#9. Pierce County Terminal wharf construction, Phase 2 dredging and Slip 5 mitigation, Phase 2

In late 2004, the Port of Tacoma will begin operations at the new Pierce County Terminal, the largest construction project in the port’s 86-year history. Located at the end of the 2.65-mile Blair Waterway, it will have a dedicated intermodal yard, several berths and associated infrastructure.

When finished, the terminal will be the base of operations for Evergreen Pacific Corp., a Taiwanese shipping company that handles a large part of the port’s trade.

In a joint venture, Manson Construction and Traylor Pacific are constructing some of the essential infrastructure components. Work includes a new 1,400-foot-long wharf structure that is large enough to support several wide-gauge container cranes.

Manson/Traylor is also responsible for dredging nearly 1.5 million cubic yards of sediment and transporting it to a disposal site in Commencement Bay.

A significant part of this project involves the confined placement of 125,000 cubic yards of dredged material at an underwater habitat construction site at Slip 5. The Wapato Creek outfall will also be relocated.

Evergreen Pacific will operate at a temporary location on Terminal 4 while the work is under way.

PROJECT PARTICIPANTS

Contractor: Manson Construction Co./Traylor Pacific JV, 2500 Alexander Ave. E., Tacoma, WA 98421, (253) 896-2505 Engineer: KPFF Consulting Engineers, 1601 Fifth Ave., Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, (206) 622-5822

Other Participants
Atlantic Track	Elcon Corp.	Excel Bridge
Glacier Northwest	Harris Rebar Seattle Inc.	Holroyd Co.
INCA Engineers	Jesse Engineering	Performance Abatement
Pipe and Piling	Rainier Steel	Rainier Welding
RW Rhine	Scarsella	Tucci & Sons
WB Arnold