Gannett Fleming Compressed Natural Gas Qualifications

Compressed Natural Gas Qualifications
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Alternative Fuel Studies and
Facility Design
When it comes to planning and designing
maintenance facilities and fueling stations
for natural gas fuel vehicles (NGVs),
Gannett Fleming delivers. We have designed
specialized ancillary facilities, such as services
buildings for fueling and cleaning compressed
natural gas (CNG) vehicles, in addition to
providing services during their construction,
equipment procurement, and acceptance
testing phases. All of this requires knowledge
of CNG and its fueling system layouts.
Our personnel are knowledgeable about the
latest available equipment for fueling vehicles
and are familiar with National Fire Protection
Association, local, state, and national codes.
Because of our expertise, we assisted the U.S.
Department of Transportation and the Federal
Transit Administration in developing a clean
air program – Design Guidelines for Bus Transit
Systems Using Compressed Natural Gas as an
Alternative Fuel.
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Professional Services
Gannett Fleming provides professional
services for vehicle maintenance, fueling,
and transit facilities in the following areas:
• Bid proposals evaluation and
recommendation
• CNG code compliance assessments
• CNG fueling station feasibility studies
• CNG fueling station design
• Site planning and design
• Transit facility CNG design
The CNG Team
The Gannett Fleming CNG team has
close to 20 Natural Gas Vehicle Institute
(NGVi) trained personnel in CNG fueling
station design. Our employees come
from a variety of disciplines including:
mechanical, electrical, structural, industrial,
fire protection/plumbing, transit, and
construction management. This enables the
whole team to understand the design and
construction of a CNG fueling station.
Our CNG team also offers a turnkey
solution for your CNG project. From
planning and design, through construction
management and implementation, our team
has the capability and capacity to make your
transition to CNG as painless and timely as
possible, allowing you to realize the return
on your investment sooner. With Gannett
Fleming on your team, we do our job, so
that you can focus on doing yours.
• Construction management and
inspection
• Coordination with authorities having
jurisdiction
• Cost estimating and scheduling
• Energy utilization and conservation
• Environmental services
• Existing facilities expansion feasibility
• Existing systems rehabilitation
recommendations
• Grant writing assistance
• Hazardous substance clean-up
• Natural gas pipeline design and
engineering
• Permitting
• Preparation of plans, specifications, and
contract documents
• Project administration and liaison to
partnering agencies.
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Gannett Fleming assisted the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal
Transit Administration in developing a clean air program - Design Guidelines for
Bus Transit Systems Using Compressed Natural Gas as an Alternative Fuel.
Project Delivery Methods
LEED® Consulting Services
Gannett Fleming has provided innovative
contracting for more than 20 years.
With experience in contractor teaming
and construction-driven design, our
professionals excel at developing efficient
solutions in a variety of delivery methods,
including design-bid-build, design-build,
engineering, procurement, and construction
(EPC), and construction management at
risk projects. Our project teams understand
the level of commitment necessary to
be successful, thrive under accelerated
schedules, and manage change efficiently
and effectively. Our approach to successful
projects includes:
Achieving the requirements of the LEED®
rating system is a priority of many facility
owners. Gannett Fleming’s LEED accredited
professionals (APs) can help you meet
this goal or simply achieve the sustainable
design you desire. Our firm provides LEED
administration and consulting services for
building owners, developers, and design
teams seeking new and existing buildings that
are environmentally responsible and energy
efficient. We have participated in the design
and construction of LEED projects for more
than a decade as both designers and LEED
team administrators. Our experience gives our
team in-depth knowledge in the fundamentals
of energy conservation in combination with
better building designs. We are constantly
ranked among the top Green Design Firms by
Engineering News-Record.
• Assembling a team of highly qualified
professionals to meet requirements
• Coordinating public involvement
activities
• Keeping the client informed of
our progress and coordinating all
stakeholders
• Listening and understanding client
requirements and concerns
• Preparing planning and environmental
studies to reach a Record of Decision
• Providing an uncompromising
commitment to quality control through
ISO 9001:2008 certification
• Providing strong project management
that provides leadership to the team
• Working within client budgetary and
cost constraints.
