Volkswagen Assembly Plant

S&ME has been providing Environmental, Geotechnical Engineering, and Special Inspections services for the Volkswagen Manufacturing Plant at the Enterprise South Industrial Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee since 2008. Specific projects have included the 800,000 SF additions to the Body Shop, Assembly Area, Technical Center, and Warehouse, as well as new pavement areas (2016), the 540,000 SF addition to the Body Shop, and the 200,000 SF Battery Plant (2020).

Environmental Services performed by S&ME at Enterprise South Industrial Park include Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, natural resource services (jurisdictional waters assessments, permitting, mitigation, mitigation monitoring and species specific assessments), and hazardous materials assessments on structures associated with past uses of the site.

S&ME has also provided Special Inspections for soil improvements, foundations, and structural steel Additionally, due to S&ME’s involvement in the original site preparation work, we were able to assist the Owner and Contractor with knowledge of previously installed aggregate piers and bed rock conditions relative to the planned construction. Both of these issues were a cost benefit to the Owner. Testing services were provided for concrete and included testing for plastic properties during placement, compressive strength, floor flatness, Ground Penetrating Radar, and Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity.