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Hardy Toll Road Connector Requires Major Excavation By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT
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Crews in Texas continue making progress on the Hardy Toll Road Downtown Connector project, a 3.6-mi. toll road extension that will connect the existing Hardy Toll Road from its current southern end at Interstate 610 North Loop to downtown and U.S. Highway 59/IH 69. The project is supported entirely by revenue generated through tolls, and will benefit motorists and the community along the planned corridor. “It will provide a new connection directly into the Central Business District from north Houston, relieving existing highways of some volume,” said Matt Kainer, assistant director of maintenance and construction engineering of the Harris County Toll Road Harris County Toll Road Authority photo
The Hardy Toll Road Downtown Connector project is supported entirely by revenue generated through tolls, and will benefit motorists and the community along the planned corridor.
Authority (HCTRA). “The project has been planned for more than 25 years, but until an agreement was executed with the Houston Belt & Terminal [HB&T] and Union Pacific Railroad [UPRR] companies to relocate an existing rail line in 2012, nothing could move forward.” The Hardy Toll Road Downtown Connector will result in increased safety and convenience for drivers and pedestrians, with the removal The Lorraine project calls for 31,200 cu. yds. of roadway excavation; of the railroad crossings at 171,598 cu. yds. of detention pond excavation; 23,149 cu. yds. of storm Collingsworth, Lorraine and sewer excavation; and 8,385 cu. yds. of drilled shaft excavation, for a Quitman streets. Other benetotal of 234,332 cu. yds. of material to be excavated. fits include a reduction in
train signal noise, less traffic cutting through the neighborhood streets and new landscaping and green spaces. Kainer said the project was always envisioned to extend into downtown Houston, since the planning of the Hardy Toll Road in the 1980s. “HCTRA began coordinating agreements for this project with several agencies such as the city of Houston, UPRR, HB&T, BNSF Railway, and Harris County over several years, and about 2010 finally were able to agree to a direction.” Kainer noted that the Downtown Connector project faces several challenges.
“The project corridor runs through an established residential/industrial area, so coordination with all the affected parties will be critical. A few sections will be constructed in narrow ROW. The connection at IH610 will require several closures, elevated work and a sophisticated design. “The first phase of the project began with the relocation of the Houston Belt and Terminal rail line. Phase I will continue with the construction of three separate grade separations for Collingsworth, Lorraine and Quitman. Currently, these three streets cross the existing railroad see TEAM page 12
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It takes a lot of fuel to power the west Texas oil boom that’s driving U.S oil production to record levels. In Pecos, Texas, located in the gut of the Permian Basin, DeepWell Energy Services is responsible for the housing — trailers and skid houses, mostly — and service equipment that support each of those sites. This includes the upkeep and fueling of generators, fresh water tanks and light towers. In Pecos alone, DeepWell supports 18 oil rig sites, 12 fracking sites, and seven comprehensive living quarters. The company has additional operations across the Southern United States that include a construction division, rig hauling and water transportation. DeepWell started working in the Permian Basin in 2014, said Kyle Comeaux, the company’s operations manager. At that time the rental division, which supports all client living quarters, had one client. It now has as many as 30 at one time. For DeepWell, business is booming. So is its fuel consumption.
more vehicles — including upkeep and maintenance — to keep pace with demand. “Our old process would leave us shorthanded with all those trips going back and forth to the fuel pumps,” Comeaux said. “We were doing that every three days and we were at 100 percent capacity. It was to the point where we were going to hire three or four more people and purchase three or four more vehicles. The hardest thing to swallow was that when we didn’t have the guys running fuel, they were not generating revenue.” Not only was the fueling process cumbersome and inefficient, it also didn’t sync with
With its new MTT 690, DeepWell reduced its fueling staff to just one man who makes fuel runs every day, accounting for between 2,500 and 3,000 gal. being delivered daily.
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“You’re not going to get a fuel tanker to go and fill up a 50-gallon tank,” said Kyle Comeaux, DeepWell’s operations manager. Instead, DeepWell turned to Thunder Creek Equipment’s 690-gal. multi-tank trailer (MTT 690).
