government nuclear soq

2014SOQ501

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS

Government Nuclear Services & TechnologyCombined Science, Technology, and Manufacturing Solutions

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SOQ501 - Government Nuclear Services & Technology

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introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1nuclear ServiceS & technology experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Firm proFile & recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4oFFice locationS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

For more information, please contact:

Nuclear West(Western U.S., Australia, Japan, China)Bob TroutCELL: [email protected]

Nuclear East(Eastern U.S., Canada, UK, South America, Europe, India)Mike WadeCELL: [email protected]

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INTRODUCTIONSince 1983 Merrick & Company has supplied professional engineering and design services to government clients for nuclear equipment, systems, and facilities with a capital value of >$3B. Our government client list for nuclear projects includes:

� Los Alamos National Laboratory � Sandia National Laboratory � Idaho National Laboratory � Oak Ridge National Laboratory � Argonne National Laboratory � Brookhaven National Laboratory � Savannah River Site � Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site � Portsmouth Site � Hanford Site � Pantex Plant � Y-12 Nuclear Security Complex � National Institute of Standards & Technology

For these clients we have provided engineering and design deliverables used to make decisions and build and operate facilities:

� Systems, process, and program analysis � Planning Studies � Programming and requirements definitions (F&ORs) � Decision and risk analysis � Feasibility Studies (CD-0) and cost estimates � Conceptual Design Reports (CD-1) and cost estimates � Preliminary Design (Title I for CD-2) and cost estimates � Final Design (Title II for CD-3) and cost estimates � Construction Support (Title III) � Design and supply of custom equipment � Engineering, procurement, construction management (EPCM) � Pilot, demonstration, and commercial plant planning and design � Standard operations procedure development � Lab certification assistance � Building Commissioning � Geospatial imaging, mapping, and technology

All our nuclear design activities are executed under a mature and audited Quality Assurance Program developed to meet the requirements of NQA-1-2008 with 2009 addenda, 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, 10 CFR 820, 10 CFR 830, Subpart A, ISO 9001:2008 and other U. S. and international nuclear standards and regulations.

Small-scale sample fabrication Los Alamos National Lab

Isotope production facility hot cell; Los Alamos National Lab

HLW Treatment System Idaho National Lab

Waste Management Facility Brookhaven National Lab



Merrick specializes in the following project types found at government sites: � Reactor systems: mechanical and I&C � Shielded systems: hot cells and shielded process equipment � Enclosed system: gloveboxes and confined process equipment � Isotope production systems, shielded and enclosed � Category 2 and Category 3 nuclear facility buildings and building systems � Radiological facilities and laboratories � BSL-3 and BSL-4 laboratories � Specialized buildings systems and equipment for reactors, accelerators and associated beam line experimental systems � Security, life safety systems, and training facilities � Horizontal infrastructure, utilities, mapping, surveying, and aerial monitoring and measurements � Custom machine and material handling design for high radiation and remote work environments

A-E project delivery methods: � Design only � Design-fabricate-supply � Design-fabrication/construction management

Business Relationships: � Firm Fixed Price � Cost Plus (DCAA audited and approved pricing) � Fixed Unit Rate

Specialized capabilities and experience: � ASME NQA-1, DOE O 414.1C, 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, 10 CFR 830 Part A for design, as well as fabrication and construction � Q & L cleared personnel, facilities approved for protected information handling � DOE 413.3B � DOE Std. 1189 � 75+ LEED-accredited professionals � Small business (under 500 employees) for selected NAICS codes � Employee owned � Design, fabrication, and installation of QL-1 custom equipment

Thermal Shield Cooling System; NIST

Laboratory Design Modification Project; PNNL

Building 792 Upgrades & Addition; ANL

Special Facilities Equipment Title I Design; LANL



NUCLEAR SERVICES & TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE

OverviewA sampling of the firm’s experience includes:

Shielded Systems and Facilities � Isotope Production Facility Hot Cell, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM � Spallation Neutron Source Target Hot Cell Design, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN � Spent Nuclear Fuel Post Irradiation Examination Hot Cells, Chalk River Laboratory, Ontario, Canada � Remote Treatment Project Hot Cell, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID � Pu-238 Consolidation Conceptual Design, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID � U-233 Project, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN � Building 325 Life Extension Project, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA � Mo-99 Separations Facility and Systems, Confidential Client, Confidential Location � Mo-99 Separations Facility and Systems Concept Development, Washington State University,, Pullman, WA. � HIP Technology for Calcine Treatment Feasibility Study, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID

Gloveboxes � Chemical and Metallurgcial Research Replacement Project Special Facilities Equipment, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM � Tritium Facility Modernization and Consolidation Gloveboxes, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC � Uranium Processing Facility Enclosed Manufacturing Systems, Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, TN � Plutonium Gloveboxes, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM � Sample Fabrication Gloveboxes, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM � Visual Examination Glovebox, Waste Isolation Pilot Plan, Carlsbad, NM � Beryllium Aerosol Laboratory and Gloveboxes, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM � Device Assembly Facility Glovebox line, Bechtel Nevada Corporation, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Nevada Test Site, Mercury, NV � MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility, Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC � HEU Blend Down K-Area Containment Hoods, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC

Spallation Neutron Source Target Hot Cell Design; ORNL

Uranium Processing Facility; Y-12 National Security Complex

MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility; Savannah River Site



Special Purpose Equipment � Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing Facility and Systems, Confidential Client, Confidential Location � Cold Vacuum Drying First Article Testing, K-Basin Spent Nuclear Fuel, Hanford Reservation, WA � Tritium Removal System Neutron Generator Facility, Albuquerque, NM � Hot Conditioning System Equipment, K-Basin Spent Nuclear Fuel Project; Hanford Reservation, WA � Plutonium Stabilization and Packaging Systems, Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC � Arc Melter Input Conveyor System Radioactive Waste Management Complex, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory � Mustard Agent Decontamination System, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD � Pour Cave Elevators and Turntables, Design-Build. Waste Treatment Project, Richland, WA � Monochromator Drum Design, National Institute of Standards & Technology Center for Neutron Research, Gaithersburg, MD

Facilities � Radioisotope Thermal Generator Manufacturing Facility, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID � Sodium Bearing Waste Treatment Facility Conceptual Design, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID � Category 2/3 Transportable TRU-Waste Characterization System (Transportainer) � Isotope Production Facility, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

The following pages provide more specific detail about Merrick’s experience.

