Saginaw Trail Pipeline
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Saginaw Trail Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in Michigan, operated by Consumers Energy Inc. It entered service in 2020.
| Saginaw Trail Pipeline | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Kind | Pipeline project[1] |
| Project type | New build[1] |
| Status | In service[1] |
| Commodity | Natural gas[1] |
| Operator | |
| State | Michigan[1] |
| Counties | Genesee, Oakland, Saginaw[2] |
| Construction started | 2017[3] or June 2017[2][sources disagree] |
| In service | 23 November 2020[1] |
| Labor | Union[2] |
| Contractors | |
| Technical information | |
| Length | 94 mi[1] or 94.4 mi[4][sources disagree] |
| Pipe size | 24"[1] |
| Capacity | 200 MMcf/d additional capacity (EIA)[1] |
| Cost | $610 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[1] |
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| Hands listed | 0 |
Saginaw Trail Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in Michigan, operated by Consumers Energy Inc. It entered service in 2020.
Contractorsedit
| Contractor | Work | Prime or sub | Scope | Spread | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snelson Companies, Inc.[4][5] | Prime | Final two phases (3 and 4) of the 24-inch Saginaw Trail replacement | |||
| R-Value Foam Insulation LLC[6] | Scope not itemized (foam padding and restoration firm) | Through Welded Construction, Mt. Morris, MI: 18 miles | |||
| Lunda Construction Company[7] | Temporary sheet pile and shoring | Temporary sheet pile for the 24-inch pipe, third of four phases (29.2 miles, Clio to Grand Blanc, MI) | until 1 January 2019 | ||
| Welded Construction, L.P.[2][3][8] | Prime | Pipeline contractor for phases 1 and 2 (37 miles of the 24-inch replacement) | |||
| Southeast Directional Drilling[3] | HDD and bore | HDD portion of the first two phases (six Phase 2 bores, 1,800 to 4,300 ft) | |||
| Phillips & Jordan Inc.[9] | Clearing and reclamation | Under Welded Construction, L.P. | Clearing of 18 miles of 24-inch right-of-way in Genesee and Saginaw counties, MI (HQ Mount Morris), for Welded Construction (listed 2017) | ||
| Holland Engineering[10] | Engineering, survey, HDD design and environmental permitting | Engineering, surveying, construction staking and weld as-built, HDD crossing design, wetland and species surveys and environmental permitting for Consumers Energy | |||
| Snelson Companies, Inc.[11] | Prime | Phase 3: 29.2 miles of new 24-inch pipe replacing 12- and 16-inch between Clio City Gate and Grand Blanc City Gate, rerouted around Flint (awarded April 2019, start anticipated spring 2019) | Phase 3 | ||
| Snelson Companies, Inc.[11] | Prime | Phase 4: 28.2 miles between Grand Blanc City Gate and Clawson Control (to begin 2020; project completion anticipated December 2020) | Phase 4 | ||
| Snelson Companies, Inc.[12] | Prime | Final two phases (3 and 4) of the Saginaw Trail replacement for Consumers Energy | |||
| Snelson Companies, Inc.[5] | Prime | 30 miles of new 24-inch mainline; self-performed grading, stringing, bending, dig/lay, jack and bore, pipe gang, firing line, coating, testing and tie-ins |
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Spreads
| Spread | Prime contractor | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Phase 1[3] | Welded Construction, L.P. | until 1 January 2017 |
| Phase 2[3] | Welded Construction, L.P. | until 1 January 2018 |
| Phase 3[4][11] | Snelson Companies, Inc. | |
| Phase 4[4][11] | Snelson Companies, Inc. |
Crossings
| Feature | Method | Contractor |
|---|---|---|
| CNRR[10] | HDD | |
| Flint River[10] | HDD | |
| I-69[10] | HDD | |
| Mid-Michigan Railroad[10] | HDD | |
| Shiawassee River[3][10] | HDD | Southeast Directional Drilling |
| Swan Creek I[10] | HDD | |
| Swan Creek II[10] | HDD | |
| Tittabawassee River[3][10] | HDD | Southeast Directional Drilling |
Sources disagree
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Referencesedit
- “U.S. natural gas pipeline projects (Natural Gas Pipeline Projects)”. U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “Saginaw Trail Pipeline Modernizing Michigan's Natural Gas Infrastructure to Improve Safety, Reliability”. CMS Energy Corporation (Consumers Energy news release, PR Newswire). 21 August 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “Consumers Energy Modernizes System with Saginaw Trail Pipeline”. Underground Construction magazine. May 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “PLH Group Announces Significant Pipeline Contract Award (archive 2019-07-17)”. Snelson Companies, Inc. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “Snelson Companies, Inc. - Primoris”. Primoris Services Corporation (Snelson business unit page). Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “PROJECTS - R-Value Foam”. R-Value Foam Insulation LLC. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “Saginaw Trail Pipeline”. Lunda Construction Company. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “Ongoing Projects: Construction Underway (Pipeline News, August 2019)”. Pipeline News. August 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “Ongoing Projects: Construction Underway (Pipeline News, September 2017)”. Pipeline News. September 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “Saginaw Trail Pipeline (Energy Division project page)”. Holland Engineering. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
- “PLH Group Announces Significant Pipeline Contract Award (Snelson awarded final two phases of Saginaw Trail Pipeline)”. PLH Group, Inc. (PR Newswire). 11 April 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
- “PLH Group announces significant pipeline contract award”. World Pipelines. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
- “Saginaw Trail Pipeline Project, Michigan”. Offshore Technology. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
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