockout panels.

Union Pacific

Environment: Between Railroad Tracks

Location: U.S.

Application: Railroad Bungalow

Highlights:  Weather-resistant fiberglass shelters with sliding door are an ideal alternative to deteriorated wooden buildings.

California Dept. of Parks & Rec.

Environment: Redwood Forest

Location: Northern California

Application: Potable Water Treatment Equipment Shelters

Highlights:  Team overcomes spotted owl season, wheelbarrow only access, and other environmental concerns to deliver shelter to a remote location.

Meridian Water and Sewer

Environment: Residential Areas

Location: East Lansing, Michigan

Application: Well Pump Enclosures

Highlights:  Shelter Works combines high-tech and low-tech options: high-tech security features utilizing natural skylights and a limited, low-tech electrical package that could be easily disconnected.

BAE Systems

Environment: Airfield

Location: California

Application: Radar System Enclosure

Highlights:  Shelter Works created a frangible but sturdy, secure shelter that could repeatedly withstand the forces of a jet wash.

Oil Field

Environment: High Elevations and Heavy Snow Loads

Location: Rocky Mountains

Application: Valves and Piping Shelter

Highlights:  All-weather shelter features hatches that allow access to the equipment while protecting workers.

City of Carrolton

Environment: River Floodplain

Location: Illinois

Application: Elevated Well Pump Enclosure

Highlights: The shelter is mounted on a pedestal and features insulated walls and floors to keep pipes from freezing.

Gas Company

Environment: Rural Areas

Location: Illinois

Application: Natural Gas Wellhead Separator Shelters

Highlights:  Shelter Works replaces small metal buildings with larger fiberglass shelters for improved productivity and lower costs.

Sacramento County Water Agency

Environment: Water Treatment Plants

Location: California

Application: Corrosion Resistant Chemical Shelters

Highlights:  Shelter Works supplied a series of multi-room fiberglass chemical buildings to contain the fumes in one room and allow other equipment to be protected in another room.

Verizon

Environment: Rooftop of Commercial Building

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Application: Rooftop Cell Tower Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works' lightweight shelters offer an ideal solution for rooftop applications.

Public Utility

Environment: Sewage Treatment Plant

Location: Johnson City, TN

Application: Lift Station Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works' service technicians perform onsite fabrication and installation of double doors into the existing shelter.

Village of Williamsburg

Environment: Corporate Campus

Location: Williamsburg, Ohio

Application: Grit Washer and Mechanical Bar Screen Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works creates multi-level shelter to place on an existing concrete slab poured at two different elevations with an 18-inch difference in height.

Prominent Fluid Controls

Environment: Shelters with Slippery Substances

Location: Nationwide

Application: Elevated Spill Containment Floor Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works installs elevated fiberglass grid flooring that can contain 550 gallons of liquid - allowing workers to safely walk on flooring in case of spill.

Coal Company

Environment: Coal Mine

Location: Logan, West Virginia

Application:  Field Equipment Shelter

Highlights:  Shelter Works designs and builds special "flattened roof" so shelter can be delivered under low-clearance overpass.

Longstanding Customer

Environment: Remote Location

Location: Tennessee

Application: Lift Station Enclosure

Highlights:  Shelter Works designs and delivers customized shelter within five weeks.

Utility Company

Environment: Post Hurricane Rita

Location: Louisiana

Application: Hurricane Proof Shelters

Highlights:  Shelter Works shelters survives hurricane without even a ding on it despite ample damage to houses, trees, and other buildings in the immediate area. 

Shelter Works' Customers

Environment: All types

Location: Nationwide

Application: Delivery of Prefabricated Shelters

Highlights:  Customers share comments on their experiences with our exceptional delivery drivers.