Wolf Point Engineers & Contractors is the EPC division of NAFCO, a leader in structural steel detailing and fabrication for complex industrial and commercial projects, from some of the most extensive bulk material handling systems to test stands for NASA’s Mission to Mars rocket.
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March 2025
Wolf Point constructing new river barge load-out facility at Blue Creek mine
Wolf Point Engineers & Contractors has received a turn-key contract to provide total engineering, procurement, construction, start-up and commissioning of a river barge load-out facility at Warrior Met Coal’s Blue Creek steelmaking coal mine, outside Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
The project features two truck unloading stations feeding a 42-inch-wide stacking conveyor capable of handling 500 tons per hour. Three reclaim hoppers feed three vibratory feeders, each designed to handle 2,000 tons per hour, which are equipped with a fog dust suppression system. A 60-inch-wide, 3,000-ton-per-hour reclaim transfer conveyor runs through a concrete tunnel featuring a washdown pit, a sump pump and a six-foot-diameter emergency escape for safety. The material is then transferred to a 120-ton surge bin before being sent to a 72-inch-wide barge loadout conveyor capable of 3,000 tons per hour. Finally, coal is loaded onto river barges via a telescopic chute. All unloading, conveying, reclaiming and barge loading operations are controlled by a series of programmable logic controllers.
Wolf Point is responsible for all facets of engineering, including foundation design and structural and mechanical engineering, as well as the electrical controls. It is also responsible for the marine work, such as pile driving and installation of breasting dolphins. NAFCO is fabricating the structural steel and platework. Warrior Met Coal says the mine could produce up to $1.3 billion in metallurgical coal annually. The river barge load-out facility is scheduled to be operational in November 2025.
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June 2021

Wolf Point wins 2021 Excellence in Engineering Award
Wolf Point Engineers & Contractors was awarded the 2021 Excellence in Engineering Award by the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois (SEAOI) in the Best Industrial/Utility Project category for its work on Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company’s Sooner Generating Station Conveyors 10 & 11 Replacement Project, in Red Rock, Oklahoma. The awards competition is held each year to “recognize creative achievement in structural engineering via innovative structural designs and individual contributions that advance the profession,” says the SEAOI. The conveyor system handles Powder River Basin sub-bituminous coal. Wolf Point’s scope of work included engineering, procurement, fabrication, demolition and installation. Read more about the project here.
December 2020
Wolf Point completes substantial completion of the Conveyors 10 & 11 Replacement Project at the Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company Sooner Generating Station near Red Rock, Oklahoma
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The project consisted of replacing the aging walk-through galleries, support structures and over-2,100-foot-long, 36-inch-wide 740 TPH plant-feed conveyors 10 and 11 with completely new conveyors, 12.5-foot-diameter tubular galleries, chutes and new foundations. Wolf Point’s scope of work included engineering, procurement, fabrication, demolition and installation. Read more about the project here.
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October 2018
Amec Foster Wheeler hires Wolf Point for gypsum material handling system
The system will be an integral part of Louisville Gas & Electric’s upgrade to reduce pollution at the Mill Creek Generating Station, in Louisville, Kentucky. Wolf Point will provide layouts and general arrangement drawings, and well as structural steel, platework and mechanical drawings, and also procure motors and conveyor safety devices, including conveyor steel, idlers, belting and drives, in addition to transfer towers, gravity take-ups and primary and emergency radial stackers.​​
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Wolf Point Engineers & Contractors is the only company in the U.S. that provides estimating, design engineering, shop detailing, procurement, steel fabrication and installation with total control of project management, scheduling and delivery. Learn more about its industry-leading expertise.
Wolf Point designs and builds systems to move an array of raw and refined materials, from frac sand, coal and cement to fertilizer, biomass and wood chips. Check out several recent projects.