Spring 2006 - Ontario Concrete Pipe Association

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Lafarge Expands
Concrete Pipe Production
Paul Smeltzer Leaving
OCPA 2006 AGM
Next CPU 101
Concrete Pipe Design
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manufacture, design,
installation, handling and specifications for concrete pipe, box culverts
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Concrete Pipe University
CPU 101
Kingston, ON
(May 12, 2006)
www.ocpa.com
Ontario Environmental
Tradeshow
Toronto, ON
(May 2006 - TBD)
www.opwa.ca
Neighbourhood Benefits From
Tunneled Concrete Pressure Pipe
By Butch Contreras,
Field Service Representative, Hyprescon
A vibrant residential and commercial neighbourhood in
the Town of Aurora located north of the City of Toronto
was the first to benefit from the installation of a new concrete pressure pipe watermain, before it was commissioned to carry water. Started in August 2004 by North
Rock Group, the service was not completed until
October 2005 because the project had to be redesigned
to accommodate poor ground conditions and the existence of underground utilities and services. The neighbourhood is located in the downtown core along
Wellington Street, between Highway 11 (Yonge Street)
and Berczy Street. The mature tree-lined avenue is
home to many residents, street-level businesses and a
school. In addition, it is a major east-west arterial road
for traffic moving between Highway 11 and the commercial core of the town, and Bayview Avenue to the east
and Bathurst Street to the west. Type of installation of
the pressure pipe supplied by Hyprescon, and choice of
material were carefully considered, as prolonged disruption to the everyday activity of the street and neighbourhood was not an option.
Design engineers decided to tunnel a 400 mm diameter
watermain for 1,200 metres along the south side of
Wellington Street, from west of Yonge Street to Berczy
Street.. The tunneled portion was part of a larger watermain installation project that extended between Orchard
Heights Pumping Station and the Bayview Avenue
Pumping Station. The alignment and depth of the tunnel
along Wellington Street was determined to a great extent
by existing services and utilities located above the tunnel. The watermain project was divided into approximately four contracts beginning in 2001. North Rock
Group had the last and longest tunnel section due to the
redesign of the installation. Installations carried out by
other sewer and watermain contractors included tunnelling to cross the rail line at Berczy Street and major
intersections such as Bayview and John West Way.
Tunneling for the pipe required a cutting head at the
leading edge of the pipe and the feed of slurry to the
head for lubrication. As the pipe was advanced by
hydraulic pushes behind the cutting head, a soil slurry
was transported from the head of the tunnel along the
inside of the pipe to the bore pit where it was removed.
Once the tunnel digging machine (built by Technicore
Underground Inc.) reached the receiving pit, it was
removed with a crane.
The advantages of microtunneling the pressure pipe
included the accuracy of the tunnel alignment controlled
by laser, the slurry was easily contained and removed,
and since the need for workers in the pit was kept to a
minimum, job safety was enhanced. Savings in construction, environmental, social and economic costs of the
watermain through the neighbourhood by tunneling
method outweighed the open cut option. Once the concrete pipe was in position within the tunnel, the rigid pipe
structure would interact with the surrounding soils to perform as designed.
Technicore installed a 3000 mm diameter caisson shaft
on the south side of the intersection of Victoria Street
and Wellington. The second 3000 mm caisson shaft was
located on the south side of the intersection of
Wellington with Berczy Street to receive the tunnel digging machine. The company also manufactured a special pipe handling machine to lower the pipe into the
shaft to ensure proper installation without stress on the
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CSCE 2006 Annual Conference
Calgary, AB
(May 23-26, 2006)
www.csce.ca
2006 Annual Conference
and Exposition
San Antonio, Texas
(June 11-15, 2006)
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Lafarge Expands
Concrete Pipe Production
Repeat when
necessary.
A healthy dose of Hanson
every time you need relief,
or until client is satisfied.
By Ryan Finley & Mike Schmidtler
The Lafarge Pipe Operation in Calgary has
been running near capacity since 1998, and
production constraints often caused long
deliveries. Incremental enhancements and
innovative shift improvements allowed us to
maximize production volumes while maintaining the highest efficiency plant in Western
Canada, but strong economic growth in the
region quickly used up any spare capacity.