Isotope Production Facility; LANL

Sodium Bearing Waste Treatment Facility; INL

Engineering • Architecture • Design-Build • Surveying • GeoSpatial Solutions

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TA-55 Reinvestment Project Planning, Design, D&D, Construction, and As-Builts for

Nuclear FacilitiesLos Alamos National Security, LLC

Los Alamos, New Mexico

As the Prime Contractor, Merrick & Company (Merrick) is responsible for planning, design, D&D, construction, and final as-builts for renovation to buildings and infrastructure at TA-55 at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The TA-55 Reinvestment Project will extend the life of the 28-year-old complex through repairing, improving, rehabilitating, and modernizing infrastructure. The TA-55 Complex is used to manufacture plutonium triggers for nuclear weapons and includes a high security Hazard Category 2 facility. Merrick’s scope includes design (preliminary, final, and Title III), authorization basis support, procurement, work planning, site support, demolition and construction, and support for readiness assessment, turnover, and startup. Merrick’s scope will be performed in the following two phases:

Phase 1: Merrick has completed final designs to replace the cooling tower and chilled water equipment and has started construction. In the next seven subprojects Merrick will upgrade the UPS, glovebox air dryers, confinement doors, criticality alarm system, a vault water tank system, glovebox stands, and the exhaust stacks.

Phase 2: Merrick will upgrade four fire protection systems, HVAC systems, roof, elevator, and industrial waste system. The Total Estimated Cost (TEC) for all projects is approximately $138M. All work for this A-E Task Order Agreement (TOA) has been performed in an ongoing operational facility without impacting current operations or safety systems. EnergySolutions is a member of the Merrick TA-55 Reinvestment Project Team and their scope of work includes safety, safety basis analysis, D&D, waste retrieval, handling, and packaging and waste management, and health physics support. They are also responsible for minimizing the volume of waste generated by the project using mobile size reduction equipment.

Client Survey Results for the LANL TA-55 Reinvestment Project Cooling Tower & Chiller Upgrade:

● Communications: “Weekly meetings, conference notes, RFIs, email are excellent.”

● Security & Safety: “No violations; sensitive to UCNI - Merrick recognizes importance (of Security & Safety).”

● Project Management: “PM going very well. Good communications by Steve (Meyers). Level of cost detail is good; response good.”


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Chemical and Metallurgy Research Replacement (CMRR) Project Special Facilities Equipment Title I Design

Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, New Mexico

The Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement (CMRR) project at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is designing and building two new facilities for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) of the US Department of Energy (DOE). These new facilities will provide a wide range of scientific and technological capabilities including nuclear materials handling, materials processing, fabrication, stockpile management, manufacturing technologies, nonproliferation programs, special nuclear material storage, and waste management capabilities.

The CMRR project is essential for LANL to ensure mission-essential program continuity in support of NNSA’s stockpile stewardship objectives beyond the lifetime of the existing LANL Chemistry and Metallurgy Research (CMR) building. Without these capabilities, the reliability/aging of the existing stockpile components cannot be measured (Surveillance), the existing stockpile cannot be certified as reliable (Certification), and new pits cannot be qualified (Pit Manufacturing).

For the Advanced Preliminary Design Phase (Title I-Advanced) of the CMRR project, Merrick developed performance specifications, equipment specifications, equipment layouts, and accompanying documentation for the special facilities equipment such as gloveboxes, enclosures, process systems, material handling systems, and waste management systems for the RLUOB building and the nuclear facility building.

Specific Activities Included

● Code analysis ● Criteria analysis ● Standard enclosure design ● Unique enclosure design ● Utility design ● Equipment models ● Material transfer schemes ● Nuclear facility layout ● RLUOB layout ● Engineering alternative studies ● System Design Descriptions (SSDs)

● Enclosure datasheets ● Enclosure database ● Interface calculations & descriptions

● Specifications ● Fly-through video ● Operational Readiness Review (ORR) plan

● Cost estimate(s)

Groundbreaking ceremony at Los Alamos:Pictured left to right at the CMRR Project ceremony

are: Joel Leeman, LANL; Tim Nelson, LANL; Thomas D’Agostino, NNSA; Robert Kuckuck, LANL; The

Honorable Pete Domenici, U.S. Senate (R-NM); David Beck, LANL; and Donald Cobb, LANL.

A backhoe lifts the first shovel of dirt for the new Radiological Laboratory Utility Office at TA-55.

Photo Credit: LeRoy N. Sanchez, LANL Public Affairs


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Remote Treatment Project Hot Cell Title I Design

Idaho National Laboratory Idaho Falls, ID

Merrick & Company provided Title I design for the shielded and enclosed systems for the Remote Treatment Project (RTP) at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The RTP will provide the infrastructure to accept, sort, characterize, treat, package, and ship remote handled TRU wastes stored at various locations at the INL. The RTP building will be a nuclear facility annexed to the Hot Fuel Examination Facility (HFEF) at the INL. Merrick was responsible for the Title I design of a variable atmosphere hot cell with 14 work stations, a hot repair area, a portion of the process systems, the penetrations and ports, and specific gloveboxes (manipulator repair; sample collection [shielded] and counting) for the RTP. The hot cell design by Merrick was integrated with the cask delivery system designed by others. The process systems designed by Merrick were integrated with process systems designed by INL (BEA).

Interface control was key to successful design for this element of the project. Hot cell design also included evaluation of the design basis source term and associated shielding calculations to determine cell confinement, shielding, and shield window requirements.

The work by Merrick was performed in accordance with NQA-1 design requirements, the INL Design Criteria for the Remote Treatment Project; NL standard SOW-3066, Rev 2; SOW for Engineering Services for Nuclear Operations and Tasks (10-12-2005); the Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis (PDSA); the Preliminary Fire Hazard Analysis (PFHA), and DOE Project Definition Ratings Index (PDRI). Design was accomplished by Merrick to meet the INL ALARA policies through shielding analysis and calculations. A cost estimate and construction schedule was prepared to support the funding request to US Department of Energy in compliance with DOE Order 413.3. An 85% confidence level contingency was calculated by others based on the data provided by Merrick. Merrick participated in Value Engineering (VE) sessions facilitated by others and provided engineering alternative studies as identified by the VE sessions.


