Big River Steel

Project Overview

Big River Steel’s Flex Mill™, a steel mill that combines the wide product mix and superior grade capabilities of a more traditional integrated steel mill with the nimbleness and technological advancements of the newer more technologically-advanced mini mills, broke ground in July 2014 and began production in 2016. The Big River Steel site achieved LEED Certification for the 1M square foot steel production facility, the only one of its kind to achieve that milestone world-wide. The project, which Emerald spearheaded with LEED certification management, energy modeling, and commissioning services, also included LEED Gold Certification of its headquarters building, an employee service building, and warehouse building concurrent with the mill opening. The project used the LEED Master Site approach and all buildings were certified in 2017 under the v3 BD+C rating system.