As a multi-disciplinary engineering company, RINA North America 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, RINA North America remains a go-to source for solutions to today’s most complex challenges at our nation’s ports and terminals.
- Rail Engineering and Inspection
- Roadway Design
- Site and Civil
- Structural Engineering, Bridges and Retaining Structures
- Drainage and Hydraulics
- Docks and Marine Structures
- Shoreline Protection Design
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Constructability and Value Engineering
- Product Movement and Optimization
- Transloading – Bulk and Liquid
- Local, State and Federal Permitting
- Environmental Engineering and Dredging
- Electrical Engineering and Power System Studies
- Construction and Construction Management
- Geospatial Services and Asset Management
We were awarded a design-build contract from the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to replace the aging steam utilities and support infrastructure at the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
In addition to designing and installing a new steam and condensate system to serve the Poe and MacArthur Locks, we also constructed a new tunnel linking the existing underground utility galleries and replaced four underground stairwells.
Maintaining site security, accommodating lock operations, and mobilizing construction materials and equipment between the locks are just a few of the challenges that Patrick overcame to complete this project.
We were also awarded an amendment to the contract for the design of a new compressed air generation and distribution system.
We constructed the phase 1 traffic flow improvements at the Wando Welch Terminal operated by the South Carolina Port Authority (SCPA).
The traffic flow improvements included the addition of extra outbound lanes to the facility and a number of other optimizations to improve the flow of the over 6,000 trucks traveling through the facility each day.
We constructed concrete and asphalt pavement, outbound lane structures, foundations, and electrical/security infrastructure.
Canadian National (CN) engaged us 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.
We 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.
We also constructed a temporary loading area to begin fuel transfer while the new permanent facility was designed and constructed.
NRG contacted our company to assist in the evaluation and repair of an old dock wall that had experienced a structural failure at their former Collins Generating Station in Morris, Illinois.
We performed investigation and design services, along with construction estimates, to stabilize and partially demolish the dock wall for future stability and safety. The design approach was selected in order to reduce the risk of failure and to mitigate the safety risk to the general public on the adjacent Illinois River.
We also served as the general contractor to perform the repairs, which included demolition of select upper portions of the dock wall, slope stabilization, underwater demolition, and tieback installation.
Following completion of the repairs, our design team performed additional monitoring services to help detect any pending failures along other sections of the wall before they might occur.