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Small Scale Sample FabricationLos Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos, New Mexico

Merrick & Company provided comprehensive engineering and design services for a new small-scale sample fabrication glovebox line for TA-55, PF-4. The glovebox line will improve plutonium fabrication capabilities and capacities with flexible machining systems and integrated characterization processes. Sample fabrication capabilities include pit disassembly, precision machining, and custom storage solutions. Characterization involves inspection, bulk property measurements, surface characterization, and special materials testing. Merrick served as NMT-15’s engineer-of-record for the glovebox line including systems engineering, detailed design of gloveboxes, integration of machining and inspection equipment with gloveboxes, design of glovebox support services, and integration of the glovebox line into the facility.Specific process systems designed include:

● CNC precision L-Base lathe to disassemble pits and fabricate sub-critical test parts

● CNC mill to extract samples from precise locations and fabricate special assemblies

● Two CNC ultra-precision lathes for small-scale part machining

● Storage system to minimize material handling and maximize sample integrity

● Dimensional Inspection capability ● Hydride testing, tensile testing, and materials characterization systems

● Sample cleaning, preparation, and density measurement systems

● Centralized material handling conveyor to reduce hands-on transfer of materials

● Centralized glovebox inert atmosphere ventilation system ● Introductory glovebox for materials transfer

The client’s funding profile and the need to continue existing programmatic operations dictated that the Sample Fabrication Glovebox Line be installed in a 3-phase approach. Merrick worked closely with NMT-15 to identify process and equipment requirements so that all processes could be integrated into a highly functional yet modular glovebox line. Merrick supported NMT-15 in project planning for removal of existing glovebox lines within the room and designed new gloveboxes and processes for staged installation. The staged approach required Merrick to modularize processes such as the Centralized Glovebox Inert Atmosphere Ventilation System so that a portion of the overall system could be installed and expanded at a later date.Merrick also developed a glovebox design approach unique to TA-55 to minimize installation activities within the facility. Glovebox procurement packages were developed so that glovebox suppliers would provide not only the gloveboxes themselves, but also the utility piping and electrical infrastructure. This approach minimized costs, improved schedule, and maximized efficiency of installation.Merrick developed numerous Design Change Packages (DCP) in support of modifying TA-55, PF-4 for the Sample Fabrication Glovebox Line. Merrick produced more than 1000 drawings, dozens of procurement/construction specifications, numerous analyses and calculations, and procurement support documents during the course of design. Merrick produced process flow diagrams, piping and instrumentation diagrams, build-to-print glovebox drawings, equipment procurement specifications, seismic analyses for all gloveboxes, detailed finite element analyses of the facility structure, and detailed piping, HVAC and electrical routing drawings for all required services.


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Tooling DesignUS Department of Energy

In January 2002, Merrick & Company was awarded a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) contract to provide specialty mechanical design services. Specialty mechanical design includes glovebox design, machine and equipment design, remote material handling design, pressure vessel design, specialized process related equipment design (e.g., grinders, milling equipment, forming operations, etc.), and unclassified and classified tooling design.

In accordance with contract requirements, Merrick established the capability to perform classified designs in accordance with DOE and NNSA security regulations. Merrick maintains a staff of Q-cleared, mechanical/process engineers and designers for development of all classified design tasks. Tooling designs are primarily prepared using Pro/EngineerTM and Pro/MechanicaTM software.

Since the contract inception, Merrick has performed dozens of unclassified and classified tooling tasks in support of DOE programs. A variety of tooling designs have been performed including:

● Milling fixtures ● Lifting fixtures ● Specialty end mills ● Gauging fixtures ● Inspection tools for coordinate measuring machines ● Trim & blade fixtures ● Blanking dies ● Adapters ● Vacuum fixtures

Many of the designs performed required interpretation of legacy hand-drawn drawings and application of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) in accordance with ASME Y14.5M standards.


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10-Meter Small Angle Neutron Scattering Spectrometer (SANS)

National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Neutron Research

Gaithersburg, MD

Merrick & Company provided detailed design, fabrication, systems integration and testing, and installation/ testing support for the 10 meter Small Angle Neutron Scattering Spectrometer (SANS) for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD. The 10m SANS was installed at the Neutron Guide Number 1 (NG1) at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR). The purpose of the system is to detect small angle neutron scattering of monochromatized neutrons from a broad variety of scientific samples. Scientists of various backgrounds will use the 10m SANS to perform state-of-the-art chemical, physical, and biological research.

Merrick’s scope of work was subdivided into 16 subtasks:

● Task 01 Requirements Analysis: Identified overall scope of engineering effort and defined overall project plan

● Task 02 Cost/Cost-Performance Trade-Off Analysis: Utilizing information gained in Task 01 and existing design, produced a report listing which components may be purchased (ie, off-the-shelf item) or could require custom design

● Task 03 Technology Conceptual Designs: Make/buy decisions (established in Task 02) were performed under this task

● Task 04 Computer Aided Design: Design of 10m SANS was completed up to 90% level

● Task 05 Design Study and Analysis Task: At 90% completion point a Manufacturability Review was held on the design

● Task 06 High Level Detailed Specification Preparation: Final design was accomplished after Task 05 design study and analysis and after review by NIST at the 90% design level

● Task 07 Configuration Management and Control: Provided a listing of drawings and status in a format compatible with NIST’s Co-Create™ Work-Manager™ document control system

● Tasks 08-12 Fabrication and Fabrication Supervision: Provided procurement and fabrication oversight for major components of 10M SANS: flight chambers, velocity selector, filter section, detector chamber, and sample environment assembly

● Task 13 Assembly at NIST: Provided technical assistance to NIST in the installation of the instrument

● Task 14 Testing of First Article: Provided technical assistance to NIST in performing Sub/Full Assembly Functional Acceptance Tests (FAT)

● Task 15 Testing and Certification of System Safety: Prepared test report documenting results/acceptance of Functional Acceptance Tests

● Task 16 Final Reporting: Completed outstanding documentation including Final Test Report, O&M Manuals, and Spare Parts List


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Waste Treatment Plant Low Activity Waste Pour Cave Elevators and Turntables

Bechtel National, Inc., Hanford Site Richland, Washington

Merrick & Company, under contract to Bechtel National, Inc., supplied the Low Activity Waste (LAW) Pour Cave Elevators and Turntables for the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant. The Hanford Waste Treatment Plant is owned by the US Department of Energy and was designed to vitrify High Level Waste (HLW) generated by nuclear operations at the Hanford site. The LAW Pour Cave is the location within the plant where molten Low Activity Waste is poured from a melter into canisters, which are used for storage and transportation of the vitrified waste. Merrick was responsible for detailed design, fabrication, testing, and delivery of turntables and elevators.