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We provide:
• Education
• Implementation
• LEED design and support services
• LEED registration application
preparation and review
• Project assessment and strategic plans
• Project management
• Visioning and goal setting.
Project Experience
Moraine Transfer Facility CNG Fueling Station Design and Construction Phase Services
Moraine, Ohio
Montgomery County Environmental Services
Montgomery County Environmental
Services (MCES), through its Solid Waste
District, chose to add a CNG fueling station
to the Moraine Transfer Facility in Moraine,
Ohio. The CNG fueling station is expected
to attract additional manufacturing and
logistics companies with the alternative
fuel option, as well as support existing
companies.
As a subconsultant to R.W. Setterlin
Building Company, Gannett Fleming is
providing the design and construction
phase services for the design-build of the
cascade fast-fill CNG fueling station. In
addition to the preparation of 60, 90, and
100 percent design drawings for the owner’s
approval, our firm assisted in obtaining the
necessary permits.
By replacing its aging fleet with the CNGfueled vehicles, MCES will reduce its
operational costs by approximately $150,000
per year. It is expected, through fuel savings
alone, that the CNG station will pay for itself
within 20-30 years.
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CNG Fueling Station and Building Modifications
Williamsport, Pa.
River Valley Transit
Gannett Fleming provided design- and
construction-phase services for a fastfill CNG fueling station for River Valley
Transit (RVT). The project also included
modifications to the bus maintenance and
storage areas for CNG code compliance.
The design work involved provisions for
a publicly accessible CNG fueling station.
Our firm designed the equipment, including
the dispensers for both public and private
islands, and electrical upgrades. The CNG
equipment includes two 467 standard
cubic feet per minute (scfm) compressors,
72,000 scf of storage, a dual tower autoregeneration dryer, a defueling panel, and
three dispensers with transit and non-transit
nozzles. Additionally, our firm provided
on-site construction management and
commissioning services for the CNG fueling
station and the building modifications.
The CNG fueling station is connected to
a 500-kW diesel generator for operation
during a power outage. The transit fuel
island allows simultaneous fueling for two
transit buses. The public island has one
dispenser and two hoses. RVT is in the
process of converting its 30-bus fleet to run
on CNG.
As an interim measure to fuel CNG buses
until the permanent system was functioning,
our firm, along with the Natural Gas Vehicle
Institute, coordinated the lease of a trailermounted time-fill CNG station capable
of providing 50 diesel gallon equivalents
in eight hours. The portable station had
two compressor modules, that produced
eight cubic feet per minute, two gas dryers,
controls, and two time-fill posts.
My experience with Gannett Fleming began when they provided construction oversight
on my ARRA project a couple of years ago. I noticed immediately their attention to
detail and concern for the client’s interests. I continue today to seek Gannett Fleming’s
services. I can rely on them to provide high quality deliverables.
- William Nichols, Jr., General Manager,
River Valley Transit and Endless Mountains Transportation Authority
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McKinley Avenue Facility Renovations for CNG Bus Fleet
Columbus, Ohio
Central Ohio Transit Authority
Gannett Fleming, as part of a team,
prepared bidding documents for alterations
and additions to the Central Ohio Transit
Authority’s (COTA) 30-year-old McKinley
Avenue bus maintenance facility and
storage garage. Tasks involved design- and
construction-phase services for the CNG
compressing plant and fueling islands,
structural elements of facilities and building
modifications, and site improvements.
The fast-fill CNG fueling system
accommodates fuel-dispensing equipment
for up to four fueling lanes. Alterations
and additions to the 400,000-square-foot
facility allow it to provide fueling, servicing,
maintenance, and storage for a fleet of up
to 240 CNG buses. The addition includes a
CNG compressing plant with gas dryers,
compressors driven by electric motors,
buffer storage, fueling dispensers, controls,
and a defueling system.
Our firm also designed upgrades to the
exterior bus travel lanes to access the new
CNG fueling lanes and to align with new
entrances to the existing garage.
