With an in-depth understanding of engineering and construction procedures, climate, geology and ecology, we provide specialised professional services to the pulp and paper industry worldwide
Our team includes specialists in all mill areas, disciplines and materials. We have assisted in the management of mill operations, supervised local consultants on international projects, arranged financing of projects for global clients and acted as client representative in monitoring engineering and construction.
We have been a mainstay in Canada, the USA and world-wide providing engineering services for pulp and paper mills, biomass fired power plants, export facilities and other industrial complexes.
A leader in the design of biomass power plants, we constructed Canada’s largest cogeneration plants firing biomass, urban waste, and natural gas.
Wood and Biomass Handling Experience
Our wood and biomass material handling experience includes designing systems for handling and processing many forms of biomass including; forest residuals, logs, chips, wood waste, sawdust, shavings, wood pellets, wood strands, dust, biochar, straw and poultry litter, sludge and biosolids.
We also have experience handling other industrial materials including sand, limerock, lime dust, coal, coke, ash and MSW.
A typical material handling plant can consist of the following systems:
- Raw material unloading facilities, storage and material handling systems.
- Metal and rock removal.
- Grinding, drying, screening, re-sizing.
- Storage and reclaiming.
- Conveying to the processing equipment.
- Dust and emissions control.
- Asset protection systems for spark, fire and explosion prevention, detection and suppression.
- Buildings and underground services.
- Electrical and control systems.