DMI Coming To Tulsa

[Conan71]

DMI, a manufacturer of power-generating windmills is coming to town w/ 450 jobs.

I would imagine it will involve good-paying high-end fabrication and composite jobs.

The timing of this was incredible.  Recyclemichael and I were discussing wind power at lunch on Tuesday and all the sudden yesterday DMI announced they were coming.

I didn't realize we had that much stroke RM![]

[tulsacyclist]

Good job, guys.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71


I didn't realize we had that much stroke RM![]

Maybe it was all the hot air...

[8D]

[cannon_fodder]

Rumor has it the Cherokee Nation is in development stages of building some serious wind generating capacity in Oklahoma.  Perhaps that had something to do with the decision?  

Source = Press Release:
http://www.dmiindustries.com/05_02_07.shtml

No word on WHERE exactly they will be located. 450 jobs and 500,000 Sq. Feet by sometime in 2008. Good news indeed, even better than call center jobs . []

For any Energy or anti trust geeks out there, the parent company is "Otter Tail" as in the case.   OTTER TAIL POWER CO. v. UNITED STATES, 410 U.S. 366 (1973).  (yes, its a sad little world I live in)

[Aa5drvr]

The Griffin Wheel Plant in far NE Tulsa is still vacant, after being built and never occupied.

News reported close proximity to the Port.

[TulsaSooner]

Not sure if it's feasible but there's a large warehouse facility at Admiral and 145th E Ave, I can't remember what it used to be.

That's the first place I thought of but it's probably just because I drive past it every day.

[Conan71]

Turns out Mr. Kerr wasn't crazy after all.  "Close proximity to the Port of Catoosa" has been the reason for more than one company to locate or re-locate here.

Anyone ever see how long one of those blades is on a truck?  Yep, barges are pretty practical to move them.

[TulsaFan-inTexas]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

Turns out Mr. Kerr wasn't crazy after all.  "Close proximity to the Port of Catoosa" has been the reason for more than one company to locate or re-locate here.

Anyone ever see how long one of those blades is on a truck?  Yep, barges are pretty practical to move them.

This is exactly why Tulsa should do more to promote the Port of Catoosa. As gas prices rise and transportation costs become more of an issue, the port should be promoted heavily as a huge commerce asset for the region.

[tulsacyclist]

quote:Originally posted by TulsaSooner

Not sure if it's feasible but there's a large warehouse facility at Admiral and 145th E Ave, I can't remember what it used to be.

That's the first place I thought of but it's probably just because I drive past it every day.

That's the old Albertson's distribution warehouse. It was then Flemings distribution warehouse.

[sgrizzle]

I thought the albertson's warehouse was in west tulsa.

[tulsacyclist]

Maybe there is/was another in West Tulsa but I know for sure the one on 145th and Admiral was Albertsons because I worked there for a bit shortly after I got out of highschool. Now it is vacant and has been for a couple years I believe.

[TulsaSooner]

Yep, you're right....it still says Fleming on it.  It's huge.

[cannon_fodder]

It should be remembered that not every large building is suitable to heavy manufacturing.  More than once I have heard of someone opening up a manufacturing shop in an old Kmart of warehouse and watch the floor buckle or crack while setting machines.  Or even if it cracks over time it throws all your machines out of alignment.

For HEAVY industry such as this, it will have to be a heavy industrial building with at least 18" slab floors.  Not likely to be found in an old grocery store, but perhaps in some warehouses.

I glanced over the Whirled today  and didn't see anything on this.  Did we scoop them AGAIN (Tulsa Housing Market was discussed here a week before it was front page news to them)?

[Conan71]

Made the evening news on Weds. night and was in the Whirled yesterday, I believe.

RM was telling me at lunch windmills have some odd harmonics which aren't healthy to livestock.  

There isn't a free lunch with alt energy, but there is a free lunch when it comes to bets with Recyclemichael.

[Breadburner]

All companies should know exactly what the specs of particular equipment to be.....If the floor will not support it....You can  saw cut the existing slab and pour a new footing and pad in that area to support that particular piece of equipment.....It would be extremely wasteful to pour a slab that thick across the whole area that does not need those load bearing capabilities.....It will take a very special facility to house a company such as this....