Mason & Hanger is a leader in providing planning, design, engineering and construction support services for munitions and industrial facilities for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Navy as well as other government agencies. This experience dates back almost 100 years to the beginning of WWI, when Mason & Hanger built the Old Hickory Black Powder Plant in Tennessee.
These projects have included detailed studies of resources (manpower, space, equipment, materials and information flow, and finances), value stream mapping, and customer volume demand through the techniques of time studies, simulations, LEAN and Six Sigma analysis.
Recent modernization projects include automated machine setup, automation of material handling (robots, automated conveyors, automated guided vehicles, etc.), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) that provides efficiency and enhanced safety for workers.
We have a well-established staff that are experienced working together with great success on very similar projects. We understand the intricate requirements for manufacturing facilities and provide our clients with unparalleled highly specialized design experience.
Mason & Hanger has designed more than 30 military industrial production facilities and processes, and is currently providing various design and engineering services for Holston Army Ammunition Plant, Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Joint Program Executive Office Armaments and Ammunition (Picatinny Arsenal), Watervliet Arsenal, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Indian Head Division (IHD), and the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant.
In providing full-discipline Architecture & Engineering (A/E) services supporting Munitions Modernization for the last century, Mason & Hanger has remained a mission-critical leader on key government projects including: