INDIANA

Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) is planning to construct a natural gas-fired peaking unit at its R.M. Schahfer Generating Station in Wheatfield. Project scope includes construction of equipment foundations; purchase and erection of structural steel and storage tanks; and purchase and installation of simple-cycle combustion turbines or reciprocating internal-combustion engines, a cooling tower, a compressed air system, an emergency generator, transformers, switchgear, and selective catalytic reduction and oxidation catalyst equipment. The unit will have the capacity to generate 370 MW to 450 MW of electric power. Charles River Associates is providing consulting services for the evaluation of EPC bid proposals; an EPC firm will be selected from a list of three. Construction is expected to begin in 2024. NIPSCO is a unit of NiSource Inc. Estimated EPC cost is between $215 million and $260 million. NIPSCO, 3001 Leonard Drive, Valparaiso, 46383. IR#IN230206.

KENTUCKY

Lotte Aluminum Materials USA LLC plans to construct an aluminum rolling mill on a 40-acre site at the T.J. Patterson Industrial Park in Elizabethtown. Project scope includes construction of building space and equipment foundations; installation of four slitter machines, two roll grinders, a scrap aluminum baler, air scrubbers, heat exchangers and six rolling mills with storage tanks, process vessels, capture hoods, and oil recovery and spraying equipment. The facility will have the capacity to produce 39,690 tons of aluminum coil per year for use as cathodes in electronic vehicle batteries. Gray has been selected to provide general construction services for the project. Estimated EPC cost is $238.7 million. Lotte Aluminum Materials USA LLC, 2935 Dolphin Drive, Elizabethtown, 42701. IR#KY230113.

TENNESSEE

SK Food Group plans to construct a sandwich production facility at the Spring Branch Industrial Park in Cleveland. Project scope includes construction of a 525,000-sq-ft building; and purchase and installation of freezers, coolers, automated conveyors, and ingredient storage and dispensing, food preparation, cutting, and packaging equipment. Tippmann Group has been selected as the design-builder. Construction is expected to begin in third or fourth quarter 2023. The estimated EPC cost is $205.2 million. SK Food Group, 3301 Toy Rd., Groveport, Ohio, 43125. IR#TN230115.

TENNESSEE

Linde plc is planning to construct an air separation plant in Charleston. Project scope includes construction of equipment foundations; installation of a cryogenic heat exchanger and process vessels; and purchase and installation of process piping, evaporators, gas storage tanks, compressors, and filtering and dehydration equipment. Construction is expected to begin in late 2023 or in 2024. The plant is expected to be completed in the second half of 2025. Linde will use the plant to produce liquid oxygen, nitrogen and argon. Estimated EPC cost is between $100 million and $200 million. Linde Engineering Americas, 175 E. Park Drive, Tonawanda, N.Y., 14150. IR#TN230214.

WASHINGTON

Salmon Evolution plans to construct a salmon aquaculture facility at an undisclosed site in Washington State. Possible sites on the west and east coasts of the northern U.S. and in Canada are also being considered. Project scope includes construction of a building and rearing tanks; purchase and installation of fiberglass troughs, incubator boxes, stainless steel tanks and piping, conveyors, a recirculating aquaculture system, and stunning, cutting, cleaning, refrigeration and packaging equipment. The facility will have the capacity to produce 32,000 metric tons of gutted salmon per year. A construction schedule will be developed following finalization of site selection, expected in 2025. Salmon Evolution is headquartered in Molde, Norway. Estimated EPC cost is between $500 million and $600 million. Salmon Evolution, 801 Second Ave., Seattle, 98014. IR#WA230109.