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ASCO Donates to Help Team Rubicon, SBP Rebuild Home Case Construction Equipment dealer ASCO recently provided a TR310 compact track loader and CX130D excavator to disaster recovery nonprofits Team Rubicon and project leader SBP. The equipment was used for demolition work before SBP could rebuild a Houston home that first was burnt to
the ground then flooded during Hurricane Harvey. Asha Ramraj and her husband first purchased the home in 2002. Together with their children, the Ramraj’s worked on making it a home. Years later, in 2015 the home burned to the ground, leaving only the laundry room intact. Ramraj’s husband passed away
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shortly after, leaving her alone to shoulder the burden of rebuilding while she lived in what remained of her home. Then in 2017, what was left of the Ramraj’s home was flooded during Hurricane Harvey. “Case Construction and ASCO were eager to work with Team Rubicon to support SBP in helping get this home rebuild off to a good start in any way we could,” said Michel Marchand, vice president, North America, Case Construction Equipment. “The resiliency of Ms. Ramraj in the face of continued hardship is truly incredible, and ASCO was ready to help immediately.” Team Rubicon collaborated with SBP, another disaster recovery nonprofit, with the demolition of the home, which would have set back SBP’s budget considerably. SBP plans to complete construction of the home in the coming months. “Here was this insanely resilient woman who had been through so much,” said Cli Roberts, executive director of SBP’s Houston operation. “We desperately wanted to help her get her home back. I don’t know how we could have done it without help from Team Rubicon, Case and ASCO.” For more information, visit TeamRubiconUSA.org and CaseCE.com/TeamRubicon.
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Lone Star Develops Export Terminal at Port of Corpus Christi The Port of Corpus Christi Commission approved a long-term (50-year) lease agreement with Lone Star Ports LLC, a joint venture between the Carlyle Group and the Berry Group, for approximately 200 acres on Harbor Island to develop a state-of-the-art petroleum export terminal. Featuring the latest in safety, security and environmental technologies, the facility will connect U.S. crude producers with all major international markets. The lease agreement between the Port of Corpus Christi Authority and Lone Star Ports will provide significant accretive value in the Port’s annual operating revenues, and the project is expected to create more highwage jobs and more economic prosperity for Port Aransas, Nueces County and throughout Texas. Lone Star Ports’ facility on Harbor Island is designed to be the deepest-draft safe harbor crude export facility in the nation when commissioned. Immediately upon completion, the facility’s two docks will have access
to the improved 56-ft. ship channel depth, making it the United States’ first and only onshore terminal capable of fully loading Suezmax vessels and nearly full loading Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs). Last month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded the first dredging contract for the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project to the largest U.S. dredging company, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLDD), to deepen the channel to a depth of 56 ft. from the channel entrance to Harbor Island, and a planned depth of 54 ft. throughout the rest of the harbor. “This long-term commitment is testament to the significance of the Corpus Christi gateway for American energy exports, which are expected to triple in the next decade,” said Sean Strawbridge, chief executive officer of the Port of Corpus Christi. “A 50-year lease agreement with the Carlyle Group and the Berry Group joint-venture company, Lone Star Ports, is not only com-
plementary to our existing marine terminal infrastructure but also positions the Port of Corpus Christi to be the preferred outlet for U.S.-produced crude exports serving all major global demand centers for generations to come.” “The Carlyle Group is enthusiastic about our shared vision with the Port of Corpus Christi Commission to develop an environmentally safe, world-class facility that will position Corpus Christi as a vital economic engine in Texas and around the globe,” said Ferris Hussein, managing director of The Carlyle Group. “The Harbor Island project would not be possible without the leadership shown by the Port’s commission and staff in their ongoing commitment to communities throughout the Coastal Bend region. This partnership is a great vote of confidence in Carlyle and our abilities to deliver generation changing infrastructure projects, and we take that responsibility seriously.” Civil works for this facility repurposing project have been under way for the past
year ahead of finalizing a definitive lease agreement, including the demolition of existing dock structures from a previous decades old Exxon crude import terminal on Harbor Island. The execution of this new lease enables the parties to commence major equipment and materials procurements and other construction efforts. “This project on Harbor Island is the next pivotal step in directing the growing crude oil production in the United States to global markets via our Port of Corpus Christi,” said Charles W. Zahn, Jr., Port of Corpus Christi Commission chairman. “The Berry Group looks forward to working with the Port of Corpus Christi and our partners at The Carlyle Group to continue to bring jobs and prosperity to Corpus Christi and the Gulf Coast community as we have for the last 65 years,” said Marty Berry, of The Berry Group. For more information, visit portcorpuschristi.com and carlyle.com.
