Our achievements

Our achievements are varied and always according to the specific needs of our customers and respecting pre-established budgets. We have carried out various projects, of different sizes and complexity, in the upgrading of the

main water inlets to the building,
emergency showers,
cross-connections,
drinking water distribution networks,
booster pumps,
And others

We are involved in various phases depending on the mandates granted, either for:

technical consultation,
engineering analysis,
network characterization,
the design of plans and specifications (based on 3D scanning and modeling),
supervision and management of the work,
the development of an action plan,
the implementation of a maintenance protocol,
personalized training,
etc…

Food Processing Plants

Engineering analysis, design of specifications/diagrams and monitoring/approval of the installation of devices in a space including several disinfectant chemicals.

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Pharmaceuticals, Laboratories and Research Centers

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Work completing in 24 hours with an alternative supply through the fire water inlet. Carried out water quality testing with no impact on operations.

Technical challenges: 6-inch water inlet in a limited workspace requiring a short-term shutdown so as not to interfere with research activities.

Pharmaceuticals, Laboratories and Research Centers (continued)

Engineering analysis, field testing and elaboration of an action plan to correct non-conformities as well as the implementation of a maintenance protocol for a network of 50 emergency showers in a research laboratory.

The challenges are numerous such as the presence of colored water, very variable temperature, inconsistent pressure and flow, non-existent floor drain for deluge showers, defective and poorly adjusted showers.

Chemical Plants

BEFORE/AFTER

Full engineering mandate carried out in a complex including several buildings with a single water inlet that is difficult to access on the site. In addition, each building is isolated with limited spaces. The work was carried out with minimal impact for each of the buildings.

Chemical Plants (continued)

Upgrade of 2 networks of 14 emergency showers. Engineering analysis demonstrates the presence of a faulty circulation pump coupled with a poor design leading to a large variance in water temperature that can cause danger of burns. The work carried out consists of removing the excess mixers, replacing, and relocating the circulation pump and planning a more regular test protocol.

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Pulp and Paper Mills

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Upgrading of the drinking water distribution network of the entire complex with an entrance with bypass, access to the auxiliary water of a river and a treatment basin. Sizeable challenges due to the century-old infrastructure loaded with complex equipment with a very large area to cover for process water and for the water of emergency showers.

Data Centers and Telecom

Upgrading of the main water inlet and addition of a new digital meter. Extensive coordination with the city and a constraint imposed that the water cut must be at most a duration of 2 hours to replace a defective main valve.

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Manufacturing and Storage Companies

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Upgrading work carried out in a limited space in the wall according to the initial budget with a minimum impact on building users.

Heavy Industry

Concept presented meets the customer's requirements for the distribution network and the main water inlet. The mandate is carried out in a tight space with a lot of components, including several cross connections with pipes added over the years in addition to those unused with stagnant water.

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Shopping Centers

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Work was carried out to bring the mechanical room installations up to standard with the challenges of limited space and a non-existent main valve. The project is completed on budget and in accordance with the technical plan.

Office Buildings

Complete engineering mandate for the distribution network and the drinking water inlet in a limited space coupled with a tight budget and schedule.

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Hospitals and Clinics

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Complete engineering mandate with an outage and a installation in 8 hours which is done without change request and without major interruption of service.

Many challenges :

Implementation of 2 backup plans to ensure a constant supply to the building,
Non-existent initial infrastructure plans,
Dismantling of several unused equipment requiring several surveys.

Universities and Schools

Work on the main water inlet of the university and on the pipes in the mechanical room with 4 sub-projects, without any request for addition or addendum, which lasted 6 hours with validation of the operating parameters of the booster pumps.

Technical details:

Implementation of 2 backup plans to ensure a constant supply to the building,
Non-existent initial infrastructure plans,
Necessary rearrangement in limited working space.

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Municipalities and Government Buildings

BEFORE/AFTER

Installation work of more than 30 backflow prevention devices including the main water inlet and the dismantling of several unused pipes in a prison complex. The complex is composed of several old buildings that have undergone modifications over the years with no existing plan as originally constructed. The work is difficult in the context of high security with limited access to work in the technical spaces in the basement and water cuts must be kept to a minimum.

Municipalities and Government Buildings (continued)

Perform the analysis, redesign the water distribution system, and recommend corrective measures to be put in place to make the facilities compliant. The work consists of removing several bypass pipes which are reducing the efficiency of the network to follow up on 5 expansions over the years.

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Residential Buildings – Condo

Installation of backflow prevention devices in a multi-family building complex to meet current standards. The drinking water inlet was to be done at the same time as the water inlet to the sprinkler system.