LAW Pour Cave TurntableThe Pour Cave Turntable supports one to three canisters and rotates to place the canisters into one of three functional positions. Each turntable had to continuously support three canisters, each weighing between 1,000 lb (empty) and 16,000 lb (full), in vertical orientation, throughout the canister filling and cooling operations with canister external temperatures up to approximately 900°F. The turntable had to support eccentric loading resultant from variable canister loadings, including absence of canister at one or two canister positions.

LAW Pour Cave ElevatorThe pour cave elevator raises an empty canister to the fill position, supports the canister throughout the fill operation, and lowers the filled canister back into the turntable at the completion of the fill operation. The elevator must raise and lower loads of 20,000 lb over a vertical range of 4 ft-9 in. (± 0.5 in.); the lateral position of the canister had to be maintained within ± 0.5 in. throughout the range of vertical travel. The elevator was designed to travel at the speed of 2 fpm. In the lowered position the elevator does not interfere with turntable rotation. The elevator and the turntable are interlocked to prevent turntable rotation when the elevator is partially or fully raised.

Challenging aspects of this project included: ● Thermal loads on the equipment from recently filled LAW canisters

● Beta-gamma radiation fields from recently filled LAW canisters

● Remotely maintainable systems ● Removable drive systems ● Rigid drive chain for elevator lifting ● Testing cycles duplicated one full year of operation ● Positional accuracy for loads of 20,000 lbs


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U-233 Disposition and Building 3019A Shutdown Project Shielded Process Facility Design

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Isotek Systems, LLC

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Merrick & Company was a pre-selected key subcontractor for Isotek Systems, LLC to provide remote systems design support for the Uranium-233 disposition project at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Under a subcontract to Burns and Roe Enterprises, Inc. (BREI), a member of the Isotek Systems LLC, Merrick was tasked to perform detailed design of shielded facilities and for adapting processes for remote operability and maintainability. Other LLC members included Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS, the process lead) and Duratek Federal Services (DFS, the project management and operations lead). The project systems will open a variety of retrieved storage containers, remove and separate uranium-bearing materials, oxidize and dissolve those materials, extract trace amounts of inbred thorium isotopes, downblend enriched U-233 below safeguards limits, and package the recovered thorium in a form suitable for extraction of medically valuable radioisotopes, such as Bismuth-213. These radioisotopes will be used for clinical trials and ultimate treatment of several types of human cancers.

Merrick provided the following: ● Design of container opening & material handling equipment for items with dose rates up to several hundred rem/hour

● Shielding design for three new shielded facilities (hot cells) required to fit within constraints of the existing building

● “Remotizing” the uranium chemistry processes, including oxidation, dissolution, ion exchange & thermal denitration

● Design of thorium product storage equipment ● Design of custom maintenance gloveboxes for support of hot cell operations

Merrick coordinated utility, process, structural, and space allocation requirements with BREI and NFS. Merrick also coordinated operations and maintenance requirements, waste management and certification, safety analysis, and permit application support with designated Isotek personnel. Merrick provided key expertise to ensure incorporation of ALARA principles throughout the project design.

Merrick provided the project design team with expertise and design details for localized shielding and remote operations applications throughout the balance of the plant.

Merrick conducted an Independent Peer Review (by outside hot cell experts) to evaluate the adequacy of the design for operability and maintainability.

Project deliverables included 30%, 60%, 90%, and final design review

submittal packages. Each design review package included drawings, specifications, and electronic 3-D models (on the Pro/ENGINEER® design platform) of the three hot cells and associated equipment.

One of the greatest design challenges faced by the project, and solved by Merrick, was the incorporation of the downblending operations into an existing facility without the addition of new floor space. Merrick was able to uniquely configure all three hot cell operations to fit within existing reinforced concrete rooms.


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Building 792 Upgrades and Addition Radioisotope Power System Manufacturing

Argonne National Laboratory West Idaho Falls, Idaho

Merrick & Company provided preliminary (Title I) and detailed (Title II) design for Building 792 modifications and additions at the Argonne National Laboratory - West (ANL-W). These modifications were required to support the development of Building 792 to house the Radioisotope Power System (RPS) manufacturing process, which is being moved from DOE’s Mound, OH, facility to ANL-W. The RPS manufacturing process produces Radioisotope Thermal Generators (RTGs) using Pu-238. RTGs are used by NASA for deep-space probes due to their long-life and stable, low-power generation.

Building 792, constructed in 1971, is a 50 ft. x 60 ft. x 24 ft. high structure with reinforced masonry walls and prestressed double-tee roof beams. It is located at the ANL-W site, which is approximately 35 miles west of Idaho Falls, ID.

The structural analysis of Building 792 performed during Title I determined that the building would not meet the PC-3 natural hazards standards. Because of this finding, a new addition (792A) was designed to house the RPS manufacturing process and the existing Building 792 was renovated for offices, a conference room, change room, and network room.

