Representative Projects
Below is a list of selected major projects on which the Ardent management team has provided E&I services.
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Shell Deer Park – Deer Park, TX
Low Sulfur Gasoline Unit Construction
Received a Certificate of Excellence for completing a 50,000 man-hour, fast-track E&I construction project in a saturated work environment with no recordable incidents. At Shell’s request, we accelerated the E&I scope to target an earlier completion date and added the utility water pipe installation and the cathodic protection installation jobs, which had previously been managed by the project’s piping contractor. Through the effectiveness of the Ardent team, the accelerated completion deadline was met.
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Dominion and Murphy Deepwater Platforms –
Corpus Christi, TX
Devil’s Tower and Medusa Projects
Ardent was contracted by J. Ray McDermott to supplement and then replace McDermott’s electrical subcontractor on these two high profile projects. The project required over 200,000 man-hours with peak manpower of approximately 190 E&I craftsmen. Ardent was responsible for all aspects of E&I construction and management, including commissioning, offshore installation and start-up.
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Valero Refinery – Wilmington, CA
FCC Reactor/Power Train Replacement
Ardent participated in an alliance contract with a mechanical contractor and engineering company to execute a fast-track $30 million refinery upgrade project ahead of schedule and under budget. This project was Valero’s highest profile project in the U.S. during 2004.
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Shell Deepwater Platforms
Deepwater Platform Construction, 1992 – 2001
Alliance partner with Shell and J. Ray McDermott to build all five of Shell’s deepwater tension leg platform facilities, Auger, Mars, Ram/Powell, Ursa and Brutus/Glider. We provided all E&I construction services for the five topside facilities, including project management of onshore fabrication, module integration, pre-commissioning and offshore startup support. The E&I scope ranged from approximately 190,000 to 380,000 man-hours per topside facility.
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ConocoPhillips – Wilmington, CA
Unit 100 and Boiler 10 Re-Instrumentation
ConocoPhillips contracted Ardent to plan and execute the Unit 100 re-instrumentation and the Boiler 10 fire rebuild and re-instrumentation. These projects required day and night shift work involving 45,000 man-hours with a peak work force of 90 E&I craftsmen.
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Mobil Torrance – Torrance, CA
Clean Fuels Upgrade
Complete electrical and instrumentation systems installation for the first round of clean fuels retrofits at this major Los Angeles Basin refinery. This 125,000 man-hour project challenged the management group’s project management capabilities with eight to twelve “turnaround/shut-ins” embedded in a fourteen month construction project. The management group provided electrical services to two separate mechanical contractors, utilizing a single E&I project management team under a single electrical services contract.
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Baker-Petrolite Chemicals – Bakersfield, CA
New Plant Construction
Ardent was subcontracted to integrate modules that were fabricated offsite into a new plant. Once combined and installed onsite, the modules formed a complete chemical plant with an integrated automation system. Ardent’s workforce peaked at 50 E&I craftsmen on this 20,000 man-hour project.
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Air Liquide Plants – Port Neches, TX and El Segundo, CA
New Plant Construction
Installation and testing of all electrical systems on the ground-up construction of an air product facility in Port Neches, Texas. Project required approximately 70,000 man-hours with peak manpower of 80 E&I craftsmen.
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Vidalia Hydroelectric Dam – Vidalia, LA
Dam Installation
Installation of all electrical systems on a prototype 192 megawatt hydroelectric power plant on the Mississippi River. Project required more than 200,000 man-hours with a peak manpower requirement of 300 electrical craftsmen.
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