Description
TMTS Associates engaged CivCore Consulting to assess the market viability, select an optimal site, and develop a comprehensive civil design for a lithium-ion battery reclamation facility targeting 5% of the U.S. electric vehicle recycling market. The facility is designed to process approximately 19,000 battery packs per year, recovering lithium, nickel, copper, cobalt, and manganese through a proprietary TMTS reclamation process. Following a weighted site selection analysis of three candidate parcels in the Macon, Georgia region, a 22.14-acre M-1 zoned site at 284 Logistics Center Parkway in Juliette, Monroe County was selected based on its pad-ready condition, direct I-75 access, existing utility infrastructure, and established industrial corridor. The site required rezoning from M-1 to M-2 (Manufacturing General) to accommodate the facility's hazardous materials classification under IFC F-1 occupancy requirements. The 30,000 SF facility is organized into two code-separated zones: a factory floor housing unpacking, processing chambers, repacking, and battery storage; and an administrative strip containing offices, breakroom, restrooms, and utility spaces, divided by a 1-hour fire-rated wall assembly per IFC control area requirements. The site design includes a dedicated WB-67 truck circulation loop with four loading dock doors and a vehicle ramp, 48 employee parking stalls, and a guardshack at the secured entrance. Civil design deliverables include an overall site plan, interior layout, truck turn feasibility plan, grading plan, drainage plan, soil erosion and sediment control plans for both construction phases, and structural slab details. Stormwater management consists of a proposed on-site detention pond sized to independently handle the full 22-acre site under a 25-year design storm, detaining a peak flow differential of 17 cfs before discharging to the existing industrial park detention facility. Grading maintains 1.5–3% slopes across the site with targeted cuts in the loading dock zone to achieve the required 4-foot dock height differential.