Jordan Cove Energy Project has assembled a team of four companies to design and build its proposed liquefied natural gas terminal on Coos Bay’s North Spit.

Black & Veatch, of Kansas City, Mo.; Kiewit Energy Co., of Omaha, Neb.; Vinci Construction Grands Projects, of Paris, France; and Entrepose Contracting S.A., of Paris, entered into a project development agreement with Jordan Cove last week, said the energy company’s project manager, Bob Braddock.

The agreement essentially allows the team to begin refining existing engineering work on the terminal, said Braddock.

The project still requires federal approval before construction can begin. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is expected to issue a ruling on Jordan Cove’s LNG terminal application in May.

Braddock said the agreement will allow the team to be fully prepared to go into the field to begin work if Jordan Cove decides to proceed with construction. The additional engineering work will not change the overall design, Braddock said.

“We cannot change the design without FERC approval and we don’t want to do that,” he said.

Instead, the engineering will be focused on detail work, such as designing the pipe used in the terminal.

Black & Veatch will focus on engineering design, while Kiewit Energy would have the task of managing overall construction of the terminal. The two foreign companies would focus on construction of the LNG tanks, said Braddock.