From start to finish, Holland Engineering has been providing the engineering design, surveying and construction services for Northern Border Pipeline Company's (Northern Border's) Princeton Lateral Project. This new 8.65 mile long, 16-inch diameter, interstate natural gas pipeline lateral will transport natural gas from the existing Northern Border's Kasbeer side valve located in Bureau County, Illinois to Central Illinois Light Company‘s (CILCO) facilities near Princeton.  Construction is currently underway and facilities are scheduled to be placed in service this fall. 

HEI’s lateral design services included four horizontal directional drills (HDD’s), nine road borings (one road boring includes a railroad crossing) and one open cut road.  HEI also designed the launcher facilities at the Kasbeer side valve and the receiver facilities at the CILCO facilities.  

Additional design related services included the civil survey, alignment sheets, plats, HDD drawings, launcher/ receiver drawings and the Kasbeer Meter Station drawings.  HEI also provided 3D renderings of the launcher facilities showing the above ground facilities from four different directions for the township building permits.

For the construction portion of this project, HEI provided the layout of the entire construction corridor, pipe and civil as-builts and the as-built of both launcher and receiver sites as well as the Northern Borders’ metering facility.

HEI has been pleased for the opportunity to assist Northern Border Pipeline with this project and for the opportunity to see the project from concept to completion.