connections the biannual newsmagazine of the OSCO Construction Group spring & summer 2014 Irving Oil Refinery • Trip Advisor Global Headquarters • 45 Stuart Street Borcherdt Celebrates 40 Years • CarbonCast® • Tekla 3d Modelling the biannual newsmagazine of spring & summer 2014 connections the OSCO Construction Group what’s inside projects 4 ..... Irving Oil Refinery: 12 ... Around the 18 ... IOR Electrical 3 ..... Message from Crude Unit #3 Refinery: Marque Substation the President 6 .....45 Stuart Street 13 ...Enfield Big Stop 18 ... Miscellaneous 37 ...Coming Events 8 ..... The Terminal 14 ... Kings Road West Metals Division 48 ...Our Locations Center 15 ... Picadilly Potash 19 ... Trip Advisor Global Headquarters 9 .....Saint John Family Y 16 ...Crosbys Molasses 20 ...The Hazelton 10 ...Tobique Bridge 16 ...Rebar Update 11 .... Irving Oil 20 ... Canadian Blood 17.... 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Steve MacDonald: Borcherdt Sales 35 ...Movember Associate 35 ...Can-struction 44 ...25 Year Club Dinner 36 ...School Recruiting 46 ...Fritz Klohn 47 ...Fresh Faces OSCO 47 ...Congratulations construction group CONNECTIONS is the biannual magazine of the OSCO on our cover... Construction Group, published every Spring and Fall to share news and information with our valued customers & employees Our Group Co-Founder and Vice Chairman, Comments and submissions are greatly appreciated and may be sent to the Hans W. Klohn (right) was recently inducted into editor/designer: Tammy Legacy, c/o OSCO Construction Group The New Brunswick Junior Achievement Business 400 Chesley Drive, Saint John, NB • Canada • E2K 5L6 email: [email protected] 2 CONNECTIONS • Fall & WinterHall 2012 of Fame. Read the full story on page 38. www.oscoconstructiongroup.com message from the president Message from the President his issue of CONNECTIONS fea- on public roads and in our yards, it Altusprecast.com) which is a group Ttures several examples of projects is critical that our ability to perform of North America’s leading precast- we have underway in support of our is not compromised by unreliable ers who offer carbon fiber reinforced core value to continuously improve or unproductive equipment. For the wall panels and flooring systems. same reasons, we This new technology will allow us to are also taking design panels which are both thin- “In today’s highly competitive environment, measures to track ner and lighter than steel reinforced all of our businesses need to find ways to the operating panels. This will dramatically improve statistics for our our competitiveness with respect to make our processes, products and services plant production tilt-up construction and conventional better today than they were yesterday.” equipment. architectural precast. To further im- prove our competitiveness, we have As part of our identified a European-designed spe- our processes. As we have grown, so maintenance initiative, we are looking cial trailer that can more economi- has our investment in our property, to significantly reduce our environ- cally ship larger precast panels to plants and equipment. Looking after mental footprint as well. Improv- the jobsite. We will announce more the maintenance of all of these assets ing fuel or electrical usage while details in the near future. has become a big challenge for our eliminating waste and pollution is an organization. In response, we have integral part of our strategic plan to We also continue to make significant developed and are now tracking in our be a better corporate citizen in all the progress with our TEKLA 3D model- Oracle software system some critical communities where we reside. ing system. We have created a large operating statistics for most of our library of standard connections elimi- In our concrete sector, we have in- key assets. This will ensure that repairs nating the need for the engineer- troduced some new products to add are made on a timely basis, fuel/ ing department to custom design to our portfolio. In the precast con- electrical consumption is optimized, every project. Next on the list is the crete division, we have introduced peak performance is maintained and automation of reinforcing steel for all the NEXT Beam to Atlantic Canada, unscheduled downtime is minimized. our precast components. Again these which is an ideal solution to replace Regular inspections are performed to initiatives reduce our engineering and short span bridges, in a shorter time identify any possible problems before manufacturing costs while speeding frame, of up to 90 feet. We have also they disrupt our operations. With a up the design process. joined the ALTUS GROUP (see www. combined fleet of over 250 vehicles continued on page 44... www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | spring & summer 2014 3 projects Irving Oil Refinery: Crude Unit #3 4 connections | spring & summer 2014 www.oscoconstructiongroup.com projects Three OSCO Group companies are currently working together on a number of items for the Crude Unit #3 project at the Irving Oil Refinery, in Saint John NB. When complete, the project will allow a greater variety of crude oil to be processed. contributed by: Jason Presley, Brendan Clancy, Tara Urquhart end coiled up and protected from the weather & Robert Campbell and physical damage during shipping. What’s unusual about this installation is that we are Marque Industrial: Marque’s Industrial Division installing the heat tracing cables on pip- started work on the #3 Crude Metallurgy Project in July ing runs that continue on separate modules of 2013, by assisting with grounding activities and pro- and will require the tracers being connected viding support with temporary power. Marque’s tempo- module by module once they are in their final rary power activities have continued since this time, and location. Normally we would install the tracers from one continue to be ongoing at the time of this article. Marque end of the pipeline to the other, at one time. has also provided construction support activities, with the Marque will also be installing 230 feet of 24” wide alumi- replacement of instrument stands as required. Additional num cable tray, complete with supports on the top rack of grounding support was provided in October of 2013. the modules. The current phase of the project is to fabricate three pipe Strescon: Strescon and Ocean Steel are currently rack modules off site and then deliver them to the project working together to fireproof approximately 105 structural site at the Irving Oil Refinery. This involves participation steel members for the #3 Crude Unit. Strescon’s scope from several sub-contractors lead by General Contractor, of work includes encasing pre-fabricated steel sections Master Mechanical. in concrete to provide the desired fire resistance rating. • Lorneville Mechanical is providing their fabrication facil- Pre-fabricated steel members are divided in three different ity and equipment and will also be erecting the module categories based on the weight of the steel sections; Light steel being fabricating and supplied by Ocean Steel. (0-25Kg/m), medium (25-65Kg/m) and heavy (65-125Kg/ • Master Mechanical is fabricating and installing the re- m). Based on the current production schedule, Strescon quired piping. should complete all required fireproofing by May 2014. • Marque Industrial is responsible for installing cable tray To fireproof these steel members, Strescon will utilize ap- in the pipe rack and electric heat tracing on the piping. proximately 33 cubic meters of concrete and 5,200 square • Guilfords Inc. will be insulating the piping. feet of galvanized wire mesh. • Lenron Inc. will be transporting the modules from the Ocean Steel: In addition to supplying the members Lorneville Mechanical Fabrication shop in Lorneville to being fireproofed by Strescon, Ocean Steel is also sup- the Irving Oil Refinery. plying non fireproofed, painted members and a 12 ton, • Ocean Steel and Master Mechanical will be working to- four-sided, shop-assembled frame that receives a spray- gether at the refinery site setting and connecting the mod- on intumescent fireproofing, which is being applied by ules with Irving Equipment providing the necessary cranes. MacDonald Applicators Ltd. One module is 50 feet long, another is 58 feet and the The nearly 120 tons of structural steel is being fabricated third is 110 feet long. They are approximately 8 feet wide at the Fredericton plant and was detailed by Les Dessins and 9 feet high, which will present a challenge to transport Trusquin Inc. Although Ocean Steel was originally hired through the city. by Fluor Canada Ltd. to supply the steel only, they have As mentioned above, Marque’s portion of work is the instal- since been asked by IOR’s Major Projects team to price the lation of the heat tracing and cable tray. Heat tracing is install of: all of the stick built