Project Types

RITD personnel have extensive experience in consulting, design, engineering, constructing, and inspecting for a wide range of project types... from large rail-served logistics parks to bulk commodity unit train terminals to massive SIT yards to the smallest single-car track in the tightest of industrial sites. Below is a list of typical rail-centric projects we provide services for:

• Unit Train Facilities of All Types
  • Loop Tracks & Ladder Tracks
  • Loading Terminals & Unloading Terminals
  • Liquid Terminals & Dry Bulk Terminals
• S.I.T. & Classification Yards
• Plastics Packaging Facilities
• Crude-By-Rail Terminals
• Frac-Sand Facilities
• Grain Terminals
• Coal Terminals
• Ethanol Facilities
• NGL Terminals
• Port Facilities
• Rail-Served Industrial & Logistics Parks
• De-Bottlenecking of Existing Rail Infrastructure

We have provided services for many well-known, high-profile projects including:

• Planning, design/engineering, and management of a Phase I 500-car storage yard for Texas Deepwater Industrial Port on the Houston Ship Channel;
• Master planning, design/engineering, and management of multiple track expansions for Kinder Morgan Deer Park Rail Terminal including a $20M track expansion to allow the terminal to expand the ability of the terminal to handle multiple bulk commodities – coal, coke, ethanol, and crude;
• Master planning, design/engineering, and management of multiple track projects serving a 700-acre industrial park in Baytown, Texas;
• Master planning, design/engineering, and management of multiple track projects serving a 300-acre logistics parks in Elmendorf, Texas;
• Master planning and designing multiple crude-by-rail facilities in Texas, Louisiana, Colorado, North Dakota, and California including the Port of Beaumont/Jefferson Refining facility in Orange County, Texas;
• Master planning, design/engineering, and management of multiple unit-train facilities for aggregate terminals throughout Texas;
• Design/engineering for several frac-sand receiving terminals across Texas;
• Master planning and design/engineering for several new NGL receiving terminals recently planned for the Gulf Coast;
• Complete turn-key site, building, utilities, and track design/engineering of a major project at the Port of Houston that will include a 500,000 sq. foot warehouse and 250-car SIT yard.