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www.hansonpipeandproducts.com
In 2005, it was decided to proceed with a $3M
expansion of the plant to increase pipe production volumes, minimize pipe delivery schedules, and increase efficiencies. The project
consists of an 11,000 square foot building
complete with a new Hawkeye pipe machine,
crane, and curing system. It is a continuation
of improvements that started in 2004 that
added 14,000 square feet of wet cast and
10,000 square feet of dry cast production
space, along with a new batch plant, silos, and
aggregate handling improvements. It also
added an additional 14.5 acres to the cramped
yard conditions of the original plant, and made
it possible for the 2005 plant expansion.
plant in Alberta, and wanted the new production space to further improve safe working
conditions. Construction plans had to
address working around our fully operational
plant. Confined spaces were minimized, and
the machine foundation incorporates gas
detectors with automatic ventilation. A fixed
wash station was designed and installed to
replace rolling stands and provide easier
access to the crane for maintenance. Alltek
Loss Prevention was involved to help engineer safety into the design instead of just
reacting to issues after construction.
It was a memorable Valentine’s Day present
for the staff to have our capital expenditure
request approved on February 14th, giving
us the go-ahead to proceed with the
upgrade, but only left 12 months for design,
permitting, demolition, construction, and
commissioning to be ready for the 2006
construction season.
Remington Development Corporation was
selected to design and construct the building because of their expertise with industrial
structures and their longstanding relationship with Lafarge.
Jamie Cooper of Remington Developments
was the project manager for the expansion,
and summarized the difficulties faced in the
project: "The expansion of the plant created many challenges. The first was to maintain the structural integrity of the existing
facility while demolishing and building the
new expansion. In addition, safety was
paramount as the plant was in full production immediately adjacent to the construction site. The timeline was aggressive as the
expansion was linked to the arrival and
implementation of new equipment essential
to the plant's capacity."
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Pipe Plant staff designed the functional layout of the machinery, crane, and curing system. A Hawkeye Pipe machine was selected to allow form sharing with our other plants
and for production flexibility with the two
other Hawkeyes already in the plant. The
semi-automated machine allows production
of three pipe sizes at once, and quick
changeover times. The building was
designed to maximize the efficiency of the
machine, with crane height and curing space
optimized for production. The addition of the
Hawkeye will double capacity for 300mm1800mm diameter pipe, improving the
plant’s overall production capacity by 50%.
Special attention was paid to designing with
safety in mind. We are proud of the fact that
we have the best safety record of any precast
CONSTRUCTION
Demolition (of the portion of the plant vacated in the 2004 work) began in June, with piling and steel framing following. The large
machine pit and foundation came next,
made more challenging by a very high
groundwater table, and precast wall panels
were installed in November to seal up the
building from the winter weather. This
allowed us to have our Christmas wrap-up
party on the new floor on December 22nd, a
real morale boost for all those that worked
so hard on the project.
The Hawkeye pipe machine, crane, and
steam generator were installed in December
and January, and commissioned in February,
2006. The first pipe was produced on
February 14 – exactly one year from approval,
full production began in early March.
Completion of the plant expansion came
just in time as Lafarge has been awarded
the contract to supply the first phase of the
City of Calgary Pine Creek Trunk project
requiring 2.3 km of 1650mm (66”) diameter
concrete pipe. An open house is planned for
April to showcase our upgrades to customers and specifying engineers with interactive displays highlighting our new capabilities and showcasing our product offering.
LAFARGE NORTH AMERICA CELEBRATES
50 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE
This year marks a significant milestone for
Lafarge North America. During 2006, we
celebrate our 50th anniversary in North
America dating back to when Ciments
Lafarge (now Lafarge S.A.) opened its first
cement operation in Richmond, BC in 1956.
Since then, we have opened more than 1,000
facilities across the United States and
Canada and have grown to more than 15,000
employees. Although 2006 officially marks
Lafarge’s 50th year in North America, some of
our plants and facilities have been in operation for more than 50 years. The Exshaw
Cement Plant near Canmore, Alberta, for
example, is commemorating its 100th year of
operation this year. For further information,
visit www.lafaregnorthamerica.com.
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Neighbourhood Benefits
From Concrete Pipe
back pipe. All pipe joints were wrapped as
they were installed.
Hyprescon manufactures 350 mm to 500
mm diameter bar-wrapped AWWA C303
and 600 mm to 1350 mm diameter lined
cylinder pipe. Larger diameter sizes are produced as prestressed concrete embedded
cylinder pipe. Lined cylinder pipe is manufactured horizontally. After a fabricated steel
cylinder has been hydrostatic tested, concrete is applied to both sides of the cylinder
while it is being spun. After the concrete has
cured, the pipe is prestressed with high tensile wire. The outside of the pipe is then
coated with cement mortar to cover and protect the wire. The cycle for producing a
length of standard pressure pipe, in accordance with AWWA C301 is two to three
days. Closure pieces for the pipe were manufactured as required.
