SEWARD STORAGE FACILITY

Krech Ojard has worked on multiple projects at the Seward Storage Facility in Seward, Alaska. Project at the salt water Seward Storage Facility have ranged from structural, marine and mechanical investigations of the current facility. Krech Ojard has also provided structural and mechanical upgrades, and long-term maintenance plans and other capital improvements.

Other projects at the Seward Storage Facility included equipment specifications, water reclamation and protection systems and also involved facility and equipment upgrades required to increase the rate of rail car unloading, stockpiling, reclaiming, and ship loading at the Seward Coal Transfer Facility. Rail car unloading and stockpiling rates were to increase from 3000 TPH to 4800 TPH. Reclaiming and ship loading rates were to increase from 1200 TPH to 2000 TPH.

The scope at the Seward Storage Facility has included reviewing current operational procedures and systems, prepared detailed design package (mechanical and structural engineering and design, material handling), equipment specification packages; modifications to conveyors, chutes, drives, structures, supports and electrical systems and development of a maintenance program that deals with long term saltwater environments.