Granite Industrial | Granite Construction

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Granite Industrial offers civil, structural, and mechanical construction services to utility scale solar and battery energy storage projects. As the #4 ranked US solar installation subcontractor, our extensive resume of self-performing work makes Granite Industrial the subcontractor of choice for renewable energy projects throughout the country.

185 Solar Projects Completed

GWac Installed

Posts Driven

Tracker Rows

Site Acres Improved

Solar Mechanical

Tracker post installation using specialized company-owned equipment
Pre-drilling of dense subsurfaces for future pile installation
Mechanical assembly of all major solar tracking systems including NEXTracker, ATI, Oasis and FTC
Module installation

Civil and Structural

Full spectrum of site civil preparation services
Slab on grade foundations for battery energy storage systems and substations
Post installation for inverter and transformer skids
Site electrical trenching and backfill
Stormwater management and erosion control improvements

Pre-Construction Services

Test post driving
Proprietary modeling to optimize post installation
On-site mechanical remediation and natural disaster recovery

Solverde, Lancaster, CA

Granite Industrial collaborated with the client and tracker manufacturer to develop a site-specific mechanical enhancement to accommodate the unique steep slope conditions and eliminate on-site welding. Additional site work included performance of trench and backfill work for the DC collector system, a triple box culvert, 1.6M square feet of roads, installation of 54,000 posts, and assembly of 6,000 rows of single axis tracking system.

Phoebe Solar, Kermit, TX

Phoebe Solar produce is expected to produce 715,800 MWh—enough to power more than 50,000 Texan households. At its commissioning in November 2019, the project was the largest solar farm in the State of Texas. Granite Industrial’s scope on this 250MWac project included post installation and NEXTracker mechanical assembly.

Copper Mountain, Boulder City, NV

At 250 MW, the Copper Mountain 5 Solar Project is one of Granite’s largest solar projects built to date. Granite’s scope of work included post and tracker installation, with over 100,000 posts installed and over 10,000 tracker rows built.

Coniglio, Fannin County, TX

In preparation for the ultimate site build out, Granite improved over 700 acres of project area and constructed access roads for the facility. Additionally, we performed the installation of 26,000 piles for the single axis tracking system.

Athos I & II, Desert Center, CA

Granite Industrial was contracted by the customer for both phases of the Athos Solar project in Desert Center County, CA. We executed over 3,200 acres of site preparation and grading addition to driving 228,000 posts in preparation for tracker installation.

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