We also provided structural design support
for the replacement of 16 12-foot-high
overhead doors with 14-foot-high doors;
two new building entrances; a new heating,
ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC)
system; alterations and additions in the bus
facility maintenance areas and mezzanine;
and a new support building adjacent to the
CNG fueling lanes.
Gannett Fleming provided the educational
support that COTA staff did not have at
the time we needed it through the design
of our CNG project. They supplied us with
responsive, detailed, technical information
that allowed us to make the right decisions.
The Gannett Fleming team has a wealth of
information and experience about CNG to
allow us to make sound decisions.
-Tim Smith, Director, Facilities
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East Liberty and Manchester Garages
CNG Feasibility Studies and 30 Percent
Design Documents
Allegheny County, Pa.
Port Authority of Allegheny County
Gannett Fleming performed CNG feasibility
studies and prepared 30 percent design
documents at the East Liberty garage, and is
contracted to do the same at the Manchester
maintenance facility. Work included
conducting a CNG code compliance
assessment at both locations, properly sizing
a fast-fill CNG station at East Liberty and
a time-fill station at Manchester, preparing
concept layouts, preparing the feasibility
study reports, preparing opinions of cost,
and preparing 30 percent design documents.
Work also included coordinating with
jurisdictional authorities and with utility
companies for natural gas and electric
service.
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CNG Public-Private-Partnership
(P3) Program Management and
Construction Management Oversight
Services
Statewide Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
In an effort to realize cost savings and
improve efficiencies of existing stations, the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
(PennDOT) established a public-privatepartnership (P3) to construct CNG fueling
stations across the commonwealth. The
partnership also takes into account CNG
code-related facility improvements, which
will bring several existing facilities into
CNG code compliance.
Gannett Fleming was chosen as the program
manager for the $84.5 million CNG P3
project. The contract provides for 29 CNG
fueling stations to be constructed at public
transit agency sites and for related facility
modifications at select transit agencies
through the 20-year P3 agreement. In
addition to program management, our
firm also will perform design reviews for
code compliance and provide construction
management oversight.
CNG Compressor Replacement and
Bus Garage Upgrade
Howell, N.J.
CNG Code Compliance Assessment of
Bus Facility
Duncannon, Pa.
New Jersey Transit Corporation
Rohrer Bus
As part of the design team of BEM Systems
Inc., Gannett Fleming, and Naik Consulting
Group, P.C., our firm provided the majority
of technical design services for 30 percent
design-build documents related to the
replacement and upgrade of the CNG
compressor station and fueling station study
at the New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJT)
Howell Township bus facility. This project
involved replacing a CNG compressor
station that was at end-of-service life and
conducting an additional fueling area
feasibility study. NJT plans to increase their
CNG bus fleet at this facility from 76 CNG
buses to 160 CNG buses.
Rohrer Bus wanted to safely perform
maintenance on its growing fleet of natural
gas vehicles. Gannett Fleming performed
a CNG code-compliance assessment for
Rohrer’s maintenance, body, and paint
shop facility in Duncannon, Pennsylvania.
A physical review of the facility was
performed and an assessment was
prepared that adhered to national and
industry standards, including National
Fire Protection Association regulations,
International Fire Code regulations, and
International Mechanical Code regulations.
The project included three CNG
compressors of 2130 scfm each and
associated gas utility supply, dryers,
buffer storage, and electrical controls.
Gannett Fleming’s effort involved
mechanical, electrical, industrial design,
structural, civil/site, architectural,
construction management, and
estimating disciplines. The construction cost
is $5.1 million.
Our final report of findings included
four options, which were all CNG code
compliant for major repairs. We also
included minimum items, requiring
upgrade to the facility to meet major
repair criteria. Opinion of probable costs
were prepared and provided for each
modification option.
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CNG Fueling Station Feasibility Study
and Code Compliance Assessment
Mansfield, Pa.
Endless Mountains Transportation
Authority
The Endless Mountains Transportation
Authority (EMTA) purchased Natural Gas
Vehicles (NGV) with a goal to have their
50-vehicle fleet 100 percent CNG-fueled
by 2023. To help accomplish this, EMTA
contracted with Gannett Fleming to study
the feasibility of constructing a CNG
fueling station at their Mansfield site and
renovating their existing facility to be CNG
code compliant.
