Pier S, Berths S102-S110 Terminal
Port of Long Beach, California

Cash & Associates consulting services for Container Terminals includes terminal and terminal gate planning and analysis.  In addition to our in-house capabilities, we have an established network of collaborating consultants that allows us to address virtually every aspect of container terminals including planning and design related to associated improvements such as dredging, container wharves, rail facilities, traffic planning, bridges and grade separations, street and utility modifications/relocations, and environmental concerns.  The proposed Pier S Berths Terminal is an example of our recent planning and design work.  Cash & Associates has been working with the Port of Long Beach since 2000 on development of the proposed Pier S Terminal. 

PLANNING

Cash & Associates led a multidiscipline team through a six month interactive planning process to develop planning documents for a new 160-acre container terminal with two 20-acre satellite storage yards, on-dock rail yard, 3500' wharf, multi-modal storage space, multiple buildings, modern ancillary facilities, and a 16-lane unmanned gate with bi-directional traffic flow.  The Pier S site, a historic oil well parcel, contains numerous abandoned oil wells and remediated oil sump cells.  Planning included terminal sectional analysis and infrastructure location to provide transitional flexibility for container storage, multiple terminal storage layouts for increasing throughput, terminal storage capacity and throughput analysis, gate processing and sizing analysis, and off-terminal traffic analysis.  Planning deliverables included a Design Criteria Manual, conceptual plans, construction costs and schedules.


DESIGN

Following completion of planning, Cash & Associates was selected to provide overall program management and design services for the proposed Pier S Terminal.  Firm responsibilities include civil, structural, electrical and architectural design, as well as sustainable design expertise and coordination of multiple adjacent projects by others. 

The proposed Pier S Terminal has been designed to incorporate the latest terminal technologies and security components.


"GREEN" TERMINAL/SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

When constructed, the Pier S Terminal will be the Port's first "green", environmentally friendly terminal.  Cash & Associates is the project's Sustainable Design Specialist.  The focus of this work involves the incorporation of U.S. Green Building Council LEED^TM measures into the terminal's 2-story Administration Building to achieve USGBC "Silver" certification.  The project includes six approaches supporting sustainable site development, three methodologies for reducing water usage an estimated 40%, seven steps toward more efficient use of materials, and 12 strategies for achieving improved indoor environmental quality.  The other "green" terminal design component for which Cash & Associates is responsible involves cold ironing infrastructure for the terminal wharf to support the Port's commitment to reducing in-port vessel emissions.

URS|Cash & Associates have worked together on the Pier S Terminal Project and are proud to support the Port of Long Beach's Green Port Policy.