Q&D Construction facilitated the installation of 130,894 ft, or nearly 25 miles, of 12-in. coated-steel natural gas transmission pipeline from a main line valve near Willow Creek Reservoir to the Barrick Goldstrike Mine to replace propane as the fuel used for Goldstrike's gold ore processing operations. The pipeline installation work was done in a right-of-way that varies from 75 ft to 80 ft wide.
The new line is a branch off the Ruby Pipeline, a 678-mile, 42-in. interstate natural gas pipeline activated in July of 2011, originating in Wyoming and crossing through Utah, Northern Nevada and Southern Oregon to serve markets in California as well as several other Western states.