The CNG fueling station feasibility study
included a review of the zoning ordinance
and subdivision and land development
ordinance (SALDO). State and local building
codes, local ordinances, and national and
industry standards applicable to NGVs and
infrastructure also were reviewed. Our firm
provided EMTA with a cost estimate to
construct the CNG fueling station.
Our firm also conducted a code compliance
assessment of their existing facility in
Mansfield to determine the renovation
costs associated with making it CNG code
compliant.
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CNG Fueling Station
Athens, Pa.
Endless Mountains Transportation
Authority
EMTA contracted with Gannett Fleming to
provide professional services to prepare the
performance specifications for the purchase
of CNG fueling station equipment and to
provide bid phase services, construction
phase services, and construction
management services.
Our firm prepared the performance
specifications for the EMTA CNG
fueling station equipment using the
Williams Oil performance requirements.
Gannett Fleming also performed bid phase
services, construction phase services, and
construction management services.
The performance specification and
plans package for the CNG fueling
station equipment included industrial/
shop equipment drawings, technical
specifications and special provisions
including construction staging and
execution.
CNG Compressor Station and
Fueling Facilities Diesel and Gasoline
Fueling Storage and Dispensing
Facilities Replacement and Upgrades
New York, N.Y. and Westchester, N.Y.
Large Utility Provider
Gannett Fleming provided complete design
and construction-related services for three
sites. Our firm’s scope included engineering
design, technical specifications, construction
drawings and details, cost estimates, and
other documents necessary for obtaining
permits and constructing the upgrades
and flood hardening to the existing CNG,
diesel, and gasoline storage and fueling
systems at these locations. The installation
consisted of removing and replacing
CNG equipment, including compressor
skid, storage cylinders, scrubber, and
a fuel dispensing system; removal and
replacement of underground diesel and
gasoline storage tanks, and fuel dispensers;
and associated controls, lighting, and
power feeds. Both sites serve the client’s
utility and administrative vehicles. One
site additionally provides CNG fueling to
other area agencies that utilize CNG-fueled
vehicles.
Gannett Fleming’s effort involved
mechanical, electrical, industrial design,
structural, civil/site, architectural,
construction management, and estimating
disciplines.
Grand Avenue Bus Depot and Central
Maintenance Facility
Queens, N.Y.
New York City Transit
Gannett Fleming served as the lead
designer on a design-build project to
construct the Grand Avenue Bus Depot
and Central Maintenance Facility for
New York City Transit, an affiliate of the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
The 750,000-square-foot, three-story
facility includes (CNG) bus tank fueling
and defueling stations, a 120,000-squarefoot rehabilitated CNG bus garage, and a
new, 90,000-square-foot CNG maintenance
facility.
This first-of-its-kind facility for New York
City provides diesel and CNG fueling, bus
servicing, indoor storage, and running
repairs. It includes five 1,500 standard cubic
feet per minute natural gas compressors,
two twin tower gas dryers, three fast-fill
dispensers, and an air compressor module
for the CNG system. The system is designed
for an average fill time of four minutes.
Gannett Fleming also provided design
project management; geotechnical services;
civil, environmental, and industrial
engineering; structural design; equipment
specifications; facility commissioning; and
design support services during construction.
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Alternative Fuels Options
Consulting Services
University Park, Pennsylvania
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Gannett Fleming, in association with Ben
Franklin Technology Partners, explored
the expanding market for converting from
gasoline to a natural gas or propane fuel.
Increasingly across the Commonwealth,
transit agencies and other large fleets are
converting from gasoline to natural gas or
propane to save costs, expand services, and
gain environmental benefits.
The study culminated in a White Paper
titled, “Opportunities to Use Natural
Gas and Propane as a Transportation
Fuel in Pennsylvania. “The collaborative
study serves as an educational guide for
Pennsylvania’s commercial and industrial
businesses who are considering purchasing
CNG or propane vehicles, converting
existing gasoline fleets, or installing a
natural gas fueling station.
