Wolf Point Engineers & Contractors

Chicago, IL

Turnkey EPC Solutions for Bulk Material Handling Systems

Services: 13
Offices: 1
Projects: 6

Overview

Wolf Point Engineers & Contractors operates as the EPC division of NAFCO, delivering integrated estimating, design engineering, shop detailing, procurement, structural steel fabrication, and installation under integrated project management. The practice specializes in bulk material handling systems for power, mining, and industrial processing industries worldwide. It designs and builds robust systems to move raw and refined materials such as coal, frac sand, cement, fertilizer, biomass, and wood chips, combining engineering expertise with in-house fabrication capabilities.

Services

Bulk Material Handling Engineering

Comprehensive engineering, feasibility studies, and turnkey design-build solutions for bulk material transit. Operations span system layout, structural support design, and mechanical coordination to move diverse raw and refined materials across complex pathways.

Overland Conveyor Systems Pipe Conveyor Systems Stacking and Reclaiming Loading and Unloading Terminals Process Facilities and Specialty Structures

Procurement

Sourcing and delivery of heavy industrial components, electrical assemblies, and specialized equipment. Activities ensure all machinery, drives, and safety devices integrate seamlessly into the overall plant layout.

Conveyor Components and Equipment Motors and Control Systems

Steel Detailing and Fabrication

Self-performed structural steel detailing and fabrication completed in coordination with parent company NAFCO. In-house shop capabilities provide high schedule flexibility and ensure precise manufacturing of structural elements.

Construction and Installation

Field construction management, mechanical installation, and commissioning of material handling systems. Turnkey field services cover demolition of legacy structures, foundation installation, and erection of new transfer towers and galleries.

Marine and Barge Infrastructure Structural Erection and Commissioning

Industries

Mining Power Generation Industrial Rail Chemicals Emissions Control Aggregates & Quarrying

Firm type

Structural Engineering Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering EPC

Projects

Blue Creek Mine River Barge Load-Out Facility

2025 | Tuscaloosa, Alabama | Warrior Met Coal | Mining

Engineering, procurement, construction, start-up, and commissioning of a river barge load-out facility. The system features two truck unloading stations feeding a 42-inch-wide stacking conveyor at 500 TPH, reclaim hoppers with vibratory feeders, a concrete tunnel with safety escapes, and a 72-inch barge load-out conveyor feeding barges via a telescopic chute, all controlled by programmable logic controllers.

Bulk Material Handling Engineering Procurement Steel Detailing and Fabrication Construction and Installation

Conveyors 10 & 11 Replacement Project

2020 | Sooner Generating Station, Red Rock, Oklahoma | Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company | Power Generation

Replacement of aging walk-through galleries, support structures, and an over-2,100-foot-long, 36-inch-wide plant-feed conveyor system. The upgrade introduced new 12.5-foot-diameter tubular galleries, chutes, and foundations to handle Powder River Basin sub-bituminous coal.

Bulk Material Handling Engineering Procurement Steel Detailing and Fabrication Construction and Installation

Mill Creek Gypsum Material Handling System

2018 | Mill Creek Generating Station, Louisville, Kentucky | Louisville Gas & Electric | Power Generation

Engineering and component procurement for a gypsum material handling system designed as part of an environmental upgrade. Work scope included structural steel, platework, and mechanical drawings, alongside sourcing for motors, idlers, belting, drives, transfer towers, gravity take-ups, and radial stackers.

Bulk Material Handling Engineering Procurement