The plant, which is expected to be completed and fully operational by early 2015, will use the Aconex Online Collaboration Platform to manage project information and processes across a multi-company team of contractors, consultants, subcontractors, and vendors involved in construction of the new plant.
The Aconex platform is expected to provide a secure, neutral collaboration system to manage work flows and processing RFIs, documents, drawings, and correspondence.
The plant will be the first full-scale commercial black pellet production facility in the world, with an output capacity of 275,000 metric tons per year, according to Zilkha.
The Zilkha Black Pellet, which is made of woody biomass, has higher energy density than conventional white pellets, without the safety risks, and is waterproof to decrease storage and transportation costs.
Zilkha Biomass Energy engineering vice president Clyde Stearns said, "In the future, we expect to use Aconex on more complex projects with larger teams and greater volumes of information."
