The Port of Long Beach (POLB) is executing the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility Program (Program), which will enhance on-dock rail capacity at the port’s shipping terminals, speeding the movement of cargo and strengthening the port’s competitiveness. To relieve terminal and roadway congestion, future on-dock rail terminal operations will involve movements of small cuts of rail cars into and out of supporting yards with greater speed to accommodate long unit trains in the port. The Program addresses this congestion issue by reconfiguring, expanding, and enhancing the capacity of the existing Pier B Rail Facility. The 14-year, nearly $1-billion Program will provide for additional rail car storage and staging with 38 storage tracks totaling 93,000 track ft, allowing terminals and railroad operators the necessary space to operate efficiently. Besides track improvements, the Program includes extensive (POLB and third party) utility relocations, real estate property acquisitions (including business relocations), roadways, pump stations, structures (including bridges and buildings), compressed air, and many other improvements. Faced with increasing pressures to relieve congestion exacerbated by historically high COVID-19 shipping volumes, the highly complex Program charted a construction path forward, which balances (1) the duty to impacted business to be afforded due process, (2) being responsible stewards of capital funds, and (3) addressing the congestion issue as fast as possible. This paper will provide an overview of the complex multidiscipline nature of the Program, the main real estate constraints with highly variable timelines, and the process to arrive at a counter-intuitive contracting solution that eases congestion quickly while allowing POLB to capitalize on opportunities as they arise.


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    Title :

    Bigger Isn’t Better—Managing Uncertainty to Phase the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    16th Triennial International Conference ; 2022 ; Honolulu, Hawaii


    Published in:

    Ports 2022 ; 429-437


    Publication date :

    2022-09-15




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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