Project details CWA was engaged by Harmac Pacific (formerly Pope & Talbot) to provide engineering, procurement, and construction management services for the reconfiguration of the entire wood chip unloading, distribution, and reclaim systems at the pulp mill in Nanaimo, British Columbia. Solutions CWA was responsible for the initial concept and the detailed design of all… Read More
Commodities: Wood chips
Wood Chip Transhipment System
Project details Robert Allan Ltd., Canada’s most senior consulting naval architecture firm, was recently engaged to design a system for transporting wood chips by barge to a transhipment zone and then loading them into Handymax-sized vessels for export. Robert Allan Ltd. contacted CWA for assistance with developing a material handling system for transloading the chips… Read More
Truck Dump & Outstocking Conveyor System
Project details CWA was engaged by Harmac Pacific (formerly Pope & Talbot) to upgrade the chip receiving, outstocking, reclaiming, and storage facilities at the pulp mill near Nanaimo, British Columbia. The upgrade provided Harmac Pacific with the flexibility to balance the ever-changing fibre supply on the coast and meet the mill’s chip consumption requirements. Solutions… Read More
20MW Cogeneration Plant
Project details CWA assisted Riverside Forest Products (now Tolko Industries) with the selection and installation of major equipment and the complete building structure for a 20MW biomass cogeneration plant in Armstrong, British Columbia. The cogeneration plant converts wood waste into renewable energy in steam and power, producing steam for an on-site veneer plant and exporting… Read More