The watermain along Wellington Street is
part of the Aurora Newmarket Feedermain
which will convey surface water from the
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Maple Reservoir to the communities of
Aurora and Newmarket in early 2006. This
project consists of the North Maple Pumping
Station and a large diameter trunk watermain from the pumping station to the Aurora
Newmarket Reservoir at Bloomington Road.
The Bathurst North watermain will convey
surface water from the reservoir to the
Wellington Street watermain in Aurora.
Prestressed concrete lined cylinder pipe is
manufactured to meet the design life of
projects that require performance for generations. A minimum 100-year service life
of the pipe provides an asset that
enhances the value of a municipality’s
infrastructure. Multi-year maintenance
plans of the watermain along Wellington
Street can be developed with a high level
of certainty that the structure will perform
as designed. Tunnelling the concrete pressure pipe was an installation option that
that worked well in this case, with little disruption to a mature neighbourhood.
Paul Smeltzer leaving OCPA
Paul Smeltzer, P.Eng. is moving on to take an
Associate position with Philips Engineering
of Burlington after almost eight years as
Executive Director of the Ontario Concrete
Pipe Association. Philips is a consulting engineering company offering a complete range
of integrated services to municipal, regional,
provincial and federal governments, and the
private sector. Before joining OCPA in 1998,
Paul was Assistant Director of Public Works
at the Regional Municipality of Niagara.
Paul has contributed significantly to the concrete pipe industry across Canada and in
the United States, and has helped to raise
awareness levels of the benefits of concrete
pipe. The concrete pipe industry wishes him
well and looks forward to his continued
involvement in public works.
2006 OCPA
Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Ontario
Concrete Pipe Association was held on
February 17, 2006 at the Four Seasons
Hotel in Vancouver. Delegates from across
Canada and the United States participated
in the event.
The meetings kicked off with the ACPA
Canadian Region meeting and the CCPA
Annual General Meeting. The OCPA Annual
meeting was highlighted by a presentation
from the Chair, Mr. Brian Wood on the OCPA
2006 Strategic Plan. The membership
received reports from Ted Butler, a member
of the OCPA Board of Directors and
Marketing Committee and Mario Lalonde,
Chair of the OCPA Technical Committee.
The afternoon session enlightened those in
attendance with presentations on several
interesting topics. Heinz Ortwein from IFS
Integrate Gmbh, Germany, gave a very
informative talk about Co-generation of
Energy in Precast Concrete Plants. Chris
Macey from UMA Engineering Ltd. followed
with a presentation on The Adoption of
Standard Installations Direct Design by the
City of Calgary. Paul Smeltzer spoke on
Best Practices. The final presentation of the
day was from Domenico Micelli from
Tubecon. He talked about the last issues on
infrastructure failure faced by the province
of Quebec and the MTQ’s assumption of
concrete pipe under all highways.
The day concluded with the customary
Chair’s Reception where those who attended enjoyed a wonderful evening of hoeurs
d’ouvre and drinks at one of the salons of
the Four Seasons. Prior to the closure of the
event, the OCPA acknowledged the presence of Mrs. Vicki Reid, daughter of Mr.
Robert S. Wood, after whom the OCPA
University Scholarship was named.
The event capped off an excellent day of
meetings where the industry re-dedicated itself
to the improvement of Ontario’s infrastructure.
On behalf of the OCPA and its membership we
would like to thank those who attended this
year’s meeting and we look forward to seeing
everyone again next year.
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Next CPU 101 - May 12th, 2006
The Ontario Concrete Pipe Association
invites you to register for the Concrete Pipe
University - CPU 101 in Kingston, Ontario
on May 12th, 2006. This one-day program
has been successfully conducted since
2001 and it is aimed to instruct engineers,
technologists, technicians, designers and
specifiers on the standard of care necessary to accurately design concrete pipe
installations in Ontario.
CPU 101 will offer presentations on the
Plant Prequalification Program for Precast
Concrete Drainage Products, Hydraulic
Design, Indirect Design Method, Concrete
Best Practices, how to protect yourself as a
gravity pipe designer and how to deal with
the issues that different types of pipe mate-
rials present. A demonstration of the pipe
design software PipePac, a very useful and
technologically advanced package, will also
be part of the day-long program.
The speakers for the day are leaders in the
field of concrete pipe design and those taking part in the sessions will benefit from their
expertise and informative course materials.
Participants will be provided with session
notes, PipePac design software and the
Concrete Pipe Design Manual. They will
also be credited with 0.5 CEU's for attending Concrete Pipe University.
