Industrial Projects

Photo courtesy of Jake Rome

El Segundo Refinery - El Segundo, California

The El Segundo Refinery is found south of Los Angeles and is one of the largest refineries found on the West Coast. The refinery provides jobs for over 1,000 employees, covers over 1,000 acres and has more than 1,100 miles of pipeline. El Segundo Refinery is capable of refining over 270,000 barrels of crude oil every day.

Portland Bolt has been the primary source of anchor bolts for what has been an ongoing project all through 2008, 2009 and nearing 2010. The anchor bolts required have been primarily ASTM F1554 grade 36 and grade 55 and have all been hot-dip galvanized in our facility. Portland Bolt has been a trusted anchor bolt supplier for this refinery, as well as many others, due to our ability to deliver in time frames that have initially been perceived as impossible. We were happy to prove otherwise.

Photo courtesy of Conoco Phillips

Rodeo Refinery - Rodeo, California

From February through October of 2008, Portland Bolt supplied over 37,000 pounds of galvanized anchor bolts for the upgrade of ConocoPhillips’ refinery in Rodeo, California. The Rodeo facility is the second location of the San Francisco Refinery that is linked by a 200 mile pipeline to the Santa Maria, California refinery. The Rodeo location further refines primarily high-sulfur crude oil sent from the Santa Maria location into finished petroleum products, including diesel fuel, jet fuel and gasoline. The project included the construction of a hydrocracker facility for which Portland Bolt provided the custom foundation anchor bolts.

The anchor bolts supplied on the job ranged in diameter from ½" all the way up to 2¼" and were custom manufactured in a wide variety of lengths, grades, and configurations. Portland Bolt was able to meet the aggressive foundation schedule as well as accommodate the packing and shipping requirements that clearly identified the shipments by mark number. Our ability to quickly supply expedited shipments is due to our extensive inventory of materials and our ability to galvanize the bolts we manufacture in our own specialized hot-dip galvanizing plant.

Launch Pad - White Sands, New Mexico

As part of NASA's Constellation program, a new Launch Abort System (LAS) is being constructed at the flight testing facility on the U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range. This project is developing unmanned exploration of the Moon and Mars. The new launch pad will test the LAS during an emergency.

The foundation work on this site called for 1-1/2" ASTM F1554 anchor rods. Each grade 105 assembly consisted of 6 anchor rods, two 2-1/2" thick anchor plates, and a 6" long coupling nut attached to each rod then welded to the underside of the base plate. To ensure proper alignment, all-thread rod was threaded into the coupler prior to welding. The manufacturing and welding processes were completed in our facility. The assemblies were shipped to the jobsite in New Mexico ready for installation.

Pixley Ethanol Plant - Pixley, California

Pixley California is home to the building of an ethanol plant, which Portland Bolt was fortunate enough to be a part of. This $100 million project was expected to begin late May and span for the next 15 months. According to the Valley Voice Newspaper, “the plant will produce 50 million gallons per year of the renewable fuel used to blend with gasoline.” We knew that this project would require a substantial amount of fasteners and upon receiving the list of needed materials, we were pleased to see that the parts needed were right up our alley.

After conversing with the contractor in charge of procuring the materials needed for this job, we were informed that they were in a bind as far as delivery was concerned. The parts needed were mainly rods threaded on both ends, as well as the hardware to go with them. The rods were to be made and certified to A36 and F1554 grade 55, with a diameter ranging from 5/8” to 2-1/4”. Approximately half of the rods were A36 and needed to be hot-dip galvanized. The other half were F1554 grade 55 and were Electro-zinc plated. Fortunately, we were able to work with the contractor in getting all of the parts needed in a timely fashion.

Photos courtesy of Tesoro Corporation

Golden Eagle Refinery - Martinez, California

Beginning in August of 2006, Portland Bolt has been supplying hot-dipped galvanized anchor bolts and miscellaneous metals to Tesoro Corporation’s coker modification of the Golden Eagle Refinery in Martinez, California. The new coker unit covers 70 acres and the demanding foundation pour schedules require delivery on short lead times and within the strict certification standards required by Fluor, the engineering firm for the expansion.

All anchor bolts are being manufactured to ASTM A193-B7 and ASTM F1554 in all three grades, 36, 55, and 105. One example of the type of assemblies being installed at this project was 61,000 pounds of 3 inch diameter by ten feet long ASTM F1554 grade 105 anchor bolts that included large welded pipe sleeves and 2 inch plates. Miscellaneous metals that Portland Bolt has been providing for this project consists of embed plates, angles, and pipe sleeves all with welded studs.

We are able to meet these demands primarily due to the large inventory of raw material we maintain and our ability to galvanize material in-house. Most products being shipped to this job are hot-dipped galvanized, shipping in 12 working days or less.