Since 2002, ENE has designed, drafted and released over $115,000,000 of construction projects specifically for gas distribution companies. This work consisted of distribution and transmission piping, associated facilities such as regulating stations, metering facilities and inline heating for new construction, main replacement, system improvements and public improvements. It also included dehydration, odorization, compression and control facilities for natural gas storage.

The ENE staff has also provided services for corrosion control, hydraulic planning, hydraulic model building, utility coordination, public improvement negotiations, right-of-way investigation, field investigation, project management, mapping verification, project estimating, project feasibility, construction inspection, as-build drawing, operator qualification training, specification writing, facility audits, material condition audits, procedure and specification audits for gas distribution companies.

In the last 2 ½ years ENE has engineered and designed:

650,000 ft of public improvement gas main
200,000 ft of system improvement gas main
590,000 ft of cast iron, bare steel and PVC replacement gas main
450,000 ft of new business gas main
40 district regulator stations
15 city gate stations

The following is a partial list of projects:

Yorkville System Improvement
Provided cost analysis, feasibility and design for 1.5 miles of 6” and 3 miles of 8” 230 psig gas distribution main to serve residential expansion along the Fox River 5

Lakewood Falls Subdivision
Engineered and designed 2”, 4” and 6” gas distribution main serving 1100 new customers 5

Carillon Lakes Subdivision
Engineered and designed 2”, 4”, and 6” gas distribution main serving 936 new customers 5

Cumberland Subdivision
Engineered and designed 2” and 4” PE gas distribution main serving 5412 new customers 5

Montgomery Subdivisions
Engineered and designed 2 miles of 12” 150 psig gas distribution main and regulating facilities serving new subdivisions with ultimately over 10,000 new customers 5

Rockford System Improvement
Provided cost analysis, feasibility and design for 2 miles of 12” 300 psig gas transmission main to increase the distribution system capacity 5

Indeck Energy Services
Provided cost analysis, feasibility and design for 6 miles of 16” 800 psig gas transmission main, regulating facilities, pipeline heater and ultrasonic meter for a multi-million dollar electrical generating plant in Rockford Illinois 5

Nicor - ANR Lateral
Provided cost analysis, feasibility and design for 8 miles of 12” 500 psig gas transmission main, 2 regulating stations and associated metering 5

Nicor – North Avenue
Engineered and designed 2 miles of 24” 150 psig gas distribution main at various locations for a major public road improvement 5

Nicor – Huntley
Provided cost analysis, feasibility and design for 3 miles of 12” 300 psig gas transmission main and associated regulating station 5

Nicor Gas – Troy Grove Storage
Provided cost analysis, feasibility and design for gas conditioning equipment at the station including two dehydration towers (100 & 150 MMCFD capacity), two regenerators (1.00 & 1.25 MM BTU/Hr capacity) and two flare systems 5

Nicor Gas – Storage
Provided cost analysis, feasibility and design for 7 flare stacks at 4 different storage facilities to EPA emission standards 5

Nicor Ancona Station
Designed an automatic oil fill system for enterprise compressor units, controls included on/off, auto/manual and high/low shutdowns 5

Central DuPage Hospital
Engineered and designed metering facilities including a 6” turbine meter 5

Loyola Hospital
Engineered and designed metering facilities including a 6” turbine meter 5

Delmonte
Engineered and designed metering facilities including a 102M meter 5

Exxon Mobile
Engineered and designed metering facilities including two 12” turbine meters 5

Southwest Gas – Carson City
Developed construction drawings for various locations totaling over 125 miles of gas distribution main 5

USG – Audits
Performed natural gas audits which included; actual facilities, operational procedures, code compliance and safety procedures for gas transmission and gathering systems at several USG plant locations 5

USG – Chicago
Developed an operator qualification written plan and assisted in developing several code compliance programs 5

USG – Various
Conducted National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) operator qualification training courses for gas pipeline operation 5

USG – Fort Dodge
Engineering and designed an emergency shut-off valve and controls for the pipeline feeding the USG manufacturing plant 5