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Oryx Midstream Services II LLC announced that its operating subsidiary, Oryx Delaware Oil Transport LLC has At its second Houston auction of the Houston auction included more than loader sold for $117,500 launched a binding open season to secure volume commit• A 2013 Caterpillar D6T XL dozer ments to support the proposed construction and development year, Ritchie Bros. sold more than 320 truck tractors, more than 325 trail4,400 equipment items over two days ers, more than 120 excavators, more sold for $102,500 of new crude oil transportation movements on its regional than 110 compactors, more than 50 for more than $47 million. crude oil transportation system serving the liquids-rich Delaware Basin in Texas and New Mexico. The binding Auction Quick Facts: More than 6,350 people registered skid steers, 45 dozers, 45 cranes, 160 open season commenced April 17, 2019 at 8 a.m. CDT and Houston, April 2019 to bid in the April 16 to 17 auction, aerial work platforms and more. All • Total gross transactional value — is scheduled to conclude at 5 p.m. CDT on May 31, 2019. including more than 4,900 registering items were sold without minimum bids The open season seeks to gauge shipper interest on makmore than $47 million to participate online. United States or reserve prices. • Amount sold to online bidders — ing commitments to one or both of the following proposed buyers purchased approximately 89 new movements: more than $29 million (62 percent) Sale Highlights percent of the equipment, including 46 • Originating from the ODOT Crane terminal near Crane, • Total registered bidders (in person • A 2005 Demag/Terex AC140 170percent purchased by Texas buyers, Texas, with a destination at Gray Oak Pipeline LLC’s prowhile international buyers from such ton 10x8x8 all-terrain crane sold for and online) — more than 6,350 • Registered online bidders — more posed Crane Station located near Crane, Texas; and countries as Australia, India and the $400,000 • Originating from the ODOT Midland terminal near • A 2008 Link-Belt 218 Hylab HSL than 4,900 United Kingdom purchased 11 percent • Total lots sold — more than 4,400 Midland, Texas with a destination at Plains All American, of the equipment. Online buyers pur- 110-ton crawler crane sold for • Number of sellers — more than L.P.’s Midland South Station located near Midland, Texas. $335,000 chased 62 percent of the assets. The proposed new origin and destination points will allow • A 2008 Grove RT890E 90-ton 4x4 650 “We continue to see record attenRitchie Bros. currently has more potential shippers from the Delaware basin to access downdance at our Texas events this year rough terrain crane sold for $215,000 • A 2015 Peterbilt 367 tri-drive with than 40,000 equipment items, trucks, stream markets within Texas and the Texas Gulf Coast. with another great crowd this week in Houston — up 33 percent year over National NBT40 40-ton boom truck and other assets listed for sale through Subject to shipper demand, required new infrastructure to its various marketplaces. The compa- enable the proposed new movements, including the conyear,” said Alan McVicker, regional sold for $305,000 • A 2014 Bomag RS446 4x4x4 soil ny’s next onsite auction in Texas will struction of new crude oil trunk lines and related terminal sales manager, Ritchie Bros. “Bidders be held in Fort Worth on May 14 to 15, facilities and infrastructure, are expected to be completed in were very active, competing on a great stabilizer sold for $155,000 the third quarter of 2019. • A 2012 Komatsu PC650LC-8EO 2019. selection of equipment consigned from “We are pleased to launch this open season seeking supFor more information, visit rbauc- port for additional movements on our regional transportation hydraulic excavator sold for $150,000 more than 650 owners.” • A 2012 Caterpillar 924K wheel tion.com and ironplanet.com. Equipment highlights in the April system. The ability to deliver crude oil to Gray Oak’s Crane Station and direct access to Plains’ Midland South Terminal significantly improves take-away optionality and provides added deliverability and increased flow assurance for our producer-customers and other potential shippers, to maximize the value of their crude oil,” said Brett Wiggs, Oryx Midstream Services’ chief executive officer. “Oryx’s infrastructure reach and recently commissioned new regional transportation capacity and crude oil segregation assets give us the required capabilities to respond to the market’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in partner- wall system south of Alamo, Donna, Weslaco, Progreso and requirements for incremental capacity and transportation of ship with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mercedes within Hidalgo County, Texas. The levee wall sys- discreet crude oil quality streams for refinery supply and/or began constructing approximately 13 mi. of the Rio Grande tem will be very similar to levee wall constructed in the export activities in the U.S. Gulf Coast.” Valley (RGV) Levee Wall System Project in early April on RGV area during 2008, but the system also will include allfederal land within the McAllen Station area of responsibil- weather roads, lighting, enforcement cameras, and other Open Season Information ity in Hidalgo County, Texas. The project area is to the west related technology. The binding open season process provides potential shipof Green Road, adjacent to Mission Main Canal and in The RGV Sector is the busiest sector in the nation and pers with the opportunity to obtain firm capacity on the proalignment with the existing IBWC earthen levee. Early con- accounts for more than 40 percent of the illegal alien appre- posed new movements by making commitments to ODOT struction activities such as clearing for this area were com- hensions, more than 43 percent of the seized marijuana in during the binding open season. Shippers that elect to exepleted in mid-February 2019. the southwest border for the fiscal year to date, and is second cute a transportation services agreement and make commitCBP will proceed with construction as real estate of the seized cocaine. RGV accounts for a large percentage ments to ODOT during the binding open season will receive becomes available within this project area. Based on lanfirm capacity rights up to an amount equal to each shipper’s guage in the Fiscal Year 2019 CBP appropriation, levee wall of the southwest border illegal alien apprehensions and nar- elected volume commitment. construction will not take place at Bentsen State Park or the cotic seizures and the majority of its activity is occurring in A copy of the open season notice, which provides a highareas where RGV has limited infrastructure, access and level summary of the key terms set forth in ODOT’s transNational Butterfly Center. On Oct. 31, 2018, on behalf of CBP, USACE awarded a mobility, and technology. portation services agreement, can be found on Oryx’s public CBP continues to implement President Trump’s website at oryxmidstream.com/customer-center. A copy of contract to SLSCO Ltd in the amount of $145 million to construct approximately 6 mi. of levee wall system. CBP Executive Order 13767 — also known as Border Security the transportation services agreement, as well as a copy of anticipates completing approximately five of the six miles and Immigration Enforcement Improvements — and con- ODOT’s open season procedures, which provides a more due to changes in DHS appropriations language for fiscal tinues to take steps to expeditiously plan, design and con- detailed summary of the key terms in the transportation servyear 2019. USACE also awarded another contract to struct a physical wall along the southern border, using appro- ices agreement, will be available to interested shippers upon SLSCO Ltd on Nov. 11, 2018 in the amount of approximate- priate materials and technology to most effectively achieve the execution of a confidentiality agreement with ODOT. For more information, visit oryxmidstream.com. ly $167 million to construct approximately 8 mi. of levee operational control of the southern border.
