Albemarle - PLUTO Project
Project Sheet
- Project Name
- Albemarle - PLUTO Project
- Project Type
- Construction
- City
- Bayport
- State
- Texas
- Region
- Texas South
- Date Completed
- 2007
- Owner Name
- Albemarle Corporation
- Cost
- $24MM/$53MM TIC
- Description
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The Albemarle PLUTO project was a fast-track reimbursable EPC contract for installation of a greenfield catalyst unit and retrofit of an existing catalyst unit.
Austin's multi-disciplined scope of work included civil, structural, mechanical, piping, and electrical/instrument crafts. Approximately 20 percent of the total work was performed in an operating unit environment, including mini-outages for tie-in work. Scope also included infrastructure upgrades of utility systems including chiller, cooling tower, and instrument air compressor. Significant material-handling and instrumentation scope, including Austin assistance in plant start-up and turnover. Project peaked at 350 Austin employee-owners, expending 492,060 work hours with a total recordable incident rate of 0.81. Austin's scope was valued at $24 million with overall project TIC valued at $53 million.
- Size
- 492,060 work hours
- Business Segment
- Oil, Gas, Chemicals