Merrick’s scope of work included:

● Prepared structural analysis of existing Building 792 for meeting PC-3 natural hazards criteria

● Prepared structural analysis of new addition (Building 792A) for meeting PC-3 natural hazards analysis

● Prepared Title I and II design drawings and construction specifications for Building 792 renovations and Building 792A construction

● Title II design packages were provided for PDSA, excavation package, footings package, structural package, remaining work package

● Completed Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis (PDSA) for Building 792 (as renovated) and 792A (as constructed)

● Prepared Title I and II arrangement drawings of the proposed RPS manufacturing equipment, including gloveboxes, enclosures, test chambers, and associated service equipment for Building 792A

● Finalized Process and Instrumentation Drawings (P&IDs) for RPS manufacturing systems and supporting services

● Finalized cost estimate for Building 792 renovation and addition ● Evaluated use of labyrinth entrances to specific rooms in Building 792A for shielding

● Created pressure differential drawing for Building 792A

Major design criteria included PC-3 natural hazards criteria from DOE-STD-1020 Natural Phenomena Hazards Design and Evaluation Criteria, NFPA 101 - Life Safety Codes, ANL-W design standards, 10CFR830 QA standards, and DOE Order 414.1A QA standards.


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Sodium Bearing Waste Treatment Facility Feasibility Study Calcination with MACT Upgrades

Idaho National Laboratory Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC

Idaho Falls, ID

Merrick & Company provided design services for the Sodium Bearing Waste Treatment Facility (SBWTF) at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Merrick evaluated the feasibility of calcination with Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Upgrades for the SBWTF. Merrick’s scope was equivalent to the preparation of a Conceptual Design Report (CDR) required by DOE Order 413.3. Merrick’s deliverables were used by the INL as the basis for the process selection and subsequent design activities for the SBWTF. Merrick’s feasibility study addressed modifications to the existing calcinations system at the Idaho Nuclear Technology Center (INTEC), including significant upgrades to the offgas emissions treatment system to meet EPA’s MACT requirements. Estimated value for the SBWTF was $350M.

Significant applicable codes, procedures, and references included:

● DOE Order 413.3. Program & Project Management for the Acquisition of Capital Assets

● DOESTD-1027-92 ● DOE-STD-3009-94 ● DOE-STD-1021-93 ● ASME-NQA-1-1997 ● INL-specific design codes

Equipment deliverables supplied by Merrick included:

● P&IDs with Material & Energy (M&E) balances ● Malt offgas equipment sizing ● Piping plans with general layouts ● Civil/site plans describing utility tie-ins & interfaces ● Remote mechanical systems & layouts ● PLC configurations ● Radiation Monitoring Control Plans ● Fire detection & protection plans & layouts ● General electrical layouts for power, lighting, grounding, & fire protection

● Critical & long-lead procurement items & materials list (database) of design codes & standards for design & construction of the SBWTF

● Decontamination, decommissioning, & demolition plans for the SBWTF

● Risk Assessment Report ● Feasibility Study Report ● Draft resource loaded Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) Schedule

● Schedule for the SBWTF ● Draft Cost Estimate (TEC) with Monte Carlo or Latin-Hypercube uncertainty analysis

● Priced major equipment list ● Value Engineering Report ● Trade studies (equipment selection, operations, maintainability, life cycle costs)

● Process Hazards Analysis (PHA) to meet the standards of 29 CFR 1910.119 & 40 CFR Part 68


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Merrick & Company provided preliminary and final design of a new target irradiation facility for the production of radioisotopes. The project included installation of a beam-switching device at the point where the beam is diverted, construction of a short beam line to the targeting area, and construction of a target handling facility with a beam stop.

The Isotope Production Facility (IPF) was constructed in the transition region of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) linear accelerator between the 100 MeV drift tube linac and the 800 MeV side coupled cavity linac. A pulsed kicker magnet was installed in the existing beam line to divert every third H+ pulse into the IPF beamline. The beam is further diverted by a bender magnet and a number of focusing magnets to 45 degrees through a new underground tunnel and target station. Targets are irradiated in the target station and then removed vertically to a hot cell where the targets are prepared for transport to clients worldwide for medical applications and research.

Merrick designed cooling water loops for the target systems, magnets, and magnet power supplies. The cooling water loops utilize heat exchangers to isolate systems and ion exchange columns to reduce radioactivity. The beamline components were installed in an underground tunnel 40' below ground. Merrick provided an excavation and shoring design that would prevent any impact to the existing beamline during construction. The design required the installation of a radiation shield wall and was complicated by the close proximity of the existing tunnel and two 13.2 kV ductbanks that spanned the excavation. Merrick developed a unique ductbank support structure and shoring design that allowed excavation while the accelerator was operating. The design included the installation of 42" drilled concrete shafts 65' deep that serve the dual purpose of providing both shielding and shoring.

Merrick supplied Title III services to Industrial Electric Automation, Inc. for mobile skid fabrication, and to the facility construction contractor.

SUBJECT: LETTER OF APPRECIATION

“...As Project Manager for the Isotope Production Facility, I am very appreciative of the efforts provided to me by these members of your company. I would strongly recommend Merrick & Company for any future work with the Los Alamos National Laboratory.”

Sincerely, Armando V. Cordova September 4, 2001

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Isotope Production FacilityLos Alamos Neutron Science Center

Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, New Mexico


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Spallation Neutron Source Target Hot Cell Design

Oak Ridge National Laboratory M+W Zander US Operations

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Merrick & Company performed Title I (Preliminary), Title II (Detailed), and Title III (Construction Support) design for the Target Building Hot Cell for the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) project at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The SNS project, budgeted at $1.4 billion, is a DOE-sponsored partnership of six national laboratories, undertaking the design and construction of the world’s most powerful spallation source for neutron scattering research and development (R&D). The pulses of neutrons used for R&D at SNS are created by directing a 2 million watt beam of protons, accelerated to 1 GeV energy levels, into a liquid mercury target.

Merrick was responsible for the design of the target maintenance hot cell and associated process systems. The cell was approximately 30 ft high by 14 ft deep by 100 ft long, with walls of 40 inch thick high-density concrete.

The hot cell was required to

● Provide shielding from the intense radiation fields created during spallation

● Maintain confinement of hazardous (and radioactive) mercury vapor

● Provide remote handling capabilities for maintaining and changing targets

● Provide for size reduction and packaging of radioactive and mixed wastes

Some of the specific design tasks within Merrick’s scope included

● Mercury removal system for hot cell ventilation exhaust

● Confinement of mercury vapor and other radioactive contaminants

● Movable intracell shield door between functional areas of the cell

● Material transfer equipment for putting equipment into the cell and loading radioactive wastes out of the cell

● Tritium and xenon removal systems ● Low-level liquid waste processing system

Merrick participated in the design coordination required among the multiple other design and user groups involved in this complex project.

