ports + terminals
our expertise
As a multi-disciplinary engineering company, Patrick offers a wide variety of services to support and improve port and marine infrastructure. We understand port and terminal projects are operationally-driven, seeking safe, efficient, and reliable infrastructure that meets business needs. Many of our clients rely on more than one mode of transportation at their terminals, including rail, truck, barge, and air. Our internal teams have professionals who are experts in each of these fields, dedicated to each mode of transportation, providing our ports and terminals clients with comprehensive solutions that include unique insight into each aspect of the project. Focusing on lifecycle and maintenance costs, operational efficiency, and above all safety, Patrick remains a go-to source for solutions to today’s most complex challenges at our nation’s ports and terminals.
our disciplines
Rail Engineering + Inspection
Roadway Design
Site + Civil
Structural Engineering, Bridges +Retaining Structures
Drainage + Hydraulics
Docks + Marine Structures
Shoreline Protection Design
Geotechnical Engineering
Constructability + Value Engineering
Product Movement + Optimization
Transloading – Bulk + Liquid
Local, State + Federal Permitting
Environmental Engineering + Dredging
Electrical Engineering + Power System Studies
Construction + Construction Management
Geospatial Services + Asset Management
our projects
Canadian National (CN) | Flat Rock Fuel Transload Terminal
Canadian National (CN) engaged Patrick on a design-build basis to develop a fuel transload facility in their Flat Rock, Michigan rail yard to accommodate the transfer of jet fuel from local delivery trucks into railcars. Patrick developed conceptual facility plans for alternative locations within the yard, performed all design services, represented CN at public meetings, obtained permits from the governing public agencies, and constructed the new facility. The project involved the construction of approximately 800 feet of new track, concrete pavement, drainage improvements, and detention that serves a dual role for spill containment. It also included stormwater management and electrical service to the facility. Patrick also constructed a temporary loading area to begin fuel transfer while the new permanent facility was designed and constructed.