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All Scopes Performed by One Contractor
As one of North America’s largest, most diversified contractors, Michels offers a customized approach to combining our specialty services, resulting in turnkey construction solutions for mission critical facilities. By self-performing many essential elements of data centers, battery energy storage systems (BESS), semiconductor, life sciences, and major manufacturing projects, Michels provides consistent quality and reliability across a multitude of scopes.
Mission Critical Solutions
Designing, building and commissioning mission critical facilities for millions of users and giants in the technology world requires a construction partner with experience, innovation and grit. Michels is more than a leader in many specialty construction disciplines, we are a creative, committed family of companies with a shared end goal of safe, cost-effective, reliable facilities. Our customers receive consistent quality and streamlined contracts and communication from a team with decades of experience. Discover the many ways Michels is a trusted partner on mission critical projects, including data centers and energy storage systems.
Civil Construction
Earthwork is a foundational element of large infrastructure projects. Michels couples our massive fleet of technologically advanced equipment with highly accurate GPS guidance systems for site development and expansion projects. Creating level sites, controlling group water flow, and creating aggregate and concrete are among the ways we prepare a greenfield or brownfield site for its transformation into a mission critical base.
Our mass civil & grading construction services include:
- Aggregate & recycle crushing
- Batch plants
- Earthwork
- Mass aggregate placement
- Mass excavations
- Paving
- Access roads and permanent roads
Deep Foundations & Ground Improvement
Mission critical facilities wouldn’t be able to provide seamless service if they were not built on safe, technically sound foundations. Michels designs and builds value-engineered foundations, earth retention systems and ground improvement solutions capable of withstanding the load of massive buildings and heavy equipment.
Our techniques include:
- Drilled shafts
- Driven piles
- Micropiles
- Mini-caissons
- Aggregate piers
- Chemical grouting
- Compaction grouting
- Dynamic compaction
- Rigid inclusions
- Vibro compaction
- Ground anchors & tiebacks
- Drop shafts
- Secant & tangent pile walls
- Sheet piles
- Slope stabilization
- Soil nails
- Soldier piles & lagging
- Underpinning
Wet & Dry Utilities
Wet and dry utilities are the lifelines of mission critical facilities, including data centers. Michels has decades of experience planning and building underground and overhead utility systems to ensure the continuous operation of mission critical facilities. Our quality control procedures and attention to detail are up to the test of projects where failure is not an option.
Our wet & dry utility services include:
- High voltage and medium voltage electrical
- Natural gas
- Alternative energy
- Communications
- Water
- Sanitary sewers
- Storm sewers
- Duct bank construction
Energy Sources
Mission critical facilities hinge on safe, reliable power. When the utility power grid cannot meet a facility’s power demands or provide the necessary redundancy, alternative energy sources are called into play. Michels has been a trusted energy contractor since we were established in 1959. Our services have evolved to stay ahead of increasing needs for energy from traditional and renewable sources.
Our services include:
- Natural gas facilities
- Gas to power generation
- Hydrogen electrolyzers
- Wind farms
- Solar farms
- Energy storage systems
Energy Transmission
To alleviate congestion and maximize efficiency on scalable mission critical campuses, Michels uses overhead, trench and trenchless construction methods to build power transmission and distribution networks. Depending on project needs and customer initiatives, we can self-perform all aspects of work or collaborate with subcontractors that share our vision and values.
Our services include:
- New construction
- Relocations
- Upgrades
- Rebuilds
Substations & Energy Storage
On-site substations maximize reliability and scalability by allowing mission critical campuses to directly receive high-voltage power from the utility grid and step down the voltage to a suitable level for equipment. Michels has experience with the turnkey construction of hundreds of brownfield and greenfield substations, including data center and other mission critical projects. Our energy storage systems allow power generated from renewables to be stored and used when it is needed most.
Our substation capabilities include:
- Substations up to 500kV
- Transformers
- Batteries & inverters
- SCADA
- Testing & commissioning
Project, Safety & Quality Program Management
Because safety is the cornerstone of our culture, Michels manages projects, safety and quality programs to protect people, equipment and data from risks and undesirable outcomes. Our teams are skilled and experienced at overseeing all aspects of mission critical facility construction to meet standards for safety, efficiency and reliability.
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