AWARD-WINNING PROJECT 2008 ACEC (Grand Award) Engineering Excellence Award

AWARD-WINNING PROJECT 2008 ACEC/Colorado Engineering Excellence Award


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Laboratory Design Modifications Building 325 Life Extension Project

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland, Washington

Merrick & Company was responsible for the conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design of modifications to Building 325 at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). The design addressed modifications to this Category 2 Nuclear Facility to bring the facility up to current standards and to address capability enhancements for shielded and enclosed operations.

Merrick’s scope included:

● Preparation of a functional criteria document including architectural, electrical, mechanical, structural, nuclear and enclosure equipment design requirements.

● Identification and translation of user-identified functional requirements into three detailed modular hot cell designs for the construction of six units intended for installation in Building 325.

● Modular hot cells were designated as Safety Significant and were required to meet Performance Category 2 design criteria (DOE-STD-1021).

● Designs provided for assembly on-site in existing facilities. ● Designs provided shielding equivalent to minimum 12” thickness of carbon steel. ● Designs included features such as one-piece manipulator arms, shielded window, pass-through port, equipment access door, and lighting.

● Development of a basic conceptual layout for the modular hot cells in the basement area identified by PNNL.

● Identification and translation of user-identified functional requirements into three detailed glovebox designs for the construction of multiple units for Building 325.

● Required to meet Performance Category 2 design criteria (DOE-STD-1021). ● Design X consisted of an air-ventilated glovebox; Design Y consisted of an air-ventilated and an inert-environment glovebox.

● Design of the replacement of an existing pneumatic system for airflow control of the Building 325 Supply Air System fans and the Cold Exhaust System fan with electronic control system.

● Development of a simple air flow diagram to support the conceptual basement modular hot cell layout.

● Development of 30% design and estimated probable construction costs of two alternatives for a new second floor access component to Building 325, which complied with building and life safety codes for egress, building construction, and fire separations.

● Building security and proximity card-controlled access was extended to new entries.

● Design and specifications for temporary shielded storage for materials similar to containers presently stored in the east storage yard.

● Merrick’s design activities were performed in accordance with the requirements of Merrick’s NQA-1 compliant project quality assurance plan (PQAP) for the project.

Preliminary design packages were established based on conceptual design activities and included:

● Facility floor plans & elevations ● Process flow diagrams ● Air flow diagrams ● Shielding calculations ● Electrical one lines ● Specifications for cost estimating ● Equipment lists & data sheets ● Support for cost estimating

Final design/construction package included:

● All drawings & specifications for construction ● Equipment specifications & data sheets ● Structural/Seismic analysis & design ● Complete engineering design packages for mechanical, HVAC, electrical, structural, fire protection, process, and containment equipment

● Support for final construction/cost estimate ● Calculations in support of design details


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Cask Cart and Cask Tunnel Modification Design

Argonne National Laboratory-West Idaho Falls, Idaho

Merrick & Company completed the Title II design for a new Cask Transfer Cart (CTC) for the Hot Fuels Examination Facility (HFEF) at Argonne National Laboratory-West. The CTC accommodated twelve different shielded casks used for transferring irradiated and potentially contaminated materials, including Remote-Handled Transuranic wastes, between the HFEF receiving truck bay and the HFEF hot cells.

This project had several significant aspects

● A loaded road cask was received in a horizontal orientation, rotated to vertical, and lowered via a bridge crane onto a rail-mounted transfer cart.

● The CTC was moved horizontally along rails and accurately positioned (ie, to within 1/8 inch) under one of several different hot cell penetrations.

● The canister within the cask was remotely lifted with a cable-mounted grapple from the cask into the hot cell above.

The CTC accommodates casks up to 32 tons and 194 inches long. The CTC is seismically qualified for the HFEF Design Basis Earthquake and was designed to interface with the existing facility configuration to the maximum possible extent. The CTC is remotely operated (via PLC) from a central control station and powered through a sliding contact busbar arrangement. Machine design was accomplished using Pro-ETM solid modeling software.

Merrick also completed Title II design for modifications to the HFEF Cask Transfer Tunnel in conjunction with the design of the CTC. The tunnel was widened by more than one foot and deepened from four feet to nine feet. This design required cuts, removal, and modifications of existing concrete structures while maintaining the facility’s seismic qualifications to Performance Category 3 standards. The facility modifications were designed to maintain required differential pressures between various HVAC zones.


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Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) Confined Processing Equipment

B&W Y-12 National Security Complex Oak Ridge, Tennessee

In 2008, Merrick & Company was awarded the prime contractor role on a $30M to $50M, 8-year Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) for Architect-Engineering services to design the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) including Process Systems and Specialty Mechanical Equipment (SME) with confinement design. More than 220,000 hours are estimated in the first 2.5 years of the period of performance to provide architect-engineering design services as an integrated design team to support all or portions of the multi-discipline design, fabrication, testing, and installation tasks associated with the chemical process and SME with confinement for the UPF 1 project.

The UPF is a major replacement for critical capabilities that currently exist at NNSA’s Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Complex. The value of the facility design and construction (including equipment) is estimated to be $4.2 to 6.5 billion dollars. The 350,000 sf UPF will consist of uranium chemical processing capabilities, metal handling and fabrication capabilities, and will meet all of DOE’s requirements for nuclear facility design, environment health and safety protection, and for safeguarding high-value special nuclear materials, components, and information. The facility includes 2 million feet of wiring and cable, as well as $200 million worth of gloveboxes that will allow workers to remotely handle radioactive materials.

