Balancing Industrial Growth with Community and Environmental Stewardship

AMI provided structural and civil engineering services for the development of a new 154,000-square-foot manufacturing facility for Schwieters Properties, located within an industrial park adjacent to an established single-family residential neighborhood. The project transformed a former agricultural site into a modern manufacturing campus with associated outdoor storage, parking, stormwater retention, and landscaping.

AMI’s scope included structural engineering for a 240-by-570-foot precast manufacturing building with a steel bar joist and metal deck roof system, as well as civil grading, stormwater design, wetland coordination, erosion control, and permitting. The site development incorporated a manufactured building, parking areas, laydown zones, and perimeter wall infrastructure to support the client’s expansion.

To support public engagement and owner decision-making, AMI prepared conceptual renderings of building and site layouts for use in public meetings and project planning. The design addressed mitigating the filling of portions of two on-site wetlands and included parking lots, sidewalks, curb design, grading plans, and associated details.

AMI also established building pads and first-floor elevations and designed a comprehensive stormwater management system that met City, County, Watershed District, and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources requirements. The project complied with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) standards for land-disturbing activities exceeding one acre, ensuring regulatory compliance while minimizing impacts to surrounding neighborhoods and natural resources.