Sims Metal's $1.3 Million Environmental & Safety Improvements

The Redwood City Port Commission has approved plans by Sims Metal Management for $1.3 million in enhancements to the facility at 699 Seaport Blvd., Redwood City. The Port owns the land.

The company before year's end plans to enclose two structures - one relating  to the shredder and one to its materials recovery plant. The enclosures will provide a safer environment for equipment and operations. They will reduce noise and steam emissions and improve fugitive dust emissions from the equipment that is currently exposed to the environment.

Sims recycles more than 200,000 vehicles and other metal products per year, and is the Port's largest exporter to Asia.

The structures will be erected by AM Star Construction, Inc., which has constructed several successful projects in Redwood City.