Merrick’s responsibilities include:

● Design criteria development and documentation ● Flow diagram reviews including process flow diagrams (PFDs) and piping & instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) ● Conceptual through detail design, followed by Title III (fabrication, integrated testing, and construction support) ● Design analysis calculations (electrical loads, equipment and line sizing, stress, structural, seismic, etc.) ● Equipment arrangements/layouts ● Preparation of equipment data sheets and specifications ● Interface control documents ● Engineering design, equipment procurement/fabrication, and installation cost estimates ● Value engineering evaluations for SME ● Alternative analysis and feasibility studies ● Startup support ● Design audits and reviews ● Prototyping and mock-up designs, fabrication, and demonstrations

Project highlights:

● Prime contractor/lead engineering firm ● Commence/complete - 2008 to 2015 ● $4.2 – 6.5 billion project ● 350,000 sf facility ● Conceptual, Title I, II, and III Design services for processing equipment ● Owner’s representative for construction and installation ● Value engineering evaluations for equipment selection


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Thermal Shield Cooling SystemNational Institute of Standards and Technology

Gaithersburg, Maryland

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for Neutron Research (NCNR), in Gaithersburg, MD owns and operates a heavy water-moderated nuclear test reactor and associated neutron beam research facility. The NCNR’s reactor is licensed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under the name National Bureau of Standards Reactor (NBSR). The Thermal Shield Cooling System provides cooling for the thermal shield. The thermal shield is physically located between the concrete biological shield and the reactor core on the first floor of the Reactor Building.

The system consists of 188 copper lines (3/8” ID) embedded in concrete and lead. Each line has an isolation shutoff valve on its supply and return. These supply and return lines are connected to supply and return headers respectively. They consist of two 4” ID pipes wrapped around the reactor biological shield. A second network of 32 additional cooling lines connects to what is known as the lower ring header. The original system circulated cooling water through this network under positive pressure.

After more than 30 years of operation, some of the cooling lines have shown signs of leakage. NIST has observed that leaks in adjacent cooling lines have cross-talked (fluid from one line goes into the adjacent line), eventually leading to the particular line being valved off.

Merrick & Company provided detailed design services to reconfigure the system to minimize leakage of the lines. The reconfigured cooling water system utilizes a vacuum suction on the cooling water return line to move water through the lines. This minimizes leakage out of the tubes by maintaining a vacuum over the entire cooling line, thus reversing the direction of the pressure difference between the inside of the tube and the outside atmosphere. The suction is provided by two eductors; one for the upper header and one for the lower header.

The eductors share a common pump that moves the motive fluid through the eductor and back into a reservoir tank. The motive pump delivers a pressure of 100 psig at the eductor motive inlet.

The tubes in the upper and lower ring headers are designed to operate under a vacuum, which will draw gas from the reactor through any holes in the tubes. This gas is anticipated to be primarily CO2, with air potentially present as well. The CO2 dissolves in the recirculating cooling water to form carbonic acid. This would be highly corrosive to the system, including the copper components. To combat this corrosion, magnesium carbonate (MgCO3) is added to the cooling water to act as a buffer and maintain the pH within the loop at approximately 7.

Merrick provided multidisciplinary engineering services for process, mechanical, chemical, electrical, and instrumentation for the reconfigured system. The detailed design included custom build-to-print drawings for the new system, specifications, and demolition/installation plans. Merrick also managed fabrication, installation, testing, and training.


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Integrated Glovebox System (IGBS)Confidential Client

As the design/build integrator for this glovebox system, Merrick & Company served as the prime contractor performing all the mechanical, process, electrical, instrumentation, and structural/seismic design, as well as fabrication and testing oversight, and management for an Inert Glovebox System (IGBS), a one-of-a-kind, enclosed, specialized glovebox system for a confidential client.

The glovebox system includes a Vertical Turning/milling Lathe (VTL), a Flat-Bed Lathe (FBL), nine Vertical Sliding Doors (VSD) [of two different sizes], two Down Draft Hoods (DDH), four Air Locks (AL), and three glovebox sections. It also includes the Inert (Ar/He) Atmosphere Supply (IAS) system, controls, and associated piping. Developed specialized purged mechanical seals to allow travel of machine tool axes without adding excessive loads/forces to the machine (i.e., impacting accuracy) while maintaining tight atmospheric requirements. Mechanical seals were developed for each ram of the Vertical Turning/milling Lathe to accommodate multi-axis travel.

Merrick developed the following unique solutions:

● Integrated new double-lid drum out technology for glovebox systems, allowing the removal of parts and components while maintaining inert environment & confinement

● Designed vertical sliding doors with airlock/transfer gloveboxes, allowing parts to move from zone to zone

● Developed new modular ventilation units to supply & maintain inert environment for all zones

● Designed single-point utility interfaces for ease of integration to existing facility supplies

● Maintained strict oversight of the process, protecting the quality of the parts during manufacturing processes

This glovebox system demonstrates that process enclosures that must exclude operators can be designed and built integrating highly complex, precise machines to perform intricate operations, and that these operations can be performed for processes requiring stringent atmospheric requirements. This approach has many possible applications in the following industries where protecting processes, materials, products, and workers is important:

● Pharmaceutical manufacturing ● Nano-manufacturing ● Semi-conductor manufacturing ● Hazardous, biological, and radioactive waste treatment operations

● Biological and physical research and development operations

● Nuclear and radio-isotope operations ● Extra-terrestrial material research (Mars samples, for example)

IAS modules and control system for IGBS

AWARD-WINNING PROJECT ACEC/National 2009 Grand Award

AWARD-WINNING PROJECT ACEC/Colorado 2009 Engineering Excellence Award


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2009

Waste Management Facility - Title I, II, and III Design, Environmental Permitting Support, and Safety Analysis

Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, New York

Merrick & Company provided Title I, II, and III design services to Brookhaven National Laboratory for a 18-acre Waste Management Facility (WMF) designed to handle radioactive, RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act), and mixed wastes. This five-building complex included treatment and storage capability encompassing shielding storage; decontamination systems; volume reduction through shredding and compaction; waste solidification; lead smelting; incineration of certain waste streams; and hot cell capability for repacking, transfer, and storage of highly activated wastes.

The project was designed and constructed in a phased approach to accommodate line-item funding obligations and RCRA permitting constraints. Merrick’s responsibilities included all site, facility, process, and equipment design in addition to safety analysis preparation and permitting support.

The new WMF replaced the existing hazardous waste management area in its entirety and consolidated several waste management operations into functional buildings designed to ensure regulatory compliance.

The purpose of this WMF was to receive, handle, repackage as necessary, and temporarily store RCRA wastes, mixed wastes, and solid radioactive wastes generated by users and operations at BNL. Aqueous radioactive waste was stored and concentrated at a facility separate from the WMF. Evaporator bottoms from the concentrating process were then transferred to the WMF. All wastes received at the WMF were segregated, sorted, repacked, and then temporarily stored prior to shipment and disposal offsite at DOE or commercial disposal facilities.



