Phosphate & Potash

Rocanville West Potash Product Storage Facility

The two buildings boast storage capacity of approximately 405,000 tons of potash. The complexity of these buildings include over 85,000 tons of structural steel and a total of 20,920 cubic metres of concrete - nearly 14 football fields can fit inside these two buildings. The project included 61-metre long reclaim tunnels used to transfer the stored potash onto conveyors and out into trucks and railcars.

Client

Nutrien (formerly Potash Corporation)

Consultant

Lavernge Draward & Associates Inc.

Contract Type

Design-Build

Project Size

64,103 sq. m
(690,000 sq. ft)

Duration

27 months

Project Value

$93,500,000

Construction Progress of Structural Steel Erection and Many Mobile Cranes and Man-Lifts

The building erection required extensive coordination and planning as the massive trusses - as long as 58 metres and weighing 44 tons each - were assembled using five 500-ton cranes. Bird's ability to assess and analyze the multifaceted logistics helped to boost productivity and subsequently yield a shortened production schedule.

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