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Marathon Oil Corporation: DHOUP Project

For over 40 years, Commercial Contracting Corporation has been working hand‐in‐hand with Marathon Petroleum Company LP (MPC) on the maintenance, renovation and expansion of their Detroit, MI refinery. CCC’s work with MPC has solidified our reputation for being one of the best contractors when it comes to jobs that fall under what we have termed "the 3 D’s": Difficult, Dirty and Dangerous.

In June of 2008 Marathon began what will become the largest construction project in Michigan’s history: the Detroit Heavy Oil Upgrade Project (DHOUP). CCC has been there since the beginning of DHOUP performing mainly earthwork, concrete, and steel work. A few of the jobs we have performed in support of DHOUP include:

• A mass excavation for a green field DHOUP site. During the excavation, CCC regularly used over 100 gravel trains per day for material movement
• DHOUP site preparation including debris removal, foundation demolition, stone crushing and primary sewer upgrades
• Pouring concrete foundations and underground utilities for a diesel hydrotreater
• Excavation, paving, and underground piping to upgrade the East Plant’s fire water infrastructure

With a completion date of late 2012, Marathon expects to have invested $2.2 Billion US Dollars in the refinery. This investment will increase capacity from 106,000 barrels per day to 115,000 barrels a day and add 135 permanent jobs, bringing the site total to 615 employees.

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