CORPORATE OVERVIEWCorporate Overview

Merrick & Company is an engineering, architecture, design-build, surveying, and geospatial solutions firm. The employee-owned company serves domestic and international clients in the national security, sustainable infrastructure, energy, and life sciences markets.

The firm maintains an active Corporate Social Responsibility program serving the environmental, social, and economic aspects of the projects they’re involved in and the communities they serve. Merrick is committed to sustainable design and construction practices through its 60+ LEED-accredited professionals and is continually expanding its in-house resources to serve tomorrow’s needs.

The company maintains sixteen offices in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.

Nuclear Services & TechnologyMerrick’s Nuclear Services & Technology group provides engineering, architecture, procurement, custom fabrication, fabrication management, construction management, and other professional services for nuclear facilities, systems, and components for federal government agencies and commercial nuclear, radioisotope, pharmaceutical, semi-conductor, universities, and non-biological high tech and high hazard clients.

Merrick designs and builds specialized process equipment, systems, components, enclosures, facilities, and instrumentation and control systems in support of nuclear, power, pharmaceutical, laboratory, and manufacturing projects. Our engineering staff has specialized experience and training in the area of the design, fabrication, and construction of nuclear systems and facilities. All of Merrick’s engineering designs are executed on design platforms to meet client and nuclear design requirements and comply with NQA-1 or ISO 9001 quality standards. Merrick has a mature and tested ASME NQA-1 compliant quality program that has been used for nuclear design projects since 1986. Projects are delivered under design, design-build, or construction management contracts. Merrick has designed equipment and/or facilities at most of the major Department of Energy sites including Rocky Flats, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Savannah River Site, and the Hanford Reservation. Private sector clients include Fortune 500 firms such as GE, prominent semi-conductor manufacturers, Eli Lilly and Hewlett Packard. Through strategic teaming agreements with fabricators, Merrick provides design-build capabilities for custom process and nuclear material handling equipment, systems, and components.

Merrick is the most experienced nuclear glovebox designer in North America, and maybe the world, having designed over 10,000 linear feet of gloveboxes under stringent NQA-1 quality initiatives. Since 1983, Merrick has become a national leader in the design of complex nuclear process and specialty enclosed and or shielded mechanical equipment systems for NNSA, DOE, DOD, and commercial nuclear fuel manufacturing clients. Our proven track record for both design and fabrication of complex nuclear systems, equipment,components, and containment or shielded structures provides us with unequaled insights from lessons learned from concepts through commissioning.

Merrick is the most experienced nuclear glovebox designer in North America, having designed over 10,000 lf of gloveboxes under stringent NQA-1 quality initiatives.

MARKETS SERVED: yNuclear Services & Technology y Life Sciences y Energy yGeospatial Solutions y Infrastructure yNational Security Facilities

OFFICE LOCATIONS: yCanada yColorado yGeorgia yMexico yNew Mexico yNorth Carolina y Pennsylvania y Tennessee y Texas yUnited Kingdom yWashington D.C.



Services � Feasibility studies � Value engineering studies � Conceptual design � Preliminary design � Final design � Construction drawings, specifications � Fabrication drawings, specifications � Construction and fabrication management � Estimating � Program management � Mechanical engineering � Structural engineering � Electrical engineering � I&C engineering � Process engineering � Civil engineering

Project Types � Facilities housing special nuclear materials � Facilities for manufacturing radioisotope thermal generators � Spent fuel handling, drying, and storage equipment, systems, and facilities � Special nuclear material manufacturing systems � Laboratories and laboratory systems for handling, testing, and analyzing nuclear and radioactive materials � Shielded facilities and process systems for medical isotope production � Shielded facilities and systems for spent nuclear fuel post-irradiation examination (PIE). � Shielded facilities and systems for science and technology development activities and experiments � Special equipment and containment enclosures for handling, processing, testing, and manufacturing special nuclear material � Specialized equipment and containment enclosures for manufacturing potent pharmaceutical materials � Specialized equipment and containment enclosures for semi-conductor manufacturing � Specialized equipment and containment enclosures for chemical weapons demilitarization and testing activities � Facilities, equipment, and systems for uranium and plutonium based nuclear fuel manufacturing � DOE Category 2, and Category 3 Nuclear facilities � NRC regulated facilities, systems, equipment, and components � Nuclear Reactor components and systems � Neutron research equipment and instruments



RECOGNITIONMerrick is ranked in the top 100 of Engineering News Record’s “Top 500 Design Firms” and the firm has received numerous local, regional, and national awards for planning, engineering, architecture, and geospatial technologies. The following is a sampling of the award recently received by Merrick.

Top 300 Architectural Firms (#94) 2013 Architectural Record

Top 500 Engineering Firms (#103) 2013 Engineering News-Record

Top Design Firms Colorado/Wyoming (#3) 2013 Engineering News-Record

Top Engineering/Architecture Firms (#9) 2013 Building Design + Construction

Engineering Excellence Award 2013American Council of Engineering Companies of Colorado (ACEC/CO)Chattahoochee River Ecosystem Restoration project

Engineering Excellence Award 2013American Council of Engineering Companies of Colorado (ACEC/CO)Tri-State NERC LiDAR Surveying and Modeling Project

Design-Build Merit Award 2013Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) Brigade Complex Company Ops Facility, Fort Carson

Honor Award 2013American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) National AwardHartland Dam Fish & Boat Passage project

Grand Award 2008American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) NationalSpallation Neutron Hot Cell (SNS); Oak Ridge, TNMW Zander

Honor Award 2008American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) NationalBSL-3Ag Large Animal Research Facility; Ames, IAUSDA/ARS

ACEC Engineering Excellence Award 2008American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of ColoradoSpallation Neutron Hot Cell (SNS); Oak Ridge, TNUSACE

ACEC Engineering Excellence Award 2008American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of ColoradoBSL-3Ag Large Animal Research Facility; Ames, IAUSDS/ARS



OFFICE LOCATIONSWith the resources of 500 professionals and support staff, Merrick easily serves its clients’ needs on a local, regional, national, and international basis.

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