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a new bridge over the top of the railroad tracks. Key elements of the project include drilled shaft retaining walls, a storm water pump station and multiple stormwater detention ponds. Kainer is hopeful the weather will cooperate. “In Houston, we don’t typically get weather that’s cold enough to impact construction activities. As such, we are able to work year-round without having to take any additional measures to ensure that construction can continue. Rain will always impact roadway construction projects, especially at the beginning when underground work and foundations are constructed. However, contractors in the region are accustomed to dealing with these conThe drilled shafts are excavated using crane- ditions.” mounted drill rigs. The rest of the excavation The ROW acquired to construct the will be handled by tracked excavators. Once Lorraine grade separation consisted of the roadway excavation is complete, the a mix of residential and industrial paving will be performed using slip-form properties, including some that were paving machines. abandoned. “There are four main excavation 2019. The Quitman project will move to components to this project — drilled shaft construction at the same time as the retaining walls, roadway, storm sewer and Downtown Connector project, which will detention ponds,” Kainer. “Due to start in the first quarter of 2020, and will last Houston’s proximitysaid to the coast, as well as approximately three years. the region’s generally poor soil characterisThe Lorraine project will actually go tics, combined with a high water table, excaunder the existing railroad tracks, whereas vation of the drilled shafts for the retaining the Collingsworth project involved building walls will be done using bentonite slurry.”
The Lorraine project calls for 31,200 cu. yds. of roadway excavation; 171,598 cu. yds. of detention pond excavation; 23,149 cu. yds. of storm sewer excavation; and 8,385 cu. yds. of drilled shaft excavation, for a total of 234,332 cu. yds. of material to be excavated. The drilled shafts are excavated using crane-mounted drill rigs. The rest of the excavation will be handled by tracked excavators. Once the roadway excavation is complete, the paving will be performed using slip-form paving machines. Regarding the main materials used during construction, said Kainer, “As this is a roadway job, the majority of the material used is concrete. That includes the drilled shaft retaining walls, roadway pavement and storm sewer.” The most time-consuming part of the Loraine assignment also is one of the most critical. “The quantity of excavation to be performed on this job is quite large, considering the relatively short length of the roadway project. Since a large quantity of the material to be excavated is potentially contaminated, additional steps must be taken to protect both the workers and the public. This adds a layer of complexity to the work, as each load must be properly accounted for to ensure that all environmental regulations are complied with.” According to Kainer, the surrounding
community has been generally accepting of the construction activities. The opening of the Collingsworth grade separation was well-received, as it allows drivers to cross the railroad tracks without being delayed by the high number of trains moving through the area on a daily basis. “HCTRA is dedicated to completing this transportation project to improve mobility in the area, while taking into consideration the surrounding neighborhoods. During construction, the traffic control plan is in place to keep traffic flowing safely though the area, with safe access for pedestrians.” Landscaping for the project will be in accordance with the Texas Department of Transportation’s “Green Ribbon Corridor Aesthetic and Landscaping Masterplan.” According to the official project website, the intent is to use trees, shrubs and grasses planted along all roadways, if possible, for appearance and increased safety. The plan focuses on plants native to the state, or that have become adapted to growing in the area, in order to reduce maintenance. Existing trees within the construction zone are preserved, when possible. As for the ongoing construction, Kainer said the lengthy planning and countless hours spent by crews at the job site will be worth it, in the end. “Once the project is complete, both drivers and pedestrians will have safer, faster access through the corridor.” CEG
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