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We Care CNG Fueling Station
Buffalo, New York
We Care
We Care is Western New York’s largest
non-emergency health care transportation
provider. To stay competitive, reduce costs,
and expand services, We Care is spending
$15 million to convert its transportation
fleet to CNG-fueled vehicles, to retrofit its
maintenance garage to accommodate the
vehicles, and to add a CNG fueling station.
Gannett Fleming, as a subconsultant to
Beavers Petroleum & Alternative Fuels,
prepared mechanical and electrical
drawings that were necessary to secure the
required permits from the city of Buffalo,
New York, for the CNG fueling station.
Our services included drawings for the
electric service secondary power plan, CNG
equipment pad layout plan, and the overall
site piping and instrumentation diagram.
CNG \ LNG Experience
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LNG
Final Design
Construction
Concept Layouts
Facility Code Compliance
Assessments
Feasibility Studies
Design
Management
SERVICES
Arizona
Phoenix - South Division Bus Garage
California
Garden Grove and Anaheim - Bus Fueling Facilities
Oxnard - Impact Study and Expenditures Plan for Alternative
Fuel Use
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Tulare County - CNG Fueling Facility
Victorville - Bus Facility Study
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Woodland - CNG Fueling Station
Woodland - Bus Maintenance Facility Conversion
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Marion County - Truck Fueling and Maintenance Facility
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Indianapolis - Belmont Municipal Fueling Facility
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Baltimore - Bus Fueling Facility
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Baltimore - Commuter Rail Maintenance and Layover Facility
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Connecticut
Manchester - Bus Garage
Norwich - Bus Facility
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Indiana
Indianapolis - Bus Maintenance Facility
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Maryland
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Michigan
Detroit - Trolley Bus Facility
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CNG \ LNG Experience (continued)
LNG
Construction
Management
Final Design
Concept Layouts
Facility Code Compliance
Assessments
Feasibility Studies
PROJECT/LOCATION
Design
Inspection
SERVICES
Nationwide
Alternative Fuel Bus Facilities Costs
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Alternative Fuels Impact Trucking Study
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Bus Facility Conversion Cost Studies
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CNG Dispersion Model
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New Jersey
Howell - CNG Compressor Replacement and Bus Garage Upgrade
Howell - Fueling Area Study
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Wall Township - Herbertsville Bus and Truck Inspection Facility
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Albuquerque - Bus Facility
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Albuquerque - West Side Transit Facility
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New York
Buffalo - We Care
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Ithaca - Bus Maintenance and Administration Facility
Queens - College Point Bus Facilities
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Queens - Grand Avenue Bus Depot and Central Maintenance Facility
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Westchester - Compressor Station and Fueling Facility
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Columbus - McKinley Avenue Facility Renovations for CNG Bus Fleet
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Moraine - Moraine Transfer CNG Fueling Station
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Ohio
Cleveland - Renovation of Hayden District Garage and CNG
Fueling Station
Columbus - CNG Feasibility Study
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Management
Construction
Final Design
Concept Layouts
Facility Code Compliance
Assessments
Feasibility Studies
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Pennsylvania
Athens - CNG Fueling Station
Duncannon - CNG Code Compliance Assessment of Bus Facility
Mansfield - CNG Fueling Station Feasibility Study and Code
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Muncy - Code Compliance Assessment
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Pittsburgh - East Liberty and Manchester Garages CNG Feasibility
Studies and 30 Percent Design Documents
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Pittsburgh - West Mifflin Bus Facility
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State College - CATA
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State College - Maintenance Garage CNG Upgrade
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Statewide - CNG Public-Private-Partnership (P3) Program
Management and Construction Management Oversight Services
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Williamsport - CNG Fueling Station and Building Modifications
University Park - Ben Franklin Technology Partners
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Texas
San Antonio - Alternative Fuels Trucking Study
San Antonio - Bus Maintenance Conversion
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Washington
Tacoma - Bus Maintenance Facility Conversion
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Scott Schriner, PE
CNG Program Manager
t: 717.763.7211 x2183
c: 717.599.2634
[email protected]
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