United Equipment Accessories

United Equipment Accessories, a family-owned company founded in 1952, is a manufacturer of custom slip rings, cable reels, shift controls and Hydraulic Swivels for operating equipment manufacturers. Located in Waverly, UEA is one of the largest slip ring manufacturers in the world, and is a staple of Iowa manufacturing with worldwide reach.

UEA needed to grow their production space without disrupting operations for an extended period of time. The Story team proposed building the addition overtop of the existing connected manufacturing space and tearing down the existing space within the new building. This would include phasing the project so that a portion of the new manufacturing space would be finished for the owner to occupy while the existing building was demolished, and the rest of the new building would be finished for full occupancy. By UEA’s estimates, this approach prevented a month of production downtime and allowed the company to continue producing and shipping products to their clients.

The new addition is a 29,550 sq. ft. NUCOR pre-engineered metal building with two recessed loading docks and an at-grade overhead door for delivery and product distribution. The project was completed in August 2020 and took just over a year from groundbreaking to substantial completion.