Best Project, Airport/Transit: Port of Alaska Petroleum and Cement Terminal Phase 2
As the Port of Alaska’s primary petroleum dock and the state’s only bulk cement-handling dock, this facility is a key part of the port, which serves as the main intermodal transport hub for freight movement in the state. The Petroleum Oil Lubricants Terminal 1 was in critical condition leading up to this replacement effort, with corroded and splitting pipe piles and other damages exacerbated by a 2018 earthquake.
To achieve an early and under budget completion in October 2022, the project team tackled multiple challenges with careful planning and communication. The site’s extreme tidal variations, which can fluctuate up to 40 ft per cycle, impacted the available working height from barges and the velocity of the water during tide changes.