Project Type: Process Module Loadout
Location: Houma, LA
Weight: 3200 & 4000 Tons

Job Details:
Yes, it’s that big. Colossal would be the correct term for these two modules that the Berard Team was recently commissioned to loadout in Houma Louisiana. Weighing in at 4000 and 3200 tons, the 165’L x 90’W x 70’H and 150’L x 87’W x 70’H modules are destined to become part of the Nikaitchuq Development Project in Prudhoe Bay
Alaska. The modules were transported through the fabrication yard using 144 lines of spmts (consisting of 736 tires) and involved several tight maneuvers to pass the enormous loads between obstacles and a ninety degree turn to begin the loadout onto two 400’ long deck barges. The job was performed safely, on time and on budget making for yet another successful project completion by the Berard Team.

Project Type: Coldbox Loadout
Location: New Iberia , LA
Weight: 750 Tons

Job Details:
Recently the Berard team once again played an integral role in the construction of one of the world’s largest current industrial projects. The two cold boxes destined to be the heart of the new Angola Liquefied Natural Gas project were built in New Iberia, LA and needed to be loaded onto a ship in Houston, Texas due to draft restrictions
at the Port of Iberia. Berard provided turnkey services, arranging all aspects involved with transferring these cold boxes onto an awaiting ship. The two 750 ton boxes were too large to be loaded with ship cranes; using transporters and a ro-ro ship seemed to be the only viable option.

Project Type: Heat Exchanger Extraction
Location: New Orleans LA
Weight: 240,000 lbs

Job Details:
When it was time for a New Orleans refinery to maintain their 240,000 pound heat exchanger, Berard was called in to remove the exchanger from its crowded operating location to a cleaning area. Berard utilized a unified jacking system to lift the exchanger from its original supports. A 300 ton sliding system was positioned beneath the
saddles, and the jacks were removed. Berard crews extended the slide track into the neighboring alleyway. Two six axle Goldhofer PST-SLE units were situated so that the slide track would move the exchanger directly atop the
transporters. In a matter of hours, the exchanger was slid from its operating location onto the transporters, and transported out of the operating unit.

Project Type: Vessel OTR Transport
Location: LaPlace, LA
Weight: 250,000lbs

Job Details:
When a 250,000lb, 168’ vessel needs to take a road trip, Berard’s just the company to carry it. Covering over fifty miles of roads, city streets & highways, the vessel was successfully transported from the fabricators facility on two (2) six line THP platform trailers. One of the main goals was keeping the load level throughout the trip.
Some of the highlights of the journey included two
railroad crossings with steep grades, several ninety degree turns and a Mississippi river bridge crossing. The Berard Team members performed great with everyone working together to make sure there were limited interruptions to traffic flow, and that effort made for a lot of happy motorists.

Project Type: Reactor OTR Move
Location: Freeport, TX
Weight: 478 Tons

Job Details:
There it was, looking like a piece of the space shuttle and it had to be moved over a mile in Freeport, Texas. Coming in at an astonishing 487 tons, 221 feet in length, 19 feet in diameter and a total load height of 31 feet, the vessel was carefully transported from the fabrication yard over a mile of roadways consisting of several railroad crossings, a 90 degree turn, and finally onto a waiting barge. Berard provided a turnkey transportation solution by providing the engineering, load securement and tug & barge transport to it’s final destination.

Project Type: Cold Box Loadout
Location: New Iberia , LA
Weight: 340 Tons

Job Details:
This 25' x 25' x 100' cold box was loaded out using an eight axle line SPMT in the front, and two sets of four axle line SPMT's at the rear. Berard provided the barge and tug, as well as the support "cans" to secure the load to the deck of the barge for water shipment to an awaiting ship in Houston, TX.