20083.B - CITGO - Corpus Christi Refinery - Facility Siting Project - EP2

CITGO Petroleum Corporation completed a new 2,455-square-foot blast resistant modular building at its Corpus Christi Refinery. Located at 1802 Nueces Bay Blvd, this facility was designed to provide a safer environment for workers within the plant process area. The structure includes control rooms, offices, a conference room, and support spaces, all housed in modular units engineered to withstand blast events.

The project, identified in state records as Facility Siting Project - New Blast Resistant East Plant Comfort Station, carried an estimated cost of $2,767,500. This valuation places the construction at $1,127 per square foot. While the total investment is above the median for new construction projects in Nueces County, the scheduled build window of 274 days remained close to the county average of 242 days.

RVK Architecture served as the design firm of record for this initiative. Kenneth Otten acted as the registered accessibility specialist overseeing compliance. The project was registered with TDLR in December 2021, with construction beginning in April 2022. The filing indicated a completion date of December 2022, aligning with the closure of the administrative record.

TDLR closed the project file in December 2022, which marks the end of the accessibility review process for this construction. This status confirms that the regulatory requirements for the new facility have been addressed.

CITGO Petroleum Corporation has another registered project in the same city, the New Blast Resistant North Gate Security Building, valued at $307,500. RVK Architecture has been involved in six other TDLR-registered projects across Texas, including facilities in San Antonio and Boerne. These records reflect a pattern of specialized industrial and commercial design work by the firm.

Project Context

The surrounding area in ZIP 78407 has a population of about 1,937 people, with a median household income of $53,909. The housing stock consists of 840 units, mostly owner-occupied, with a median home value of $131,100. Other construction activity in the immediate vicinity includes new restaurants and college prep facilities, indicating ongoing development in the Corpus Christi region.