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• Rejects Press Upgrade     view details
  Quesnel River Pulp Company Quesnel, BC
  SDE provided detailed project scope, construction grade cost estimates and detailed engineering (Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Piping and Instrumentation) for the installation of the new reject presses.
• Spill Containment Wall     view details
  MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Powell River,BC
  Engineering and project management services were provided to MacMillen Bloedel for the construction of a new secondary spill-containment wall around caustic and black liquor tanks. The project also entailed seismic upgrading of the existing tank.
• New Crane System for Number 2 Bleach Plant     view details
  Fletcher Challenge Canada, Elk Falls Division, Campbell River, BC
  Complete multi-disciplinary engineering and project management services were performed to develop concept, and detailed designs for the installation of a new bleach plant washer drum hoisting system for FCCL’s No. 2 Bleach Plant in Campbell River.
• New Hog Fuel Handling System
  Stothert Engineering Ltd. for Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd.     view details
  Complete mechanical and structural engineering services for the design of a new hog receiving, screening, stacking, reclaim, conveying and boiler feed system for the Crestbrook Forest Industries 50MW cogen project. Services were provided to CFI by subcontract to Stothert.
• New Caustic Pipeline
  Fletcher Challenge Co. Ltd. Crofton, BC
  Detailed engineering for the replacement of existing caustic supply line from the dock unloading to the storage tanks, including stressing and supporting.
• Green Liquor Tank Replacement
  Fletcher Challenge Co. Ltd. Crofton, BC
  Detailed design engineering services for a replacement Green Liquor storage tank. The field erected tank is constructed from stainless steel and designed to API 650.Design services included all fabrication drawings to enable mill crews to construct the tank, if required.
• Black Liquor Tank replacement
  Pacifica Papers, Powell River
  Detailed engineering for the replacement of the existing black liquor storage tank and foundation.
• ET Urea Conversion
  Pacifica Papers, Port Alberni, BC
  Detailed engineering for the conversion of an anhydrous ammonia tank for use with ET Urea. Project includes piping and the design of a spill containment area.
• Hog Fuel Handling Improvements
  Cariboo Pulp and Paper, Quesnel, BC
  Engineering services for the scope and estimate of proposed modifications to Cariboo’s hog handling area.
• No. 2 Machine Steam
  Domtar – Island Paper Mills, New Westminster, BC
  Scope and estimate to determine the feasibility of running a new steam line to provide start-up steam to No. 2 Paper machine.
• Blowline Design and Stress Analysis
  Pope and Talbot, Harmac Pacific Division, Nanaimo, BC
  Detailed design and stress analysis for the installation of piping modifications to Number 6 & 7 digester blowlines.
• No. 1 PM Stock Prep Upgrade
  Domtar – Island Paper Mills, New Westminster, BC
  Scope and estimate to determine the feasibility of upgrading the No. 1 Stock Prep Area. Estimated value: $2M
• TMP rejects press replacement
  Quesnel River Pulp., Quesnel, BC
  Preliminary engineering to scope and estimate the capital cost, to replace the existing rejects presses with larger presses, including an increase in line capacity.
• Wrapline Scales Modification and Relocation
  Domtar – Island Paper Mills, New Westminster, BC
  Definition study and cost estimates for the relocation and upgrading of Island Paper’s No. 1 Wrapline scales.
• Primary and Secondary Refiner Retrofits
  Donohue Forest Industries, Mackenzie, BC
  Provided civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering assistance to develop an appropriation grade estimate for modifications to the primary refiner’s blowlines, secondary feeders, and exhaust.
• Pulp Machine nip roll modifications
  Fletcher Challenge Co. Ltd., Crofton, BC
  Detailed engineering to modify nip roll at the end of dryer to improve response time and angle of entry into dry end pulper. Includes mechanical engineering and electrical engineering for new VF drive.
• New Deflaker
  Island Paper Mills, New Westminster, BC
  Mechanical engineering and project management services for the preparation of a scope and estimate for the installation of 2 new deflakers on No. 1 and No. 2 machines at Island’s New West Mill.
• Blowline Design and Stress Analysis
  Pope and Talbot, Harmac Pacific Division, Nanaimo, BC
  Detailed design and stress analysis for the installation of piping modifications to Number 6 & 7 digester blowlines.
• Butt Roll Unwinder Study
  Domtar – Island Paper Mills, New Westminster, BC
  Study to determine scope and estimate of a new Butt Roll Unwinder at the #1 Coated Broke Pulper.
• #2 PM Wide Paper Machine Spool Study
  Domtar – Island Paper Mills, New Westminster, BC
  Feasibility study to determine feasibility of running No. 2 PM spools on No. 1 Machine and the No. 1 Supercalender.
• Steam Piping Stress Analysis
  Pope and Talbot, Harmac-Pacific Division, Nanaimo, BC
  Detailed structural and mechanical engineering services for the stress analysis and seismic restraint of a new 160 pound steam line from Recovery Boiler #6 to Pulp Machine #3.
• H.D. tank foundation check
  Avenor, Gold River, BC
  Seismic review of the existing H.D. tank foundation, including preliminary engineering of a restraint system for replacing the parallel wood stave portion of the tank with FRP.
• Demolition Engineering
  Western Pulp – Woodfibre Operations, Squamish, BC
  Engineering and planning services for the orderly and safe de-construction of Woodfibre’s decommissioned woodroom.
• Hog Fuel Leachate Pumping System
  Pacifica Papers, Port Alberni, BC
  Preliminary engineering and project management to develop a solution and associated construction grade cost estimate for the pumping of hog fuel leachate from the hog fuel storage area to the effluent treatment plant.
• Monorail Inspections
  Fletcher Challenge Co Ltd., Crofton, BC
  Engineering services for the field inspection of 550 monorails and lifting devices located throughout the papermill. Where necessary, remedial designs, labour requirements, and cost estimates were also performed
• Live steam to APS4
  Quesnel River Pulp., Quesnel, BC
  Field engineering services to provide tie-in details, and pipe route sketches to allow live steam to be used on chip bin APS4 in place of recovered steam. Also assistance in finding a solution to a recovered steam pipeline plugging problem caused by pin chip carry over.
• Leachate control
  Skeena Cellulose
  Definition study for the collection and disposal of leachate from the hog fuel pile and on site landfill.
• Tank Farm spill containment
  Pacifica Papers, Powell River, BC
  Detailed design of spill containment of Kraft mill tank farm. The work included seismic upgrading of tanks and tank foundations.
• Seismic upgrade of Urea tank
  Pacifica Papers, Powell River, BC
  Detailed engineering for modifications to the existing anhydrous ammonia tank and foundations to allow for conversion to ET Urea and to meet the seismic requirements of the installation.
• New Monorail
  Pacifica Papers Ltd – Port Alberni Division, Port Alberni, BC
  Detailed Design services for a new monorail.
• #3 Duct Ventilation
  Domtar – Island Paper Mills, New Westminster, BC
  Engineering and project management services for ventilation improvements and equipment installation