AT THE 2006 AGM THE OCPA ANNOUNCED ITS EXECUTIVE
AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND WELCOMED CHRIS
CLOW, P.ENG. AS A NEW BOARD MEMBER.
EXECUTIVE
Brian Wood, Chair • Con Cast Pipe
Doug Galloway, Vice Chair • M-Con Pipe & Products, Inc.
Boris Naneff, Sec./Treasurer • Rainbow Concrete Industries
DIRECTORS
Bob Christensen • Hanson Pipe & Products (Canada) Inc.
John Munro • Munro Concrete Products Ltd.
Nick Naneff • Rainbow Concrete Industries
Ted Butler • Hyprescon Inc.
Chris Clow • Lafarge
For registration, please contact the OCPA at
905-631-9696 or download a registration
form at www.ocpa.com.
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Location: Guelph, ON
Tel: 1-800-668-7473
Fax: 519-763-1982
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.concastpipe.com
Contact: Brian Wood or Derek Guberney
Hanson Pipe & Products Canada Inc.
Locations: Whitby, Cambridge, Windsor, Ottawa
Tel: 1-888-888-3222
Fax: 519-621-8233
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.hansoncanada.com
Contact: Leo Steffler
Hyprescon
Location: Stouffville, ON
Tel: 905-640-5151
Fax: 905-640-5154
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Ted Butler
Inland Pipe Limited
Locations: Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg
Tel: 780-448-1351
Fax: 780-448-1354
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.inlandcanada.com
Contact: Robert Powers
Lafarge
Locations: Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg,
Thunder Bay
Tel: 403-292-9502
Fax: 403-255-2677
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.lafargecorp.com
Contact: Mike Schmidtler
Langley Concrete Group
Locations: Langley, Victoria & Abbotsford,
British Columbia
Tel: 604-533-1656
Fax: 604-533-8191
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.langleyconretegroup.com
Contact: Mark Omelaniec
M-Con Products Inc.
Location: Carp, ON
Tel: 1-800-267-5515
Fax: 613-831-2048
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.mconproducts.com
Contact: Carlo Taverna
M-Con Pipe & Products Inc..
Location: Ayr, ON
Tel: 519- 632-9112
Fax: 519-632-7440
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.mconproducts.com
Contact: Doug Galloway
Munro Concrete Products Limited
Location: Barrie, ON
Tel: 1-800-461-5632
Fax: 705-734-2920
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.munroconcrete.com
Contact: John Munro
Rainbow Concrete Industries Ltd.
Locations: Sudbury, North Bay, South River,
Sturgeon Falls, Elliot Lake, Parry Sound,
Espanola & Blind River
Tel: 1-800-461-6281
Fax: 705-566-4813
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.rcil.com
Contact: Dave Carter
Hamilton Kent
Location: Etobicoke, ON
Tel: 1-800-268-8479
Fax: 416-674-6960
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.hamiltonkent.com
Contact: Bernard Gregoire
Reinforcing Steel
LEC Steel Inc.
Location: Brantford, ON
Tel: 519-759-2300
Fax: 519-759-1570
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.lecsteel.com
Contact: Grant Fraser
Numesh Inc.
Location: Laval, PQ
Tel: 1-800-363-0847
Fax: 450-663-9049
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.numesh.com
Contact: Pierre Girard, P.Eng.
StelCrete Industries Limited
Location: Niagara Falls, ON
Tel: 905-354-5691
Fax: 905-356-0809
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.stelcrete.com
Contact: Robert Nichols
Safety Climbing Equipment
MSU Mississauga Ltd.
Location: Mississauga, ON
Tel: 1-800-268-5336
Fax: 905-823-4947
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.msumississauga.com
Contact: Virginia Weber
Precast Manufacturing Equipment
and Accessories
T.J. MacDonald Industrial Sales Inc.
Location: Woodstock, ON
Tel: 519-421-0258
Fax: 519-421-0557
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.ccpa.com
Contact: Terry MacDonald
Mel C. Marshall Industrial Consultants Inc.
Location: Delta, BC
Tel: 604-943-8512
Fax: 604-943-2738
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.precastconcretebc.com
Contact: Mel Marshall or Braden Marshall
Midco Manufacturing
Location: Toronto, ON
Tel: 416-266-4488
Fax: 416-266-1655
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.midcomfg.com
Contact: Mike Piitz
Stepcon Industries Inc.
Location: Mississauga, ON
Tel: 1-888-783-7266
Fax: 905-897-6001
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Michael Greer
1.800.461.5632