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Hoechst
Celanese Corp. in Bishop, TX is one of the world’s largest
manufacturers of a variety of products from bulk pharmaceuticals
used as a headache remedy to plastic used in consumer products.
The Bishop, TX facility is also recognized for a world-class
pollution reduction program that will eliminate deep well
injection entirely and reduce total waste releases by 97
percent.
To achieve
these reductions, Hoechst Celanese formed the Waste and Release
Reduction Strategy
Team (WARR)
in 1992 and challenged employees across the board to think
“pollution reduction” in their daily jobs. For example, the
question of how to reduce rainwater residue collecting at the
bottom of an on-site landfill was answered by construction of a
6 acre ASATI air structure of high quality fabric to keep the
rain out. The leachate residue was considered hazardous waste,
which required disposal in deep wells. The ASATI dome
eliminated this waste.
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The
below article about the Hoechst Celanese facility in Bishop was
published in fall of 1996.
An
important feature of ASATI's air-supported buildings is our
ability to contain waste and pollution. ASATI's buildings reduce
the amount of waste disposed of or released into to the
environment. An example of one of our buildings that protects
the environment from waste is the facility we built for Hoechst
Celanese in Bishop, Texas.
Hoechst
Celanese Corp. in Bishop is one of the world's largest
manufacturers of a variety of products, from bulk
pharmaceuticals used as headache remedies to plastic used in
consumer products such as automobiles and kitchen appliances.
The Bishop facility is also recognized for a world-class
pollution reduction program that by the year 2000 will eliminate
deep-well injection entirely and reduce total waste releases by
97 percent from 1988 levels.
To
achieve these reductions, Hoechst Celanese formed the Waste and
Release Reduction Strategy Team (WARR) in 1992 and challenged
employees across the board to think 'pollution reduction' in
their daily jobs. For example, the question of how to reduce
rainwater residue collecting at the bottom of an on-site
landfill was answered by the construction of a 6-acre dome of
high-quality fabric to keep the rain out. The leachate residue
by definition was considered hazardous waste which required
disposal in deep wells. The dome has eliminated this waste
entirely.
Hoechst
Celanese will have reduced the amount of waste disposed of or
released to the environment annually by almost seven million
pounds by the year 2000. Many of those reductions will result in
lower operating costs and a significant portion of those
reductions go above and beyond what is required by law.
Last
spring, the Bishop facility was recognized by the Texas Natural
Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) and Governor George W.
Bush at the 1996 Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence
in Austin for their facility-wide waste reductions.
Under
the direction of the Waste Reduction Policy Act of 1991, the
TNRCC's Office of Pollution Prevention and Recycling initiated
the Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence in 1993 to
honor the state's most outstanding waste reduction and pollution
prevention projects. |
Size:
342'W x 597'L x 75‘H
204,174 sq. ft.
Exterior
Fabric Envelope:
Dupont Tedlar 28 ozs. per sq. yard
Interior
Thermaliner
Exclusive Rip Stop Construction.
Thermaliner
Patents
Fraioli R4
&
Fraioli R8
Bias Cable
Net System
Engineered and patented by ASATI with a proven 45 year track
record, this system provides maximum structural rigidity withstanding
winds over 120 MPH.
Cable-Net
Patents
Bias Cable Net Patent
Field Junction Seam Joints
Mechanically sealed joints with aluminum
non-rusting clamps.
Warranty
15 years Pro Rata on air structure fabric envelope material &
workmanship
Building
Codes
Exceeds standards for
AISC, BOCA, ICBO, IBC, CSA and NFPA 701 and the IFAI “Minimum
Design Standards for Air Supported Structures.”
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