Replace/Upgrade Pier 2 at Military Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO)

Built during World War II, the Military Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO) is one of only two ship loading and offloading munitions facilities in the country. The upgrade of Pier 2 for container crane operations overcame multiple challenges. The timber pile-supported pier had been built to handle munitions without using containers, which made it unsuitable for current uses. To replace Pier 2, the team demolished 159,000 sq ft of pier structure and removed 4,500 timber piles and 254 concrete piles. Workers drove almost 800 new octagonal concrete piles and 134 square concrete piles and used about 10,000 yd of concrete and 1,400 tons of reinforcing steel.