Project details: Graymont’s Exshaw plant, situated west of Calgary, Alberta, produces a wide range of lime and limestone products, including high-calcium quicklime, hydrated lime, pulverized limestone, and screened limestone. The lime is produced in two rotary preheater kilns. As part of the operating permit renewal process, the wet scrubber on Kiln #1 needed to be… Read More
Locations: Alberta, Canada
Cement Terminal Inspections
Project details: In order to mitigate safety and quality risks and prevent catastrophic incidents, Lafarge Canada Inc. (Lafarge) has implemented a program to inspect and monitor key assets at their cement terminals, quarries, and other manufacturing facilities. Under the program, Lafarge engaged CWA to perform inspections of 15 cement terminals throughout western Canada and northwestern… Read More
Cement Railcar Loadout Upgrades
Project details Lafarge Canada Inc. (Lafarge)’s Exshaw cement plant has been in operation for over a century. To meet the future demands of the construction industry, Lafarge increased the capacity of the Exshaw plant by 60 percent with their Kiln 6 expansion project, making it the largest producer of cement in Canada. Completion of the… Read More
Spy Hill Aggregate Plant
Project details Lafarge Canada Inc.’s Spy Hill aggregate plant is an automated high-capacity screening, crushing, and washing plant that can crush approximately 1,000 tons per hour and was approximately 700 tons per hour. As the prime engineering consultant, CWA was responsible for the civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical detailed design along with establishing and controlling… Read More
Vista Coal Project Bankable Feasibility Study
Project Details CWA completed a bankable feasibility study for the Vista coal project, which will produce six million tonnes of coal per year once the open-pit mine is operational. The coal will be exported through Ridley Terminals in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The mine will include: Two 1,500 t/h process plants. A thermal dryer building…. Read More