The food and beverage manufacturing sector in Ontario is already the third largest in North America, with over $48 billion in revenue and more than 104,000 people employed.
Sarens has been commissioned by Exact Industrial to install different processing equipment and assist with the scopes of work for the project at a new sugar refining plant at the Port of Hamilton.
The city of Hamilton, Ontario, will establish itself as one of the largest sugar production and refining centers in Canada and one of the largest in North America, adding more than 1 million metric tons of production by 2025. In doing so, Hamilton will be a key contributor to the growth of Ontario's food and beverage manufacturing sector, which is already the third largest in North America with more than 104,000 people employed and revenue in excess of $48 billion.
One of the region's main centers of operations is located at the Port of Hamilton, a 1,400-acre site with more than 160 tenant companies that already employs approximately 40,000 people. In this environment, Sarens, world leader in heavy lifting, engineered transport and crane rental services, has been commissioned by Exact Industrial to install processing equipment for a new sugar refining and processing plant. In addition, Sarens has collaborated with its client on the scopes of work for the project.
At the start of the work, the steel structure of the plant, with a height of more than 32 meters, was already partially constructed. For this reason, Sarens engineering team had to carefully choose the equipment to be used to lift the processing equipment over the structure and lower it from the roof. To facilitate these operations, part of the steel structure was dismantled with a Liebherr LTM1070 crane using both, main boom and jib.
In addition, a smaller crane, a Demag AC220 with an offset jib, was used for the installation of the equipment. The Sarens crew chose this model as it had the option of using offset jib, but finally the longer main boom could reach to set the tanks to be installed, so there was a significant time saving on set-up and take-down operations by not erecting the offset jib.
As the Sarens team had to share workspace while other construction operations were taking place, significant coordination work was required to ensure the highest standards of safety and efficiency, while at the same time helping to advance the construction work as far as possible before the arrival of the winter months. As part of this pre-coordination work, it was necessary to fill the area with compacted gravel for the outriggers.
Sarens has been a key player in the Canadian construction industry for years, thanks to the wide experience of its team, its in-depth knowledge of the sector and its extensive portfolio of cranes and modular transports. Among others, Sarens has worked on the updating of the heating, ventilation & air conditioning systems of Scarborough General Hospital or Finch West Station project -both in Toronto-, installing 30 precast ceiling panels of 3.25 tons each below ground level, and was also able to contribute to the renovation of Union Station, where the team carried out the lifting and subsequent installation of several 9.4-ton iron girders for the flying garden connecting the station's north and south towers.
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