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BURK-KLEINPETER,
INC. (BKI) was contracted by the St.
Bernard Port, Harbor & Terminal
District to design and provide
construction administration for the
repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of
Dock Number 1 at the Chalmette Slip. The
90-year-old warehouse and dock apron
needed updating to meet modern port
requirements and to ease cargo-handling
operations.
BKI
increased the load-carrying capacity of
the dock apron and warehouse floor from
450-psf to 1,000-psf by designing a new
foundation and deck system to meet modern
port requirements, widened the dock apron
from 20 feet to 60 feet for better
material handling, and replaced the old
transit shed with a new warehouse facility
on the dock apron for covered storage of
cargo with a rail siding adjacent to the
warehouse for loading general cargo into
rail cars.
BKI
assisted in obtaining all necessary
permits from the Corps of Engineers and
other regulatory agencies. BKI also
prepared the Ports Construction
Development Priority Program application
that resulted in the Port being awarded $3
million in funds toward the $12 million
construction cost.
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