Railcar Unloading Rack Design with Secondary Containment

RAILCAR ETHANOL UNLOADING RACK PROBLEM

A major petroleum company retained Remtech Engineers to obtain building permits and provide construction management or a new ethanol railcar unloading rack at a petroleum terminal.

ETHANOL RAILCAR UNLADING RACK SOLUTION

➤  Remtech provided unloading rack siting, grounding review, fire detection/suppression review, submission of building permit drawings, and construction management services for this project.

➤  Remtech reviewed footing designs and integration of the unloading rack spill diversion routing into the plant’s existing AST tank farm’s secondary containment and treatment system.

➤  Building and fire prevention permits were obtained for construction of this facility.  

ETHANOL RAILCAR UNLOADING RACK DESIGN COST/BENEFITS

This project was completed on schedule and budget. The contractor was held responsible for removing and reinstalling inadequate rack footings caught by Remtech.