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AGGREGATES MANAGER April 2015
PLANT PROFILE
Village Plant, along with another dredg-
ing operation in southwest Louisiana
and one right across the border in Texas.
"Lake Charles is not what it was 20 or
30 years ago," he says. "Every corner
you turn, someone is building something.
It all has to do with oil and gas."
The process
Removing and processing the sand be-
gins with the 75- to 85-foot deep de-
posit and an electric dredge. "We rebuilt
the dredge back in 2009," Young says.
"Trinity Industries in Dallas built a new
hull and outriggers to replace the old
dredge that was here when I came to
work 32 years ago. We used the same
pump frame and bearing table, and re-
build the old parts as they wear out."
The discharge pipe runs up the side of the processing plant, depositing the material into the
top of the screen tower.
Cajun Style
